The Lampshade Lady Blog

Flower Brook Pottery is a Must Visit in Dorset, VT.

 
 
 

Saturday I stopped by my friend Janno's shop,   Flower Brook Pottery in Dorset,Vt.  I had to drop off a pair of lampshades before I cruised The Dorset Antique Show. Janno and I have been on a parallel course with our little businesses. We both started doing craft shows at about the same time in our life and we both enjoy our OWN little careers. We're the boss. Yes that is worth a heck of a lot. Janno settled into shop life a little before me, but I was slowly weaning myself from the craft show circuit. Isn't this the cutest little building.
 Janno's shop is an adorable little stop in the center of Dorset. When customers ask where should they stop next on the travel I always recommend stoping at Flower Brook Pottery. 

 
Janno's mugs are my favorites. I used one of her teacup lamps in my Lampshade Lady Book, which had chickens like these mugs. Adorable.  She also specializes in baby plates with the baby's birth date and name. Very sweet baby gift. 

This is amazing. When Fini, the shop kitty died last October I buried him under my pumpkin or should I say I place the pumpkin over his burial..... anyway, as I had hoped a pumpkin seed took hold and just found it Saturday trying to climb the hollyhocks. It want to be a hollyhock flower. I managed to unhook it and get it to the ground after taking this photo. A nice remembrance of Fini; the most loving kitty I ever knew. A male marmalade.

This sunflower was also a self seeded treasure. I've planted lots this spring, but they are a third the size of this monster. It must be 10 feet high and the stock is almost 3 inches thick. 
 

The butterflies will be here soon. Price Chopper's best butterfly bush is still alive.

Oh, my pretty shop flowers; I hope you are still standing when I get to work. As I a writing away now, we are having a early morning thunderstorm with torrential rain. Something tells me I'll have some stacking to do when get down to the shop in a few minutes.

The rain is almost letting up, time to head down the hill to the shop. Come Visit and check out all the new inventory.

A great start to the day: new magazine in the mail and a pretty embroidery arrived, too.

Just arriving here at my shop this am. I'm feeling a little groggy and lazy and maybe have worked too many days this week... ya, you have to make hay when the sun shines as they say here in the country. It's a beautiful day here in Vermont. Humidity has fled and flowers are watered. Absolutely one of those beautiful summer days but I'm kind of grumpy that I'm inside today. BUT much cheered up by the arrival of this yummy silk embroidery. Isn't it pretty, especially for those purple lovers like me!!! And many of my friends, too.
Detail of my morning package. Beautiful shading of the embroidery threads. Wonder what I'll make with this? Wonder who made it? I wonder where it came from? The maker was very talented and especially tidy in their work. This really cheers me on this morning.
Today was a double treat at the post office. Also in my little box was a new magazine, Living With Style, published in Montreal with text in English & French. My dear friend Ellen surprised me with the kind gift of this subscription. I promise I will pass them on to you Ellen when I have finished, BUT their maybe a bunch of pages ripped out.....:)

As you can see by the cover there seems to be lots of more beautiful textiles and embroideries! yipee. I am pretty close to Montreal here in Vermont; it's just a train ride to the city and way overdue for a venture up. Years ago we took the train up for my 40th birthday.... January in Montreal is darn cold. The train goes right along Lake Champlain, so romantic with snow falling and ice fishing guys out on the lake.
Thanks so much Ellen for this beautify. The pages are beautifully designed and the paper is a delight to feel. Some of the on line rags are great but this beats any one I've seen. Ohh, to savor the feel of this magazine; just what the magazine addict in me needs. Note to self: time to chuck out some old magazines in bathroom! *****I can envision a long afternoon break on the porch couch with a cup of tea and peeking deeper into these articles.

Lots to do today, time to stop procrastinating. I'm thinking of my friends at Brimfield this week. They are in for some nice weather for the rest of the week. Here in Southern Vermont is a super antique show on Saturday in Dorset, The Dorset Antique Show. It's a top notch antique show; a bit fancy on prices and dealers, but I always find a little something. I usually sum it up as an education. The show runs every other year in the village of Dorset. I try to scoot out before I open my shop. Check it out.

enjoy the day!

judy

Made in the Shade, lighting up your life with fabulous lampshades, Times Union's Life @ Home, July 2011

Many thanks to Editor Janet Reynolds of the Albany Times Union, Life @ Home Magazine for the wonderful piece on my shop and Lampshade Lady Book.

Click on the link below to see the full article:

Made in the Shade, lighting up your life with fabulous lampshades

 
Love this Ricotta Lamp, old tin I found in my travels. I've been fighting with this lamp trying to find the perfect shade... it happens. My friend Krissy was visiting the shop last week and said, " give this shade a try." Yes, a nice match.

Just found this sweet toille lamp and thought it fun with the polka dot shade.
Recently made this Hex Bell Floral.  Tradition rules here, opps, but shown on a funky jadite stick lamp. Also sweet kitty redwork embroidery. Pair of blue applique shades in the back. 
Fun affordable quilt fabrics. Play with color and trims.
SAIL barkcloth. Hex Bell with favorite shop trim. 8.5" high

Cabin Craft Chenille Shade, 16" bottom, 12" high
It's horse time around here with the big Equestrian Event in Dorset. Vintage Hex Bell trimmed with French Ticking self-trim. Pair of unfinished Hex bell Red Ticking behind.
14" Drum shade made from vintage 50's tablecloth. This shade is making me happy even though I'm working on these beautiful summer days. 
Vintage dish towel, Square Bell Shade, 12" across the bottom & 10" high. A favorite pattern.Turquoise and Orange. Love the colors.

 ***WORKSHOP UPDATE: ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT IN OCTOBER PAWLET WORKSHOP IF YOU WERE CONSIDERING I.(COST $250 NONREFUNDABLE DEPOSIT)

p.s.s  I won't be at Brimfield in July. Hanging in Vermont all summer. come visit.

 

My Bird House for The Dorset Theatre!! a day off from lampshade making.

Last Saturday it started in on my birdhouse. what to do..... that was easy, collage my scraps of embrodieries, left over bits of trim, lots and lots of glue. With scissors in hand a quiet, sort of dull rainy day zoomed by. I started in on the next fundraiser of the season, another blank object to paint or decorate.... always so hard to get started, but I must admit I tried to stop working on my bird house and get back to work, but no such luck. I'd put it down and before I knew it I was back cutting and glueing.
 10 bird houses will be auctioned off at The Dorset Theatre's fundraising event, Flights of Fancy.