OK--I HAVE AN EXCUSE!!

No, I did not drop off the face of the earth...I have a good excuse--really! My computer officially died, and we had an appropriate funeral at the store last week. Fortunately, the data was saved, and now I'm up and running again with a new hard drive, new flash drives to back-up...so high tech, I am!!

Since last we talked, I have done the Nipomo "Remnants of the Past" show, flown to Utah for a visit with my family there, spent a week recovering from the flu and then dealing with the computer fiasco! This week I'm all smiles, happy to be WELL and working on my Holiday Open House that will take place NEXT WEEK--Nov.7-8...can you believe it?! Blink and it's Halloween, blink again and it's Christmas--and somewhere in between we MUST take a moment and be thankful for all life's wonderful blessings!! So much to be thankful for: family, friends, loyal, faithful customers, a beautiful place to live and SOOO much more!

Hope to see you soon and hear what YOU are thankful for!
Bonnie

Beautiful craftsmanship...

Just had to share these with you! A beautiful woman named Kimberly (her Mom lives here in Cambria) purchased some old French flower molds and some vintage velvet fabric and millinery pieces and has created these lovely, one of a kind velvet flowers! Great for hats or to pin on your jacket...they are amazing!

This weekend I go to the SF Gift Show to see what new inspiration is there. The show itself is not all that inspiring, but the other stops in the city and along the way always get my creative juices flowing--and just in time with Halloween just around the corner!

Hope your weekend is relaxing and inspiring...and fun!

So many new toys...so little time!

Hi! Happy Friday to you!

What an exciting week! My family from Utah is visiting and Courtney and Tom's son, Isaac Russell performed in LA then next at the Crystal Palace in Bakersfield and then at the Midstate Fair in Paso Robles. I went to the Bakersfield performance and what a wonderful night! After a trip to finalize all of his contracts with Columbia Recording Co. and Sony we had a celebration dinner for Isaac and offer congratulations to this 17 year old talented boy! His current CD is RURU Elizabeth and there will be a new one out after the first of the year.

Unfortuantely, this CD is sold out, but you can still get songs from it on iTunes and on his website, which I cannot remember right now! Sorry--will add it later!

And--the other exciting thing that happend while they were here is that Tom helped me select an new laptop computer! We're busy now getting everything loaded onto it, and then of course, the kids said, "Grandma Bonnie--you must start a facebook page..." so now I'm blogging, facebooking, emailing and trying to keep up the website...now when am I going to shop for the store, work in it and keep the displays changing???! (And by the way, I didn't even know that these words were verbs!!)

Ah, technology...will it never end? I need a nap.

Hope your Summer is going well--come over here and cool off! It's LOVELY...

Happy day, Bonnie

This is SO Exciting!

The beautiful "Live Artfully Magazine" has a lovely feature article about Birds of a Feather in it's current issue! My personal thanks to Jenny Mallott for including my little store in her publication and I hope that you will have an opportunity to read it for yourself! You will find many articles about people and places on the Central Coast as well as recipes, featured artists--even a contest in this issue! I have some copies for sale at the store for $5.75 each and they are also available at other locations in and around SLO County. For more information, please visit Jenny's website: http://www.liveartfullymagazine.com/

Also included in this issue is a feature on my friend, Patti Erwin. What a gifted artist she is--and one of the nicest people you could know! We both started this blogging thing together and a visit to her blog is quite a treat: http://www.artfuldesign.blogspot.com/

Make yourself a cup of tea, stretch out on a cozy couch and savor every word in "Live Artfully!"

Wave your flag proudly!

What fun I had this last week adding a patriotic flair to my little store! I love what our flag represents and the reminder of how fortunate we are to be living in the USA! I love the colors of red white and blue, and I love all the great inspired momentos, art and folk art that have been made to celebrate our freedom! Here are a few photos to get you in the mood to sing "Yankee Doodle" or "Star Spangled Banner!"

Can you tell I'm thinking SEASHORE?! I had so much fun changing some of the displays in the store to reflect a trip to the beach--Cambria's beach, of course!!

I've been searching for vintage sand buckets and shovels and little boats and then the lifeguard suit was just an incredibly lucky find!! It is old, and wool, and itchy and ever so cute! The trunk in the window says, "Au Petit Bateau" so it is the perfect storage for your small boat! There "sand box" French wheelbarrow on the table and it is a tiny version of the one outside and holds more boats, shells, pails and seashore related finds. There will be more photos on the website soon, so if you are ready for a trip to the beach but just can't get away just now, drow by for a visit at www.2birdsofafeather.com and maybe it will fill the void until you can get here in person! Hope you all have a wonderful Summer filled with giggles, ice cream and watermelon!

April 30, 2009

Ok, Ok...I am So far behind and I am sorry! It has been a crazy last two weeks! I did an estate sale for a family here in Cambria, then the wonderful "Remnants of the Past" barn show on Sunday so I am just playing catch up this week! I will try to insert a couple of photos of the show in Nipomo at the Dana Powers Barn so that if you weren't able to attend you can get a little glimpse of what it was like. For those of you that did attend, thank you! The next one will be in October--not sure of the date yet, but I will keep you posted!