tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72689874858095725722024-03-18T15:58:06.483-04:00My Shabby Streamside StudioSharing my love of soothing white decor, antique rose gardening, and all things beautiful and sustaining in the Catskills.My Shabby Streamside Studiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02138826900805875236noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7268987485809572572.post-78763532219301831122012-12-25T07:00:00.000-05:002012-12-25T13:24:41.843-05:00Christmas, Casually Elegant<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>My Zuzu!</i></div>
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<b>Here we are as in olden days,<br />
Happy golden days of yore.<br />
Faithful friends who are dear to us<br />
Gather near to us once more.</b></div>
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Merry Little Christmas’ by Blane & Martin</b><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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I borrowed props for this feature and spent four months
shooting (the pink and blue themes were shot in this period as well). Doing Christmas up like this is rewarding,
but shall we say a little tough to achieve in real life?! All you really need is:</div>
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<b>Chocolate</b></div>
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<b>Evergreens</b></div>
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<b>Candles</b></div>
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<b>Coarse German glass glitter</b></div>
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<b>Vintage glass ornaments</b></div>
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<b>Faux fur accents</b></div>
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<b>More chocolate</b></div>
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<b>A wish for peace on Earth and goodwill to everyone.</b></div>
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The time involved doing well in graduate school and the time
involved blogging with all my heart are incompatible if either are to be
done excellently. Sadly, I must go
on a sabbatical from blogging. </div>
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I wish I could gather each of you, my gentle readers, in a
big group hug. Then have hot cocoa by a
bonfire in the snow with music under the stars.</div>
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I will drop in on you for that virtual cup of cocoa we share
in our community.</div>
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<b>I wish you a very happy holiday season and a new year where
all your dreams come true.</b></div>
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Until next time, stay
shabby!</div>
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Sharing with:</div>
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Blissful Whites
Wednesday at <a href="http://www.timewashed.com/" target="_blank">Timewashed </a> </div>
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Favorite Things Thursday at <a href="http://katherinescorner.com/" target="_blank">Katherine's Corner </a></div>
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Feathered Nest Friday
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Farmhouse Friday
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Show & Tell
Friday at <a href="http://romantichome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">My Romantic Home</a> </div>
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Antique French handwriting graphic: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/theupcycler" target="_blank">Etsy</a><br />
Napkins: <a href="http://pompomathome.com/" target="_blank">Pom Pom Home</a><br />
70 Grit German glass glitter: <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/CraftingConfections" target="_blank">Etsy</a><br />
Chairs: <a href="http://karinagentinetta.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_search.php?FRID=ZmrJaGZpw5WX" target="_blank">disegno Karina Gentinetta</a></div>
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<b>Let's deck the halls with holly<br />
Sing sweet silent night<br />
Fill the tree with angel hair<br />
And pretty, pretty lights<br />
Go to sleep and wake up<br />
Just before daylight<br />
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All these things and more, baby<br />
That's what Christmas means to me my love</b></div>
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What do you do for a yummy breakfast when you’re gluten and
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lie there, waiting for their beauty to be shared. The green-gray rosette shapes and craggy
branches are a lovely contrast to the soft forms of evergreens. So very restful by compare to excessive
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<b>The holly and the ivy<br />
Now both are full well grown,<br />
Of all the trees that are in the wood,<br />
The holly bears the crown.<br />
O the rising of the sun<br />
And the running of the deer<br />
The playing of the merry organ<br />
Sweet singing of the choir </b></div>
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I am embarrassed how late this thank-you is posted. I got a 98 for the semester in
graduate school, and part of that was achieved by ceasing “distractions” like
Facebook and blogging. It's like coming out from under a rock. I found out
Kathleen at <a href="http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Faded Charm</a> anointed <a href="http://www.timewashed.com/" target="_blank">Timewashed </a>with White Wednesday two months
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My humble thanks to Lonnie and Vivian at <i><a href="http://jeannedarcliving.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jeanne d’Arc Living</a> </i>for even opening the
email I sent to consider my story. My
heart skips a beat as I recall the moment I received a reply from my very
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The weekend I dug into my first copy of <a href="http://jeannedarcliving.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i>Jeanne d’Arc Living</i> </a>(December 2010) I remained <i>gobsmacked</i>. I stared, and stared and stared, at every
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It is very rare I am transfixed, but this self-published
magazine did it. Its core value: simplicity. The fact it’s
Scandinavian has much to do with its sweet minimalist elegance. Their Christmas culture is beautiful and exotic, involving things I was vaguely aware of like cardamom, marzipan, and Advent.</div>
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<a href="http://madeinpersbo.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carina’s (Made In Persbo)</a> story showed her pulling cardamom
cake out of a wood fired Husqvarna stove.
Dorte Palsgaard’s marzipan candies were shaped with common kitchen
utensils. A suggestion of giving gifts of
time instead of money. The idea the
holidays could be <i>affordable </i>yet beautiful sold me
immediately. The promise of rest over running around was a plus.</div>
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At that time my agent was peddling my book idea around <st1:state w:st="on">New York, but I </st1:state>guiltily became more interested in doing a <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeannedarcliving" target="_blank">Jeanne d'Arc Living</a> </i>shoot. Notes were
scribbled, props were made, evergreens cut.
