Functional art that adds a spot of brilliant creativity to your everyday life.  Need I say more?
Oh, yes, and I should also add: boys like them.  Finally, something for the lads at Hello Bluebird!  We even have tees in UNISEX.  The future’s looking pretty bright!  Equal opportunity abounds at Hello Bluebird!
Now for the nitty gritty: Poketo ( POH-KAY-TOH) is an LA-based designer of limited-edition art accessories, prints, and decor.  Poketo promotes the work of top international artists by showcasing original artwork through their fun and accessible wares. Poketo takes art …

Just when I think I have the shop packed as tight as I can get it with unique, artist driven goodies, another box of gorgeousness arrives! We have several new arrivals this week, which I’ll be highlighting over the next few days.

Yesterday, I unpacked and made way for four boxes filled with vibrant patterns and delicious scents that could brighten any grey, February day! Skeem candles to the winter rescue!

Graphic designer Geoff Weiser and former retail buyer, Suji Meswani, are the co-owners of Skeem Candles….

Frightful weather? Delightful.  The “snowmageddon” (as I’ve heard it called on our friend, Facebook) to come in the next day and a half isn’t nearly as terrible if you have one of this talented lady’s wool creations!
Valerie Rosenthal Hebert is a fiber artist and painter from Southern California, who loves working in wool, and wearing it too! “Even though I live in Coronado (just across the bridge from San Diego), I live near the beach, so I wear wool nearly year round. Wool is also my medium of choice, it …

Good thing this isn’t a countdown of News Years resolutions, or I’d be off to a shaky start!  Nothing like trying to hang a new show, decorate the shop for the holidays, provide excellent customer service *wink*, AND start a new habit of daily journal entries all at once!  Ha!
So, to make it up to you, I’m going for TWO features in one day!  I’ll post the Day One item now, and Day Two tomorrow morning!  So, all day Wednesday, you can have 5% off of TWO fabulous artists’ wonderful …

Over Thanksgiving weekend, I pulled out a book that I snatched up at a shop somewhere in my travels as a sales rep called “The Book of New Family Traditions.” It is filled with ideas, old and new, for how to bring more meaning and ceremony into our daily and seasonal lives. Flipping through the myriad of clever ideas for every holiday and circumstance you can think of, I am particularly taken by the section on Advent calendars. Each year, we struggle to put more meaning into the holidays for our children…

Am I right? Last week’s arrivals were met with giggles and glee. So much girlish whimsy…

Ok, I was really torn about whether or not to make a cute owl pun, but late night posting makes for weak restraint…
It was another long and busy week at the shop, with many new faces and loads of sweet words and excited customers.  Last Saturday was West Reading’s Fall Fest, and the crowds were fantastic!  I am pleased as punch at the wonderful exposure and traffic we have received already.
Today started out chilly but perfectly September.  I, for one, will be sad to see the long days and warm …

…but, I do have a tendency to jump into huge projects (like opening an indie shop!) that I hope will make a really positive mark on the world!  This image from collage artist Leigh Standley of Curly Girl has been a long-time favorite.  I have had the greeting card posted on my inspiration board for many years, since we carried them at Imagine That, the shop I managed in West Reading for most of it’s 10 year existence on Penn Avenue.
Now I am proud as a peacock to have a …