Liberty....

I love Liberty prints.
They are romantic, colorful,
Whimsical and oh so ever English.
Ciao from London,
F

Pumpkins....

My sister and nephew found this very cool shop

owned by an event/wedding planner, Michael Hensen.

Last weekend my nephew decided I needed to see it  because

it had the coolest pumpkins. 

Now I have seen many a pumpkin patch and plenty of

Halloween decor in my life time but nothing prepared me 

for these pumpkins.

These were giant size pumpkin ghosts.

They are absolutely gorgeous.

If I had the money let alone the front yard space I would have one of these,

maybe more than one. Can you imagine having a group of them.

Oh how the little kiddies would scream.

Happy Halloween.

Ciao,

F

Quote....

My husband loves fall, well actually he loves all four seasons

but he finds something magical about fall.

It's the love child of summer and winter.

I read this quote the other day and it made me think of 

Dave and his love affair with fall.

"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it,

and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth

seeking the successive autumns."

George Eliot

Ciao,

F

Updates....

Well, we finally did it.

We updated our profile with a picture of both of us.

Aren't we cute. (lol)

My husband kept snapping away and we took some pretty funny

one's. I guess you can say we like to have fun

and don't mind laughing a bit either.

The other change you will see is Meeghn blogging.

I can't wait to read one of her blogs.

She's a pretty smart cookie and has a great sense of humor so

I think we are in for a treat.

Please give her the same warm welcome you all gave me.

I am going to be traveling quite a bit over the next 4 weeks 

so will do my best to blog but am sure

Meeghn will fill in where I can't.

Ciao,

F

Miracles....

Sometimes life dictates what we need to focus on other days

we get to decide.

Tonight life has dictated.

There is a very large miracle occurring in this world tonight,

it is the rescue of 33 miners trapped  2,ooo ft below the surface

in a mine where they have been trapped  for 68 days.

It is a miracle celebrated by the men, their wives and families,

a country and the world.

Today they come home.

First miner to be brought up.

Ciao,

F

Sewing....

While in Europe the last two weeks

I got to see a lot of retail.

Some not so interesting others absolutely beautiful

you just wanted to move in.

One particular store caught my eye,

All Saints Spitalfields.

Some of you may know it from your own travels.

What I love about it is it's use of vintage and old items

to create an environment that evokes 

the old garment industry world.

They have a particular signature item you will find

in every window and in every one of their stores,

The Old Sewing Machine.

We happen to have one of these in our shop

and I always thought what a beautiful item

to have for it's artistry and history.

I can only imagine how long and how far the 

visual team of AllSaints had to go to find

so many vintage sewing machines.

I can hear them humming, imagine the many women

and maybe men who spent hours bent over them

sewing their families clothes, clients new wardrobes

and maybe mass producing garments in the garment

district of many of the large cities of the world.

Ciao,

F

Back.....

Well I am back.

 It feels like it has been a very long time since I wrote last.

11 days in Europe for business not pleasure.

Oh, if it had been for pleasure I would have so much more exciting things to tell

and show you.

It was fun though and we did get a chance to eat some pretty fantastic food.

Saw some inspiring retail as well. Maybe more on that later.

The more important reason I am writing today is to 

remind all of you that tonight is Harvest Fest at

Found on Fremont 

to celebrate their first birthday.

The store looks fantastic and there are lots of fun finds

that you will definitely want to take home.

So come on by and help us celebrate.

Hope to see you there.

Ciao,

F