We filled up our two cars with our visiting family members and headed to La Conner on Saturday. The sun was out, so the drive north was especially scenic.
I really was looking forward to visiting Hutch – Krys Kirkpatrick’s latest artistic vision. I loved it! The business tag line is “A Home for Ideas to Grow”.
We found sophisticated vignettes of hand crafted art along with vintage props for sale. It is so thoughtfully and creatively arranged. I also enjoyed visiting with Chris, the store director, very much. I’ll let the pictures give you an idea of what is to be found there.
We admired the swell baby clothes and items next door at Bunnies by the Bay. Another business venture Krys and her sister have grown. Here is a picture of my daughter-in-law Casey with baby Claire in the stroller, and Burly the pug hitching a ride.
Lunch was at Seeds. Yum. Everyone gobbled up the tasty food there.
On a walk along other parts of Morris Street, we popped into Mary Davis Vintage Lighting. What an amazing collection of restored and repurposed lighting! From crystal chandeliers to light fixtures incorporating funnels or antique phonograph horns for their shades. Mercury glass pendants, unique handmade paper shades and handsome mica shades all caught my eye. I’ll be shopping here when we get moved into our next home.
Plus we got to see the fields of snow geese filling up the fields in the Skagit Valley. It was a tiptop day. -- Beth
The charm swap we attended this week with a dozen friends was our idea of the perfect holiday shindig - friends whom make us laugh, tasty food, and Christmas themed charms and tokens. Here are some of the lovelies.
This is my heap of swapping loot. Looks like Santa came early!
This morning, Lisa and I are headed to a Christmas charm swap with a dozen friends. I’m packed and ready to start thawing out my car. My potluck contribution is a pineapple cake that will taste better than it looks (I hope!). A customer friend made it for us recently. I couldn’t wait to try it because it only has three easy ingredients and you get to put Cool Whip on top of it. 
