It won’t be long before plants will be poking their heads up through the crumbly leftovers of the Winter of 2015. It’s always good to get outside, and clean away the debris. We just got home from our trip south and I can begin to see ground where the snow is starting to melt. Are we done with that yet? Related Images:
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Spring has always been an emotional roller coaster for me. On the one hand, it’s so drop dead gorgeous and fresh, you could stay outside all day long. On the other hand… Related Images:
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A few months ago, I made a fabric travel bag to hold my pillows, knowing intuitively that it wasn’t cool to travel with my beautiful cotton sateen pillows in brown paper or large plastic trash bags. Related Images:
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Is it a coincidence that the first day of Spring (March 20) and St. Patrick’s Day share the same week? Great association, I’ll go with it. Related Images:
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Have you ever… -Leaned back to snuggle on your couch and carefully averted your face from the tweedy pillow surface because it was last cleaned “GOD KNOWS WHEN?” Related Images:
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Photography is an art form I use as a conduit for translating my garden into home décor. As a child I immersed myself in the great outdoors and was continuously absorbed with all kinds of tactile art media like paints, crayons,pastels, clay and paper mache. Technology for art purposes Related Images:
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Today was Ash Wednesday- the first day of Lent. The word “Lent” comes from the Middle English word ‘lenten” meaning Springtime. These flowers were blooming in my Connecticut garden at the end of last Spring. Do they make you feel warmer? Yes! Like many people in the NE, we’ve been inside a lot. The wood stove’s been acting up so we shut it down until we can get it looked at -which means no more wood gathering. (Not all bad..) The stove guy is busy rescuing people with no other heat source (we have oil back-up) whose pipes have frozen.
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Attending trending seminars for fashion and home décor is a little like preparing for Valentine’s Day. Growing up, we had eleven kids congregating around a dining room table overflowing with piles of valentine cards- all kinds of red, Related Images:
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Paola Prints are available for sale at DesignSourceCT in Hartford, CT! The 25,000 square foot showroom is a design-filled space open to qualified trade professionals. Retail customers are welcome to browse; showroom staff will facilitate referrals to design professionals. Paola Prints can be ordered through the showroom starting in February. Related Images:
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Just got back from a two-day event – PremiereVision New York and Indigo New York at New York’s Pier 92- showing trends and fashion fabrics for Spring Summer 2016. Related Images:
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