Inspiration Monday

"You can't wait for inspiration.
You have to go after it with a club"
~Jack London~


Silly me...

here I was,
waiting for inspiration to hit me...

Artist at work...

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview to life's upcoming attractions"

Speaking of imagination...If you are in town on Fridays, stop by and say Hello to someone with lots of it!!!. Andrea, our "Friday Girl" has been one of our Dealers for about four years now. She makes all the beautiful canvas transfers that we carry in our store and that you ladies love so much.


From sexy M. Monroe to enchanting Tuscany, from fun surfboards to chic Paris pictures, she brings us a little bit of everything, but her talent doesn't stop there! With a background in Interior Design and a love for everything vintage and feminine, Andrea loves funky pillows, mosaic, and giving old jewelry a new life.

Every Friday from 10 to 5 you can find her in our store, behind a pile of gorgeous vintage fabrics or surrounded by sparkling rhinestones while creating her fab pieces.




Andrea loves special orders! You can bring her one of those rhinestones pins you got from Grandma and she will make it into a stunning piece of jewelry. Got some mink coat from your dear Aunt? She will mix it with vintage materials and you will have some killer pillows! She has created one of a kind pieces for Wedding and Engagement gifts using our customers' pictures and invitations that were the hit of the party...

So, don't be shy...stop by on Friday and meet out talented Andrea. We know that her talent and imagination will inspire you!

Between Dr Laura and Sarah Palin

OMG... It's been so long since our last post!!!...Time flies when you are having fun! And after some time of thinking and deciding what to do with our business, we can say that we are finally having fun again.

The addition of new vendors and the fact that they all work one day a week in the store has given us not only time to catch up with our own lives but also a totally renewed creative energy.

During our time away from the store, we have completed old projects, finished new ones, redecorated rooms in our own homes, watched our girls win a soccer tournament and let us tell you: it feels pretty darn good!

We even got the "creative juices" flowing again, we have stocked up the store with lots of wonderful cottage furniture and for the first time we are ahead with the seasonal merchandise: fun Halloween decorations are being created and displayed every day.

These days when many of us are having conversations about women doing it all, juggling work, kids, housework, helping run a country, it's pretty safe to say that Clara and I can't do it all.
We can't run a 10 to 5 business and be home with our families, we can't work every day and refinish furniture at night, and trust us: we tried! Our new schedule (we work 2 half days a week each) is what we call the perfect balance between Dr Laura and Sarah Palin!!

Our lives are really about Cottage Charm and Family Inspiration (not necessarily in that order), and our new schedule allow us to enjoy it all....