Field Trip – Home & Landscape Expo
Last weekend I decided to check out the Northern California Home and Landscape Expo here in town. It was crazy busy!
Weaving my way among all the booths for windows and hot tubs and iron work and an amazing rake thing-a-ma-bob confirmed that I am so glad my job isn”t to work a booth at a trade show. Hats off to those folks. There were a couple of stand outs though. Local business Pottery World took over a whole Exhibit Hall and set up a mini version of one of their stores. They included a beautiful raw wood dining table that caught my eye, along with the eye of everyone else who passed by it.
And this cute cabinet display
Alas, I could only last so long in the infomercial-come-to-life environment. But on my way out I saw these pillows. Who doesn”t love pillows?!
And just for fun…
Necklace Shadow Box
I wanted a way to keep my necklaces from getting tangled that didn’t involve one of those necklace trees. (Man, those things are having moment, aren’t they?) I decided to go the shadow box route. I purchased a shadow box like this one and selected a fabric for the backing. Easy, peasy.
And then she flew…
I am not a blog writing kind of person. It feels scary to be so public with all of one’s thoughts and dreams. And yet here I am. After many years of being focused on my own home, a passion for design has emerged. It really crystalized when I was helping my mom redo some rooms in her house. She went on vacation and I offered to take ownership of the project and complete it in her absence. We discussed budget, mood, specific pieces, etc. and then I went to town. I loved it! It got me thinking that maybe I want to do this more. So I began to research and read and learn. And I fell in love with this idea and all these blogs and all these women out there who seem kind of like me and do amazing work.
When I was in college I had a photo I tore out of a magazine and stuck on my wall of beautiful people jumping off a cliff into the water below. It seemed to capture the excitement of embracing life, which is how I felt then, on the cusp. But then a number of things didn’t go as planned and I ended up feeling more like I’d fallen off the cliff. It wasn’t exciting – it was terrifying. But I’ve finally clawed my way back up and I’m ready to try again.
This is me taking a leap.
I spent the two days on either side of New Year’s Eve this year working on a headboard project for my son’s room. (I’ll save the details of that for another post.) I found myself hoping that it was a sign of more projects to come in the new year. And then two days later on my birthday my dad gave me this card:
It captures so much for me. So much of me.
I’ve enrolled myself in a design course. I’m starting this blog. I am hopeful. Please join me on my new adventure. 1, 2, 3…..
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