Miss Modish- Mojo Maker

Merry Merry

Well that's all for me, folks! I have a few more Santa duties to attend to, and then it's all maxin and relaxin, for at least a few days! I'll be taking the next week off here to catch up on work behind the scenes and hopefully get my office all cleaned up so I can prepare for the new year- my main "resolution" of sorts is to get organized so I can really get things done next year! 

I hope you'll meet me back here on Monday, January 3rd to start another year of Modish goodness! All of your comments and emails over this past year, especially on some of my more personal posts, have really kept me going and lightened up my days. I mean really! You all make me smile and laugh and feel like I have something worth saying, which I'm not sure I always do, but at least I feel comfortable trying. That comfort comes from hearing from you guys and the kindness you all show me continually. I am truly so grateful for that. 

So, I wish you all the happiest of holidays! May you have lots of warm food, warmer hugs and snuggles for days! I'll see you back here in 2011!

Happy Weekend!

flowering succulent, originally uploaded by jena:rator.

The weekend, she is here. She will host a great craft fair. She will be layered in rain. She will let me sleep in on Sunday.

Hope you have a good one and see you back here next week!
<3 jena

Happy Weekend (with Sufjan Stevens!)

We're going to go see Sufjan Stevens tonight and I can! not! wait! He's been such a favorite of mine for years, I'm so excited to finally see him perform in person and hear his music how it should be. LOUD! and BIG! and MAGICAL!

 

Sufjan Stevens- Get Real Get Right

 

Other than that, I'll be in a fun photoshoot tomorrow! And for Halloween we're ditching the trick-or-treaters (sorry, kiddos) and heading to a friends house for dinner, vampire cocktails and cupcakes. Yum! What have you got planned this spooky weekend? I'm so boring, I don't even have a costume or anything! I can always brush out my hair and go the "I was just electrocuted" route.

Have a happy Halloween and I'll see you back here in November! NOVEMBER already, people. This is craziness.

<3 jena

Happy Weekend (with planters!)

On this weekend's docket- find some pretty vintage planters for three new plants I bought on a whim a couple weeks ago (a cactus like this, string of pearls & a zebrina) These planters from Pine and Main are awesome inspiration for my search, but if I don't find anything locally, I may have to buy out the whole section of this shop because hers are pretty darn perfect!

This weekend is supposed to be a rainy one which means hopefully we'll get some stuff done around the house, watch lots of movies (some scary ones as suggested by you guys!) and I'll continue to tackle my inbox! Big plans, huh? Hope you all have a great one and I'll see you back here on Monday!

<3 jena

Happy Weekend! (with a harvest moooon!)

Ah, it's officially fall! Can you feel it where you are? It's definitely getting chilly in the mornings here in Portland. These images are of the harvest moooon a couple nights ago on the fall equinox! It's kind of rare we can even see the moon here (being so cloudy and all) so it's pretty special that it made it appearance for us. 

This weekend I'm meeting my awesomest possumest guest blogger Renee (of petals & pedals) in person! In fact, as you're reading this, I'll be eating breakfast with her and her hubby and little one. I'm so excited! I also get to have a little bridal brunch with girlfriends this weekend, thanks to sweet Ronit! And there is oh so much work to be done before we take off on our trip. 

Hope you have a great weekend and I'll see you back here on Monday with a new blogstar!

<3 jena

Gourds: kitsch or cool?

I'm down with a fair amount of kitsch in my yard--see the pic below of our severely wilted front yard {please rain, please!}. Last year when I found the mother load of birdhouse gourds growing in an overgrown ditch near my house I harvest a few when they were full grown. Actually, I didn't have one-stroke tole painting in mind when I picked them. 

I had two straight lines' modern birdhouse in mind. Fall is here, people are are decorating their porches with corn stalk scarecrows and dinner tables with dried gourd centerpieces.  While a little more kitsch would fit right into my decor,  I think a glossy coat of paint is just the perfect way to bring the gourd look into modern cool. What do you think?

