good excuse

i have one for not blogging...i went on a quick trip to florida and spent time staring at this view.

a huge highlight of my trip was getting to surprise one of my closest friends! we lived in italy together and havent seen each other in a very long time. it was so much fun to hang out again...it was as if no time had passed. it went by way too fast though:(

we even managed to squeeze in a little shopping (of course) while i was there. megan lives near a ballard design store and i have never been in one before. i was a little under-whelmed by the merchandising of the store ...but the over all design was pretty. it was nice to see a lot of their products in person and i definitely fell in love with their metal trumpet lights.

then look what we found a little beach shop

mmm hmmm....the bottom of a green bottle made into a bowl...love it!! then we looked up and saw this

i love this too. cut in half and trimmed with metal!

but that's not all. last night i was looking through the ballard catalogue and looky here....a new item for them. "demijohn bowl" trimmed with silver tin.

just when i thought i had stumbled on something unique! i love the idea though. i dont know that i would sacrifice any of my good demijohns to do this...but what a great idea for one that is already broken.

last but not least...no vacation would be complete without coming home with a new addition to my growing collection. i love the shape of this little guy.

wait! as i am writing this i realized i never showed a photo of another recent addition (i just ran over an took a photo:)) to my collection. it was given to me by my sweet client for christmas...thanks michelle! i love this..it even has an old ceramic top on it!

i definitely have an obsession with green glass. i dont see it coming to an end anytime soon...sorry kev:)

ok...now i have some serious catching up to do!

jodie