Knack has some seriously great sponsor friends........

.....and here is just a little sampling of the goodness.......

must haves for fall at twig

positive and always relevant words by red letter words

fantastic paper by perideau designs

necklaces available at pink olive stores

bird house workshop by laura aiken

new sweetness by blue moss

inspire wall pillow by lily pottery

speaking of whales.....

.....here are a few that make me smile......

1. whale necklace by ...maggie wood designs

2. bobby pins by ...flirt buttons

3. whale cross stitch by ....and wabisabi

4. whale gift cards by ....little john prints

5. linen whale pillow cover by ...branch handmade

a celebration........

......so excited and proud for my friends over at white whale studios! If you are local, stop by their grand opening this Friday night from 6-9 pm......and enjoy all of the talent they have brewing over there!

I just want you to know........

.....how much I love these.......they are so wonderful.....

....hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I skipped off to the beach for a couple days and it was so perfect.......nothing like the ocean to clear your head.......xo

merriment......

....loving this merriment banner by corrie berry pie..

....hope your weekend is full of it....merriment that is.............xo

as promised.....

...the latest......

......and so awesome to plan and design based on the bedroom it will be going in, and the pieces already existing there...... my sweet, sweet client {we'll call her miss "m"}.... gave me total free reign ....which just makes creating .......well.....even more creative......

......in order to take out the panels in the drawer fronts to paper them I had to remove these pieces of trim that were stapled in , so of course I must get a new staple gun!.....and let me tell you friends it worked like a charm! I don't know what I've done without it.......so I'm just tickled fancy with this little number....hope you all enjoy as well........

xoxo

My newest toy.......

....oh yes friends.......my new staple gun that hooks up to my compressor.....just makes me a happy knack girl.......

....now ladies....don't trip over each other as you race out to your nearest hot and hip home depot store to snatch one of these babies up before they are gone.......{wink!}

.....wait until you see the new before and after I have for you tomorrow :)....... xo

hugs......

to you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, and you......

....still trying to get caught up.....but just wanted everyone to know how much I appreciate all of the love and friends you send my way......xo

chalkboards are the coolest......

1. chalkboard necklace.....the lovely teaspoon
2. embroidery hoop chalkboard......bliss in a teacup
3. deer chalk board sticker.......flat bird
4. orange framed message/ chalkboard........shabby vintage mom
5. whale chalkboard....suddenly it's real
6. thought bubble chalkboard decal.......a sign of the times

our house......

.....love this print so very much.....and hope the "b" house will practice happiness always....xo

I'm on a roll.......

......I wanted to tell you all about these very talented girls that I was introduced to by joyce over at a perfect beginning .............there was a little giveaway for these fantastic photo cards and so I went and checked out their site and just loved everything I saw.........so I entered and WON.....yippee .......

.....I know you all will enjoy their story and their eye for beauty so please pop on over and check out amy and ann......they are so cool.....

xoxo

meet juliette......

......this is one of the newest pieces of knackage........and it is a new color combo for me......but I'm thinking I really love it........olive green with the lavender pulls......it really was so fun to pull together........

......this weekend the festival went pretty good .....I stayed dry in my studio, and I met lots of new people...so I have no complaints.....but we literally had a downpour of a weekend:(...... hopefully next year the weather will be better....

happy monday to you!!....xo

the first annual west greenville arts festival.......

......is this weekend my friends! Please come visit me at knack.....

September 19-20, 2009

Saturday|10 AM to 7 PM

Sunday|11 AM to 5 PM

in the Pendleton Street Arts District...

For a list of participating artists and area galleries, studios and businesses see:

upstate visual arts website......

...it's going to be swell.....and fun and great .......{you catch my drift?}.....have a happy weekend peeps! xo

I won my first giveaway ever.....

....and boy was it a good one to win! I have been simply frothy about miss whitney's ...{from over at darling dexter} ....new etsy shop.......eyeing her lovely pieces like nobody's business......so needless to say, my day was made peachy when whitney informed me of my good fortune!

...yay for talented artists and their creations, and super yay for giveaways! xo

*oh, and p.s. now I need her fun grey party skirt to go with my necklace :)