Posts by Barbara Bussey
Have you taken our Embellished Pot class?
Hello again! The Embellished Pot class has been on our workshop calendar, practically since we became retailers for Iron Orchid Designs! It’s been one of our most popular classes! You’ll have tons of mould at your finger tips, to choose from. A while back, we upgraded the terra cotta pot, to a straight sided pot,…
Read MoreSee What’s New at the Shop this Week!
Hello, Sweetness! I hope life is being very good to you this week! The weather is certainly delightful! Best time of the year! Except for maybe Fall and Christmas and… We had an unboxing party, today at the shop! Tregae, our fearless leader, Darlene, Leticia and I puttered around the shop, most of the day,…
Read MoreLots Going On!
Hello Gorgeous! How’s your week going? Really well, I hope! I’m at that place, where I’m sure I’d get ‘rear-ended’ if I happened to come to an abrupt stop. Know the feeling? Uh-huh! Thought so! Tregae and I welcomed our latest Shop Sister to the gang today. Patti has graciously agreed to tackle our behind-the-scenes…
Read MoreOur Sale Continues Through Mother’s Day!
Hello, gorgeous! Looking back at the last week makes me think I should have amended my “mother/son/daughter contract” long ago! I should have made it abundantly clear that neither of them could move more than thirty miles from home! What was I thinking? Or, not thinking! These two little love birds, Andrew and Nina, are…
Read MoreMother’s Day Sale Starts Now!
Hello Gorgeous! I hope you’re doing well! Gotten your vaccines? Hope so! For me, it’’s just a bit of extra insurance. Certainly a personal decision! Yes, it’s almost May! Incredible! Who’s in charge, anyway? Must be a Mom, who gets things done, takes charge and gets results! Same goes for the mentors in our lives.…
Read MoreDemo Day, this Saturday!
Hello Gorgeous! I’m hoping your week is going smoothly! I can’t complain. I just wish last week’s orders at market would show up immediately! Patience never has been easy for me! In the mean time, I’ve spent some time this week, working to remove all things winter, from the boutique. While not completely finished, it’s progress,…
Read MoreShopping at Market!
Hello darling! Well, here we are! Have you ever heard the saying “rode hard and put away wet? That’s how I felt, at 6:15 on Sunday morning, when I looked in the mirror. I never sleep well, when traveling the next day. Well, enough of that! Once there, at the home and gift show, with…
Read MoreI have lots to tell you about!
Happy Spring! Don’t you just love this time of year?! Everything is waking up after a long sleep. Nature is the great optimist. It just keeps returning, getting bigger and prettier each year. I think someone slipped this climbing rose some secret sauce, because I can’t remember it going this crazy before with new flowers.…
Read MoreHappy April Sale! Spring is here!
Hello sweet friend, Happy April! It feels like if I stopped running, May, June and July would slam right into me! April first, thirty-two years ago, I had a sneaking suspicion that I was with child. So, pregnancy test in hand (yes, they had those things back then!), I found out I was correct! I then…
Read MoreHello from Texas!
Hello Friends!, We’re here, in the heart of Texas! Perfect weather…high 70’s! If it stayed like this all year, there’d be no hope for California! Here I am, with my girlfriend’s little sister. In front of the Alamo, no less! No, we didn’t go in. I’ll read up on it one day! We enjoyed lunch…
Read MoreNews from the shop!
Hello gorgeous! It’s St. Patty’s Day evening. Papa and I are settling down, after a yummy crock pot, full of ye old corned beef! Have you done the 23 and me thing? I did and I don’t believe I have any Irish blood in me. I still love corned beef! Darlene and I spent…
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