Inspiration is from Pantone’s 2012 Color of the Year which is Tangerine Tango

vintage handbag – purse… TejasVintage $28.00	Vintage Mod Orange over… JanellyArts $45.00
Tangerine Vintage Caboc… PosyPop $19.00	Free Worldwide Shipping… paramountvinta… $65.00
abstract painting, tang… watermediawork… $180.00	Early Herman Miller Eam… TheCottageChee… $549.00
Small Oil Painting, Ori… smallimpressio… $40.00	Ikat Pillow, Tangerine… ginette1223 $180.00
Blenko Bottle and Stopp… thriftsift $28.00	Tangerine Shea Butter H… EcoChicSoaps $6.00
Small Bowl with Dots – … emilydyer $20.00	Hazel Atlas Tangerine R… KrystalHallman $63.24
Fabulous Tangerine Oran… DrabtoFabVinta… $75.00	2012 tangerine orange s… HandmadeBySusa… $40.00
Tangerine Red Orange Fl… apocketofposie… $84.00	Tangerine Tango Shoes W… Parisxox $112.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Inspired by the upcoming fall holiday of Thanksgiving and the darling things crafters make out of felt.

Needle felted squir… ponylover31 $15.00	Handmade necklace, … rRradionica $80.00	Cute Needle Felted … boridolls $26.00	Yarn Wreath Front D… AnnaHailey $39.00
Autumn Natural Tabl… KensaWool $28.00	Wool Felt Play Food… EvaLauryn $49.95	Lady of the Harvest NatureBaby $48.00	Needle Felted Balls… NotSoShabbyChi… $10.00
Tan Woolly Felt Aco… tabbytoo $12.00	Felted Slippers, OR… designsbyLANAI… $48.00	Vintage Pumpkin Fel… missfarfalla $75.00	Vintage 1960s Frede… StelmaDesigns $54.00
Felted Soap Two Pie… SoFino $32.00	Felt Art Doll Hangi… WhisperingOak $12.50	Autumn Harvest Pill… LavenderandPum… $20.50	needle felted rat w… Deba822 $55.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

I am giddy up about the Kentucky Derby and all the festivities that go along with it. The Kentucky Derby is always the first Saturday in May and this year marks the 137th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The event is steeped in old fashioned traditions and heaps of southern charm. My Old Kentucky Home is the official song of the Derby written by Kentucky’s own Stephen Foster.

I was thinking about the upcoming festivities of Cinco de Mayo for a theme of inspiration and once I saw Rumba Red Buckaroo in his sombrero . . . I was going to a Mexican Hat Dance!

PamperedWhiske… $19.99	snootieseconds $165.00	loving2angels $7.11
wudsylou $18.00	CollectArtwork $16.00	FiveDogHouse $18.00
botanicalbird $32.00	traven7 $340.00	goldcountrygir… $40.00
TreasureIsland… $14.00	CraftyArtist $20.00	CaraBein $12.00
shootfromcanad… $53.00	OwlVintage $145.00	momodeluxevint… $35.00
smco $125.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

This Etsy Treasury is inspired by the line in the movie Forrest Gump, “Jenny and me was like peas and carrots.”

The song Keep On The Sunny Side of Life Written by Ada Blenkhorn in 1899. Keep on the sunny side, always on the sunny side, Keep on the sunny side of life It will help us every day, it will brighten all the way If we’ll keep on the sunny side of life

All eyes are on London, England this week watching the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate. The title of this treasury is from a Roger Miller song popular in the swinging sixties.

MARGARET vintage suitca…  thehaystacknee… $235.00	Perspective- Emerald Gr…  TCaponePhoto $30.00
Britannia Patriotic Cha…  JezebelCharms $29.00	Vintage Dikkens shiphan…  ZenHen $175.00
Watercolor Travel Illus…  JessicaIllustr… $22.00	Royal Wedding Celebrati…  CorsetLacedMan… $190.00
KEEP CALM AND CARRY ON,…  KeepCalmPoster… $8.00	Pomp & Circumstance Lam…  helbels $24.50
LONDON CALLING Handmade…  Margolinn $62.00	Royal Wedding Heart  glynwestdesign $25.00
Union Jack Paper Pack -…  gidgetdesigns $2.00	A Nod to Mod London… …  lillipopsdesig… $52.00
Free Shipping – Your Ro…  PennyandPaper $7.00	British Patriotic Union…  JezebelCharms $35.00
As Featured in Mizz Mag…  hoolala $45.50	60s mod London silk sca…  BBgalaxy51 $49.00

The inspiration for this Treasury is the renewal of spring in mother nature and the upcoming holiday of Easter. This is a quote from Voltaire “It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.”

