the E myth

If you have a small businesses I highly recommend this book.

time flies

Sorry for the lack of posts.  This has been a very crazy week.  My Sophie graduated from 6th grade.  And the end of the year chaos has invaded our home.  Last years books, next years books and a million art projects.  I am hoping to bring all of the uniforms up into the attic in exchange for swim suits and flip flops.  The sun is shining and Scott is about to return with a whole wheat everything bagel and coffee.  Wish me luck.  I am looking forward to this Saturday of restoring order.

I thought you might enjoy these shots of us from Child Magazine.  They were taken 5 years ago!  Time flies.  

collections

I love collections and how they look together.  It's the more the merrier philosophy.  (Perhaps that is why I have 7 kids!)  I have been collecting things since I was a little girl.  I love this blog a collection a day,  I have a feeling she has been collecting for a while too.

vintage patterns

Meet the newest additions to my vintage pattern collections.  I picked these up at Gen's on Saturday and they all have an element that I want to incorporate into next season's collection.

art love

Last night I discovered a beautiful blog called A Country Farmhouse. I am in love with her beautiful white home with the perfect color green door.
As I spent all evening scrolling through years of her life I came upon this...

and my heart started beating faster. I was smitten with this little jewel of a painting. I was very excited to find out that it by a current artist Eric Jacobsen.  He is now on my list of favorites.  Here are some of the ones that I would like to bring home...

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do I need therapy?

I am obsessed with these Fisher Price reissued vintage toys.  I have seen them at Target and online.  My children are a little old to play with them but I am tempted anyway.  Is there something severely wrong with me?

tec petaja

I am in love with tec's photography. Here are some of my favorite black and whites..



and here are some of my favorites in color...

So the moral of the story is go to tag sales...you never know who you'll meet.