Knit Wit!!!!

Last Friday I was walking from my friends house on the lower east side to pick my daughter up in Tribeca ( I walk everywhere!!!) and I saw the best artwork. It made me realize why I love New York so much! Please tell me how awesome you think these are I stood there in complete awe when I saw the car!!!

xShirley

Milk it Does a Body Good!!!

Today I hit the milkglass mother load!!! I was going along my usual vintage scouring trip hopping to find the odd piece of Milk Glass well I was very happy to find three new pieces today and combined they cost six dollars yes a mere six dollars! The first piece I found was $1 the second $2 and the third a hobnail candy dish at salvation army for $2.99 I was beside my self! The hobnail vase my boyfriend bought for me at the Brooklyn Flea Market because he knows my great love for milk glass. The hobnail candy dish was filthy but when I got home I bathed it like a new born babe! my daughter thinks I'm crazy of course but c'est la vie!!!

xShirley

Phew!!!

Lets do a quick catch up!! Last month was my birthday and my sweet boyfriend surprised me with a trip to LA!! yay! yay! We did all kinds of fun and exciting things, like riding a bicycle built for two, walking along the Venice beach boardwalk and biking to the Santa Monica Pier. Once there a roller coaster ride was a must! We also went to an amazing flea market in Pasadena where I got four great paintings for my bathroom two were paintings of Chateau Frontenac great for the Canuck in me!!!

Back in New york we visited the MET , they had an amazing bamboo exhibit on the roof and than he took me rowing in Central Park......a dream come true for me sigh!!! We also went to a prom themed birthday party and now we are convinced that when we get married we will definitely have a photo booth at our wedding. Well that's it in a nutshell just gearing up for Halloween and the holidays! Working on some new Christmas cross stitch cant wait to show you.

xShirley

Lean on Me!!!

Lately I have really been enjoying leaning my favorite plates and my latest obsession metal tray's against the back of my alternate storage aka Kitchen bookshelf it just adds that bit of shall we say artwork to the back of an otherwise very boring bookshelf!

The rose serving plate was given to my by my friend and the milk glass oyster holder was bought if my memory serves me correct for $5 and the metal tray was a steal at a mere $1 at salvation army! I love finds like that! It makes me very excited to have a soiree. I'm going to use my new metal tray to serve champagne from my vintage glasses.....very posh darlings!!!!

xShirley

A Mystical Weekend!

This weekend was a very busy weekend. On Saturday I finally made it to the Brooklyn Flea market which was very hot and hectic. I saw some interesting pieces but my favorite was the glass holder with a Canadian whiskey advert attached to it. Have to represent for the Canadians eh!! On Sunday I took a mini road trip with my friend, we brought her son to camp in Rhode Island. It was a very nice drive on the way there we stopped in Mystic Connecticut and went to the infamous Mystic Pizza.....Yum Yum!!! On the way back we stopped at her friends beach house to say hi it was such a beautiful home that backed right onto the beach, It definitely made me think I want a beach house someday!!! A girl can dream of course.

xShirley

Once upon a time.......

There was this beautiful princess and this prince met fell in love and they lived happily ever after! I love fairytales with a happy ending because in life everyone deserves a happy ending, that is why I came up with my latest cross stitch "And they lived happily ever after"

My friend was married and bought a home a few months ago I decided to cross stitch and frame my latest cross stitch for them as a present and they loved it. I also have it framed in a hoop in my apartment it's my favorite cross stitch because it is sweet for new couples.

xShirley

Montauk

I have been spending my weekends in Montauk and last week there were larger wave than usual because of the storm from the day before. Of course my boyfriend was very excited. There was also a surf competition here are my photo's from my weekend of sun fun and surfing.....still learning to stand but may be ready by the end of the summer. Yay!!!!

xShirley

The Milky Way!

I really love Milk glass and whenever I find a new piece I get very excited this is my latest find and it looks beautiful with roses and my collection of heart stones found on the beach. I also took a picture of my budding collection, enjoy!!!

xShirley

New Finds!!!

I live in this adorable little brownstone in Bushwick which apparently is the up and coming neighbourhood in Brooklyn they even have a cute hostel here called New York Loft Hostel I found it in the autumn H&M magazine!

Of course when you rent in a brownstone some things are old and can't be changed, my bathroom is a prime example it is tiled white from the bottom halfway up with what looks like seafoam green trim I wanted to make my bathroom interesting so I decided to make a gallery of pictures I stared with a vintage framed fan from the 1600 or 1700's and found two more pictures from some guys selling them on the side of the street on 23rd btw Lexington and 3rd. Basically I want every picture to have the green accent so that it will bring out the lovely green tile border. So here is the beginning of my bathroom gallery!

Playing Catch Up!!!

Last weekend I spent three lovely days in Montauk with my daughter and my boyfriend we lazed at the beach went sailing, watched the sun set and Celebrated at Ricks Crabby Cowboy where my friend through his annual Fourth of July party. When I returned it was a very busy week with work and castings. I am pulling things together for my next cross stitch project and can't wait until it is complete. Please stay tuned!!!

xShirley

Phew!!!

It has been a while and I am so sorry I have had a whirlwind month my daughters birthday, graduation and my boyfriends birthday vistors in town etc! but now I am getting back down to business.

Jenna Lyons the creative director at J Crew has taken a staid stuffy catalog brand and turned into this fun preppy mix n match brand that has men women and children looking fabulous. I absolutely love all of her wedding dresses and I created a mini inspiration board with some of the pages from J. Crew's amazing catalog!

New York City Scenes!

Yesterday morning I was walking over to my friends house to do our morning walk to work when I stumbled on these fabulous sculptures at City Hall Park ( I love the fountain there!!!) it was really cool to see the modern sculptures amidst everything that is really old ie: the fountain Woolworth Building City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge.

xShirley

Weekend Fun!!

This weekend my best friends boyfriend celebrated his 30th birthday and my friend and his parents put together this wonderful shindig for a few friends it was a very relaxing and beautiful weekend! I absolutely loved the peonies, they are my favorite flower!!! these flowers were picked from a peony farm which had me thinking for a second I wanna be a peony farmer! Ha!! Alas for now I will be content with my day job slash cross stitchin moma!!

Please excuse how terrible the picture with the lights are but I just thought they looked so pretty and wanted to post it anyway!

xShirley

I'm off to Oxford!!!

Well not really but they were plenty of oxford shoes on my photo shoot!

Today I had the absolute pleasure of wearing the most divine outfits at work and have convinced myself that I will someday own the fabulous Givenchy Dress with the most amazing pleated detail I neeeed it in my life and the croc YSL shoes to!!! A girl can dream of course but let's not forget about the vintage champagne glasses that I scored!!

During my down time I started a new cross stitch in the beautiful peach that has been seen in on all the runways and in all the stores and I noticed that one of the fashion accessories matched perfectly!!!

xShirley