Karen's BDAY Flowers

Summer break is upon us, and before Ron and I leave for the cooler weather that awaits us up in Maine, we're going to an Iron Pigs baseball game to celebrate our friend Karen's 65th Birthday. Here's a pic of the dozen or so table arrangements I made for the event, all boxed up and ready to go, and all grown in our Easton backyard garden.

Hampton's Designer Showhouse

this beautiful life, llc (the consultation branch of our little enterprise) is pleased to have worked on the 2010 Hampton Designer Show House with our friends at Foley & Cox Interiors. The 10th Annual Designer Show House, sponsored by Traditional Home Magazine, is one of the most highly anticipated and attended events of the Hampton's Summer Season. The house is open to the public through Sunday, September 5th and all proceeds benefit Southampton Hospital.

Featured artists pictured (top to bottom) are: James Greco, Eric Dever, Victor Mirabelli, and Will Hudders.

Lehigh Valley Style Magazine FAVORITE THING!

Mercantile Home was listed as one of Lehigh Valley Style's
"Favorite Things" in their July 2010 issue. Yippee!!!

Garden Update: Flower Close-ups

Gailardia "Aztec"

Bachelor Button "Black Ball"

Osteospermum

California Poppies "Falling in Love"

Calendula "Neon"

Garden Update: JUNE FLOWERS

Nasturtiums "Tip Top"

The Garden

Garden Update

The first Echinacea flower of the year.

Bachelor Button "Black Ball"

Zinnia "Whirlygig"

Garden Update

Growing, growing, growing...



Osteospermum in bloom...



The first Oriental Poppy...

Recently Discovered Footage of Beauregard Sleeping

Our friend George Lyter recently rediscovered this little feline tidbit taken about two years ago while shooting the "Boyfriend" music video for Ron. Makes me want to take a nap!

"Phyllis" details....

PHYLLIS

*vintage jewelry, clothing and accessories*

12 S. Sitgreaves St.

Easton, PA 18042

(610) 252-7500

www.findphyllis.com

The opening of "PHYLLIS"

Ron and I were hired by Easton's very own personality and entrepreneur, Phyllis O'Donnell to rebrand, hand-select, and create a new store for her vintage jewelry, clothing, and accessories business. The culmination of several months of work and collaboration resulted in Saturday's opening of "PHYLLIS". Here's a little peek inside one of Easton's coolest new shops. Next time you're in town, stop by and see what you can find at Phyllis!

The Snowflake Project

Installing The 10,000 Snowflake Project

The Easton community is mounting a community-wide campaign to cut 10,000 paper snowflakes and paint the town white! The goal is to fill all the windows of Northampton and Third Streets (both occupied and vacant) with these symbols of community spirit by January 22nd. Hand cut snowflakes of all shapes and sizes will showcase our wonderful businesses AND highlight the available properties awaiting potential businesses. The best part about the program is that the entire community is getting involved and working together to help build our downtown.

We've actually already surged past our goal and are at 18,000 snowflakes and still counting. Here are a few pics of some vacant property windows I helped install today. I can't wait to see the entire downtown covered in snowflakes!