Archives for January 2013

~Collections~

January 29, 2013 by Patricia Fisher

I love a collection! Truth….It’s a weakness my sister-in-law first pointed out to me. Looking through a group of pictures she can always pick out the one I’ll be drawn to. Whatever picture is of a gathering of similar items, that’s where my eye will go.

This collection is a work- in- progress. Vintage cameras, not all vintage cameras, just the ones that pop out, I can’t seem to resist these little cuties.

china tea cups with feet

…..and my newest collection, in the beginning stages….china tea cups with feet..who knew they existed? Well, not me, at least not until a bridal shower last fall. That’s when I first got a glimpse of one of these sweeties, and now I have to admit, I’m quite taken with them. So the quest is on! I found the pink one on the right (which by the way is just like the one I first saw at the bridal shower) at a lovely shop near Palmyra, NY, called The Gingerbread House. And the other two are from this shop on etsy.

True confessions time ….although I really enjoy looking at these tea cups, I always, (and I do mean always, like every day) drink my tea from this mug…..

and I believe it was given to me by my loving sister who purchased it from Starbucks! Go figure!!!

Filed Under: The Inspiration Room Tagged With: collections, tea cups, vintage camera

” Shop Talk “

January 25, 2013 by pafisher

Amidst the cold winds of winter, many projects are underway. A chair painting process is midway, I’ve run out of the right color of Annie Sloan Chalk Paint which I buy here, so more on that in a later post. We’ve hit several auctions thus far, many little treasures to show for it. But, alas, when it’s in the single digits outside crocheting by the fire sounds the best.

I did snap a few pictures this morning in the store while getting ready for a couple customers. So take a peek…..

Picture this!

stocked up

Buzz on in!

Filed Under: Fishers Beehive Shoppe Tagged With: Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, Auction, canning, crochet, Paint

Garden Dreams…..

January 10, 2013 by pafisher

I know it’s just the beginning of January…… but the seed catalogs have been arriving in the mail and my thoughts are turning to dirt, or what I will plant in it this year anyway.

Where to begin!

I was thinking of my garden the other day and a song popped in my head from my childhood, that I can’t stop singing. My grandmother, whose house we now live in, would play her piano and sing this song called, “I Come To The Garden Alone”. This has stayed such a strong memory that as I write this it’s as though her and her pink piano are still in this living room with me. So for those of you who don’t know this song, I went searching for it. I’ve found a slightly different rendition than my “Gram’s”, but nonetheless a good one. So enjoy some tunes while you browse some of my last year’s garden shots…..