These are some images I have collected over the last week! They make me happy, so I hope you enjoy! banana bread cupcakes with star sprinkles cool old door screen grover with stickers sheep at warren wilson that could be us hearts and rainbows. anonymous child painting that I found. Love one another! <3 <3 [...]

Kevin used to work here in the Studio. He helped out around, painted the bathroom blue, cleaned.  Then one day he brought me in a huge bag of buttons.  A friend’s grandmother died and they did not know what to do with all those buttons.  Kevin knew where to take them.  To me. I removed [...]

I love the round-about outside my studio. I enjoyed watching the whole process from start to finish.  It went from being a Huge hole cut in the pavement to landscaped traffic circle which makes a busy street much more pedestrian friendly.   I decided one day that the one way signs and small shrubbery was [...]

Just finished an order for a wedding, complete with bouquets for the bride and bridesmaids, brooches, button-eires, and a dog collar!   I enjoyed the vintage color palette.  A bright buttery yellow, Light tealish blue, and a chocolate brown.  I threw some burnt orange in there for a little accent!  

Today I was just walking through downtown and happened to pass by an antique shop. Strange how I’ve never noticed it before… there was this cute little old man sitting behind the counter, casually glancing away from his newspaper to toss a smile and then back to his reading. I walked along the back wall [...]

Meet my nephew, Alex. I don’t get to spend as much time with him, but we make do. This is a photo of us on a bus in Mexico. Yep, the kid is a world traveler already. And he looks good in those goofy glasses!

What a quaint little place we found! This was shaddy grove. It was a beautiful little cabin in the woods of Celo, NC.  My dear friend Colleen lived there for a summer and toot and I visited! I am pretty obsessed with my dog! Toot!!! She is the cutest, most stubburn, old lady, grouchy, smartest, [...]

Easter eggs, dyed using natural dyes.  Dye made from Tumeric, Beets, Onion skins, and Blueberries! Such lovely warm colors. Wednesday is my favorite day of the week. It has been for many years, for many reasons.  However more recently I enjoy Wednesday because of the Phil Mechanic Studio potluck.  I love a chance to make [...]

weird title I know! This was a phrase adopted to replace my constant response- “I’m going to the studio” This month, March 2011, marks two years that I have been in my studio!  The Phil Mechanic Building, a wonderful community of crazy people! This month has also started a new chapter in my studio life, [...]

As I promised, the second half to my recap of the past 3 months of my life as The Button Florist. DECEMBER The month of December brought a new achievement for The Button Florist.  TWO craft shows in one day! you are wondering….. how did that happen? did celia clone herself in order to be [...]