Lucky Kitty

Dainty, delicate, and breakable.

Dainty, delicate, and breakable - this is the theme to my office decor.  You see, I live with a husband, 4 pesky destructive felines, and one crazy pants toddler man, so, dainty, delicate, and breakable are three things that I am not allowed to have at home.  It's a recipe for disaster and disappointment.

Now that I have my own office, however, I have decided that I can fill it full of things that would most definitely get destroyed in my house! 

 I've also decided upon white as my main color in my decorating palette - yes, white, because there's nobody here at work that's going to throw a sippy cup full of milk at me or throw up cat food on anything... at least I hope not.

It all started with two delicate vases from my favorite Swedish modular furniture store...

 
Ooooo!  Look how big they are! Look how thin that glass is!  So delicate...

Then, I wanted to have a deer head mount - thought it would help me bond with my Work Daddies...

 
Not what you were thinking?  This super sweet little fawn is made out of something so amazingly breakable it was shipped in a crazy container surrounded by a foam mold of itself...

I've always wanted a set of these tiny dainty Ashley G porcelain mini's...

 
So small!  So cute!  Made of porcelain... fits all three criteria for being in my office!

I happened upon this beauty at Room Service one day...

 
Unicorn bookend?!? Yes, please!!! So fragile...

It dawned on me over the holidays that I didn't have anything green or alive in here, so, had to get some cute planters and a plant or two...

 
Thanks once again to my favorite Swedish modular furniture store for the awesome $1.99 white planters... woot! 

But the real gem here is my amazing mini terrarium...

 
Behold!!! This is quite possibly the most dainty, delicate and breakable thing I have EVER owned.  Ever.  In my whole life.  Seriously.  Okay, maybe my newborn baby might have been a smidge more fragile...

Where did I get such a dainty, delicate and breakable object?  Check out Sea & Asters over on Etsy... 

Off to see if I can find an occassional chair made from a single mold of one continuous piece of glass...

xoxo

Ever had a painting painted of you?

When I was in high school, my dad painted this totally awesome portrait from a school picture. It really really looked like me. He gave it to me as a present and I had it up in my house for years. Then he took it back... something about an art contest... that was the last I saw of my painting... we used to joke that I should hang it up at the record store with a little sign that said "employee of the month" - just to see if anybody would notice...

We have a friend that lives in Philly - he used to work at the record store with us - and he painted a picture of a friend of ours - and it was really great... so... we commissioned one for ourselves...


Whaddya think? I like it - it took a bit of time to fully grow on me... and it's still a little weird to have a painting of yourself up in your house...

Sewing Room Phase I complete!

Phase I of my sewing room redo is now complete. I completely stole the idea from one Ms. Christy Proctor - of Trading Spaces fame. This is pretty much what we did to Megan and John's living room. I loved how it came out so much and really wanted something close to it in my own house... so...
Here it is:

...and a cut away shot - true TS style...

In other news, I just finished up my latest creation for the shop...

It's the Sakura mini tote - check it out! Clickity click on the photo...

Hope everyone has a good weekend!