My Chair Obsession

 

One pillow, three chairs. 

Really excited about some fun new lines we're bringing into

 Passionflower in 2014.

Like this  locally made (!) new pillow line Opal at Home

Christy Bishop, the multi talented visionary behind the line, was kind enough to gift me with a pillow of my choosing. 

 

I'm such a geek, I could spend hours putting this pillow on different chairs and enjoying each one.

If I were to curate a museum, it would be a museum of chairs. 

And now, just to complicate things, pillows get thrown into the mix.

The Ghost of Christmas Past

Some scenes from Christmas past~ like the one that just passed!  Giftwrapping....

a touch of nature with a white birch branch

Beeswax candles ....as many as possible.....and some evergreens....

And my papier mache pony from Puebla gets a little ornament around his neck.

 

A gift of plum wine and a paperwhite bud....everyone says my house smells good and it's beeswax, and old books, and lilies, and paperwhites, and evergreens, and roast potatoes  but just the faintest amount of each all mixed together.....

Neither slow nor rain etc...etc....

 

Oh my what a year it's been, this will forever go down as the year there was six inches of snow on the ground during the first week of  December.  Cutest pic ever of Taylor taking flowers out to the delivery van in the middle of the storm.  Because " neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds".  That's us.

Romantic Hair Accessories

 

Fun new section in the store~!  Who doesn't love a new little bauble for their hair?

Christmas Traditions

He comes out every year at Christmas...my funny little stick man. I bought him on Market Street in San Francisco, the first time I went to a trade show almost twenty years ago  when the San Francisco show was amazing and  attracting designers from all over the world.  Pottery Barn, Smith & Hawken, Gumps, Sue Fisher King, Filamento, de Vera,  Williams Sonoma  and other iconic Bay area companies were fueling the fire.   California designers were defining a more relaxed style that incorporated industrial and vintage pieces. (Sound familiar?)   And there was a fabulous Asian component to the whole thing too.   I think about this and other things too, every time I bring him out.

 

What is the Sound of Two Wings Flapping

 

 

Well owls are "in" this year. Whatever that means.  We've always been fascinated by the silence, the majesty, and the hunting prowess  of these nocturnal creatures.   But one thing it means is that several of our favorite designers are interpreting one of nature's finests.

John Derian has a tray and a postcard of this owl above.  Kind of looks like it's  on high alert.

 

 

 

And Laura Zindel gave us this drawing of a barn owl on a plate......funny guy with a round face and a pointy nose but watch out for those claws.

 

And the ever classic Cavallini did a lovely desktop calendar featuring this creature of the night.

Lots more bird love Chez Passionflower.

A Wintry Tale

Snow boots, circa 1970's......it's been massively cold around here....like the coldest it's been in 40 years....and joy of joys, it came with six inches of snow on the ground.....and while this is a little bit of a nightmare for me, retail wise, I love the snow and the clear skies.  A lot.

 

This is what it looked like last Friday the day of our holiday shindig, which needless to say, we have rescheduled.  The wine is still good, the musician was able to fit us in and our magnaminous mayor, the Honorable Kitty Piercy has time in her schedule this coming Friday to pour as well.

What can we say?  The party must go on.  And we've been managing to get to the store and keep it staffed.

And all our neighbors have been open too! 

There's been a fun, neighborly spirit through all this, but now we're on Day 5 and I have to come back to the real world from this winter wonderland.