Going green....

In more ways than one this house goes green. Constructed of antique windows, corbels and ornate wood legs, this ornate structure can be used as a green house for plants, statues or a playhouse. Don't know about you, but I love it!

Good bones....

Browsing trough my Ready Made I found this seller on etsy, Jeanne redoes vintage furniture. This chair certainly has good bones, how I would like one--different color please ;)
Have you etsy'd lately?

Out of Africa....

Magpie “… a socially conscious art collective..." was founded in 1998 by Scott Hart and Shane Petzer. In 2006 Fine Artist and Painter Sean Daniel and Administrator Richard Panaino joined Magpie. Magpie's became popular in areas other than Cape Town (sometimes featured in Anthro), so the team turned their back on the crowded city and relocated from Cape Town to Barrydale (about two and a half hours inland) in search of a large studio to create their work. They are best known for chandeliers made from recycled materials (stay tuned for a follow-up post).
Painted chairs can be found at Mint.

Nice is nice...

Nice {long e} is nice {long i}. Mom found me a cute coaster from the Hotel Ruhl in Nice, France. The name almost sounds like Ruehl {Abercrombie}. I had been craving vintage hotel flatware or plates {anthro-esque} but this is very cute and a pale yellow color {bad photo-sorry! blame my blackberry since my real camera is hopefully getting repaired.)I found some postcards from Nice online as well as some hotel artwork. Can anyone find some photos of the locale?

More re-hab....

Yet another reason to go antiquing.....

The three R's.....

Are you recycling that?!?! Today, I met with the Junior Achievement coordinator for my county to volunteer for the upcoming school year. I am very excited about the program and especially excited to get to work with the children {K-5}. I am unsure as to what grade I will be assigned, but would love to have Mrs. Kildow's kindergartners {hint, hint}. Can anyone pull some strings? Honestly, I will be happy to have any class, the kids are always entertaining and the experience is priceless.
But on with the show...I attended the hour and a half long session with two other volunteers {2 gentlemen in flight school}. The coordinator provided us with water, chocolate glazed donuts and Junior Achieve-Mints {cute idea!-making a note of that one!}. On our way out, she stopped the guys making certain they were planning on recycling their bottles...she took the bottles they were still drinking! Sure it makes sense to recycle, but throwing away perfectly good water.....moderately humorous. I think the idea above is a fun recycling idea. An anthro installation that resembles snow! Now that is recycling!!

I am so ready to get my kit and class!!