Open Floor Plan

For my next dream home I am leaning toward a more open design. Lots of natural light and high ceilings. I love the classic neutrals with shots of drama here and there. Enjoy, Heidi

Image courtesy of Huka Lodge.

Image courtesy of Architectural Digest.

Image courtesy of Architectural Digest.

Romantic Outdoor Room.

I have this thing for wild, untamed plants that love to vine and climb. They have the ability to make structures look aged and have this romantic, relaxed even enchanted look. Enjoy, Heidi

All images on this post courtesy of Country Living.

Ariella Chezar

I am completely blown away with Ariella Chezar as a designer of floral/garden arrangements. She inspires me so I thought I would share her with you. Her work can be seen in magazines such Oprah, Martha Stewart Weddings and Victoria. Enjoy, Heidi All pictures on this post are courtesy of Ariella Chezar.

More Platters

We're working on about 3 projects - I'll post some photos of the glass we are incorporating in a couple of the projects.

Some new glass

Here's some new pieces. Had more than that but they already sold before I could get pictures of them.

Lino Tagliapietra!

Linda and I were in the Seattle / Tacoma area for 7 days and got back on Tuesday the 17th. We spent 5 of those 7 days sitting and watching probably the greatest glass blower that has ever existed on the planet. Lino Tagliapietra. Lino was tremendous. There was a total most of the time 12 people on the floor with Lino assisting. John Kiley, David Walters, and Nancy Callan were his main three. Most of the time all 12 stayed busy preparing cane, cups for incalmo, and assisting with the piece Lino was working on and getting the follow-up piece ready for Lino to take over as soon as the one he was working on was finished. We watched every day from 9 am to 3:30 or 4:00 and on Sunday Noon to 5:00 pm. Lino signed our book that we bought. He wrote to, and signed our names and then signed his name and "Tacoma, 2008". They had this huge exhibit entitled, "Lino Tagliapietra In Retrospect A Modern Renaissance In Italian Glass" The number of pieces of his work was astounding. They also had a large exhibit of Dante Marioni. His ability to produce those long, elongated, elegant pieces seem unmatched. I know Lino is the best but Dante is certainly following closely. (We took 620 pictures! Thank God for digital picts. Thank God for Apple 30" monitors, and Apple tower quad processor computers with insanely large hard drives.) I can't wait to get back in the studio and experiment and practice. And practice. And practice....
Man! We had a great time!
And practice…

News 9 Interview

We want to thank Gwen Faulkner Lippert, Melissa Maynarich, and Channel 9 for asking us to come down to their television studio and do an interview with us yesterday. They asked us to bring some glass that we blew and we set it up on a counter in front of where we stood. They did the interview live at about 4:25 pm. it lasted slightly over 3 minutes. The people there at channel 9 were really helpful and nice.

This link should take you to the video.

Once you get to the site find the "search" on the bottom right and type in, "Oklahomans focus on art, pizza" It should pop right up. Right now its under the heading of "Top Videos".
Thanks very much to Scott Newhouse for recording it for me! Scott and Hal - Mac Geniuses and longtime friends of me and Italian Jim's Pizzeria!