On that note, I'm taking the next couple months off Petals & Pedals to tidy up my over-neglected gardens {and do a daily rain dance}, but I'll see you back here in the spring with more gardening projects and growing fun!

 Renee Garner has a passion to make things grow, although her brownish thumb wants her to believe otherwise. When mud pies aren't on the menu, you can find her doodling the days away at Wolfie and the Sneak.

Happy Weekend!

A couple views from my walk with Otis this morning. That mountain far off in the background is Mt. Hood (like in the header of this blog!) I just love this neighborhood...

This weekend holds for us: boxes from the garage to unpack, art to hang, a car that desperately needs cleaning before we take it on our big trip and thrift stores to be thrifted! What are you guys up to this weekend? Hope you have a good one! 

And hope to see you back here on Monday! I'll have my first ✭blogstar✭ to share with you that morning. Stop by to see who the stylish New Yorker is! :)

<3 jena

Happy Weekend!

baby dahlia, originally uploaded by jena:rator.

It's Labor Day weekend here in the states, which signals the unofficial end of summer. Ahh, summer...I've enjoyed your sunny days and flowers, your birthdays and long walks in long light. But I must admit, I'm ready for the dreary, gloomy Portland I know and love! I'm ready for sweaters and soup and rain dripping off the roof. How about you? Are you ready for summer to end yet?

I'll be taking Monday off for the long weekend (and we're going to get the last wall we have to paint done this weekend. Yes! We! Will!) so, I'll see you back here on Tuesday! Hope you have a happy weekend!
<3 jena

Happy weekend (with a pop-up postcard!)

Greetings from beautiful Portland, OR! Isn't this pop-up postcard by Man vs. Ink just the cutest? Brings back memories of how much I used to love pop-up books when I was a kid. Do they still make pop-up books? I sure hope so!

The clouds are coming, the air is cooling and fall is definitely in the air here- and I love it! We have big plans of finding the mister something to wear to our wedding this weekend- wish us luck! I hope you have a good weekend and see you back here on Monday!

<3 jena

Happy Weekend

One thing I will really miss about summer as it starts to fade away is seeing less and less fresh flowers and herbs popping up. Right now my dahlias and zinnias are are in their prime and the mint is going CRAZY. So, I brought in a little bouquet a few days ago with some last summer glances- lavender that has already bloomed and is spent, but still smells yummy + some sage + some mint which is in full-on flowering mode. Off to make a little dahlia bouquet next. Hope you have a nice weekend!

<3 jena

Happy Weekend (with French cats!)

I just discovered this beautiful French blog by a beautiful French shopkeep with two beautiful French cats. The kitten makes me "squee!" outloud, and doesn't that grey one look so regal and luxurious?

Just a little cuteness to speed you into the weekend. Hope yours is filled with lots of love and fluff and sunshine! (It's gonna be h.o.t. here in Portland- ickaroo!) See you back here on Monday!

<3 jena

Happy Weekend

{summer beauties by feaverish}

Oh, enjoy these last days of summer as it's slowly, but surely, slipping right through our fingertips. As the days continue to shorten, one by one, I want to bare my skin and soak in the sun, find a body of water to jump into and smell fresh cut grass at least one more time.

Hope you enjoy your weekend and I'll see you back here on Monday!

<3 jena

Happy Weekend!

Happy weekend! This week flew by for me. Guess that's what happens when you have marriage on the brain! This weekend we'll be shopping shopping, and hopefully getting outside a bit too- it's gorgeous! What are your plans? Maybe go play some badminton, inspired by the adorable shuttlecock print above by my ever-so-talented guest writer Renee! I haven't played lawn games since I was a kid, how fun! Do you have any lawn game favorites?

See you back here on Monday!
<3 jena

Happy Weekend!

