NEST

Welcome to Silver Sunday hosted by Gypsy Fish Journal.

One of my favorite shops of all time is NEST of Mystic, Ct.

George and I had gone there right before New Years but since my computer died a couple days later I had to wait to show you. I think you'll see it was worth the wait and is full of lots of silver!!!

The day we were there Marcia the owner was too. She's the one on the left. George is on the middle....I had to blur out his face....he's such a pain and doesn't want to be on my blog....but I wanted to show you this picture.

The lovely lady on the right is her manager but.....I feel so bad I don't remember her name( forgive me) she was so nice too and when I asked if Marcia was in and introduced myself she burst out that she knew me from my blog. You can imagine how thrilled I was and a little embarrassed that I hadn't dressed better.......I know....... silly!!!

It was due to her that Marcia came in at Christmas time to pick up copies of Jeanne d'Arc Living. Funny how things like that can bring us together.
They were both so sweet and generous with their time when we came that day and we "talked shop" a bit comparing notes as to what were the big sellers and the things that we were surprised didn't move as well.

We both agreed that looking at blogs and keeping up with the trends is vital to both of us. We both seemed to be attracted to the same things.

You'll see that there isn't much that anyone wouldn't want in the store. She has some of the best displays I've ever seen. She had already sold so much of her Christmas decorations after running a sale but the sparkle and magic is still there.

Marcia and her staff shop all year for the perfect items to bring to your home and to present as gifts.

This black shelving unit really makes the silver pop and the zinc items look even better.
Makes for a chic look.

Not too sure why this image came out so blurry. I had edited these before I lost my editing program so I'll leave it.

The shop has always been filled with white and silver ethereal treasures and especially during the holidays it really comes to life. At every turn there is something else that amuses the eye.

The ribbon section is one of my favorites. I never seem to have enough ribbons and though I sell them myself I don't always want to have 50yds of it so I often buy them in shops.
Nothing makes a present look more special then the right ribbon to finish it off.

I'm sure you agree!

Mystic is an old historic seaport town so of course the colors of the sea are here too. Blue, green, turquoise.....all the colors I did more of at home too.
I still look at my tree and can't believe how much I love it.

For Valentines Day this is the place for Husbands and Boyfriends to pick up anything that would delight any of us!!!! hint hint!

I was rushing to take these pictures but I wish now I had taken more closes up to show you more detail. I promise to go back soon.

NEST also carries clothing which I didn't take pictures of but I did buy the cutest brown lacy top/dress which I love. Will look even better when I lose the 10lbs I gained this year!!!))

Working on that ....really!

Love these graphic plates












There is color in the shop but always with a backdrop of white and silver. The combination works well but you lovers of silver already know that!!!

When you first step thru the door you feel uplifted right immediately.....like your walking on a cloud and surrounded by wonderous beauty. Is that what heaven is like???
I hope so!


There's nothing here that makes you feel down or depressed.

Everything is sparkling and like no other shop in Mystic and the surrounding towns. It's a special destination and one I know I always feel better when I come to.

Thank you Marcia and her wonderful staff for making us feel so welcome.

Now don't forget to visit the other participants of Silver Sunday!!!

Have a sparkling day everyone!

Carole

Oh where has the time gone???

Oh where has the time gone?????

It seems like an eternity since I last posted pictures and did a regular post. I did feel pretty lucky that I had a few back ups to show. Hope you didn't mind my retreads? if that's the right term for them:)))

I'm here to finally announce that I have finally gotten a new laptop!!! Yipppeeee!

17" screen HP, blueray, webcam builting in (now you can all see me if you dare) and hey, this thing really moves with lightening speed. What a dog my other one was! ( no disrespect to dogs) Granted I haven't loaded all my junk on it yet. I'm also afraid to upload the Photoscape photo editing program I always used. All these warnings come up when I get close to downloading it. I may have to breakdown and buy Photoshop. Do any of you use Photoshop???

The new Window 7 is pretty cool but I haven't figured it all out yet. Thank goodness I have a few younger friends that I can pick their brains about this kind of thing. I did actually pick the computer out myself without any assistance...which explains what took so long.

It's times like that.....

I remember when I was a child....

I can here my parents voices telling the story of how long it would take me to pick out shoes I liked.( I have no recollection of that by the way)

Forget about picking out Barbie clothes.........that, I do remember!!!

and especially when it was my $5.00.

That was a lot of money back then!!!

I guess I've always been frugal.....not cheap!!!

