aselole: March 2010

Friday, March 26, 2010

Whew!!!

It's been an eventful 3-4 weeks! We have quite a bit of glass in the OKC Symphony Show House. This year it is a 17,000 sq. foot home on the the east side of Lake Overholser. The address is 2550 E. Overholser Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73155. The date is May 1 to May 16, 2010. We've also had a ceiling sculpture with an April 1 deadline. We've been busy blowing glass and fabricating the steel structures for our projects. Ron Licklider with J. Kimball Interiors asked us to do a "obnoxiously large" glass sculpture for the show house that needed to be installed before today. Heap big thanks to Ron for giving us this opportunity to get noticed!! We are making the deadlines so far. The large (about 9' tall) glass scupture is in the "Art Gallery" area. We also have several other pieces of glass in different parts of the home. We have a total of 5 pieces consisting of transparent turquoise, turquoise and white, and white cane pieces in the kitchen utilized by "Domain Interiors". Kristi Forhan and Heidi Smith are the designers and owners of Domain Interiors and did a fabulous job with the kitchen and have been so nice to work with. We also have several of our large art vases we call "Redento Raffinatos" in the Mathis Brother's design area by designers Angela Davidson and Todd Stepp. We may also place another set of beautiful Chartreuse with Gold Ruby accents (a stunning color combination!) within the house. We are so grateful to Angela and Todd for giving us the opportunity to get our Redento Raffinatos looked at by over 15,000 people in the 16 days. I just had my 50th birthday. Mixed feelings about that. Not too happy about being that old, but really happy that I am still having birthdays. Growing older is mucho better than the alternative, if you know what I mean. My son, Micah, honored me greatly! Without my knowledge, he contacted Dante Marioni and bought me a signed goblet from Dante. A DANTE MARIONI SIGNED GOBLET! Did I raise a great son or what! I am literally holding it now as I type this! But then....... But then..... But then...... yes, out of the box came another signed Dante Marioni goblet as a gift from Dante Marioni himself! I now own 2 Dante Marioni Goblets! One a gift from my son and another a gift from "The Man". Whew! I have to stop now. I'm getting too excited and all wore out from thinking about it. I'll post pictures of stuff later.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Gardening.

One of my favorite things to do is get my hands in the dirt and grow stuff. Another very therapeutic activity is pulling weeds. Some garden tips: wear a pair of those garden gloves with the rubber coating on the palms. Don't stand up and bend at the knees and waist to work in the garden but get down with your butt on the ground, your back and knees will thank you. Pull weeds after a rain shower, they come out easier. Take in deep full breaths of the Spring air, listen to all of the different birds and learn their songs and notice what is blooming even if it is the trees or just weeds. Enjoy, Heidi

Domino Magazine

Smith and Hawkins vertical garden

Found on We Heart It

British Home and Gardens

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Rammed Earth or Straw Bales?

I found these images over at Nest Egg, one of my new favorite blogs. They are from one of her clients (her client has great taste, by the way). You all know that I am a nut for High/Exposed ceilings, but the issue I have been pondering lately is can I build my dream home like this but with rammed earth walls or even straw bale walls? Maybe one of you know a little bit about this. I have searched the net and researched the subject, but it is not as popular around here.

I watched Jamie Durie (love him, thank you Australia) do a job with rammed earth in California and the construction crew didn't have a clue. Come on America, we need to get with the picture and use sustainable resources. I will try my damnedest to make earth friendly living absolutely fabulous. Hope you all have a playful or relaxing or both, weekend. Love, Heidi

All images on this post were found on Nest Egg.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Giraffe Manor.

Surrounded by 140 acres of indigenous forest just outside Kenya's capital, Nairobi you will find The magical and amazing Giraffe Manor. I could totally stay at this manor for it's old world charm, but obviously for it's residents. Check out the website to read more, it's fascinating. Enjoy, Heidi

All Images on this Post are Via The Giraffe Manor.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Castle Decorating

I had a dream last night that I was given the job to redecorate a castle and then it ended up being photographed for a very high end magazine. This is what it looked like. A dream is a wish your heart makes. Enjoy and have a special weekend, Heidi

Phoebe Howard

Sorry I do not have the origin of the beautiful image.

Laurence Pasquier via Sarah Kaye

Canadian House and Home

Roche Bobois
Sorry I do not have the origin of this beautiful image.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Dining Alfresco

The last 2 days were perfect days to dine alfresco. Here in Texas, we have about 2 weekes worth of this weather in the spring and in the fall so I am soaking it in while it lasts. Dining like these images below have been added to my bucket list.

(Note: a bucket list is a list of things you want to do before you kick the Bucket.)

Enjoy, Heidi

Sorry I don't know the origin of this image.

Image found on Bottom of the Ironing Basket.

Jessica Claire Photography

Sorry I don't have the origin of this image.

Saturday, March 6, 2010

A Gathering of Redento Raffinatos

Here's the largest group we have been able to get together at one time at one place so far. There are 16 here. We call this collection, "Gathering of the Redeemed". Make sure you double-click the photo, it opens up nice and big.