12.31.2008

winter at home.



















































today i am:

taking a trip on a ferry,
soaking in the british columbia sun.

filling my lungs with ocean air,
feeling thankful for a wonderful year,
clinking slender glasses,
and making a new year's wish.


hope your new year's eve is nice
and your new year's day too.

will be back back after the change in years.
happy last day of 2008.












oh and ps:
our herriott grace spoons
sold out in 2008
a big thank you
for all your support.
and
watch for new spoons to come in 2009.










and the photos,
they're here.










12.21.2008

sunday sort of light - white!

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at this moment
the snow has stopped.
the ground is white.
the trees too.


but the sky,
the sky it is
bright, bright blue.



there are shadows on the building just opposite mine,
i see the branches
of the catalpa trees swinging there,
their beans
blowing.


i can see the shadows of clouds
on that same wall,
whizzing by.
the wind moving them quickly
from the west
toward the east.



it's really very nice.
it's almost like watching a 2 second short
made just for me.

simple, but beautiful.



today i will bake.
and get ready for my holiday journey.
and revel in the last
sunday before christmas.


+ there are three small spoons left in the shop.

all of which can still arrive to
canada by express mail
and to
the usa via courier
by wednesday of this week,
so says the post-lady.



that said,
you will have to order today,
so i can ship tomorrow.



#4
#20
#21








happy day.
happy winter.
xo.








the photos:

12.15.2008

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bits of beautiful for today:

one lady's papercuts
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her etsy shop here,
and papercut blog here. wow.

+ a great interview with pia.

+ ray - i love when all six appear together.



+ to those in the united states:
today is the last day for our hg spoons to arrive by the 24th.
after today, only by courier

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the last update of 2008
at
herriott grace,
number 21 is my very favorite!


bracelets, tiny bowls
& other things
to come in 2009.



happy weekend friends.

talk next week.














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12.11.2008

from here & there.

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hello.
a shop update coming today.
i know i said at 12:00, but i'm not ready yet.
so lets say 3:00 eastern instead.
sound good. there's 4.

three other things:

have you seen this little girl.
she's the cutest.
she makes me melt.
i wish i could see her in real life.

also i have been enjoying marion hearts of late.
i especially like her cookie stealing monster.


and i liked joanna's winter bicylcle post.
it made me wish,
i liked the winter just a bit more.
and that instead of taking the streetcar,
i wanted to ride my bike at -10.
but, i really just don't.
my hands get far too cold.
and the streets
a little
too icy for this girl.


that's it for now.



i'll be back at 3.
bye.






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image: stella

herriott grace packing.




























hello friends.
happy holidays.

i've been absent, i know.
things have gotten so busy here.


the response to herriott grace has been amazing.
we really are so pleased.
thank you.


at this moment, there are only 2 spoons left,
numbers 4 and 9.

good news though,
as a little holiday treat.
there will be one last update before christmas,

this saturday at 12pm.
it will be pretty limited,
so you'll have to be fast.






+ more good news,
there is still time for them to arrive
to many destinations
by dec. 24th
see our holiday ship dates here.

i promise in the coming while,
i'll be back to my regular posting
that is about things other than spoons.




in the meantime,
hope all is well.
and the lead up to the holidays has you feeling
warm and cozy.

bye for now.











12.06.2008

a good week.

















































































so remember i said i had the feeling
it was going to be a good week
like good things were on their way to me
well, i was right.

it was indeed, a
great week!
though i'm a day late on the herriott grace update.
it's up right now!
and it's great.
the new spoons,
they are really. really. beautiful.

and next week,
next week there are to be bracelets.
pretty exciting i think.
we'll have to wait to see.


and the other great things,
here they are in no certain order:

herriott grace was on design sponge yesterday
and poppytalk too!
a thank you to them both.


and joslyn posted my favorites on the simply lovely blog.
eeek, look at my beautiful new coat.
i just love it.

so there you are
hope your week was filled
with similar sorts of small joys.

as for this very moment,
i'm sitting at the kitchen table
looking out the side window
at the small random bits of snow
that are falling from the sky.

since i woke
they've fallen.
and the ground
instead of green and brown
or white with fresh snow,
is that light grey
before the flakes pile atop one another.

i see the birds,
woodpeckers and cardinals
both with christmasy seeming bits of red.
hurrying from branch to branch
frenzied to get that last small seed
before a big snow comes.

and i see the neighbour dog
outside in his yard,
looking up to the sky
like he is surveying,
how much snow will really fall from there today.

as for me,
my coffee has just called,
the steam flying
from the small valve
on the side of my stove top espresso maker.

the heat has switched on
and i will go.
leaving you to this wonderful
winter
morning.

bye for now.
happy weekend.









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i like this wallpaper

via brown paper and string





a busy morning here this morning.

a shop update tomorrow.
a happy day to you today.

















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