Alter Ego

I just adore this piece by Grace Weston...my dreamy alter ego.

If you were to let it all go...what's your alter ego?

Keep on creatin'!

Best Wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Peep hole

Hey you! Quit peeping in my art'n'crafts room... ;)

Island Water Sports art & craft show

One of our local surf shop's, Island Water Sports, is have their annual art & craft show Saturday, January 26th at their Deerfield Beach store from 10am- 5pm.  It's called the Indie Craft Swell, so for those of you artist's out there, there is still time to sign up to be a vendor.  Check out the info on their website link above.  It's a great local event to support fabulous artist's and a portion of the proceeds go to support the Ann Stork Center which helps children with disabilities.  Bring the kids as there will be a kid's crafting tent sponsored by Michael's Art Store.  Then it's beach time!  Come out for a great day of fun and leave with some amazing artwork!

Many best wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Happy Belated New Years!

I just gotta laugh at myself...so many days have gone by from my last post (um, Thanksgiving).  The closer the holidays got, I kept thinking "boy, I really have to get back to the blogs".  Yet another day went by that things were "more important" or work came up or family was in town or a function to go to...yeah more excuses.  So I thought, New Year's, yeah that's when I'll really buckle down and get serious with my blog posts.  Hmmmm, I think today is the 10th of January sooooo yeah, that went really well, lol.  So I just gotta laugh at myself...LOL.

With that said, yes there will be new post's coming up and boy do I have a whole'lotta awesome stuff coming your way!  So stay tuned bopper's, the big alert has been called off and for those of you that had such a hard time getting home New Year's night...sorry'bout that...I guess the only thing I can do is send you a post. (reference 'The Warriors' movie, hee hee hee)  Happy Belated New Years Y'all!

Wishing you all a most wonderful 2013 with good health, prosperity and lots of good times!

Happy Gardening and many best wishes,

Sheri
xoxo

Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow bloggers, passer-by's, and lookie-lou's!  I am grateful

you stopped by to see my blog and/or to follow me.  Cheers to you! 

Wishing you a most wonderful day to give thanks for the things in your life

you find most precious and dear.

Today I give thanks to my family and friends, my blessed life, good health

and all the things I have in my life rather than the items I tend to covet, lol.

Happy Thanksgiving and hope you have an amazing weekend!

Best wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Asleep on the job

I am working at a client's house this week painting their family room. This is my little helper today, who decided to take a nap on my drop cloth's.  She is just snoring away.  Good help is hard to find these days, lol.

Hiatus no longer

Goodness, I just realized it has been way too long since the last post.  So much so that I didn't realize all my pictures on the previous posts were deleted, oops, darn technology.  I dearly apologize my friends!  With that outta the way...let's get this party started!  I have so many things to share with you!!!  

Long summer days have slipped away as the holidays have snuck up upon us.  The sun is waning in the west, the cooler temperatures have blown in on our coastal winds & the nervous twitch of excitement is in the air.  The thought of the upcoming holiday season always gives me a creative second wind & gets me super hyped. But for what...why?  As a kid the reasons are obvious with the prospect of vacation time, candy, goodies, fun times, no school, lots of 'things' to do, traveling, arts & crafts, etc.  As an adult, I relish that wave of excitement & let the good times transcend into my holiday lifestyle.  Unfortunately our family has decreased instead of increased in size but we continue to keep as many family traditions as we can alive.  This is our way of remembering all of our loved ones with whom these traditions have come from.
So am I excited?  Heck yes I am!!!

What are your holiday plans this year, hmmm?
Dinner parties, soiree's, football tailgating, family affair's, home coming's, traveling, holiday parade's, arts & craft shows, festivals, music concerts, extravaganzas...

Whatever your holiday plans may be this year, please keep in mind that not everyone is blessed with good times, good fortune or even a family to share it with.  The holidays are a great time to do some wonderful things for others who are in need.  Start a holiday tradition by getting your kids & family involved to donate food to local food pantry's & soup kitchen's or volunteer time at your local Boys & Girls Club or get a group to the beach for your own coastal clean-up day or clean out your closet's & donate clothes/books/toys to local homeless and domestic violence shelters or something as simple as offering to babysit a neighbor's kids so they could get some well need rest or errands done.  What a great time of year to be a secret Santa or anonymous donor to your favorite cause, charity or neighbor.  It's amazing how much good we can do for each other!

Wishing you all the very best!
Sheri
xoxo

Fabulous Fabric Finds

     Today's fabulous fabric find is actually a "two-for"... the most incredible velvet fabrics made into throw pillows, scarfs, bedding linen and rugs...oh yeah stuffed animals too!  The designer, or should I say artist, is Kevin O'Brien, hailing from Philadelphia and up state New York.  To me, Kevin's unique way of viewing his small scale productions is simplicity at it's finest.  He and his team continue to create and inspire new visual phenomenons.  Every collection is matched with well thought out whimsy and intrigue with a professional artistic twist.  A technique he is best know for is called burnout, a standard technique used in a variety of art disciplines, although how Kevin O'Brien translates that technique has taken years of perfecting a perfect yard of fabric.  You can see the process of how they create the burnout custom velvets in the Kevin O'Brien Studios by clicking on the link here.  And below you can see some of his incredible collections of throw pillows....enjoy my friends, enjoy!

