Happy Holidays!

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hello lovely friends!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> t's been a week of highs and lows, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and one that has made me realize a few things...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">the first is that I need to make more time for my family right now...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pNLJnZ2km5Pf90mwknQWV-golqOEPcu2NVMC5dvPBh1Mc67sixKweUWobRyHa3AV39kGDeTPb2vAXdNOvjOdpuDc8GNW_z5sJFfoZvTb0GEmwwk0ZNh-A6FfDsyURG9n_vr-gYcnbqat/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-17+at+2.24.30+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0pNLJnZ2km5Pf90mwknQWV-golqOEPcu2NVMC5dvPBh1Mc67sixKweUWobRyHa3AV39kGDeTPb2vAXdNOvjOdpuDc8GNW_z5sJFfoZvTb0GEmwwk0ZNh-A6FfDsyURG9n_vr-gYcnbqat/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-12-17+at+2.24.30+PM.png" width="532" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and that means certain things need to take a backseat... like this blog.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh284uNDc9jfYjH5fiVadqAQAj8cGPz3i4r4TfJndauZKrNS7yInNhfy7SMOcoi7m8eI6kvmcSpGSGdnHPJdxFK9ZtEK7CuqFgFdl6qcYOPa6M3_GTLEu2aQLCRHd-HFidUaREQNsy5Z7tD/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-17+at+1.44.38+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh284uNDc9jfYjH5fiVadqAQAj8cGPz3i4r4TfJndauZKrNS7yInNhfy7SMOcoi7m8eI6kvmcSpGSGdnHPJdxFK9ZtEK7CuqFgFdl6qcYOPa6M3_GTLEu2aQLCRHd-HFidUaREQNsy5Z7tD/s640/Screen+Shot+2011-12-17+at+1.44.38+PM.png" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">so thank you for sticking by me, and dropping in and reading,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>but,</i></div><div style="text-align: center;">I am going to take a blogcation 'til the new year...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'll come back happier and more inspired, with heaps of useful colour posts - promise!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>and...</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"> since I had a couple of giveaways lined up for the holidays,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> they will be here for the taking in January!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdEGWY8G3jmPNo3RkdhllidGuzoVe6bHBwwf0DzbZNcPT7StGKoTy54Dvg2IvQsOqpzSoMde5E-yV1w4c80ARgviBm3pjaoaiekhE24aRtSG3q67ZiG9_4Hsr8HNLSB8HcEf2uJzjjZtw/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-01-07+at+6.37.54+AM.png" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, last year we did a really cool re-organizing link-up party, with <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Great%20Clean%20Out">The Great Clean Out</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since January seems to the the time to clean up and clear out,</div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm thinking about hosting another one this year.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've got at least six or seven spaces that could benefit from "the treatment" around here :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">We found it was really motivating to all do it together last year -</div><div style="text-align: center;">because when you really just wanted to stuff everything back in and shut the doors,</div><div style="text-align: center;">you knew you weren't alone, and that all the other ladies were feeling the same thing!</div><div style="text-align: center;">You also knew you had committed to a reveal, and so you just got it done -</div><div style="text-align: center;">and it felt so great after!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So, if you'd like to tackle something around your place</div><div style="text-align: center;">(anything, from a cupboard to a room!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">please email me at amezeard@10rooms.com</div><div style="text-align: center;">and we'll figure out a posting date late jan/early feb that works for everyone....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hope you all have the Merriest of Christmases</div><div style="text-align: center;">and Happiest of New Years Eves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Happy Holidays!

Hello lovely friends! t's been a week of highs and lows, and one that has made me realize a few things...the first is that I need to make more time for my family right now...and that means certain things need to take a backseat... like this blog.so thank you for sticking by me, and dropping in and r…

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the antler, embellished and re-thought

