Saturday Thrifting: A special find!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCUZQ_PypD6Tk3Z2JiE5fn1iiWomoCMnBCnKAf7K0xlXrQ7nKdLZlMaUgQ8YTK-Ht5CzC69og15S1-jqCX84bZngZPd8djlC-U50G57VEqbDQYJ4164PJr80kpSqt_72foIIESPt8V7K4/s1600/DSCN2883.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCUZQ_PypD6Tk3Z2JiE5fn1iiWomoCMnBCnKAf7K0xlXrQ7nKdLZlMaUgQ8YTK-Ht5CzC69og15S1-jqCX84bZngZPd8djlC-U50G57VEqbDQYJ4164PJr80kpSqt_72foIIESPt8V7K4/s400/DSCN2883.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />I am very excited about today's Salvation Army store find. This stoneware pitcher and bowl have a beautiful, feminine shape and is a gorgeous, soft cream. And the nice thing is that it doesn't say "Made in China" anywhere on it. Actually, impressed in the bottom of both pieces is "P.C. 1974". I did a quick research and didn't come up with anything, but I do think these pieces were handmade. The little marks from being held up on pins during firing are still evident. Anyway, I love it and that's a great feeling, especially when they cost $10, and that $10 went to charity - a win win!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a> <br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

Saturday Thrifting: A special find!

I am very excited about today's Salvation Army store find. This stoneware pitcher and bowl have a beautiful, feminine shape and is a gor...

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North Shore Design Show - Kicks off tonight!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/Images/NSDS_2010logoWEB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/Images/NSDS_2010logoWEB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br />This North Shore Design Show kicks off tonight with a Gala Preview party. The Show is sponsored by the <a href="http://www.wenhammuseum.org/">Wenham Museum</a> in Wenham, MA. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMi1HwP0qg6l_VeM4jEzxUWxlHY8q9i1i6M3yBwIEWaWul546uz_G_ajJTY67yG2Ed1d_0hQcPYaZHRyOFZIAAa0G7ZrPgGyl5FBFjo_C1YC1H1oaOkyaT2T05mMmJhz9RZzpbkRk2qOl2/s1600/NSDesignShow2010.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMi1HwP0qg6l_VeM4jEzxUWxlHY8q9i1i6M3yBwIEWaWul546uz_G_ajJTY67yG2Ed1d_0hQcPYaZHRyOFZIAAa0G7ZrPgGyl5FBFjo_C1YC1H1oaOkyaT2T05mMmJhz9RZzpbkRk2qOl2/s400/NSDesignShow2010.jpg" width="331" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="style7" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>North Shore Design Show: Favorite Spaces</strong></span><span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11px;">©</span> </div><div> </div><div class="style25" style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 13px;">Saturday, May 15 thru Saturday, May 22, 2010</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><strong><span class="style19">Gala Preview Party: Friday, May 14, 2010, 6:30-9:30pm </span></strong></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdlG9SwSVubus-hl6NBaTTelg-f56FIhIjRBFGTmnk3cxt74AUqUoLU94kP-e2Iwo1j4ARqzZzBTnzM325dRCa6JvWec3wbjTohyphenhyphenHA1nYUqzQQ4tSfzFKMCsI9xj5gr24zBsUf0H5IwUp/s220/YBweb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdlG9SwSVubus-hl6NBaTTelg-f56FIhIjRBFGTmnk3cxt74AUqUoLU94kP-e2Iwo1j4ARqzZzBTnzM325dRCa6JvWec3wbjTohyphenhyphenHA1nYUqzQQ4tSfzFKMCsI9xj5gr24zBsUf0H5IwUp/s220/YBweb.jpg" /></a></div><br />My friend and fellow designer/blogger Yvonne Blacker of <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/">Design Vignettes</a> blog and <a href="http://www.yvonneblacker.com/">Yvonne Blacker Interiors</a> is one of the designers who have been selected to create room "vignettes" in 8x8 spaces. Yvonne has <a href="http://designvignettes.blogspot.com/search/label/North%20Shore%20Design%20Show">blog posts here</a> with a few hints about her space. She's a sly one - won't give anything away! I can't get there, unfortunately, but hopefully she will be sharing "after" photos soon!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMp1Qm0L8j_XnQqqCe24H2R2bdGlR3oSaNQJmWde42_sFoJJ2EW72zXuTNCJo4A9SX__PSVGlvFd8b_lfreWBv1kLz4IkQehZEsRAshrneEoqm2NOlryOJWih3mdoelmOUCaJuD6pSwp4/s1600/image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMp1Qm0L8j_XnQqqCe24H2R2bdGlR3oSaNQJmWde42_sFoJJ2EW72zXuTNCJo4A9SX__PSVGlvFd8b_lfreWBv1kLz4IkQehZEsRAshrneEoqm2NOlryOJWih3mdoelmOUCaJuD6pSwp4/s640/image001.jpg" width="427" /></a></div>Other fabulous local designers doing spaces are: Camille Garro Interiors, Finn Martens Designs, Marshall Whitman Design, Siemasko + Verbridge and my friends John Kelsey & Sally Wilson of Wilson Kelsey Design of Salem who do provide a <a href="http://wilsonkelsey.wordpress.com/2010/05/12/wenham-museums-north-shore-design-show-2010/">sneak peak of their space here</a>. <br /><br />Good luck everyone! I do wish I could get there. But I'm on the South Shore and you're all the way up on the North Shore .... and you know we all never mix... even with the lure of the ever adorable Kevin O'Connor as honorary chair! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a> <br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

North Shore Design Show - Kicks off tonight!