Wishing you all a most wonderful week!

Best wishes,

Sheri 

xoxo

Artist of the week

     Leigh Viner is this week's artist...no words needed here, her artwork is simply stunning!  

Here are a few of my all time favorites...

Leigh Viner 
Opulent Speckle

Leigh Viner
Sunset Fog

Leigh Viner
Sugar Kisses

Leigh Viner
Glacial

Leigh Viner
Before Midnight

Leigh Viner
Cricket

Leigh Viner
Day to Night

Leigh Viner
Cherry Blossom Girl

Leigh Viner
Lanvin 2 SS/10

Every art collector loves to add amazing artist's to their collection, so check out her Etsy shop and pick up a few pieces for yourself!  Or sign up for Leigh's blog.

Remember to support your local art scene & the artist's that represent it!

Get out there & have some fun this weekend!

Best wishes,

Sheri

xoxo

Bursts of Blue in Your Interior

     Most interiors love to have an accent color to pull the room together.  Today's color is one of my favs...deep blue sea.  Here are a few elements that have a variation of that gorgeous deep blue color to enhance any room's decor.

Silver metallic on the face & aqua blue on the back
of these spectacular leather throw pillows!

This dynamic area rug will brighten your day!

Blue glass candle holder

Blue Eiffel Towel

Stunningly embroidered & absolutely
fabulous peacock throw pillow

Peacock feather inspired enameled coasters

                 

                 Porcelain flower vase

Very cool retro glass lamp base

So here is my symphony in blue for you on this windy & rainy Wednesday.  Hope it has inspired you to pick up a few fabulous elements of decor to give your home a bit of color.

Wishing you all the very best,

Sheri

xoxo

Tasty Tuesday

     Does anyone remember back in the day when our Mother's used to swap recipes visa vie recipe-cards?  They would write their most fav recipe(s) on recipe index cards & give to their friends in exchange for their family favs.  Sometimes they would get together on the kids play days to swap recipes....oh those were the days.
     Now the internet is our recipe-card swap meet, still kinda cool but lacks the personal flavor of getting together and chatting about your foodie favs.  Well, I would like to say Tasty Tuesday is my homage to the vintage recipe-card swap meet.  To all my friends, here is one of my Grandmother's cake recipe's...Pistachio Bourbon Cake...hope you can read this (just feel free to email me & I will send you my copy lol)  :)

Memere Gisele's Pistachio Bourbon Cake recipe - pg.1

Memere Gisele's Pistachio Bourbon Cake recipe - pg.2

     This is an absolutely delicious semi-homemade cake recipe.  Just make sure you adjust the liquids according to this recipe not the cake box.  Even though the cake has bourbon in it, the alcohol get cooks off in the baking process.  Being from a liberal French family, a bourbon/rum/whiskey cake was never an issue.  Though I will leave it up to you as to whether this is an adult cake or not.  Either way I truly hope you enjoy every morsel!!!

Happy Tasty Tuesday!

Best Wishes,

Sheri

xoxo 

Friday Favorites

Here is a new segment called 'Friday Favorites'.  A day where we can all take delight in our favorite things...it's Friday after all, we worked hard all week so we deserve a little indulgence it, right?

Here are a few of my favorite things that happened this week....

- My first cup of coffee in two weeks...and yes it was delicious! -

- Had a great meeting with the city's landscape inspector on a walk through at our condo job site -

(Post & pictures to come)

- Started clearing out our spare bedroom to turn into my art's & craft's room, yea! -

- Saw a movie with my honey at a newly renovated theater -

- Got to spend time with my Dad before he left town...Happy Father's Day! -

- Went to some plant nurseries this week, got inspired for a few new projects -

- Cyrus my handsome dog, always my favorite ;) -

My handsome Cyrus :)

So what are some of your favorite things this week?

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Best Wishes, 

Sheri

xoxo

Sassy Saturday's

     I am not sure what it is about Saturday's that rejuvenate one's spirit & energy into a "can do" attitude.  "Yes, we can do this ginormous weekend project...let's do it!"  Saturday's are just that for me...sassy, simple & spirited!  This sassy Saturday's project is making some "pink, 'lellow & glittery" bracelets for my niece.  Which I am sure will lead to other artsy projects when I really should be outside taming my wild garden.  Just hope it rains! Hee hee...

What's your sassy Saturday like?

Best wishes & enjoy your weekend!

Sheri

xoxo