So my “eye” has been request by the tall one to find smaller nic-nac items for his space at the Trove in Scottsdale. I have a fun new task – yea! My first day on the job I found some great items – all of these will be placed for sale in booth #308 at the Trove. The hounds have been released – look out!
Orange Vintage Converse Sneakers (last year of Made in the USA issue)
Jonathan Adler vase
Highball glasses in carrying caddy
"NICE" notcards
As mentioned in a previous post the in-laws were in from Chicago and one of the nights we cooked in they brought over a loaf of french bread. I noticed it was turning a bit stale by last night and I hated to waste it so I thought I would whip up a pan of baked french toast. I’ve seen this on brunch menus but have never made it. Seemed easy enough! I put the bread slices down in what is fast becoming my favorite pan. It is a Vintage FINEL Enamel Finland orange baking dish. I don’t really see these pans online much but they can be found in thrift stores. Anyway back to the french toast. I whisked together eggs, milk, cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla, poured that on top of the bread and then I threw on some slivered almond for visual flare. Finally, I stuck it in the refrigerator, covered over night. Woke up this am to my favorite show – CBS Sunday morning and popped the goods into the oven for 30 minutes. It was heavenly! Never shall old bread go to waste in my house again. MMMMMMMM . . . . .
Night before, wet ingredients in my now favorite vintage baking pan
Next morning out of the oven
No seriously, I am so into the holidays. I normally don’t even do the gift thing but this year I am magically finding perfect little giving opportunities for the people in my life. But the best part for me is the gift wrapping – that is where the fun is to be had. I have a ridiculous studio that is so fabulous and it is filled with things to pull from for any project. I am an organized, focused hoarder. I love, love, love the personal label maker – so I know where everything is right now. Easy! Buy the bins, buy the label maker – make it your New Years Resolution. okay that is another post let us focus on the wrapping of the gifts. This was so much Fun – yes capital F! Descriptions of what the materials are in the captions below each image.
Faux wood contact paper, creme constructions paper, found maroon ribbon and a white felt circle
Sports section of the newspaper, thrift store found rubber stamp "I love Grandpa", snowflake stamp, blue ribbon and blue cardstock
Tissue paper, school "practice writting" paper, "happy holidays" rubber stamp, peppermint striped bakers twine, candy cane stamp and colored card stock
Paper IKEA tablecloth, brown pok-a-dot ribbon, orange grossgrain ribbon, cardstock, rubber stamp tree from Anthropology
Tissue paper stamped with a bicycle (rubber stamp from Anthropology,) orange ribbon, green felt circle
White tissue paper stamped with snowflakes, vintage silver tinsel ribbon, blue card stock
School "practice writing" paper, creme construction paper, stamps and drawing with a LePen
Homemade Disney paper: 1$ store wrapping paper, 1$ store princess rubber stamps, cotton ribbon, creme construction paper. Stamp princesses all over and everywhere
Orange 1$ Store wrapping paper, Vintage orange plastic drawer liner (cut into a strip), white poof balls on a ribbon, stamp, drawing on creme construction paper
Vintage, yellow, faux canning, plastic drawer liner with a cotton ribbon covered in buttons and a red button snowflake ornament
Banking leger paper, bicycle and house stamp from Anthropology and red bakers twine
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