28 December 2007 – 10.00 am
guess who stopped by to visit today? my creative, energetic, darling intern! elizabeth parrish is so talented. last summer, she helped prep, sand, paint and deliver furniture, did beautiful stencil work, gold leaf and a perfect (free-hand!) monogram on a chair…some of her work is in our gallery pages. all the joneses are in love with her sweet spirit and beautiful [...]
24 December 2007 – 2.56 am
if it’s okay with you, i’ll be wrapping up my current projects, cleaning my brushes and turning off the lights in the studio while i spend christmas and new year’s with my family and friends. i have some big, juicy, yummy projects lined up for 2008, so please check back in january – there will be lots of new [...]
18 December 2007 – 3.23 am
my exceedingly clever friend, karen klawinski, found these terra cotta pots with really cool drainage holes…they look like something right out of gertrude jekyll’s greenhouse! she asked me to put a vintage-y painted finish on them, then she fixed them up with just-about-to-bloom paperwhites, ribbon, and moss to give as christmas gifts.
karen and katherine kaelin (another of my dear and clever friends) sell fabulous [...]
12 December 2007 – 3.53 am
today mrs. jones had the humbling privilege of speaking at an advent service at idlewild presbyterian church. dr. steve montgomery asked me to speak for a few minutes on peace. my inspiration was a poem i love by wendell berry called the peace of wild things, and my family’s affection for mr. jones’s beloved farm.
for those of [...]
7 December 2007 – 12.01 am
an exceptional young man (toddler, actually) of my acquaintance has a lovely grandmother and mother who asked me to put a finish on this rocking chair for him as a christmas gift. please don’t tell him, it’s a suprise. it arrived unfinished, and now i hope will make a charming addition to his already darling [...]
6 December 2007 – 12.18 am
the december/january issue of domino magazine just arrived — the little joneses know to give their mom a few minutes while she samples her first helping. it’s my favorite!
there are a couple of great wallpapers featured, but wait! before you order the paper and book your favorite paper hanger, mrs. jones wants you to call her instead! the gorgeous [...]
1 December 2007 – 6.20 am
it’s official…and mrs. jones is so excited to be part of the fabulous mix at spruce! stop by selena mc adams’s beautiful interiors shop at 5040 sanderlin, memphis, to see all of the gifts and goodies she has, including some things from me. happy shopping. (more info on selena is coming soon at spruce.)
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