Molds on display at Solo

Yesterday I took a quick trip to Solana Beach to the Cedros Gardens to scope out some plants. Well I cannot go within walking distance of my favorite store Solo, across the street with out popping in. There were a few items that really caught my eye. These are real halves of an actual mold used at one time... Read More »

Get your Heart On Today

Happy Valentine’s Day. We have been busy baking over here. Ginger and I cooked up some fabulous funfetti heart shaped cupcakes for her class. Her favorite parts are licking the beater and sprinkling the sprinkles. My favorite part is taking the photos along the way. Read More »

Sundance Dreaming

The new Sundance catalog arrived and I feel in love with a few items. Read More »

Cicada Wings T-Shirt

I just ordered one of these super cute shirts from this Etsy Shop. I love cicada wings. I am pretty sure I will be wearing my cicada ring while wearing this Cicada shirt. Read More »

Flower Plates | Edie Rose by Rachel...

I came across these plates and dishes and couldn’t help stopping to enjoy. I just love the big flower plates and bowls. The little bird dishes are fun too. Many of girlfriends are into peacocks and this design has those as well. You would think these dishes were at Anthro, but no they are at Macy’s. I just love... Read More »

Necklace Giveaway | Happy Chinese New...

In Celebration of Chinese New Year and the upcoming year of the rabbit, I am giving away this wonderful necklace to one of you lovely blog readers. I have fond memories of growing up in Hawaii and going to Chinatown this time of year and watching the dragon dances and listening to crack, and snap of fireworks. I remember... Read More »

Cool New Store in LA – H.D....

Found this beautiful new store in Los Angeles, in a Interior Design html newsletter. The fabulous room colors caught my eye. Awhile back I blogged these cool filigree light fixtures. A local company in North San Diego County called Hi Octane Design can create large wall graphics like those flower graphics shown in photo two. The store is H.D.... Read More »

The proper way to coax ketchup out of a...

I remember years ago when I was in High School and my parents came back from a trip to Sweden and Denmark. They said to me “Make a conscious effort to stop buying plastic. We watched a documentary while we were in Sweden about how bad plastic is and that it is thought to effect hormones in people and... Read More »

My top 3 business book reading choices...

So this year I started off my month of January with a few new reads that I feel will be inspirational and motivating. The book that arrived first is Tribes by Seth Godin. I have a read a few a Seth’s books. I also subscribe to his blog, and read his posts daily in my email inbox. I really... Read More »

2011 Creative Reading List – The...

Happy New Year. I am so excited about 2011. I am really looking forward to all sorts of wonderful new things. Including trying new things. Here is the fun half of my 2011 reading list. I want to do more homesteading around our place. We have the room and I would love to be off the grid and self... Read More »