<div style="text-align: center;">Okay.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a much discussed topic, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but I've found some unique antler art that is making me re-think the whole antler thing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This look has been around a while...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Wb-qrjFOSJztUhhPxlhTzeDIp5kvNyrsh_nUFSwnaXTkr_LlA1oahTkQPVQWRQWEFbDfOxBqbXsGPT7y8zlJiMIf8gziFVu4wULIv4GHGknjL9g-zarAwxUWgoK9fmSVdOgkge_8Iz2C/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-12+at+9.41.34+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Wb-qrjFOSJztUhhPxlhTzeDIp5kvNyrsh_nUFSwnaXTkr_LlA1oahTkQPVQWRQWEFbDfOxBqbXsGPT7y8zlJiMIf8gziFVu4wULIv4GHGknjL9g-zarAwxUWgoK9fmSVdOgkge_8Iz2C/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-12+at+9.41.34+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://remodelista.com/posts/hotels-lodging-and-restaurants-the-elk-in-the-woods-london">1</a><a href="http://blog.foundstyle.net/"> 2</a> <a href="http://perowhateva.blogspot.com/2011/04/tutorial-for-my-roommate.html">3</a> <a href="http://www.elledecor.com/">4</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">And of course the last few years have brought countless faux versions</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> that have been witty and clever, but are fairly common now.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">(and there it is, that dirty word - COMMON :)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">I do love this <b><a href="http://www.lukebartels.com/">branch</a></b> version!</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOV_Kn88GuAXCiqG0y1TfdbJOX68SkrR1kpY1HqKHkO4TpnWVBoTa9N7TG0-2rAIUnv9sxwu4TNjDwJDLmgwrCk6GLKLMZYMqR17znz0OWvJqfbzdEYA4jW49-k1l4jz1ZLqRxBvIyoxFA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-12+at+9.45.23+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOV_Kn88GuAXCiqG0y1TfdbJOX68SkrR1kpY1HqKHkO4TpnWVBoTa9N7TG0-2rAIUnv9sxwu4TNjDwJDLmgwrCk6GLKLMZYMqR17znz0OWvJqfbzdEYA4jW49-k1l4jz1ZLqRxBvIyoxFA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-12+at+9.45.23+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">what if they weren't hanging on a wall?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What if they were separated, embellished in a slightly glam, tribal way,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and used as sculpture?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZX8x3-FLb3FuIChkaCtcpqmT8sLiOiTBHeXVXr0PiIJd8y8zQSfzxVg8r5RegvyKCXRxGmgm4QDHDpZsLpGPuAhfiiBc6cFrX9d10rpgqeDCxa0aOxdVvy47tKrw8ZaVL3A-ZKpcU8-df/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-12+at+9.29.38+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZX8x3-FLb3FuIChkaCtcpqmT8sLiOiTBHeXVXr0PiIJd8y8zQSfzxVg8r5RegvyKCXRxGmgm4QDHDpZsLpGPuAhfiiBc6cFrX9d10rpgqeDCxa0aOxdVvy47tKrw8ZaVL3A-ZKpcU8-df/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-12+at+9.29.38+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I found those on <b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/MadeByCassandraSmith?ref=seller_info">Etsy</a></b> a while back, and can't stop thinking about them...</div><div style="text-align: center;">I can picture a gold and black version lounging atop a pile of art books</div><div style="text-align: center;"> on my future shelving in the family room....</div><div style="text-align: center;">this visualization skill is how I manage to convince myself that I need something :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">do you do that?!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Anyhow</i>....what do you think?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Would you have one of these in your home?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">( BTW - if you're interested in this as a DIY, as I think I am, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but don't happen to have any extra antlers lying around, </div><div style="text-align: center;">surprisingly<b><a href="http://www.ebay.ca/sch/i.html?_nkw=antler&_sacat=0&_odkw=antler&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313"> Ebay</a></b> is a good source for antlers!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

the antler, embellished and re-thought

Okay.This is a much discussed topic, but I've found some unique antler art that is making me re-think the whole antler thing.This look has been around a while...1 2 3 4 And of course the last few years have brought countless faux versions that have been witty and clever, but are fairly common now.(a…

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Novogratz Event at The Foundary

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Set your clocks - in a few hours <b><a href="http://shop.thefoundary.com/designers_gallery.html">The Foundary </a></b>will be hosting a special shopping event,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with items hand-picked by the <b><a href="http://www.thenovogratz.com/">Novogratz</a></b> duo.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8bteAZCoGfjzlIfLtQD8Gr4HL31e4256O8h0RbpiyZcnMF3xe7aEHRAn8eIcHo6O5HAyOM9HiiBuBH2j6sf6BiJfYV83q5fVy6BrYXyzxCI7VprEYmpbpbPSorpb5nGN_1Q614uq9tCj/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-08+at+8.27.45+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja8bteAZCoGfjzlIfLtQD8Gr4HL31e4256O8h0RbpiyZcnMF3xe7aEHRAn8eIcHo6O5HAyOM9HiiBuBH2j6sf6BiJfYV83q5fVy6BrYXyzxCI7VprEYmpbpbPSorpb5nGN_1Q614uq9tCj/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-08+at+8.27.45+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm over at The Foundry all the time,</div><div style="text-align: center;">run by Hayneedle, it's a constantly rotating sale of a wide selection of goodies,</div><div style="text-align: center;">and you won't believe some of the deals you can find.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The Novogratz have SLIGHTLY eclectic, unconventional taste, </div><div style="text-align: center;">so I have a feeling this one is going to be good :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">See you there!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Novogratz Event at The Foundary

