A quick hello from Austin, Texas

hi ya'll! (when in Texas, do as the Texans do)

Sweetie and I are having a great time in Austin this week.

We are spending time with family, took a trip to Rockport to enjoy the warm Gulf waters, shopping, eating, exploring and relaxing.

We even went on a ghost tour!

But there will more about all this in other post when we get home.

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I wanted you all to check out Craftgawker.com when you get a chance.

It's a great website featuring photos and links to some really great handmade things.

Blossom Shop even had a photo accepted!

As of today (August 20th) you can find the necklace "A Rose By Any Other Name" on page 8!

Its # 3299.

I hope everyone is having a great week and we'll be back on Saturday!

xoxo

Quick post...

to let you know we are headed out to Austin, TX today.

Hoping to post from the road!

Please friend me and become a fan of Blossom Shop on

Facebook for mobile uploads of our adventures.

I am also on Twitter! Follow me!

Also a reminder that the 30% off sale continues at Blossom Shop.

Come visit the Etsy Shop

OR

the Art Garage Sale Shop

to find your bargains!

All items will ship after Aug 24th.

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Happy Birthday shout outs to...

Romy!

Gram!

and

Danny!!

love you all

xoxo

Desert trekking

Our trip to the Pasadena Bead and Design Show started with a little adventure through the desert.

Here's how it went!

We hit the road not too early in the morning for our trek through the desert to Pasadena.

(the photos were polaroid-ized using the very cool program Poladroid! Just seemed appropriate for the desert photos.)

oooh! a cool dirt devil spout thingie! like a dirty tornado...

well that was exciting...are we there yet?

nope

Oh! but look! the windmills... I know we are getting closer.

whoa! a dinosaur?? how long have we been driving???

and then we were there!

that did not take so long.

More to come about Pasadena soon!

xoxo

Catching up

hey! remember me????

wow! things have been crazy around here.

I have been wanting to share pictures from the last 2 shows for so long.

Now is my chance!

Step into the Way Back Machine with me and let's go to the weekend of July 17th, 2009.

Renegade SF 2009......(crazy machine noises)

What a great time!

Sweetie and I stayed the weekend at the Argonaunt Hotel right across the street from the wharf area.

We got in late so it was off down the street to see what we could find...mmmmm, In 'n Out Burgers!

Thank goodness they seem to be open forever.

In the morning we gathered up the Blossom Shop goods and headed over to Fort Funston right on the water...

Blossom Shop got all set up....

and everyone was ready to sell!

Selling is hard work and we needed a treat...Yes, that is Michael Jackson's shoe, sock and pant leg there...it was a chocolate/vanilla cupcake.And the one next to it....let's just say they called it the Crap Cake. But it was tasty!

Those tasty treats were curtesy of Cynically Delicious out of San Francisco...tasty cupcakes for sure!

The days do get long and sometimes you need a little distraction to put some life into the day...

I don't know who he is or what he is doing...but he certainly got our attention!

It was a great two days!

Looking forward to being in Renegade Chicago in September this year too!

More info to come on this later.

ok, more to blog tomorrow! night-night for now!

xoxo

Blossom Shop Summer Sale!!!

Woohoo! A sale!

who does not love a sale?

Come by Blossom Shop on Etsy and click

the SALE category on the right hand side of the page.

That will take you right to all the goodies that are now

30% off!

These and many more like them are waiting for you to bring them home at

a fabulous summer time price!

Happy shopping!

xoxo

Masala, Wine and Goldbug

Day one of the Pasadena Bead and Design show is coming to an end.

I met some wonderful people at the show today and look forward to meeting more over the next 3 days.

After we closed the booth down for the day Sweetie and I headed out for some dinner.

I had a craving for Indian food....and Sweetie obliged.

We ended up in Old Town Pasadena at Akbar's.

So yummy!

We enjoyed a potato chat and some mango lassi before our meal of

chicken tikka masala and spinach paneer and garlic naan came to the table.

This was Sweetie's first time for Indian food and he promises he enjoyed it.

The photos are being held captive on the cameras at the moment but I promise to share them next week when we get home.

On our way back to the car we passed the most unusual shop.

Unfortunately the shop was closed but we did some hardcore window shopping.

I will let the website speak for itself!

Goldbug...

tell me what you think!

Before we retire for the evening (which will hopefully be soon, I am getting sleepy!) we are enjoying a glass of pinot noir, a little cheesecake and the free wi-fi in the bar.

more to report later!

xoxo

Going back to Cali, Cali, Cali....

It's show time again!

Renegade SF was a blast, but that's in the past.

Now its time for Pasadena!

Blossom Shop will be at the

Pasadena Hilton Hotel

Thursday, July 30th - Sunday, August 2nd

10am - 6pm

Some on Southern Californians!

Hope to see you there!

xoxo