Little Red Robin – Orig…  dearpumpernick… $34.00	Mother’s Day sale -…  JennDiggs $24.00
Pink Blossom Dangle Ear…  CaraBein $16.00	40% off Sale Spring In …  Kristybee $10.00
Woodland Spring Beauty …  PhotographybyT… $18.00	Spring Flower Bobby Pin…  botanicalbird $16.00
A little flirt – Fine a…  irenesuchocki $30.00	Just Breathe Fine Art F…  galleryzooart $16.00
Spring Sale – Red Bloss…  MarcoLaGrenoui… $18.00	For Japan Earthquake Re…  SonjaCaldwell $6.00
Apple Blossom Time – Li…  CSchmauderWate… $60.00	Copper patina earrings …  theshagbag $9.95
Royal Albert China &quo…  pinkfence $20.00	Vintage Japanese kimon…  kimonocards $5.00
Vintage 60s ORANGE BLOS…  MariesVintage $28.00	Vintage Inspired Apron …  CreativeChics $28.00

Filed under: Etsy Treasury, Happinest Store, Inspiration, Just for Fun Tagged: Etsy store ]]> http://happinesthome.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/everything-in-nature-is-resurrection/feed/ 0 charissec http://happinesthome.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/trip-report-san-diego/ http://happinesthome.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/trip-report-san-diego/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 16:18:00 +0000 Charisse http://happinesthome.wordpress.com/?p=127 ]]> This has been the hottest summer I can recall in the valley of the perpetual sun. There have been more days over 100 degrees than I care to mention. Last week I decided to escape from the heat and took a short road trip with my husband and dog to San Diego, California. The trip is only six hours from Phoenix but I guarantee the roads you travel are not photographed for Arizona Highways magazine. You travel through some dingy and dilapidated cities like Gila Bend and the thriving town of Yuma which is trailer park heaven. Eventually you reach the ocean after a fairly boring six hour drive.

J.R. and Romeo at Mission Beach Boardwalk

Charisse and Romeo at Mission Beach Boardwalk

Giant Dipper roller coaster in Belmont Park

Romeo and unknown friend at Ocean Beach

Charisse and Romeo at Ocean Beach

Traveling with a dog obviously makes your hotel accommodations quite limited. We ended up at a hotel that I will not recommend here but in the past have stayed at Hotel Solamar which is part of the Kimpton Hotel boutique hotel chain. They are centrally located in the Gas Lamp district of San Diego. The hotel staff will bring you a gold fish to keep you company if you were unable to bring your pet. All of their locations are pet friendly. I have stayed at ones in Portland, Seattle and Chicago and will be staying at the one in Scottsale, Arizona called FireSky Resort since I won a free night’s stay there. Eating out can also be a challenge but we were able to find outdoor dining and cafes most places we went. We had dinner in the area of downtown San Diego known as Little Italy and had fish and chips at the outdoor cafe at Princess Pub and Grille. Shopping was not on the agenda while in Little Italy, but I highly recommend checking out a darling shop called India Ink where you will find unusual cards and stationery.

India Ink

Certainly a trip to San Diego would not be complete if you didn’t learn something about the history of the place. So you must travel to Old Town to see the original birthplace of California and the first permanent Spanish settlement. The Old Town State Historic Park has a main plaza, museums, and exhibits of the original heritage there. There are also lots of shops and restaurants and beautiful shady spots to stop and take a siesta.

Old Town Buildings

J.R. and Romeo near a restaurant in Old TownRomeo trying to take a siesta in Old Town

One of the old trees in Old Town

J.R. and Romeo in front of Fiesta de Reyes

Outside a shop at Fiesta de Reyes in Old Town

There were some lovely shops in this plaza known as Fiesta de Reyes. I purchased a Talavera platter at Fiesta Cucina and visited the the Seaport Tile Shop where you can purchase handmade talavera tiles and handpainted tiles of various California Missions and Urban and Seed and Flower for dishes, linens, candles, and gardening supplies.

Talavera Tile

Handpainted tile of a California Mission

Urban Seed and Flower

Another obligatory San Diego destination is Balboa Park  known for its museums and gardens. Of course, with a poochie in tow, you cannot visit the museums but we did visit the Alcazar Garden patterned after the Alcazar Castle gardens in Seville, Spain. There were lovely plants that grow so well in California and a beautiful pergola.

California Tower Dome at Balboa Park

Alcazar Garden

Gorgeous Succulent at Alcazar Garden

We drove to Coronado Island to check out Hotel Del Coronado. The fog had come in over the city which made everything cool and misty. You can certainly see why all the plants are so happy there since they have a built in misting system.

Charisse and Romeo with view of San Diego from Coronado Island

Our final destination before we left California was to travel to La Jolla and look at all the beautiful homes overlooking the beach. We had lunch at Extreme Pizza because my husband liked the name of the place.
One of my favorite interior design stores is  Seaside Home where they carry some high end lines of furniture and accessories. The temperature was actually 10 degrees cooler in La Jolla than in San Diego which was a welcome relief as it was in the upper 80s while we were there.

I hope you enjoyed my travel trip report.

Charisse

John Wind has had a lifelong relationship with eclecticism. “My jewelry is inspired by the past, but with a modern spin,” says the Maximal Art CEO and designer. “I get constant inspiration from the things I love most—antiquing, fashion, travel, crafts, and bringing joy to people.”

Born in Israel then raised in Philadelphia, John studied fiction writing at the University of Pennsylvania, then won a Thouron Scholarship to study fine art at the Slade School of Art in London. While in London, the eclectic, vintage/modern style that became his signature was born.

Returning to the U.S. and starting Maximal Art in 1985, he gained quick acclaim for his unique designs. The John Wind Signature Collection was born in 2004. Hearkening back to John’s London days, the line is a funky mix of old and new, elegant chandelier crystals and beads with vintage chains and quirky charms. It has been received with great enthusiasm from press and collectors alike— and by loyal cusotmers like you!

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