I hate that word!!!

It's been really weird not having my own computer for so long.

( friend Kathleen at Brimfield)

Down right Yucky!!!

As I mentioned before I was spending much of my time at the public library using their computers. This is the first day that I haven't been there ........I wonder if they miss me???

It had it's advantages.

Quiet!!!

Clean!!!

More room to work then I have here!

Fast Computers!!!

All the free printing you could want!!!

Free movies to take home at night!!!

(I only took 1- The Reader....so good!!!)

The only thing it didn't have was a radio.

I really miss listening to NPR!!!

The computers there don't have sound either so no music either from some of your blogs!

or anything else.

But then I was suppose to be working!!! right?

Also no George or my sweet kitty cats!!!

That I missed the most!

He'd call me while I was there and I'd have to whisper, so as not to disturb anyone.

"Hellllllooooo"

he'd whisper back "heelllllooooo.....do you want me to make you some sandwiches???"

I'd start laughing!!!

He answered that way almost everytime!

I'd lol everytime!

I'm easily amused!

Love inside jokes......well, not so inside now that I've told all you guys.

shhhh don't tell him.

It's from the movie "Bad Santa"

if you've seen it you'll get the joke!!!

Sorry for some of you who have no idea what I'm talking about.

You have to see it. It's manditory at Christmas time as much as

"A Christmas Story"

Anyways besides spending lots of time looking for a new computer, getting orders done, cleaning the house after months of never being there, decorating after Christmas with Christmas decorations which I won't bore you with now!

I have been trying to get more......

( puppy at Brimfield)

Sleep!!!!!
if only I looked as cute as this puppy while snoozing!!! and didn't snore!!!

haha

Doesn't bother me.... I can't hear it!!!

I just want to thank all of you for having patience with me and still coming by with support as I went thru this little problem.

Seems extremely minor in comparison to what's happening in Haiti.

Those poor people have gone through so much hardship already seems so unfair to have it compounded like this. I hope you can reach out and do what you can.

One website that I've just recently found is

http://www.stillerstrong.org/

Please go visit and show your support!!!!

Thank you!

xo,

Carole

Silver Sunday...wow what luck!!!

Yes it's Sunday and it dawned on me that I had in my archive of saved unpublished posts some images of silver trinkets I had bought in Brimfield and Madison Bouckville this Fall. How lucky was that?

So here goes.... hopefully I won't accidentally delete anything while writing this. Don't you hate when that happens.
I'm suppose to be working on orders and all I've done so far is email and check blogs.....I'll have nothing to plant or sell at this rate. Inventory is getting slim and I beginning to panic:))) like I do every year!!!

Anyways this is much more fun!!!

I'm not usually much of a buyer of jewelry at fleamarkets....but my friend Kathleen is and as she was eyeing up their wares I found myself doing the same. She had a specific thing she was looking for, while I had no idea what I wanted or if I even wanted it.

We then found a dealer that specialized in silver which you may know by now I love anything silver. I know nothing about jewelry which is probably why I stay away from it. Interestingly my grandparents were jewelers back in France and my father was an horloger(a watch maker) by trade. He did many other things after that in his long life but he still always loved tinkering with broken watches. As he got older it was harder for him to work on small pieces so it was mostly larger clocks he tackled. Now a days there are very few people that do that work ....a true lost art!

What I liked about this pieces was that they were lockets and though I had no idea at the time what I would put in them I liked the thought that I would store something precious in them.
Nothing of great value but something that meant something to me.
The dice were bought in Madison Bouckeville and were not at all expensive by any stretch but will always remind me of our trip to Laura's house in the Adirondacks with Paula and Deanna.

We all had so much fun shopping, preparing dinner together and sitting around at night reliving all that we saw and bought...... and yes even passed on.
A great girls weekend that I'll treasure forever.

The Angel with the heart locket I haven't yet put a picture in.......

I wonder who I'll put in there????

The rhinestone hat pins were the last thing I bought that day at Brimfield and if I remember right they were pretty reasonable and the little dish was a dollar.

Can't forget the silver mirror for $4 at Madison Bouckeville....Deanna would remember that one....hey and it had a mirror too!

Simple things just make me happy.

If you too would like to be happy go over to Gypsy Fish and check out the other participants of Silver Sunday.

Thank you also for all your good wishes for my computer......still working on getting one!!!

Except for their hours ......I'm really enjoying the public library!!!!

haha!!!

XO,

Carole