Glim Glam GOLD!!!

Summer is almost over, fall is coming, WINTER IS COMING!  This is one thing I dread all year -more than running out of chocolate or even diet coke.  WINTER.  These six letters represent all that I loathe: ice, shoveling, frigid cold, and bleakness.  The absolute bleakness of winter just makes me want to find myself a little cave and a way to hibernate for its duration.

SO, (I know you are starting to worry about me) GOLD!!!  If you are like me and see bleakness jeering at you from around the corner, then GOLD.  I mean, it would be nice to have a stash of it, as I would use it to get as far away from winter as possible, but gold is the accent color of this upcoming season.  It is the color people are using in their bedrooms, in their kitchens, in their bathrooms, living rooms: gold is in.

And so, it seems I am not the only one looking for some way to bottle up summer eternally for the whole year.  I am featuring gold in my shop and here are a couple of things that you will currently find:

(See the items in my shop here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ChalksOLot)

May you too find a way to survive the seasons ahead, and add a little glam to your lives!  

Terrarium Mania

I get on these kicks.  First, it was French furniture, then it was garden art, then parlor tables (there are still more of these to come), and now: it is glass.  My daughter has been looking for brass accents for her house.  Shopping?  Yes please!

I don't need an excuse to shop, but it's definitely nice to have one.  We went to a few of our favorite digs and she did not have any luck.  (I, however, did come away with a condiment set and the most adorable wicker hamper - but, I digress).  So, we found a new store.  It's the most delightful feeling to discover a new store.  There are fresh sights, sounds, and deals.  So, into the store we went, and goodness did we have a great time.

And guess what we found?  Terrariums.  We found brass, silver, very old and slightly newer, but most importantly: we found glass.

I did not know much about terrariums before this visit.  I know I have seen glass covers that people put greenery underneath, but they were different than these.  These were geometric.  They opened and closed.  They were covered with glass, and I was in heaven.

Mostly, these pieces are in much better condition than some of the other pieces I come across, and only one required any amount of deep cleaning (there had once been a candle inside and anyone who has ever tried to get wax out of glass can feel my pain here).

Here are my spoils:

Find it here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/243031926/silver-hexagon-glass-terrarium-with

Coming Soon!!

Find it Here:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/242439705/large-brass-and-glass-pentagon-terrarium