Set your clocks - in a few hours The Foundary will be hosting a special shopping event,with items hand-picked by the Novogratz duo.I'm over at The Foundry all the time,run by Hayneedle, it's a constantly rotating sale of a wide selection of goodies,and you won't believe some of the deals you can fin…

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Tech, design and eye candy :)

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUuyn-mRMPVFChyphenhyphenMVLB3ggtmtDeU5W5PfW5COuWD5Twatiqr0KQful0am0OnLTYQ1RKFa8MkUPb-jXMff6m-ve6SY9IDLB3PXUNAhjhQL1J-nPVTEtxUzsWG-tgHtK1563hf2E4eZPmiu/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.48.05+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUUuyn-mRMPVFChyphenhyphenMVLB3ggtmtDeU5W5PfW5COuWD5Twatiqr0KQful0am0OnLTYQ1RKFa8MkUPb-jXMff6m-ve6SY9IDLB3PXUNAhjhQL1J-nPVTEtxUzsWG-tgHtK1563hf2E4eZPmiu/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.48.05+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A few years ago I had no idea what blogging was all about.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No twitter account, no linked in account, and my Facebook was checked monthly, if at all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1Hb9qhWVF3r6utMZTMCwvFO0xgKG2NJdBxyRgaTWP_rwPGHmyrStsEtJUFj9dG79sJsQrfpyY-owu4jDS5zJA3TDJ4_9c3eQzjIs2oUvolWiksYPcvcltAAS33QIGtF7bFqtxyOpbzKw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.51.30+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1Hb9qhWVF3r6utMZTMCwvFO0xgKG2NJdBxyRgaTWP_rwPGHmyrStsEtJUFj9dG79sJsQrfpyY-owu4jDS5zJA3TDJ4_9c3eQzjIs2oUvolWiksYPcvcltAAS33QIGtF7bFqtxyOpbzKw/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.51.30+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh, how life changes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">After three years of refusing to pay huge amounts of cash, I finally got the dot com for 10 Rooms - success!</div><div style="text-align: center;">I was checking each day to see if it became available, and one day, poof - there it was...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcgycdBKJd6hfLRNHnyxsNANFjPMB3XJ7jG1-QkZxJQIuq3JvuuZxznVYNr31TiGBw5Y1RABM5Q3Nb6jtHLEjfT57FtYDpgsejcskVWU56M1XtC0BGKXw9yY07L1k455v71B20-rawtZA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.19.45+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcgycdBKJd6hfLRNHnyxsNANFjPMB3XJ7jG1-QkZxJQIuq3JvuuZxznVYNr31TiGBw5Y1RABM5Q3Nb6jtHLEjfT57FtYDpgsejcskVWU56M1XtC0BGKXw9yY07L1k455v71B20-rawtZA/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.19.45+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm going to set up a wordpress site, and am trying to decide if I should move the blog over there, as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Thoughts?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Do you think an integrated site and blog are more effective?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I think the less clicks to a destination, the better!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Also, a blog format will certainly be easier to update, and add portfolio pics to....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfvxYb75G_yfb0TiiZz8tMPNBMg80aeDUTMULI7b6vJv3VYRaYHkEBBA5x3DstKm7p-wAMnriuVeGLBL14kOsvYMsSRxg09igySSLZhmwubRGE8lPsKCA5I6xV-hx_LNKtCNE8fnMwor6/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.40.04+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfvxYb75G_yfb0TiiZz8tMPNBMg80aeDUTMULI7b6vJv3VYRaYHkEBBA5x3DstKm7p-wAMnriuVeGLBL14kOsvYMsSRxg09igySSLZhmwubRGE8lPsKCA5I6xV-hx_LNKtCNE8fnMwor6/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-07+at+9.40.04+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #cccccc; color: #cccccc; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://theglitterguide.tumblr.com/post/13464432114/via-style-file-new-years">1</a> <a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/208738013/">2</a> <a href="http://citified.blogspot.com/2011/10/decor-inspiraton-beautiful-details.html#axzz1cHZtoiz7">3</a> <a href="http://pixie-cropped.tumblr.com/post/11191537398">4</a> <a href="http://blog.freepeople.com/">5</a> <a href="http://www.the-brick-house.com/2010/09/4255/">6</a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/42591863@N00/5994093457/in/faves-creature_comforts/">7</a><a href="https://pinterest.com/pin/602734906/"> 8</a> <a href="http://inspired-design.tumblr.com/#12">9</a> <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/61998739/letterpress-print-wasted-time">10</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">In any case, I have today off, and am spending the day learning wordpress - </div><div style="text-align: center;">which will require a few hours of shopping and be-sparkling of some objects around the house</div><div style="text-align: center;">to decompress, I'm sure....</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Tech, design and eye candy :)

