Happiest 2012 To Ya !

Happiest of New Years from my fam to yours...this is our families NOH8 photo ...shot by the amazing celebrity photographer Adam Bouska.
I have not forgotten that it is January and I promised a few goals for 2012! My hubs gave me a new desktop for Christmas and I am still futzing with and organizing it!

Soooooo...do my bloggy peeps have an Instagram yet? I highly recommend the addiction! You can view my pics(such as the above Franken-Docs) online here.
Follow me and I shall follow you back!

Peace On Earth and Vintage X-mas Candles

I have had a rather severe December disappearing act.
Oh those hectic holidays.....right?
Rather than rehash the decor(I shall always go overboard with Christmas decor...it's in my DNA).... I will share my latest holiday
table-scape!
I wish you all the deepest peace in the upcoming year and I plan on coming back to grade my 2011 goals.....and set some new ones later this week!
.....and I do hope your season was merry!

Ghosts Of Christmas Past!

Yes!!! A ghost..... like I have been the past couple of months!

Rather than bore you to tears with tales of how busy I have been...

I shall share pics from a not so long ago Christmas...

...when I shot some pics with a broken camera...
I do hope Santa brings all you wish this holiday season!
Perhaps I shall come back after the busy-ness slows and fill ya in on my own unique chaos!

It's A Monster High Christmas!

Getting the holly hauled out in all pertinent places at the Pagoda!
I always love to give my littlest petal some extra holiday "donning" for her dollies!!

Draculaura sings "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree" !
Isn't there something sooooo "Josie and The Pussy Cats " about Clawdeen behind the drums?

Smallable and their Elegant On-line Advent

Have you heard of Smallable ?
It is an elegant French children's site that I highly recommend visiting.The photography and artwork is stunning.
This is last years advent...I ja'dore the mid century modern furniture used!

Check out their Christmas issue.

Here is a sneak peek of this years online advent calendar. Find it in its entirety here.
Happy December!

Well Hello There Christmas Season !

It's here !!!
Did I miss Thanxgiving? Nah.....I cooked yesterday and my decor was a bit of a re-tread of T-giving days past.
If you care to peek you can view my crazy turkey day takes here and here!




...but in the mean time it's time for....
Thrift-venturing......A List To Thrift By : Item #1:LP Cover Art and
Item #3:Vintage Holiday !!!!
I am dying over the hair and makeup of the "organ and Chimes cutie!!! This LP cover art will go nicely in the Odd little architectural nook!
The bottle brush tree is full of tiny vintage fruit and the 70's angel will go nicely with this collection...and I love the color , her little face and the sweet little bird she is holding! Not bad for a holiday spree for under 5 dollars!

The rest of my ..."To Be Thrifted" list.

Item #1:LP Cover Art

Item #2 :Overalls and 70's Shirts

Item #3:Vintage Holiday

Item #4: Vintage Sweaters

Item #5:Emilio Pucci

Totally 80's and the Science Fair Project

The Little Petal attended an 8o's birthday party this weekend.....it was so fun to see all the little girls....


...at their Cindy Lauper-est!
Good thing my little girl had fun on Saturday...cuz' Sunday....

...it was 'all hands on deck" to complete her science fair project.
I'm gonna rant here for a second....something I do not care to do in general.... and ESPECIALLY on my blog.
This was our 1st EVER science fair project.
When Ruby was in 3rd grade it was not required and in 4th she attended a TAG school that ask you to spend a Saturday at a local half-day science fair event for hands on experiments.
Though my 8 year old absolutely contributed to her project...including taking care of her plants over several weeks, keeping "data' on their growth, taking pictures(fab ones by the by)for the final poster,synthesizing her thoughts about the results after a discussion with dad....it felt like a project that was more a grade for her dad and I than for Noli. I now see why Ruby's TAG school did not do an individual assignment. An all day fair with several hands-on activities was more about the children learning and LESS about parents doing work for their kids.
At home projects have always been both a joy and a pain. I understand it is about providing a balance of parental leading and your child's input.I have to also fess up to "taking over" in the name of aesthetics.
Do any of you out there have thoughts on take home projects that are often too much for the young child to do on their own. How do you handle things?