Trick or Treat

Well, this was the highlight of my day. Minnie was so cute. She hated every minute of it.

Such a cute princess.
A kiss for the fairy.
I was a fairy with a cocktail. Hey, nothing new in our neighborhood. That's mild compared to what takes place on our corner.







Evidently eating the costume is more fun than wearing it.

Minnie Fashion Week

Minnie is sporting a couple new items for the colder weather. Missing from the photoshoot is the essential NW gear item - a raincoat, in reflective yellow since it now gets dark here at 4:30pm.

Minnie's fall collection in her signature color.



The winter sweater collection perfect for a midwest visit during the Holidays.

Perfect form.

Kitty was feeling left out of the photo shoot.

Ready for Halloween!!

So we are ready. Except for the candy part...which I should probably get soon so the neighborhood kids don't egg our house. After getting our fire-pit stolen (cast iron by the way), I wouldn't put anything past them.

Carved pumpkins...check.
Minnie dog scary face, check.

Black kitty, check.
Competitive pumpkin carving amongst two designers, check.

Pumpkin rolling, check. "What is this thing?"

An apple pie, check. (i'm really getting good at this crust thing). Whatever, everyone knows apple pie goes with halloween.

Tune in soon for Minnie's halloween costume.

Fall in the NW

We anticipate this being one of the last sunny warmish days here in the NW before the rain sets in. So we headed out to Mt. Hood for a 4 mile hike, apple picking, and wine tasting. It was wonderful. Eric's friend, Milan also joined us as he needed to get out of his house and stop working every weekend. Minnie joined us as well and led the pack on the trail.


This was one of the clearings along the trail. I've really gotten my endurance back and strength back and am proud to say that Minnie and I outpaced Eric on the trail - and it was a hard one as well.



We got to do apple tastings as well as Heirloom Orchards had over 25 varieties of apples to choose from. I picked some tarter apples good for pies.

We ended it meeting back in Portland for some good Thai food.

Christmas Plans are Set

The flights are booked....Minnie is ready for her trip (sort of). We have ordered some winter gear that we will feature soon on the blog's fashion week to gear her up for cold weather.

Chair Progress

These pictures don't show the 4 days of sanding at various grits that Eric has been doing. He is slowly working the grooves down to a beautiful smoothness. I believe he is on the last round of sanding. He decided to leave some of the divots of the material to show its character. It is really a beautiful piece - considering it came from scrap wood from a construction site.



It is very light and airy, surprisingly. And with a coat of tongue oil or poly (depending if are feeling eco or not), it should be gorgeous. Eric says this one is way too labor intensive to be mass produced so he's going to try a bend ply one next on a mold.

I think we will most likely have to open a gallery space for all of Eric's chairs...

Winter is coming

And how do we know winter is coming....well Minnie has parked herself permanently over the heat registers. And brings all her toys there so it's convenient...you wouldn't want to have to get up and get cold when going for a toy.

My First Pie

So I took this pie class this weekend at Sur La Table and it was great. I learned how to make the crust from scratch and how to make savory and sweet pies and got lots of good tips and new recipes.

So I had to try it out. And this is my first pie from scratch (using no grocery store crust) and it is nectarine and blackberry. It wasn't as successful as I'd liked as the crust was a little dry...but it takes just as good - says Eric.

Chair Progress

This is a preview of the next chair in progress in the Day Furniture Studio. You are getting a sneak peak...count yourselves lucky. :)

Layering it up.



Almost done...lots of sanding to do...

Eric's New Chair

These are some pictures from the Day Chair Studio (also known as our garage). He is working on a strip built chair. These are the strips!


Beginning to layer them up.


Look for more soon!

Pumpkins Galore!

Carmen and Jason, our Canadian friends, and us headed out to Sauvie's Island to have our fall experience.


Eric found the Great Pumpkin.

The Patch.

Carmen and Jason.
Our hayride crew. Doesn't this look like a picture for a band? Hmmmmmmmmm..

Minnie's 1st Birthday Cake

Minnie's birthday was quite a hoot.

Waiting patiently for her cupcake.



Look at that tongue.

Evidently Minnie likes icing better than cake........

Minnie's bday

She will celebrate with a cupcake. The furry animals were circling while I was making both the cupcakes and the cake. Surprise surprise, both love the icing.

Here's some baby pictures...can you guess which one is Minnie in the first two pictures?

Eric's Birthday!

Eric celebrated his 29th birthday. I made a cake from scratch and broke in my wilton icing tips (very exciting). Lemon cake with coconut icing. Then I also made separate cupcakes for the animals for minnie's birthday - see above.

Eric is 29!

Make a Smilebox greeting

Eric's New Business Cards

These are Eric's new business cards that he had created by our friend, Lucy Steadman, from FRCH. He started using them at the furniture show!

Gallery Opening 2008

Eric's chair was included in a gallery showing that opened on Wednesday Oct 1. ShowPDX http://www.showpdx.com/ had over 600 visitors the first night to the gallery in the architecture wing of Portland State University. Eric's chair was up on the mezzanine with some of the other larger pieces.

Eric's was one of the only fiberglass pieces in the show, looking very modern amongst the wood and crafty designs.

Notice that wonderful bio sheet! Yes, Eric's wonderful wife did that bio sheet, a work of art I must say.



Our friends from our office came to cheer Eric on during the opening night as well. We had a good showing that then went out to dinner afterwards. Hey, Kris Day even showed up!