A few years ago I had no idea what blogging was all about.No twitter account, no linked in account, and my Facebook was checked monthly, if at all.Oh, how life changes!After three years of refusing to pay huge amounts of cash, I finally got the dot com for 10 Rooms - success!I was checking each day …

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yay or nay: vintage lucite chandeliers

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Received an email from <b><a href="http://piecesinc.com/lucite-hoop-chandelier">Pieces</a></b> over the weekend,</div><div style="text-align: center;">linking over to the newest fab finds on their site,</div><div style="text-align: center;">(oh, how I'd like to go on a shopping spree over there - </div><div style="text-align: center;">have you seen their burled wood and lucite desk? Love.)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and this chandelier really caught my attention.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII5J-1WROIu9u9x1FAsn4qLyfceQ0hkRIfI5jHt6llXF9AoNzJs0Sf9XiigaGy5yxbNcXV1K4vAL1xDRCc3_jP8p61cbNpqUoQic5yAsV9lpTFDvvCVqXvVvtaaZ1X_fDd-8TOEuwGyp0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+9.01.34+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiII5J-1WROIu9u9x1FAsn4qLyfceQ0hkRIfI5jHt6llXF9AoNzJs0Sf9XiigaGy5yxbNcXV1K4vAL1xDRCc3_jP8p61cbNpqUoQic5yAsV9lpTFDvvCVqXvVvtaaZ1X_fDd-8TOEuwGyp0/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+9.01.34+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's lucite. Not lucite trying to be crystal or glass, but lucite reveling in being lucite.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lucite doing things that glass and crystal cannot easily do, massive arcs sweeping in perfect curves...</div><div style="text-align: center;">massive arcs that are lightweight enough to be hung from a standard receptacle.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43VXy7HtHqW_SBuu1IGiJYlchF0JQwel0X1WMSeM-_Evt_KMvRrPsqn5bCkU6pposOs9ml9MqU25dncOXv8TFrk3v492vGVdpA_w_575GjALGCEX40w7UgrQ_g2pMlZN4LrKI3mPqXePj/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+10.22.06+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh43VXy7HtHqW_SBuu1IGiJYlchF0JQwel0X1WMSeM-_Evt_KMvRrPsqn5bCkU6pposOs9ml9MqU25dncOXv8TFrk3v492vGVdpA_w_575GjALGCEX40w7UgrQ_g2pMlZN4LrKI3mPqXePj/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+10.22.06+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Want some of this clean-lined glam vibe? Check out 1st Dibs <a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=535831" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a><b> </b>and<b> </b><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_item_detail.php?id=566793" style="font-weight: bold;">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What about the classic waterfall or tiered styles?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R7zcr0QPuprEl-GNI-CMI38EGl2gd-PvimKNjdJdq9W2bPMv-sYpzqKwmz3l_-7vcQXb1IYa2EsuROeJawfUlBWmavjrBqjrRFeCmY6Mc6T_-ZtWwYU-PyHdiejfhn79J0KDWtwX4Xdq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+10.25.38+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3R7zcr0QPuprEl-GNI-CMI38EGl2gd-PvimKNjdJdq9W2bPMv-sYpzqKwmz3l_-7vcQXb1IYa2EsuROeJawfUlBWmavjrBqjrRFeCmY6Mc6T_-ZtWwYU-PyHdiejfhn79J0KDWtwX4Xdq/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+10.25.38+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVIKDDwRVRDRKWIAssMrWAkPGHNSBo2uXYc1h1QNQON3eC-iH0WoFwOeb-ottb2O6Ap4w3NRSRZLncKyI80pPtvVeADrCw9tXzYMs6VCYnEWF0ZEdxFLR6KQUIFrkzvkSpTMGfzm_Kmtk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+10.26.13+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBVIKDDwRVRDRKWIAssMrWAkPGHNSBo2uXYc1h1QNQON3eC-iH0WoFwOeb-ottb2O6Ap4w3NRSRZLncKyI80pPtvVeADrCw9tXzYMs6VCYnEWF0ZEdxFLR6KQUIFrkzvkSpTMGfzm_Kmtk/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-12-05+at+10.26.13+AM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.harpersbazaar.com/fashion/fashion-articles/vanessa-traina-apartment-pictures-1110">1</a> <a href="http://www.livingetc.com/">2</a><a href="http://design-crisis.com/?tag=david-hockney"> 3</a> <a href="http://larkinstreet.tumblr.com/post/4179071727/such-a-cool-lucite-chandelier">4 </a><a href="http://ostimusic.com/blog/studio-cribz/">5</a> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can find them on <b><a href="http://www.1stdibs.com/furniture_search.php?subSearchKey=lucite&maincat=B&subcat=B1&periodselect=-1&sprice=-1&eprice=&solds=1&m=F&st=0&type=2">1st Dibs</a></b> as well,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> but a quick kijiji search almost always reveals one around here...</div><div style="text-align: center;">and way below budget.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(right now you could pick<b><a href="http://barrie.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-sell-home-garden-Beautiful-Chandelier-W0QQAdIdZ334338131"> this one</a></b> up 15 minutes from my place for $50!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With all the seventies/eighties swish happening right now, </div><div style="text-align: center;">is a lucite chandy on your wish list?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you feeling the love? Yay or nay?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

