from winter's stillness, light returns....

We Hope to Fill Our Little Nook With Terrariums this Summer...

Miss Foam is donning a custom feather headpiece by Fascinating Girl Designs.  The pieces feature vintage buttons, feathers, and luxurious fabrics.

Harney and Sons Fine Tea available in individual silken sachets.  

KOCO soy candles in their gorgeous keepsake boxes make a great housewarming or wedding gift.

Tiny collages on scrabble pieces with little metal accents--very cool wearable art!

We just got in Lavender Topiaries!  

I Love This Shot!

Our FAVORITE tea!  Portsmouth Tea Company.  Owner Marshall Malone is planning on joining us for a Tea Tasting in March!  We'll Keep you Posted....

Rich, Aubergine Anemone.  Nice Angle Ed!

Two of Our Favorite Pink Roses, Sweet and Hot Escimo keeping company with Green Tea.

This MAGNIFICENT shot courtesy of Petri Tuohimaa from Finland.  Check out his Flicker Site:

Petri Tuohimaa

Artist Night!

Our man of the evening, Mr. Edwin Karjala.  Congratulations, Ed, on a successful opening!  

  Thanks so much to Lauren and Suzi for sharingtheir music with us!!!  You guys were great.

let us not forget that behind most men in a clean shirt is a captivating woman yielding equal talents in her own right...

After Surveying his work from "The Chair" Mr. Karjala decided that yes, 

indeed he was pretty damn good.

Thank you Ed for a great night!

Thanks Janet for making Ice Luminaries!  You're right, we would have had a lot of fun in the sandbox together, I say it's never too late.   

I love my Momma.

(Thanks again Kristin for capturing our event!  FYI, some of Kristin's work is now available in the form of photo cards at the shop.  Yea Kristin! : ))

Hello and Cya Next Time

Tonight was a blast!!!  Thanks Ed for sharing your art with us--you rock dude.  I'll post pix from this evenings reception later (after I get them from Kristin) but for now I'll put up a little hello to spring and a little see ya next time around...

Our cool new garden fairy book!  (currently out of stock, but ordered more yesterday--hey, there's NOThing wrong with a pop up book)

Brynne Loved these things.  And yes, V-day is around the corner, but I am occasionally tempted just to skip right to easter--however, please do still come in and buy roses.

I love rocks, moss, and mushrooms.  Throw in a Blue Tone Anemone and PUFF it's magic.

Fresh...like a salad.

We'll look forward to the next batch of residual fuzzballs Mr. P.---or was it Air?  I hadn't quite  decided yet.  Live and get dirty and love every minute.  

New Featured Artist - Ed Karjala!

We are excited to welcome the art of local photographer Ed Karjala, so please join us for an evening out! Reception is Thursday, January 29th at 7 p.m. If you can't make it, just stop by in February & March to see his work!

Kathryn Shepard

We are now featuring the work of an incredible artist named Kathryn Shepard.  

She is a sculptor and jewelry designer who went to school in Boston.  Come in and check out her Spring '09 collection!  Our open house for Kathryn and Fiddlehead Therapeutics was a blast, and offered a great intro to two talented local women.  

Let it Snow!

Tammy Gross Brought in some of her delightful Donut ornaments at last!  Thanks Tammy. 

 (an extremely talented local artist with an awesome, quirky style.)

Let it Snow....Seriously, I want Snow!  Don't you?  There's something about those tiny, one of a kind white flakes falling from our big, big sky that make me so darn happy!  So do beautiful things--whether lovingly or accidently placed in a visually pleasing manner it can be, dare I say it....?...far better than chocolate.

Inspiring Placement of Objects, i.e. soul stirring still life design, is good medicine.  The other day I was so overcome with the "I.P.O" I lept into Kristen's arms--no, she didn't fall over. 

  (thanks so much Christi!  Ed and Kristin, the shots are 

awesome, thank you.)

This adorable pair of salt and pepper shakers proudly held their own despite being stuffed with antique hydrangea and cedar--lovely china berries spilling over the edge...

A tiny cyprus tree thrives under a Cloche.  Hopefully I won't kill him any time soon.  He's cute.

Patti did this gorgeous winter pink arrangement.  

MMmm.  Mercury Glass.  Don't get me wrong, I love tarnished, neglected silver, and oxidized galvanized pails, but not much compares to the polished, imperfect beauty of mercury glass...especially in the company of a brown black bird.

Hippy Mike gifted Apotheca some wicked cool "junk".  There is no dearer gift than one that holds historic unknowns and worms a useful way into today.  Christi re-covered the chairs with our personal favorite Amy Butler fabric, and VOILA!  These lead-laiden beauties are home at last...(thank you Mike!)

We are carrying white Milk Balls this season--fabulous because they never melt, however, they are not recommended for snowball fights.   And, they look nice on a mantle nestled in cedar and lights--with maybe a dusting of fake snow. We are using them in arrangements later on this month for an event we have at Copley Place in Boston.  We'll definitely post shots of that! 

We are carrying these adorable spruce seedlings that make a wonderful gift--"plant a tree" why not. : )

Some of Rosanna's holiday ceramic serving ware.  

Same shots after 4pm:

Our Most Popular Gift from Last Year is Back!  Cat Nip.  Kinda Funny huh?

Holiday gifts from Thymes, Tea Forte, and Mary Lake Thompson