So close....

........but yet so far......

So here we are on the shuttle bus at jfk. Actually on the runway. Can
see our plane. 50 feet away.....and the shuttle gets a flat tire and
we can't get off. Seriously. I had to take this photo to memorialize
this moment. Lovin it!!!

Last night in New York. Boo hoo!!!

Having dinner at Supper in the East Village with Wierdo Todd, his mom
Lola, Pam from Ink and Peat (love her!) and her darling partner
Marshall. Such a cool find - thanks Pam!!!!!

Breakfast at Balthazar. A delicious NY tradition for me. Yum!!!

End of the day rain!!!

Look at all of the umbrellas.....and Todd's mom in a bag......ok.... perhaps a rain poncho. Then dinner at Les Halles..... Steak Tartare, Belgian beer and Crepes Suzette. DUDE!!!

Did I mention how hot it was today??? The humidity was over 90 percent. Yikes!!!! Thank god for air conditioned hotels. Good night all!!!

The last of day three at the new York gift show.

Loving the porcelain light up gnome. Love. Love.

Jonathan Adler at the Gift show.

Picked up this line today. Yippee!!

Day 3 at the ny gift show

Christian Lacroix note cards.......riduclously beautiful...so stylish!!! Deglingos frog. Amy Butler rugs and the Coink piggy bank!!! So much fun!!!!

End of day 2at the new York gift show.

Dinner at Pulinos Pizza at Bowery and Houston. My darling friend Shakir is the host with the most. Miss you Shakir!!!

I'm outta here.......

Me and weirdo Todd (and his lovely mother, Lola) are off to the New York Gift Show! YIPPEE!!!! I could really use a break from this crazy water damage stuff!!!

We've got lots of appointments with great vendors and will have beautiful new merchandise to show for our travelling efforts!

It looks like we might re-open (we are crossing our fingers) on August 21, which is also the day of the Alberta Street Fair...so come on down and say hello! ...I am sure we will have bubbly an treats to celebrate!

Now that we have the carpet in, it is on to the wall and ceiling repair, cove base, paint, lighting and a reset of the entire store! WHEW! Luckily, the incredibly capable Miss Arnica is on the case Mon, Tues and Wed. Thanks Arnica!!!!

Alrighty then.....off we go to NYC.....see you soon!

GARAGE SALE SATURDAY!

I have so much stuff in storage that I REALLY need to get rid of...My darling friend Todd with On Stage is opening his warehouse tomorrow from 11-3 for a HUGE warehouse sale of great and lightly used furniture. My stuff are the chairs pictured below. All leather chairs are $129 each and leather storage ottomans are $79 each. The stacking dining chairs are $35 each....come on down to 5769 NE COLUMBIA BLVD BLDG 5 - tomorrow, May 1 for some killer deals! 11 - 3 only!

HIGH POINT HERE WE COME......

I had a realization that we leave for the Spring High Point Market next week - my oh my how time flies!

This year, it is Miss Sue (with me for the last 5 years), my darling and the ever stylish Miss Hester (one of my very best friends who just happens to work in my shop one day a week) and for the first time in High Point, Weirdo Todd (see previous posts to see just how weird). I do love that Weirdo Todd. The four of us are dangerous together. We are really kind of enablers - telling each other - "get it, get it!"

There is so much great stuff at the HP market that it is really kind of dizzying. I am needing to place an order with Hickory Chair (so happy!), Visual Comfort, Design Legacy...Steven Shell...Nathan Anthony - the list goes on and on!

As I start making my "to do " list I will post photos of what I am looking for....but for now, I will leave it you with this one image from Steven Shell - this is soooooo on my list!

GREAT WINTER EVENT!

We are lucky enough at Digs to be hired occasionally by a large international sportswear company to help them with decor for some of their biggest and most fun parties / meetings. Yesterday we did a winter decor - without being Xmas - at a beautiful lofted space in the Pearl District of Portland. There was a sit down meeting for 200 and a few happy hours afterwards.

Luckily, I had some great help to make things easier! My trusted friend Todd McAllister of On Stage was a lifesaver, my trusty assistant, Miss Arnica and my new friend Eric really pulled out all the stops to make this a great event - thanks guys!

We had a limited budget and yet still created a beautiful atmosphere.........

A comfy seating lounge area surrounded by a see-thru screen to create a separate space from the meeting area.........white and blue were our colors....

Lounge area from the outside........ creating kind of an entry hall... Note the red lit bar inside the screen.


On the other side of the seating lounge. Cafe tables using traditional Chiavari chairs with a bit of a twist...acrylic. We changed the bulbs in the lights to blue fluorescent as well as the lights inside the soffits on the columns. It provided a lovely glow and made the chairs look like they were glowing. The table cloths were blue / red iridescent and tied together the blue lights and the red light of the bar. The simple white cyclamen in the white pot with a little bit of floral glitter spray gave just the right amount of sparkle.

The event space has a series of support columns spaced throughout so we had a TON of red twig dogwood and vine maple branches crystal flocked and used tulle to strap them to the columns.




Vignettes of frosted dogwood and ceramic spheres as well as tall pots of twigs.....



A white peacock suspended from the ceiling welcomed the guests to the space......


We used Drake's 7 Dees Nursery to do our flocking and they did an amazing job and were a true pleasure to work with!

The stage area.......


The event turned out great and everyone had a great time and we heard that they loved the decor! YIPPEE! i love it when it all works out!