WINDOW WISHING….

If I could wish a window, the window I wish……

photo courtesy:  housebeautiful.com

HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY!!!

MELTING MONDAY’S MISERY….

After a loooooooooong day yesterday, I went home and curled up in my imagined library with the latest suggested October read from another fellow blogger, The Woman In White, and quickly forgot Monday misery. 

A marvelous way to unwind the first day of the week…..

Hope your week is a happy one!!!!

WINDOW WISHING….

If I could wish a window, the window I’d wish…..

photo courtesy www.traditionalhome.com

HAVE A GREAT WEDNESDAY!!

BUTTON DREAMS….

I do love a Button…..

In fact…… I love any button!

Buttons of all kinds, all colors and shapes

                                          and especially on pillows!!!!

And….

               I love pillows too….even without buttons!!!

Put a flower on a pillow and I will buy it!

Put a ruffle on a pillow……and I will buy it!

BUT BUTTONS……….

      HAVE THAT WAY OF ADDING A CERTAIN SOMETHING!

Add a touch of SWEETNESS  to a valance top…..

SOPHISTICATION AND POISE….

                                                          TO DRAPERY PLEATS.

BUTTONS IN ANY FORM OF FASHION…..

are remarkably distracting of my attention!!!!!!!

Visiting  a blogspot of a fellow “button believer” I was introduced to a  myriad of button creations that I never evened dreamed of:

http://bonkersaboutbuttons1.blogspot.com

Please visit also and catch some

              BUTTON FEVER!!

Have a great weekend!

GREAT CAUSE….GREAT FUN!

We have been humbled to work along side of many talented professionals and contribute in a small way to this fabulous design project  in our city which will now serve to benefit the GREAT humanitarian organization of the American Red Cross.  Marvelous designers, marvelous house, marvelous event!

Grand Rapids Magazine

The Jeffery Roberts design of this French farmhouse is arguably the most expressive artistic home design we've featured with our Design Home series. It's a must-see home exceeding anything one would find in a standard Parade-type event. And, we'll be raising money for a good cause. Has any charitable, volunteer organization worked harder than the Red Cross this year?
Reservations are required, as are comfortable shoes.  We look forward to seeing you this week!

The current Design Home program couples builder/designer Jeffery Robert’s expansive vision of Wilcox Gardens with his acumen for re-designing a heritage Reeds Lake home. Homes in France blush at the authenticity he captured in his French farmhouse design. Grand Rapids Magazine invites you to experience Jeffery’s artistry first-hand during an exclusive private tour September 22. All proceeds benefit the American Red Cross. You’ll be wined, dined and exhilarated, all the while doing your part to help those who never question helping us.

French Farmhouse Reception and Tour

Date/Time: September 22, 2011 6 PM – 9 PM

Tickets: $125 each

VIP Tickets: $225 each

VIP Tickets include a private preview tour with designer Jeffery Roberts

from 5:00pm until 6:00pm, a champagne toast and a deluxe gift bag. 

Limited to 16 and sold strictly on a first-come first-served basis.

Authentic French Cuisine and Pastries provided by Above and Beyond

Special Live Auction to Benefit American Red Cross

 

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:

If you are unable to attend in person, please feel free

to attend in spirit by donating to your local chapter

of the American Red Cross!!!

ONCE A CHILD, ALWAYS A CHILD!

What designer doesn’t love 

                                     to decorate a child’s room!

It allows us to BE a CHILD once again!

To put ourselves in a child’s shoes and to

              SEE life through their eyes.

Full of  FUN,

              fizzles,  

 

                 frisbees,

 

                       and frills!

GREENHOUSE FABRICS GIVES US THAT OPPORTUNITY with KID INSPIRED FABRICS!!!!!

SMILEY!!!!

SWEET!!!!

TWIRLY!!!

AND DREAMY!!

“Children make you want to start life over.”

                                                  ~Muhammad Ali

AU NATUREL

NOOOOOOOO, this isn’t about LADY GAGA………but it is an attention getter!!!! 

(By the way, don’t you think she is quite attractive without all the publicity makeup?)

Anyway…..

I had no sooner posted my LAST blog blurb when I received a

delightful box at my back door containing none other

than…..you guessed it…..Au Naturel fabrics by Carole

(which, I am sure you know, is owned by Hunter Douglas!!!!)

I have snapped my own photos so the colors are

poor  however, these are a truly must see cotton and linen,

neutral palette of  colors, and marvelous tactile sensation!

 

Of course, CAROLE FABRICS  do have the

fun and spirited

cotton blends as well as the polyester blends……

and a SALE! 

MAHVELOUS DAHLING!!!!!!