styling

My old standby- Anthropologie...one of the many reasons I love this company is they do styling right! I am always so inspired by the stuff they put together. I have to say the objects they find, make, sell, are a little easy to style because they look great on their own. But then they take it to a whole different level! This makes me want to throw a dinner party, it makes me wish I had things growing in my garden already, and it makes me want to style more tables:-).

Tartan Christmas

Before Christmas Jodi(www.jodimillerphotography.com)and I put together a Christmas tablescape. It was featured on www.greenweddingshoes.com! I hope you enjoy the festive plaid, the sparkly golds and the crisp, clean florals by Janie of JM Flora.

This was my very first holiday inspired shoot. Stay tuned in February for a fun Valentines shoot!

french country

Here are some pictures from the other french tablescape we did a couple months ago! I know I am so behind with posting, but I hope you enjoy!

All flowers by Janie Medley of www.jmflora.com, all photos by Jodi Miller and Kurt Baier of www.jodimillerphotography.com, and styling by me(www.sunshowersandrainshine.com)!

things to come

Long time no type...I've been VERY busy on a number of different projects. Mainly getting our house in shape to sell. I am not looking forward to the prospect of moving as I LOVE my home and we will be renting for close to a year once our house sells. Sigh.

In the meantime, Jodi and I have been sewing napkins for her October wedding and preparing for another table setting shoot. You may remember the one below from a couple months back. We will expand on these ideas and also leave a little to the imagination as we don't want to give away all the details just yet! (www.jodimillerphotography.com)


I have also been working with a Victorian theme in some of my own artwork. I will be doing a series of prints and posters with Victorian/Folk/Nature flair. I am having fun breaking out my watercolors and pencils again. We'll see how that project turns out!

Another project I have been working on is our California vacation itinerary. We will be flying into LA, meeting up with some spectacular friends and then spending a few days in San Francisco and then a few days in San Diego, back to LA and then back home. I have been more interested in cameras after getting a mini lesson from Jodi Miller and am planning an excursion to the Camera Obscura in San Fran!

Below is an ancient map of North Carolina. The other day I had a brilliant idea to make a book of treasure maps for my little daughter. It will be a few years before she can enjoy this, but at this rate it may take me a few years to compile and plan. I have come up with a book with different clues and different locations(that we frequent as a family), to make easily adaptable maps. The maps will lead to treasures that I hide depending on when and where the map may lead. Its a lot of work but I would have died and gone to heaven if I had something like this when I was growing up!

My new found love of film has brought me back to some originals. This is a daguerreotype from Mr. Daguerre himself. This has inspired so many ideas for my own artwork...I had to share, this one is a street in Paris...

Below is an old school circus poster. I believe from 1916...my posters will be splattered with this as inspiration...more coming soon!

entry table

Sewing table I found for $6 at Goodwill...

I took the old brass knobs off and sanded some scratches...the brass knobs I'll keep for another project.

I like the dark brown but it was beyond beat up on the legs...so navy it is! Love navy...

The navy blue in reality is a bit darker...my camera ain't fancy!

As you can see, the legs need another coat of paint. The pink Anthro knobs are great. Can you believe it, Chris picked those out! I love that he isn't afraid of pinks and purples:-).