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Everyday is Like Sunday
These past few weekends have been a whirlwind of activity outside the Dew Household. With early frost decimating the last of our vegetables and Hurricane Sandy on its’ way we had to move quickly to prepare our yard for the arrival of Winter. After picking the last of their yield for freezing and pickling, we pulled up all the sprawling tomatoes… Continue reading
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Winds of Change
Remember this post about transforming the formery nursery into an office for Dewman? It has gone through more changes because we decided one office can work for both of us. Since we re-homed our iMac with a more loving family we only have a single desktop system so it made sense to have only one office. Sidebar: I have never been a fan… Continue reading
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Inspiration Abounds
How cool is this shot? It reminds me of Hitchcock’s “The Birds“. The color of the vintage car against the matching darkening sky is perfection! I would love to use it as an accent wall somewhere in our house. Something along the lines of this: Or this: (Can’t find the source of the photos above but… Continue reading
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Get.It.Done
So just to show you how productive I have been IRL here’s the latest project I finished. It all started around New Year’s when I walked by my favorite antique chair and casually pulled at the corner of the back cover. As it was made of ancient oilcloth it ripped easily and since I had been meaning to replace it… Continue reading
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Skull Party
Love these skull candles from Gilt.com. We used them for our table decorations and around the house. They have the perfect glamourous Halloween vibe that I was after. I also got these spider tealight holders. Functional AND spooky. We ended up with a Halloween color pallette of black, white and metallics. Here’s my little skull family;… Continue reading
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Halloween Party
Saturday we had our second Halloween Party. It was an improvement over last year for sure! For one thing the Black Swan hosted it and she was nice enough to strike a few poses 😉 Then Dr. Horrible had a face-off with Optimus Prime. Please note Dr. Horrible’s Cardinals’ cap in honor of the new… Continue reading