Burlap - who knew???

A couple of rolls of burlap and pretty soon a ruffled burlap runner!

Lots of interest in burlap items!

I Love Tattered Books!

Bliingy lamps soon will have burlap shades!

Ideas are flowing out of my head so fast that my fingers can't keep up!  I love my life...creating stuff is so good for my head!

Stay tuned and take care,

Bonnie

Shoppin' Queen...



Chandelier that will be at Zimmermann's in Mora-
part of a vignette I'm creating!!!

I have an affinity for making friends with store keepers and UPS guys.  In other words, I love to shop – in person and/or online.

So it was no surprise when we got home from the lake that there were packages waiting for me – on the porch and in the mailman’s trunk.  Wa hoo!!!

I received a Dashiki, rolls of burlap, moss balls, wooden tags, a book, a chandelier and a great bunch of lavender!

Some of the supplies I received!

There is still lots to put away from our trip to the lake but tomorrow is another day.  Today I did a little gardening, put the grape jelly out for the Orioles (they are still around!), and made a nice steak dinner for us.

Usually our dog, Honey, made the trip to the lake with us.  But not this time.  Honey is still a part of our every day lives - we think of her and how she ate her blanket the time we boarded her when we went to the North Shore, how she chased that fox out of the yard and tonight I will have popcorn by myself - she used to have a bowl with me.  We miss her when the dog food commercials are on TV.  I suspect we always will along with Midnight, Shadow and Gorby.

Norma Jean, our cat, fills part of that void...she was so lonesome for me while we were gone that she won't stray too far from me.  She gets on her back legs and touches my arm as I type and lays on my leg when I'm sitting on the sofa.  She misses Honey too!  No one loves us as unconditionally as our pets love us...

Take care,
Bonnie

A New Challenge!!!

Today is another "Woo Hoo" day!  When I got to my friend's house for coffee, I told her about my new venture.  As I shared this news with her,I  was so excited that I could hardly breathe!!! 

My newest peonies...
love the darker color!

I've probably said that before but this new opportunity to supply a bricks and mortar store with funky new creations is over the moon for me.

I love the process of investigating, researching, planning and creating new products.  Like I've said before, the female side of my family has been in business so it comes naturally to me...at least the love of it does.  In talking to the owner of the store, we found (and kinda knew before) that our ideas about what I should make were the same!!!

Way back in about 1975, I started my first business in a building...my porch.  Then as it expanded, I moved to a building and then another building and yet another and now our new barn.  I love the entrepreneurial spirit.  But this opportunity is better - none of the overhead, daily upkeep and managerial headaches!!!  Just create!

My birdbath made out of one of my huge rhubarb leaves!!!

Wow - going on vacation soon with time to think and plan my new adventure.  More details as they develop!!

Take care,
Bonnie