May 27th....

is Bob's Birthday, and this year it is our 10-th anniversary.
Bob got breakfast in bed with the boy, along with matching Coca Cola t-shirts.

the shirts were Ivan's idea.

I got Bob a very nice pool float. He likes it!

Bob also got a tropical "event" for his special day.  It wasn't so bad......
We did lose part of our roof shingles, our power for 18 hours, and our clean pool.

a bit breezy I'd say.

 No electricity gives you plenty of creative time. I made these for my little shop...

 and another sign from found beach lumber

the garage sales have been pretty good....
found these candle holders for $3.00, they are now in my little shop.

More shop photos tomorrow on Wednesdays at the shop! TTFN.

Have you ever

had that perfect sweater? that was the perfect color? perfect fit? so soft? 

went with like 3 of your dresses?

I have that sweater.  I wear it a lot!  Then the un-thinkable happened (oh, wait it is thinkable.... I have a 9 year old boy), it got stuck in my son's skateboard wheels. Um' yup.

I did manage to get all the black grease off. 

I must apologize for the bad (night time) photos,
 (I generally like to photograph by daylight).

I know most of you are thinking "trash it",
but really...  it is pretty close to perfect.

I have always been inspired by  these folk at Alabama Chanin.
This is a very, very simplified version of one of their most basic ideas.

I got into my stash of wool felt.  I chose a light pink, buttery yellow, and a dark teal.
Using a circle template I traced different size circles on each color, then carefully cut them out.

I arranged them to my liking....then pressed them with a hot iron.

Really the hardest part is next; sewing in circles. Super hard.

don't over think it....you really need to become one with the circle(seriously).
 Ask any of my friends, and they will tell you the first thing I say about sewing,
"it will never be perfect".

IT'S NOT PERFECT.....

BUT IT SURE IS CUTE!

So, I want to share with you one of my thrift-ing treasures.....
Thrift-ing has it's good days and it's horrid days! Well, on this thrift-ing trip it was a GREAT day!

all of my "designer" friends should recognize this as
the Herman Miller Aeron Chair.
I remember when they released this chair, all of "us designers" fell in love.
 However, if I remember right it was around $1000.00,
(for a short time they were giving designers a chance to buy it for $500.00)
still way out of my price range

hem..... yup $34.95.
You can buy it here on sale for $869.00
The first thing I did when I saw it,
was flip it over and check for the appropriate tags,
and of course the Herman Miller mark.
Yes, they were all there.

.....and I must say it is just as comfortable today,
as it was when I first sat in it 10 years ago.
YAY ME!