yay or nay: vintage lucite chandeliers

Received an email from Pieces over the weekend,linking over to the newest fab finds on their site,(oh, how I'd like to go on a shopping spree over there - have you seen their burled wood and lucite desk? Love.)and this chandelier really caught my attention.It's lucite. Not lucite trying to be crysta…

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what are you wishing for?

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sometimes when I ignore a question or an issue around here D emails it to me...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">is that weird?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's like, hey, would you PUH-Lease get on this!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So today I received an official request for Christmas gift ideas.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You'd think after 15 years he'd know it's all about art and jewelry!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I sent him back three links. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.littlepaperplanes.com/product/3365-crystal-poster">this.</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6XwoBNqLewW1FNikC-t1kS9T3KKXVSHQysY3Tgw5ivvhPzaCUmPpCM4LBchTk8XvM5Irai38WDcMjYPCXsrsKUmp-ZfKnAjsaXfO-Ui-lo8p5y7f9lbCQNdUg_7nvfPIIKoJrZHKB8ZO/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+9.18.59+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji6XwoBNqLewW1FNikC-t1kS9T3KKXVSHQysY3Tgw5ivvhPzaCUmPpCM4LBchTk8XvM5Irai38WDcMjYPCXsrsKUmp-ZfKnAjsaXfO-Ui-lo8p5y7f9lbCQNdUg_7nvfPIIKoJrZHKB8ZO/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+9.18.59+PM.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.carlywaito.com/Carly_Waito/PAINTINGS.html">this.</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7E9R6W1kaghw9KP73WJGXkTDIImZotZvOpuqDZQs0yTAH6HeVA4fyU8bmAT7G0cTHsiL1oDda1Z65AJEs2xic8Vxb4s3uBfFYWja5zJx_PCeZn1J5jjqcZgSvG5lVPsE7PH-tkYUoI4Q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+9.25.43+PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo7E9R6W1kaghw9KP73WJGXkTDIImZotZvOpuqDZQs0yTAH6HeVA4fyU8bmAT7G0cTHsiL1oDda1Z65AJEs2xic8Vxb4s3uBfFYWja5zJx_PCeZn1J5jjqcZgSvG5lVPsE7PH-tkYUoI4Q/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-30+at+9.25.43+PM.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and <b><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/kateszabone?ref=top_trail">this</a></b>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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what are you wishing for?

Sometimes when I ignore a question or an issue around here D emails it to me...is that weird?!It's like, hey, would you PUH-Lease get on this!So today I received an official request for Christmas gift ideas.You'd think after 15 years he'd know it's all about art and jewelry!I sent him back three lin…

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