Banquet Journal

Hazel Peckinpaugh Dunlop

 I have a few old flower arranging books that I have recently been revisiting. I'm loving the odd architecture and rigid austerity. I'm still at the point where I'm not quite sure why, but I know ...

roses

Thrifted silk. I love the potential of a scrap of new fabric - filled with possibilities. Time to pull out the pfaff.

Dries Van Noten

Oh Dries! You are making me so very happy today - here's to more garden chaos in my life.

Diorama

  A magical diorama, by artist Tyler Lepore. He of the now defunct Human Five, and a current Super Champion.

more ice

I'm crazy for chandeliers, of all kinds. Even this strange hybrid, found in a thrift store with a brown paper bag full of extra crystal drops.

tall ships

I always seem to come back to tall ships. They fill the moments when other ideas are slowing down, keeping my hands busy when my mind needs to be far far away.

rocks

I'm thinking diamonds for Valentine's Day.

lunch

I wasn't kidding about sardines on toast. With good mayo, and dijon, and lots of pepper.

tag

I've been tagged by this gal: Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog.
 Share 7 random and/or weird things about yourself.
 Tag 7 random people at the end of your post an...

witch hazel

The smell is heady, the blooms prehistoric. From my parent's garden, a January blossom.