Autumn Weekend.

I am looking forward to some rest and relaxation this weekend. Carving pumpkins, trick or treating and roasting marshmallows over an open fire. Wine and cheese are waiting for me too in the kitchen. Here are the latest songs I have added to the ipod . Enjoy, Heidi

Hear me sing -AM and Buddy

Trouble - Ray LaMontagne

Fly one time - Ben Harper and Relentless 7

Image via Better Homes and Gardens.

Image via Trevor Tondro Photography.

Image via Ralph Lauren Paint.

Image via Country Home.

My Ceiling Obsession.

I never get tired of seeing sky high ceilings with exposed beams. In my past life I must have lived in one of these kinds of houses. Enjoy, Heidi

Image via Cobi Lander.

Image via Southern Living.



Ina Garten's House. Image via Frank Greenwald.

These two are perfection. Image via Atlanta Homes.

Image via Atlanta Homes.

Image via Trevor Tondro.

Found on Home Sweet Home.

Image via Suzanne Kasler.

Image via David Duncan Livingston.

Image via Elle Decor, Darryl Carter.

Happiness.

Through my spiritual journeys and personal growth, I have been trying to teach my 7 year old some of the lessons I have learned. I love it when he quotes things back to me that he has absorbed. This is the quote of today. Enjoy, Heidi

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Signature Chefs Auction report

The auction was a fun event. The food was really fancy and the Skirvin was really nice and high class. We sat at a table with some really nice folks, Glen and Vera Alexander. Glen does wood sculptures. Beautiful, contempory, wood sculptures! His sculptures were some of the most beautiful there. His web site is: http://www.glenalexanderart.com/



We fared very well, ours was the top seller in our catagory of about 9!! There were several groans thoughout the crowd when the auctioneer said, "SOLD!"

Signature Chef's Auction & The Latest and Greatest.......

Tonight, Linda, Krista, Micah and I are guests at the Signature Chefs Auction at the Skirvin Plaza. We were chosen as....
well, here's the promo on their website..

"This event will pair OKC's top chefs preparing a four course meal at the Skirvin Hotel Ballroom with local accomplished artists! March of Dimes mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant mortality."

We donated the the centerpiece with platters on it for the auction. It is located on the Mickey Mantle restaurant table.

The Redento Raffinato pieces pictured here range from approximately 29" tall to 35" tall. They are absolutely gorgeous!

Many thanks to Janusz for all of his help!

Bright Idea.

Feeling much better, moving forward in life, keeping my chin up. I am very fortunate to have good friends in my life and in my blog life. Thank you all for your kind words, thoughts and actions. Now, back to bloggy business.

Check this out.

Image via The Shabby Cottage.

This is a floor lamp with a mini chandelier hanging from it, BRILL ANT!!!! My mind is just spilling over with endless possibilities. Sandy, who has The Shabby Cottage blog, is so talented, she is continuously transforming furniture with her cleverness. I scrolled through her whole blog because it became very addictive seeing all of the transformations. Then I saw her lamp and I was very inspired, I had to share it. Enjoy, Heidi

Courage.

Feeling fragile and battle worn, going through a rough patch, walking through the fire. Got to keep my head up and keep doing what I do.

Have to focus on the now and breathe, this too will pass.

Have a great weekend, Heidi

All images via Me, Heidi Jaster.

Halloween Spirit.

Image found on Somerset.

Image found via Martha Stewart.

Image via Martha Stewart.

Dare to Dream.

Image via Etsy, The Love Shop.

Hello, my name is Heidi Jaster and I am an Interior Stylist.

A great friend of mine told me recently that one way to find out what your bliss is, is to imagine that you are at a party and you are introducing yourself to someone. Imagine you do not have your current job, but a dream job of something you absolutely love doing even if it does not make any money or really isn't considered a job. O.K.

Enjoy the tour of my store that I have styled and photographed.

Welcome to my shop. Everything you see that is blue and white is new to the store. Last week I bought out an antiques dealer all of her blue and white at the fall antiques show.

Thank you Anna Spiro for inspiring me.

I also sell calenders and stationary of high quality, vintage reproduction prints.

I am always in Hunting Mode, yes this is a bird house made from a tea pot.

I am loving all of this blue and white.

Here are artist erasers.