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Fired Up: Jo Malone meets Farrow & Ball

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINRjYhPYj5V2fm87FE4CfctYdHPOpHASv2NKvGRxxdR3gOYMLx_qPsWWtrFfbGLFKmuC7qDrWJ4va8TiaH0EGciYr-OF2OZFe8h5gv2OAHaPNGB4pPuZw-SBZ5DNqG9dGggtYPnB3zDKw/s1600/DSCN2838.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiINRjYhPYj5V2fm87FE4CfctYdHPOpHASv2NKvGRxxdR3gOYMLx_qPsWWtrFfbGLFKmuC7qDrWJ4va8TiaH0EGciYr-OF2OZFe8h5gv2OAHaPNGB4pPuZw-SBZ5DNqG9dGggtYPnB3zDKw/s400/DSCN2838.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>It's a stormy day here in Massachusetts today, complete with thunder and lightning. It seemed the perfect day to break out the <a href="http://www.jomalone.com/templates/products/mpp_category.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CATEGORY24005">Jo Malone candle</a> that I was sent to review.  Jo Malone, known for their luxurious British lifestyle and fragrance brands and Farrow & Ball, makers of fine paints and wallpapers, have teamed up to produce a limited edition collection of candles.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V4pF08l1zm-XG5tA7NQxNkXVtSmBi2qvLki-ZRtrbKwTv5a7_DVF0440hTgoP1W1ktiu4c1zYmhYYFQJsY3Jso1S0W00yyObWLuZ1g2x-HAPydQA8JbZm0c2RHPRZOZV0v9OD_Wt7HMu/s1600/JoMalonecollection.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2V4pF08l1zm-XG5tA7NQxNkXVtSmBi2qvLki-ZRtrbKwTv5a7_DVF0440hTgoP1W1ktiu4c1zYmhYYFQJsY3Jso1S0W00yyObWLuZ1g2x-HAPydQA8JbZm0c2RHPRZOZV0v9OD_Wt7HMu/s400/JoMalonecollection.png" width="400" /></a></div>Five of Jo Malone's scents were matched with coordinating Farrow & Ball colors to create the candles. Grapefruit in a F&B Cream No. 67 holder; Lime Basil & Mandarine in a F&B Breakfast Room Green No. 81 holder; Wild Fig & Cassis in a F&B Pelt No. 254 holder; Pomegranate in a F&B Eating Room Red No 43 holder; and Blue Agava & Cacao in a F&B Oval Room Blue No. 85.  And, they say you can mix and match the scents as well.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKgmhCFGR9neBsG6U_uRhPV9no3y4OIMdKfIKC8u_Sd5f822U5rTqlTXHqqv3YKQrbRbIrNOHC3j6J-Pl9UyOKVlQkapBCTo_DauQh_IpbuVSNY2pGQGv5Mqir-gpNSudidQJUCZQNVwL/s1600/GroupF&BLifestyle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKgmhCFGR9neBsG6U_uRhPV9no3y4OIMdKfIKC8u_Sd5f822U5rTqlTXHqqv3YKQrbRbIrNOHC3j6J-Pl9UyOKVlQkapBCTo_DauQh_IpbuVSNY2pGQGv5Mqir-gpNSudidQJUCZQNVwL/s400/GroupF&BLifestyle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I've been burning the Lime Basil & Mandarin candle for several hours and the scent is subtle and not cloying at all. I have allergies to many scents and can rarely burn scented candles, but so far so good on this one!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOE7Ia0UTN8d8S0T_2sDfyGRpxcqyMQ5UQow7k7fFo0EVYrk2ZWbDWdQuCUK-g4S4RD3WrEnlNVXUeRn4JHfIm3jzVxMyyO4e809G-Yn2_89gijh5Fx6e2RCBlTfpvP_8Po6xamcciNeUU/s1600/VD09_050_019-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOE7Ia0UTN8d8S0T_2sDfyGRpxcqyMQ5UQow7k7fFo0EVYrk2ZWbDWdQuCUK-g4S4RD3WrEnlNVXUeRn4JHfIm3jzVxMyyO4e809G-Yn2_89gijh5Fx6e2RCBlTfpvP_8Po6xamcciNeUU/s320/VD09_050_019-5.jpg" /></a></div><br />The candles are available at Farrow & Ball Showrooms and stockists, Jo Malone Boutiques and specialty stores like Bergorfs, Neimans and Saks. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.jomalone.com/images/categories/272/jm_CATEGORY24005_272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://www.jomalone.com/images/categories/272/jm_CATEGORY24005_272.jpg" /></a></div>Hope you're having a great weekend! Happy Mother's day to all the Moms! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a> <br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

Fired Up: Jo Malone meets Farrow & Ball

It's a stormy day here in Massachusetts today, complete with thunder and lightning. It seemed the perfect day to break out the Jo Malone...

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