Neutral Bedrooms

One of the things I love to do is rearrange my house which I know many of you do the same. You get that itch to move furniture and generally mix everything up. My husband says that I stand at one end of the room with my finger on my chin and get that glazed look and Stephen says to me, Oh no! Here we go again! This is my way of being creative so when a friend of mine mentioned that she wanted to redo her bedroom, I was Johnny on the spot! I started asking her what she loves and I was in heaven because she loves the neutrals as much as myself. Here are a few inspiration rooms I pulled.

countryliving.com

simpleeverydayglamour.blogspot.com

Source: linenandlavender.blogspot.com via Cathy on Pinterest

I love the first image with the contrast of the floors to the bedding and of course the protrait is amazing. I also love the contempory feel of the second image and the peacefulness of the room but I am absolutely mad about the last image with the imagination of the designer. Off to pick paint for this room. Have a wonderful blessed week!

Tancredi & Morgen

The weekend is finally here and my friends Eileen and Deanne head up to the Carmel on Friday. It was great catching up on the drive and we were excited to have a girlfriend's weekend. We arrived at my friend Anna's home and this is first thing we saw as we walked to the guest house. Isn't this just picture perfect!

This darling bench greeted us by the entrance to the Guest House...

We entered the Guest House to this charming room. I felt like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. It was darling and ohhh... so cozy. Eileen, Deanne and I shared a bottle of great wine and then headed out to dinner to Cafe Rustica. It was fabulous!

This was the entrance to the Cafe Rustica!

Anna and Eileen chatting away over a delicous dinner. Then off to bed because we had a day full of shopping ahead of us.

Tancredi & Morgen here we come!

It was the best sharing my favorite store with two of my favorite friends.

Want this deer!

And this whole section of the store. Bought many treasures and then had to say goodbye to Roger and Marcia. I just love these two people! Be sure to take a weekend and see this talented couple.

Thanksgiving with the Watkins

Thanksgiving with the Watkins is all about traditions. About three years ago, my daughter, Devon, introduced us to a new tradition, Turkey Bowling. It is a hoot! First, we have to prepare the turkey. Wrap tightly in duct tape to handle the skidding across blacktop. Let me tell you that skidding across blacktop tenderizes the meat for future roasting.

Keep wrapping boys!

The trophy!

My sister found these pins at an old bowling alley that was being torn down and her husband, Jack, refinished them and gave them to us for Christmas last year.

We split up into teams. Here are the Spring Chickens.

And the Roosters.

Stephen guarding the turkey so it doesn't become road kill.

Sorry no pictures of the mayhem, the pictures were all blurry but you can see the outcome. We lost by one point!

The winners!

The losers....

Now it is dinner time. Every year, I promise myself that I am going to be creative before each season. Well, I am quite proud of myself because I pulled off this handmade napkin rings. Thank you Matthew Mead!

The Thanksgiving table. Thank goodness we only had six people for dinner! My tiny little dining room couldn't handle much more.

Afterwards, everyone was in a Trytophan haze as you can see.. I hope that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving with family and friends. Next, onto the BIG season. Merrily, merrily.....

Remnants of the Past

I have been having so much fun seeing the photos go up other blogs and on Facebook. I get to see a different view of the show and many special times that I may have missed.

One of the special things I did for the show was to hire Molly of Bright Age Productions to film the show. Here is what she captured of that special day.

Enjoy!

Peace

After putting on a Remnants show, Stephen and I love to get away just to unwind. Our favorite place to go is Big Sur so off we went on Friday. This was our little home for the weekend. We got settled in and then we walked to the River Inn where we love to sit by the river and have a drink. It was beautiful and I could just feel my whole being relax.

The next day we hiked and then stopped for a bite to eat at Nepenthes. The view is so spectacular!

Julia Pieffer Falls

One of the things about my husband that is so special is that he writes down on a calendar anything that was special in our friends and family that has happened. Every day he looks at his calendar and reads what happened that day and he will call that person and say "I just want to let you know that 5 years ago this happened...... and I am so happy for you!" Well this weekend on Stephen's calendar, he wrote proposed to Judy at Santa Margarita Lake 23 years ago. I am so happy that I said YES!

I am going to be doing something different starting next month. I am going to writing a newsletter about things happening with the show and in the creative world we live in. If you haven't signed up, please go here. I cannot wait to share all the happenings with you! xoxo Judy

Remnants of the Past

It has taken me a whole week to recover but what a weekend it was. My anticipation of what you would think of the new venue, would people come, would they love it was dispelled when I walked out the doors to see the line of people wrapped around the building all happy with smiles on their faces. I started a new tradition this Fall Show. I wanted something special to be handed down the line not only to let people know where the end of the line was but to have something to put on to have their pictures taken in. About four years ago when my Mother passed away a dear friend brought me a crown made by a special artist. Eileen knew that I loved this crown so she brought it. It was made out of chicken wire and was rustic and elegant all at one time. Zipping forward to now, I came across a box of my Mother's things and in it were many costume jewelry pieces, ribbon, gold birds and pieces that my Mother couldn't throw away. I contacted a friend, Stephani, to see if she could capture my vision of this crown. Stephani captured it completely! I watched this crown get passed down the line and many women having their pictures taken in it. This picture in my mind is priceless. There were many tears for me this day.

The Queen of Junk Crown

The fun doesn't end. When the bell was rung, people were so excited to see what these amazing vendors had created for them. They were not disappointed. I have to tell you that I have the BEST vendors. They out did themselves in their creation of their booths, the treasures they had collected and their displays. It was definitely jaw dropping. I could feel the energy. It was so tangible. People shopped and chatted and shared their stories with each other. Then came my special guest for Saturday, Steve and Brooke Giannetti. If you haven't purchased their book, it is definitely one for your bookshelf. It is filled with everything I love.

Brooke and me.

On Sunday, we opened the doors again to a line. My special guest on Sunday was Susan Branch. The women were so excited that she was coming and the line started to form. She graciously signed books, gave hugs and had her picture taken. Isn't this one darling with Susan and these two little girls. They were so patient waiting in line with their Mothers!

I am going to take you around to some of the booths...

Blue Canoe Re-Loaded

Brothers of Industry

Bungalow Vintage

A Beautiful Mess

It was an amazing weekend! I couldn't have done it without my family and their support.

I want to thank The Alex Madonna Expo Center for allowing Remnants to have its show there and I am so excited to have my future shows there. I also would like to thank Sincerely California for their sponsorship of my show. If you haven't signed up for my newsletter, please go here and sign up to hear about all the plans I have for my next show in June.

Poetic Pumpkins

I've known Carol for years and she has been a part of Remnants since the beginning. My first show was in October 2007 and Carol set up a booth selling engraved pumpkins. They were a hit! Consequently, Carol has to always be a part of the show because I receive hundreds of emails every Fall asking if Carol of Poetic Pumpkins will be there plus I could not imagine not having Carol's sweet presence at the show. You won't be able to miss Carol because there will be a bevy of women fighting to get there engraved pumpkin.

Please welcome Carol!

I've known Carol for years and she has been a part of Remnants since the beginning. My first show was in October 2007 and Carol set up a booth selling engraved pumpkins. They were a hit! Consequently, Carol has to always be a part of the show because I receive hundreds of emails every Fall asking if Carol of Poetic Pumpkins will be there plus I could not imagine not having Carol's sweet presence at the show.