Today was the day I trimmed the tree (theme is natural history) at the cocoanut grove for the dominican hospital fundraiser. This idea was my friend Meagans, I had this old natural history book that I wanted to use and she suggested opening it and having a critter be reading it. It turned out so...Read More

Somehow I found a few minutes to be crafty this week. These are some sort of old wooden foundry molds that I’ve attched vintage flower frogs to for a cute picture display idea. A couple of vintage cows (I love cows!) that are now sculpture on these old molds/stands. I found some more fabulous antique...Read More

I’ve been busy lately reading other blogs, rather than writing on mine. It’s addictive and there are so many amazingly creative and super nice people out there in blogland. On Friday I got a wonderful write up on the home by sunset blog by the great Sarah Gaffney from Sunset Magazine. She is working hard...Read More

I LOVE this vignette in the front of my shop. The green and gold thing just came together. Even better in person. (books, painting, print SOLD) The new, more neutral front window. It’s interesting how people are actually sitting and hanging out up there. The fabulous pair of vintage chairs, recovered in hemp, will not...Read More

My friend Cayce of “the littlest bird” showed me that if you break open a sand dollar the vertebrae look like little birds. I am still fascinated by them. I am sure even Cayce thinks I am a dork now, but every shipment of sand dollars has some breakage, and I can’t bear to throw...Read More

  I want to thank everyone who made it to my sale for coming. It’s so much fun to see everyone rush in right in the beginning! I hope you all had a good time, I was so busy writing tags up I barely had time to visit with you. Also, I want to thank...Read More

I took some pictures around the store today. Need something eye-catching for my mailer. Mark the date – April 19 will be my spring sale. I only do this twice a year, so it will be good. Everything in the store will be on sale on that day. Above is not for sale, just my...Read More

Brigit and I were very inspired by some of the shops we visited on our trip. We dreamed up a new display for my front window, and put it in place on Monday. I love it, it’s so happy. Here’s a sneak peek.This dream of an artist’s studio came when we saw the back of...Read More

I get asked a lot about what this space looked like before I moved in. As some of you know, it was a “thrift store”. When I first signed the lease, I had not seen the inside, because it was so full of stuff to the ceilings. I only had the shop next door (other...Read More

Last night I went to the Diffa dining by design event, hosted by Elle Decor and UCSF. It was very nice and I appreciate Savannah and Ed at Lee Jofa for inviting me to sit at their table, Piat at Kravet for hooking me up, and Jessie Kaminski Designs for buying all of that $500...Read More