Between December 2010 to early April 2011 on every weekend with snow I
shot. A yummy blizzard blew in and I
took a vacation day just to shoot. I
kept holiday music on my iPod hoping its spirit would infuse the April
photos, exposed so the windows wouldn't show the lame patchy snow outside.
I took my camera with me on errands in case “serendipity” happened. We are rewarded with the shot of the deer in
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That kind of unexpected is good. I expected “good” when this story was
printed. I'd be reading it by the woodstove surrounded by my dogs and family.
That house burned down. I haven’t had the money or time to visit
family or dogs and I will celebrate the holidays after I get paid on the 31<sup>st</sup>. Two years later most of my styling looks stuffy and overdone.
Ironic when I was going for simple. That's life. Gotta deal.</div>
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Sometimes, bad stuff happens and good comes of it. In November I had an issue with my landlord and wanted
out of the room I rented. If it never
happened, I wouldn’t have looked for the cottage I rent now. I can see a sliver of the Long Island Sound from my
bedroom window through the winter woods. In it I will spend four blissful days with nothing to do but catch up with old friends, reading, sleeping,
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Lavender glass bottles: <i><a href="http://dreamywhites.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Dreamy Whites</a></i></div>
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Cross bottle: <i><a href="http://karinagentinetta.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_search.php?FRID=Z2qUaGZpkZWd" target="_blank">disegno Karina Gentinetta at 1stdibs</a></i></div>
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Chairs: <i><a href="http://karinagentinetta.1stdibs.com/store/furniture_search.php?FRID=Z2qUaGZpkZWd" target="_blank">disegno Karina Gentinetta at 1stdibs</a></i></div>
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Napkins: <i><a href="http://pompomathome.com/" target="_blank">Pom Pom Home</a></i></div>
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German glass glitter star: <i><a href="http://www.shabbychic.com/" target="_blank">Rachel Ashwell Couture</a></i></div>
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70 grit German glass glitter: <i><a href="http://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a></i></div>
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Reproduction mercury glass candlesticks: <i><a href="http://thesheepsnest.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The Sheep’s Nest</a></i></div>
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Blissful Whites
Wednesday at <a href="http://www.timewashed.com/" target="_blank">Timewashed</a> </div>
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Favorite Things
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Hardcover, German, approximately $50 USD</div>
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at <a href="http://www.bookdepository.com/Belle-Blanc-Merry-Christmas-Mirjana-Schnepf/9783772473265" target="_blank">The Book Depository</a> and <a href="http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?paratrk=&isbn=9783772473265&ltrec=t&bi=" target="_blank">Able Books</a></div>
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When the snow comes to cover the ground<br />
It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day<br />
I wait for it the whole year round.</b></div>
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no disorderliness<br />
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<b>Words of a poem should be glass<br />
But glass so simple-subtle its shape<br />
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A glass spun for itself is empty,<br />
Brittle, at best Venetian trinket.<br />
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Words should be looked through, should be windows.<br />
The best word were invisible.<br />
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a room is a volume, not just four walls.
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my son his brilliant eyes<br />
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First off, I must thank all of you for your kind words and
advice in response to my recent tragedies and troubles. I’ll heal much faster with encouragement. I’m looking into master’s programs, too, to
raise my earning potential. I fear the
money and time it will all cost, along with the knowledge I may not be better
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Getting an authentic feeling in your home means skipping
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Extra chances will be given to those who spread the word via social media. Don't forget to leave a comment for each. If you don't have a blog or email link on your blog you must contact me.<br />
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Winner will be chosen via random.org.<br />
Giveaway ends midnight 12 June 2012. Open to U.S. residents only. Books will be mailed by USPS Priority with Delivery Confirmation (NOT Media Mail, the cruel unprofessional joke that cost me huge money and denied customers what they ordered in good faith).<br />
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<i>23 May 2012 - UPDATE: Looks like we have a buyer!</i><br />
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Sofa ($200 neg.) & Loveseat ($100 neg.) will be sold at a 2-family yard sale.<br />
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Unused sofa and loveseat in storage. Sofa's slipcover is still in the original packaging.<br />
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SATURDAY - SUNDAY MAY 26 & 27<br />
<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ix=sea&q=515+ACORN+HILL+RD.,+OLIVEBRIDGE,+NY+12461&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89dce2f2479c5be1:0xabaf61ecd9232633,515+Acorn+Hill+Rd,+Olivebridge,+NY+12461&gl=us&daddr=515%20Acorn%20Hill%20Rd,%20Olivebridge,%20NY%2012461&ei=-eC6T5aDJszfgger5ei6Cg&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=directions-to&resnum=1&ved=0CA0QwwUwAA" target="_blank">515 ACORN HILL RD., OLIVEBRIDGE, NY 12461</a><br />
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A barn full of housewares, antiques, entertainment electronics, TVs, audio
& music equipment, computer desks, coffee tables, chairs, shabby chic,
tools, 2 refrigerators, books, something for everyone (except baby and kid
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Memorial Day weekend is the hottest yard sale weekend in the Catskills.
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