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Hope everyone is lined up for a fabulous weekend! We will be celebrating our 2 year anniversary at ink & peat! I can't believe it but it has been a fun ride! For those of you in town, come celebrate with us, peruse our new art show by Portland artist Amy Stoner, eat drink and be merry, and receive 20% off during the party with the coupon below. Happy weekend everyone!
Off to New York on Saturday for the gift show so I can stock up on Fall and Holiday goodies for ink & peat! Let me know if you have any favorite new shops or restaurants to recommend! I know I will be looking for the Van Leeuwen ice cream truck - yum!
(photo from here)
You enter into a meadow with tall grasses and wildflowers. Goats, chickens, and kittens run about. You come to a clearing and notice a collection of the most beautifully displayed antiques...painted wood, silver, white linen. Suddenly a woman in a white ruffled apron whisks by with an enormous silver bowl of frothy whipped cream. No, you are not in a dream...you are at the Barnhouse flea in Battleground Washington! We had so much fun at the Barnhouse summer flea market last weekend! All of the 20+ vendors outdid themselves with gorgeous displays - you wanted to take EVERYTHING home! The vintage patina on every shelf, table, book, vase, and garment is alway so charming - a whitewashed pearly glow of goodies. I was so fortunate to meet the lovely and talented Heather Bullard - editor of Flea Market Style magazine. And they were serving up the best coconut cake I have ever had. You really can find an excuse to eat cake at 10am when it's THAT GOOD! Let's just say my Honda Element was full on the way home. Thanks Joe and Jermonne (the Barnhouse Boys) for making a beautiful event for everyone to enjoy! (Debbie and Laurie, the lovely ladies of Worthy Goods, have more pics of the event here).
ink & peat is thrilled to have been included in this article in the New York Times today about floral design classes all over the country. It focuses on studios that teach a more naturalistic floral design style. The photos are of the delightful workshops taught by Sarah and Nicolette of the Little Flowers School in Brooklyn. There are lots of other lovely teachers all over the country listed as well - what fun! Stay tuned for our fall classes! Join our email list by emailing us at info@inkandpeat.com to stay informed.
