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after several recent (and enormously frustrating) calendar upheavals at the whims of others, it is bliss to just have some quiet studio time for a cleansing breath, and a nice little pile of “befores” to tackle. please check back for the “afters”, and some other wonderful reveals coming very soon.
thank you for the opportunity to vent.
it’s finally here: launch day. king me, the rock ‘n’ roll royalty tour travel app is now available in the itunes store.
back in april, my uber-talented & precious friend sally walker davies called in a request. help her with a few photos and a little research for a travel guide? absolutely! as the days unfolded, the project became more detailed, fascinating, challenging and fun than we’d imagined…in the [...]
the young joneses are still wrapping up final exams & those many many school-year-end events, but for once, i’m ahead of schedule on something…we officially have our favorite roll-down-the-windows-and-turn-it-up song for the summer. so the pressure is off there.
bonus: in the happy, fun video, the band perry is (wait for it….) painting! yes they are, glamorously graffiti-style, and having [...]
frequent readers know of mrs. jones’s unabashed adoration of the completely fabulous helen morris…stencil designer, teacher, goddess. imagine, then, the thrillification upon finding that helen has written this lovely, generous post on her wonderfully inspiring blog.
(here she is in her now-famous elvis skirt, which she and her husband created for her to wear while giving a speech [...]
many thanks to deborah at boxwood terrace for her recent kind words and comments…mrs. jones is feeling the love! if you’ve found your way here via her lovely blog, welcome.
for those of you playing the home game, here is the before, during & after of the little vignette, and all the particulars:
paint colors, from benjamin moore: ivory white, #925 (base coat – wall and floor), brushed aluminum, #1485 (used for stenciling), deep indigo, #1442 (dark checks on floor) and bali, #702 (lighter frames). from pratt & lambert: boucle, #24.26 (darker frames) and on the [...]
proving once and for all that they are not afraid to get their hands dirty, the super-lovely ladies of the grandview garden club invited mrs. jones to teach a workshop today at the memphis botanic garden. after a short tutorial, each of them got full-on hands-on and put fun finishes of their choice (painted & vintage-y, stained & glossy, crusty & [...]
for mr. jones’s clan, all roads lead home to columbia, tennessee. there, you have wagging doggies to greet you, beautiful nieces and wonderful cousins-by-the-dozens to see, young men shed of their navy blazers to play football with, plenty of rolls - and everything else! - to go around twice (and butter turkeys to go along), friendly horses and cows that come looking for apples, and never quite enough time.
in [...]
while a chandelier and table were drying in the studio (pictures shortly!), mrs. jones snuck out to give a program for the swank and savvy ladies of the les passees fine arts club. we ran through some ideas for last-minute centerpieces: gilded pumpkins, pomegranates and pears for thanksgiving and christmas, ways to liven up the holiday “kids’ [...]
tiny ham biscuits with onion-balsamic jam, curried butternut squash soup and mrs. jones were all on the program today at the november meeting of the suburban garden club. many thanks to all the lovely members for a wonderful afternoon, fabulous lunch, and lively discussion after my demonstration of centerpiece ideas featuring - what else? - painted pots.
many thanks to cynthia davis, my favorite teacher of all time, for the recent mention and photo of my sample panels in her wallovers newsletter. her new “marrakesh” stencil has been a blast to play around with….next: a clay beige (benjamin moore # oc.11) background with tangerine and azalea-pink for the medallions. then shades of green on pale yellow. [...]
mrs. jones is thrilled to have made the acquaintance this week of an exceptionally talented, creative, inspiring young lady, lauren anderson stone. watch your radar screen for her presence…she is creating some fabulous things, and is already making the world a much more beautiful place. if you have found your way here through the exceedingly generous recent mention in her delightful blog, welcome.
a belated “thank-you” to the very kind marie for the mention on her wonderfully vintage-y blog, romance & relics. she’s the go-to girl for a flea-market fix. if you have found your way here via r & r, welcome! and please make yourself at home.