Merry Christmas!

This woven and printed, decorative hanging banner came from my husband's grandmother. I love to hang it up every year, I haven't seen anything like it. It gives me such cheer to look at it!

This is the donut ornament I got earlier this summer from Sleighbells! It looks delicious hanging up on this year's tree!

Every year I lose another cherished ornament. I get a little nervous unwrapping my vintage ornaments every year, knowing I am bound to lose one. But how can you just keep them stored away safely in a box? I have to see them up on the tree!

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas Holiday, and a fantastic New Year!

New Season's Craft Fair

Here are a few photos of my table from the New Season's hosted Holiday Craft Fair last weekend, it was so enjoyable! I'd really like to thank them for hosting such a great event.

Holiday Craft Fair Alert

Hello dear blog reader, I'll be participating in a wonderful holiday craft fair. It will be held at the New Seasons Market, located in the Portland suburb of Cedar Hills, on November 28th. 9:00 am until about 4:00 in the afternoon.

Hope to see you there! Please do come and say hello. I'll have holiday cards, and a few other types of cards. Also magnet sets and some hand-crafted holiday decor items.

Saturday, November 28th:

New Seasons Market

Cedar Hills Crossing

3495 Cedar Hills Blvd.

Beaverton, OR 97005

(503) 641-4181

Here Comes Halloween...

Elephants Deli here in Portland, has become one of my favorite places to visit from about October through December. They always decorate their NW Portland location with lots of holiday fare. So it makes the perfect meeting place of the yearly 'Pumpkin Planning' session. Which is the silly name my friend Gretchen and I have for, planning our yearly gingerbread houses.

Inspiration abounds at Elephants, the sights, the smells, the candy...

Look at these delectable macarons!

You know what I had? Those cups on the left are a chocolate mousse. I had one. The things on the right are house-made Ding Dongs. I almost had that.

Anyway, we nailed the idea for our gingerbread house, now all we need is a recipient for it. Thinking about raffling it off for coats and blankets donations.

Schoolhouse Rock

I woke up this morning with the Schoolhouse Rock song from, "How A Bill Becomes Law" cartoon, stuck in my head! I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill , and I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill...

So, I headed over to You Tube, and watched some of my old favorite Schoolhouse Rock videos. This one's, "Three is a Magic Number." It's such a sweet song!

And who could forget Conjunction Junction! I feel so lucky to have had these playing on TV when I was a kid. Real, quality learnin'.

An Evening with Lee Kelly

Last Friday evening, I visited my old art school - P.N.C.A, for a talk given to alumni. An interview with sculptor Lee Kelly, conducted by Portland Art Museum chief curator and curator of contemporary art, Bruce Guenther.
Bruce would say something smug n' pompous, Lee would say something funny, and then people would look at each other and smile knowingly. You had to! Everyone was smiling knowingly! Then I got in line to be hugged by Paul Missal, which as P.N.C.A's most beloved figure, is always a really long line. The fellow up before me was stage designer Michael Curry, who was a very nice person - and extremely young looking for his age.

Here are a few examples of Lee Kelly's works:

Rajastan III (2004)

Lupin Fugue (2000)

Trip to NYC

My husband and I recently took a trip to NYC, where we crammed in as much art viewing as possible. We visited the Met, Guggenheim, MOMA, and many Chelsea art galleries. Here are some of the highlights:



Warhol at MOMA.

A painting gallery at the Met.

The roof of the Met; along with a spectacular view, some beer and cocktails are offered. Unfortunately it seems that NYC accomodates cigarette smokers in outdoor places like these.

A French interior display in the Met.

Part of a fantastic French wall mural, could barely tear myself away from it!

Home again, home again, jiggety jog.