A New Library, with Art by my friend Happy Silence

Manheim Township got a new public library, and in it's cool interior is art by my good friend Maggie Mowery of Happy Silence.

I am excited to have another library to go to. It is roomy and designed in a family friendly way, which will be nice for us. I think they need more books, so Pennsylvania please reconsider library budget cuts. What a cool building though. Lancaster city could use some funds to upgrade the city library too...the most frequented destination in the city.





Congrats to Maggie, your art looks so good here. I hope it stays up for a long while. Max and I have been twice, and found more Maggie Mowery pieces the second time...a nice surprise:-) XO

Maggie French Accessories now at the My Aunt Debbie Boutique at Mommalicious

It's so hot i'm not sure what to do with myself, but one thing is for sure, I was happy to head downtown today to the torquise doors of Mommalicious and My Aunt Debbie.

Maggie French Accessories (pins/headbands/and my famous hairclips) all made from rare British Wensleydale wool are now available at the My Aunt Debbie shop (90% of the pieces for sale are by local Lancaster artists, including Debbie Serdy herself).

Above is Debbie, and below are examples of her endless creative imagination...


created in her local studio, often with local quirky found objects...

i loved these satchet pairs from Ana Apple- especially this London/France/Underpants one:-)

and these quirky Marley dolls wih yarn hair...

this picture below is sweet to me, because behind my flowers on the counter, I see a skeleton t-shirt by my buddy Maggie Mowery of Happy Silence, paired with a
Debbie Serdy collar necklace- we're all Lancaster art friends, so that makes me smile.

Visit the shop to see fantastic vintage furniture vignettes too, to get you in a creative mood. This is one of the best little shops in Lancaster and my personal favorite.

drop off today at State of the Art

in East Petersburg...thanks Jenny! (stop in and she'll frame all those cool art pieces you have sitting around...just in time for Christmas:-)
check out the paintings by my Indie painter friend, Maggie Mowery (www.happysilence.etsy.com), and more great pieces Jenny has from other local artists here in Lancaster.

36 Birthday Candles

Today was my 36th birthday...I had a lovely day with Max, and a party tonight with BB, Matt, Max, RM, Jerome, and Occy.

Yesterday we had dinner and cake at my Mom and Dad's....check out the candle box. Yikes! Guess you don't want to get any older than 36, or you'll need TWO boxes of candles!

What a lovely basket I received today from RM, Maggie Mowery, and Wendy from the Lancaster Yarn Shop. Socks knitted by Wendy, buttons, magnets, gnomes, and a pin cushion from Mags, notebook, blogging book, yarns, needles and a notebook from RM...so lovely. I was so surprised!

Here's my big, but little boy, helping with my candles yesterday...

today, Max and I made cupcakes and I applied "Uppercase Living" wall words around my house...I didn't realize two "sayings" were supposed to go together..."Dream" was supposed to be where this picture is...I guess I got creative, but now the "Dream" bit looks great in the bedroom:-)
I have had all my personal artwork that was around the house in my solo show at the Muhlenburg Gallery, so I've had a month of empty walls. It was awkward at first seeing my house so barren, but after a few weeks, I started to imagine other things, in places where the art had been. Before I could adhere these word things I was a bit mortified to realize that I needed to repaint a bit and patch about a dozen nail holes. and that was only in three small areas! Next on my shopping list is a very large plastic container to file my art pieces in. I just can't keep wrecking my walls.
Of course it's nice to display your own work, but if you plan to take it down and run it around town, your walls can really take a beating quick. especially if you have plaster walls, like me.
these wall words are really cool to see put up...although a little bit of a bugger trying to "burnish" the letters to the backing paper...it took a long time, but measuring was easy, and I like the finished look. It makes the house in those areas look more decorated, but clean too- it's just nice and tidy and I like that.

Yesterday we started out the day with a hike...we skipped stones in the river. Now that's what life's all about. Rocks, simple things, friends, family, and cake!