Filed under: decor, furniture | Tags: blanket, bookend, clock, ottoman, pottery barn, table
I’ll admit that I actually didn’t know of Pottery Barn until the Friends episode “The One With The Apothecary Table” aired in 2000. Of course, I was 14 at the time and didn’t have a need to buy furniture and home décor, so I think I that’s a somewhat valid excuse. But ever since then, I’ve been a huge fan, and this year is no exception. Below are some current products from the store I love (and most likely can’t afford):
Emery Clock, $29.99 (on sale!)
Faux-Fur Throw, $99 (on sale!)
Sullivan Rectangular Ottoman, $849
Chase Bedside Table, $399
Filed under: decor, etsy finds | Tags: christmas, egg, ornament, pysanka, pysanky, tree, ukraine, ukrainian
Pysanka is the Ukrainian art of writing on raw eggs with hot wax using a stylus, or something similar, and then dipping them in a series of dyes. The symbols and colors used convey different meanings, such as joy and beauty for poppies, and fertility and health for the color green.
Last week I filled up my new Target-bought advent calendar with small ornaments so that each day I can hang a new one on my tree. I didn’t have a nice one for the large 25th day slot, so my mom gave me a pysanka ornament we had given my great-grandmother several years ago. It’s quite lovely, and now I am glad to have a special ornament that is representative of my heritage. (Coincidently, both my great-grandmother’s parents and my great-grandfather’s family left Ukraine at about the same time before the turn of the 20th century, and settled in North Dakota.)
Below are a few pysanky ornaments I found on Etsy:
By DandylionEggs, $30
By CarltonARTfactory, $15
By CarltonARTfactory, $35
By DragonflyTrail, $10 each
Update: Below is my fantastic little egg, by Char Thomas.
