Syd and Goose

The Animals' Merry Christmas

It has been awhile since I've posted some pictures from vintage children's books-I have so many to show you but this book is one of my all time favorites.

Richard Scarry's The Animals' Merry Christmas- a Golden Book c. 1950. I have such a soft spot for animals in houses.

Love this roly poly village!


Have a great day!

Pattern and Palette2

One of my favorite things about my new bookshelf is being able to have what is currently inspiring me close at hand. The image above is from Pattern and Pallette 2 which is loaded with over 1,000 inspirational patterns and colors created by Heidi Arrizabalaga. The book is divided into six chapters: Modern Enthusiast, Floral Aesthete, Global Maven, Madame Nouveau, Pop Impresario and Urban Vivant. The book even comes with a CD which enables you to play with different color and pattern combinations.

Funkalicious

         
I say that a good cure for the February Funks, the Monday Blues or just about anything that's ailing you is a quick thrift!
                                                       

Martha Gets Off Of The Floor

and onto a bookshelf. Finally, I've organized my magazines and books-it was overdue let me tell you. Piles of magazines were slowly starting to take over the corners of our living room and it wasn't a pretty sight!

As much as I love IKEA(and I do, I really really do) it becomes a black pit after the first 45 minutes- feet get sore, hunger sets in, inevitably an argument breaks out. In our case, the arguing started in the bed linens and ended at the lighting...Is it just me or does the whole experience leave you exhausted? I was SO looking forward to the frozen yogurt cone after checking out, you know, reward myself for not completely losing it after lugging three heavy baskets upstairs, walking against the pedestrian traffic back to the kitchens to make sure they fit a specific shelf, only to come back downstairs to find that same shelf a few measly feet to the right of my waiting husband. How could we have missed it? We then got in line to find that the yogurt machine was broken. Horrors!

A good friend of mine brings chocolate with her when she goes to IKEA, otherwise she says she can't make it through and will abandon her cart and leave. Can't wait in those lines with low blood sugar!

Here are my Marthas, finally in magazine holders and organized by month.
Have a great day-tomorrow is Friday!