(I had to make a sign, customers thought they were soap, rocks and not sure)

There is some sort of friendship with blue and white and shells. It's like peanut butter and jelly.
I am almost complete with painting all of my doors black, inside and out.
Don't they just say "Pow!"
Old lace $1 per piece.

Yes, that is a old garden gate with a lawn mower, hanging on the wall.
The gate and all of the green shutters came from my Grandma's homestead.
Customers frown when I tell them that they are not for sale. Sorry:(
One rule: I buy what I like.

I am an expert of making something out of nothing.
Here is my Faux Coral (oak branches spray painted red).

Mercury glass, old letters and disco balls, oh my.

I hope you enjoyed my store. I do take credit for hunting down all of this stuff, arranging it and also photographing it. I am looking for the next step in my life and I know without a doubt that if I were a stylist, I would ROCK! So if there are any Australian Home and Garden Magazines out there reading this, I am willing to move. Did I mention that I'm a kick butt Florist and Gardner? That's another post. Heidi

All images on post are via Heidi Claire, which is me, Heidi Jaster.

Wowser!

First Oklahoma got Seattle's basketball team, now the coup d'etat, we were able to bring one of Seattle's finest glass blowers (Janusz Pozniak) to Oklahoma! (Just giving you Seattle guys who are reading this a hard time :-)
Wow! Janusz (you pronounce that, Yah-noosh) went back home to Seattle Tuesday evening. It's amazing that 5 days can pass so quickly! Bella Forte Glass Studio is better because Janusz was here. Really, really, world class in every way. We did our best to show him a little what Oklahoma was like and show a little bit of Oklahoma what a really sharp Brit was like (We tried not to mention 1776 too many times ;-) Every person I introduced him to was really impressed. It was truly an honor to have him blow glass in our humble studio. I want to thank Andy Boatman and Craig Clingan for coming out to the Bella Forte Studio and meeting Janusz.
Janusz helped us refine a few of our processes on some pieces we do called the "Redento Raffinatos" and with his help (or him with our help) were able to do some pieces in the 30" range. What he taught us on how to cold work a piece would have been worth a few hundred dollars alone - SERIOUSLY!
He almost wore us out! We were glad when he left so we could get some rest. We weren't really glad he left, but after he left, we were able to get some rest. The guy is a work horse! We even took him to church with us (pretty brave guy), he went on a catering with me to Shawnee, he even did a demo for a little group that came out to the studio. Not to mention doing a demo for a few glass blowers who were wise enough to realize what an opportunity they had to be this up close and personal with someone world-class, also helping Micah and I upgrade every aspect of our game. The guy was frickin all over the place. He was like a one man volley ball team, this corner, that corner, the middle, then slam!-game over! I am gonna post a few pictures. The first photo is some of Janusz's latest works. The one where I have just hand fed him some fresh fruit and fixing to hand feed him some more. The story behind that photo: In the 12 page contract that he made us sign to get him to come down, page 9, item 62, stating that, "....fresh fruit must be kept on hand and be hand fed to Janusz at his every request" Unbeknownst to Janusz, I had just dipped the strawberry and pineapple slice in the dog's water dish before I fed it to him. You can see he was enjoying it almost as much as I was. Really, he was a good sport. He was able to dish it out as much as we were. Oklahoma is a good fit for Janusz and Janusz is a good fit for Oklahoma! He got to eat some Italian Jim's Pizzeria food, we fed him the best steak sandwich the world has ever seen and also fed him a Freddy's Triple Steakburger with cheese, fries, and the best custard at Freddy's Frozen Custard! I don't think he's used to eating like that. We figure 3 or 4 more trips down here, he'll put on another much needed 20-30 pounds. The other pics are some various photos of blowing glass and some various studio shots and some shots of some of the things we blew. The one pic of Janusz turning the pipe and me putting the jack-line in: The story behind that is..... Janusz was feeling a little homesick and missing Dante, so I took Dante Marioni's place and let Janusz turn the pipe for me while I set the jack-line in. It made Janusz feel better (see the picture with Janusz smiling and happy) It felt really cool being Dante! After that, the prices of my work went up 300%!
Looking forward to his next trip...... and the one after that..... and the 4 after that..... and the 12 after that....ad infinitum...