I was putting this post together and came across an incredible performance of My Funny Valentine by Alice Fredenham on Britain’s Got Talent.  It’s beautiful, it’s inspiring and it made me cry (even Simon loved her).  Listen Here!

Sitting at my desk, feeling gratitude and melancholy, on this rainy Friday… I could so relate to her fears about succeeding, putting herself out there.

See that lovely lamp on the right there, on my desk?  I ran into the talented ~ Shannon Guirl ~ owner of Caravan Pacific, at a “seconds” craft show at ACE Hotel in downtown Portland last weekend.

I scored a white Hawthorne Lamp. I have pine wood office accessories, woven baskets, and a touch of chrome in my office, so this lamp in natural maple and chrome, fits right in!  It really is so beautiful and gives off a nice, warm glow.

The Hawthorne Lamp and many others are available here

Here she is at her studio in SE Portland, where I picked up my lamp.  Look what she has on the way…

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I’ve been playing around with rose quartz/pale pink/soft lavender velvets for the last month, trying to figure out which ones to put in my Spring Collection.  Pindler, Kravet, Schumacher, Gaston & Daniela – they all have wonderful hues. I’ve paired a couple with a Designer’s Guild’s Trasimeno striped velvet/linen and STUDIO TULLIA’s signature ribbon pillows. I borrowed a couple of my daughter’s treasures for this palette.  We are getting ready to paint her room and are headed in this direction.

This scheme includes a vintage plate and a favorite stuffy:

and one more:

 

How nice would this Sullivan Lamp in Peony and Maple be in her room:

 

Would you look at these feathers? I was walking past the bridal section at the http://millendstore.com/  yesterday and came across these feathers, sold by the inch (for approx. $1.50/inch).  I could not get over their color and beauty.

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And, here are a few of hand painted sacred hearts from our recent trip to Mexico, currently adorning my bookshelves.

 

Never have thought of myself as having a lot of pink, but here it is again, in my office:

 

Came across this dress in a window last week at Adam Arnold

 

And lastly, my sweetheart with the twinlets.

Here’s a beautiful heart by Johanna Basford if you need something to print out quick for your sweetheart:

Wishing you all a lovely weekend and Happy Valentine’s Day.

Yours truly,

Suzanne

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