JAMEZILLA

MY SON WAS ASKED TO BE PART OF AN ART SHOW IN SAN FRANCISCO!
and we went there to help and support

(Instagram - @Jameszilla)

His beautiful photography

his adorable face

we drove from Orange County so we could take a large box of frames for the show

We drove through Central California

"WHERE GARLIC IS KING"

seriously?
no, I did not taste the Garlic Ice Cream
you would have to really love garlic...

Once in the Bay Area, we enjoyed the cooler weather, the misty fog, and the abundance of green everywhere.

I love how the coastline is so different than Southern Cal.

We stayed on the beach in Pacifica, just 20 minutes south of the city.

They have given the fog a name in San Francisco.  Its name is 'KARL'
(true story)

James decided we needed to visit Safari West

It was SO FUN

be honest, does this make my butt look big?

apparently Rhino's are big pussy cats

This one loved having his ears rubbed.

the Scarlet Ibis was very scarlet, as advertised

I think this was some type of crane

WE CAUGHT KARL HANGING OUT AT THE GOLDEN GATE

MORE WEDDINGS

Sometimes a girls gotta have TWO parties!

Hailey chose a rustic theme for her California party...

The Gorgeous Backyard Wedding for Tiffany

I'm often reminded that our world is really quite small.
Kind of like that annoyingly creepy ride at Disneyland with all the dolls.  (I could have an adverse reaction to Its a Small World After All because I was once stranded in the ride for what seemed years before we were rescued by staff, with that endlessly repeating song with the creepy child-like voices in my ears...)

Tiffany, met a great guy from the UK,
who just happened to be from the exact same town -
actually the same part of the same town -
that I lived in when I was 8 or 9 years old.
Good ol' Tilehurst, Reading, England!

It really is a small world after all!

My challenge was to incorporate the driftwood,
beach glass and shells they collected with his two daughters into the wedding decor.

It was a very fun project!

The last wedding of 2019 was a seasonal wedding

Just a few days after Christmas

We used white flowers,

fresh greens and pine cones

and a pop of red berries

Such a sweet wedding!

The Bridal Shower
somewhere in between all the weddings, we hosted a Bridal Shower.

We chose a brunch theme and spent HOURS deciding what to eat.
Food is the BEST, isn't it?

My dear friend Linda made nearly all of the food, and it was delish!

A little humor never hurts...

 Favors for each guest!

The end.  Whew!

EVERYBODY'S CRAZY ABOUT A SHARP DRESSED MAN

AMEN, SISTER

Cary Grant

"what lingerie is to men, suits are to women"

admit it, girls...

there is class to dark gray flannel with slip of white cuff showing

there is power in a navy blue pinstripe with a deep red tie

there is elegance in an impeccably tailored suit

there is nothing more masculine than herringbone, houndstooth and harris tweed

why not add a little sex appeal to your home decor?

A CRAZY YEAR...WORK!

2019 was a crazy year - both good and bad - and I've fallen behind - way behind - in my posting...
so I'm attempting to catch up....

Despite the water damage and repairs going on at my house, I was able to accomplish quite a bit of decor and design - here are a few of the tidbits...
(or here are the ones where I actually remembered to take a photo)

We put the finishing touches on this sweet guest bathroom

I promise to get my prints online soon,
these came from my collection
Aren't they gorgeous?

I used prints from my collection to finish up this sweet guest bedroom...

I designed a large kitchen and a guest bedroom and bath for this home

This is demo happening!

Sometimes I'm only hired to design a space and don't actually get to work on it - so its kind of fun to have a peek and see what they came up with on their own...

In another home, we  finished an art installation for this blank wall behind a grand piano

including framing this actual violin and sheet music

in a shadow box

and all the music related Sid Dickens plaques we could find...

and some custom photography

More of my prints on this office wall - all white flowers -

and a great concrete planter find, which we filled with succulents

Thirteen foot ceilings in this powder room -
we had to bring the eye level down a little - it was just too much blank space.
So, we had a nice high wainscot installed and some black and white photography brought the scale of the room down to size.

We also added a bench in this cavernous room...

 This wall of photos is from the beach photo shoot my friend, Lorie, had with James (my son).
 So fun to see his talent displayed!