The shining star in my garden right now is definitely this lupine flower. So gorgeous! I bought it on a whim when it was a little green baby not knowing a) what the heck a lupine is, or b) what color it would be. So to see this amazing stalk of violet and white shoot up was a really lovely surprise. And watching the bumblebees bob around and pollinate each little bloom is so awesome. Now I wish I bought half a dozen of them! 

Well, this week has been one of the most awesome weeks I've had in a long time and it's not just because the weather has been uh-mazing (which it has.) I have a big surprise to share with you next Monday, so be you check in to see what's goin on! Until then, hope you have a happy weekend!

<3 jena

Margaret Durow and Happy Weekend!

Gorgeous photos by Margaret Durow that are filling me with some serious envy! I am aching for a vacation. Hopefully I'll get a real one soon, but in the meantime, I'll be taking Monday off for the holiday and I'll see you back here on Tuesday! Happy July 4th to my US readers! Have fun grillin' and swillin' and fireworkin' (hopefully not all at the same time.) 

<3 jena

Royal Horticultural Society & Happy Weekend!

I leave you with these stunning floral illustrations from the 18th and 19th century that I found over at the Royal Horticultural Society. The RHS is a UK based gardening charity "dedicated to advancing horticulture and promoting good gardening." They have a collection of hundreds of images like these that are available as prints. I'm thinkin' I want some for my bathroom, they're so gorgeous! 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! I for one am looking forward to sleeping in and relaxing, I haven't slept well at all this week and it's certainly put a hitch in my healthy aspirations giddy-up. There's always next week, right? :) See you Monday, hopefully feeling rested and renewed! 

<3 jena

Happy Weekend!

The kitties are enjoying the sun, and I'm off to do the same! This weekend's big plans are to sip some cocktails, take some photos, take a walk, add more flowers to garden and maybe even paint the last wall we need to get done in the living room. Oh, and there's the garage full of boxes we still need to unpack. Oi. We'll wait for a cloudy day for that one :) Hope you have a lovely weekend!

ps: is it just me, or does that last pic of Neko (the gray kitten) look like a school portrait from the 80s?

Happy Weekend!

Alison over at the Storque has officially done me in. She regularly finds the best of the best to share in her news from the blogosphere each week, but Gatopoder? I might never get leave my computer again. 

Hope you have a cat-acular weekend! See you back here Monday, friends. <3 jena

Dreaming of a beachy weekend getaway...

Hot damn it's been a loooong past couple weeks for us around here, verging from the pretty awful to the overwhelmed to totally excellent! But although it ended well, long is long and we are exhausted.

I wish I could hop into one of these pretty watercolor paintings by Laura Trevey for a few hours to just relax, close my eyes and listen to the waves, drink a tropical cocktail concoction and pass out in the warm sun. Ahh...

But that's only gonna happen in my dreams, because tomorrow we start packing up the house for our move. Packing and moving is pretty much the suckiest way I can think of to spend a weekend (and another weekend, and probably another weekend) but at least it will be the last time we have to move for (hopefully) a very long time! 

Well thank you for stopping by the blog this week to enter the awesome toy camera giveaway from Four Corner Store & share in our excitement about the house! I hope you have a lovely weekend and I'll see you back here on Monday!

<3 jena

Happy Weekend

Ever have one of those weeks that sucks all the life out of you in an utterly exhausting way and you just kinda want to crawl in a hole and die for awhile and you have PMS on top of it? Yeah, me too. But I'm very glad it's almost over. And hey, at least it's sunny outside!

To give a little smile to my Friday I went and picked some flowers from the yard. Hoping they'll give you a smile too! Have a good weekend & see you back here (hopefully in re-inspired, well-rested spirits) on Monday. Oh oh, and I have an AMAZING giveaway for you next Wednesday. Seriously. You're not going to believe this one.

ps: anyone know what those little pink flowers are up there? A bulb flower of some sort... they smell incredible!