Art in Bloom

While digging out my office - excavating is more like it, I have come across some photos of my "silk flower pillow phase"...I loved these pillows..actually, I found a wonderful, Ralph Lauren twin bedspread for $17.00, and cut it up to make the pillows. Then, being "she who has the most ribbon when she dies, wins", I learned to make these silk flowers. Perhaps, when I get a round tuit, I will put a tutorial on how to make them. My friend had a floral and gift shop, and they did sell quickly.....
Enjoy...

So Much to Do....

It's a new dawn, a new day, and the sun is shining...I have finished vacuuming the sofa, and realize that I just need to roll up my sleeves and get moving......
I used to have a cleaning lady, who cleaned places that I didn't even know I had places....right down to putting a fold on the ends of the toilet paper...Boy, do I miss that woman..she also became a good friend.

There's something about ripping the place apart, and putting it back together again...today, the living room, tomorrow, my office, and after that...the entire house...room-by-room...Some of you might say, "she's off her rocker, who likes to clean?"...I am not a clean freak, but my head feels full of dust bunnies and chaos...the only way for me to clear that out is to make sense of my home again....
So, off I go! (Okay, now you are thinking, "she's in her manic phase"..sheesh.

I Feel as if I am .....

rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic....So much has happened since the holidays - got sick, January disappeared, death in the family, memorial service, blind cat (no longer blind), insurance company blues...that today, I decided ENOUGH! It's time to get back-on-track...which means; finish putting the Christmas decor away (isn't it time?), clean my office - which is chaos-upon-chaos, clean my house, figure out how to use the new MP3IPod I won, along with the new Canon Digital Camera, and just keep putting my life back in order. So, you may not hear from me for a few days.
I have gifts to pack and send to friends and family - we don't do Christmas gifts, but when I see a need, or make something, or find a bargain that I know one of my soulmates would like (at Macy's), I send them off...it may take awhile, but they eventually get there.
Don't get me wrong; when it comes to designing and decorating a client's home, I am the most organized person in the world...I have to be...I keep a notebook, with everything in it pertaining to that client..everything..that way, it doesn't end up where it will never be found, or cross-referenced with another client's stuff...I do believe interior designers have to be obsessive-compulsive..it's a prerequisite...
So, if I disappear for a few days, it's because I am determined to get back-on-track.

The sun is shining, and I may take an hour for a walk...

Be blessed today and all days.