CELEBRATE!

This summer is very exciting for me. Kim Seybert who owns one of the most beautiful TABLETOP companies will be coming to our store for a TRUNKSHOW in early August. I can’t wait, not only will she be bring more summer ideas, she will also bringing new fall tabletop. I don’t  want to get ahead of myself, I only want to think of summer, dinner in the patio, birthday parties for friends, romantic dinners and dancing in our fruit orchard………

Some of my very favorite pieces from Kim Seybert are her outdoor melamine products, napkins and napkin rings. Most of her pieces and the colors are all about the beauty of nature.

Let me show you some

Happy spring

Terry

StephanieFreid-Perenchio is a documentary photographer with a humanitarian focus, covering a wide variety of global issues including endangered African wildlife, the vanishing cowboy culture of the American West, U.S. Navy SEALs, and the plight of women and children around the world.

In 2009, Stephanie published SEAL: The Unspoken Sacrifice, a book of her photographs honoring the daily sacrifices made by the U.S. Navy SEALs and their families.

Through all of her travels,  Africa, Middle East, South America, Southeast Asia and North Korea as well as Montana, Wyoming and her own private Idaho Stephanie’s images make an impact in the way we all live our lives, establishing awareness and creating relationships that can make a difference.

Terry: What is your motto?
Stephanie:  Treat people the way you want to be treated.

Terry: What do you most value in your friends?
Stephanie:  Unconditional friendship and Honesty.

Terry: What is your favorite characteristic in yourself?
Stephanie:  My honesty.. sometimes my uncensored truth.

Terry: What would be your most indulgent day?
Stephanie: I have 2…
1 – Sleep in, hike with my dogs, ride my horses, yoga, a massage, dinner at home with my family – no phones no emails no outside noise.
2 -Never getting out of bed.

Terry: What is your most precious to your heart cause?
Stephanie: I have too many. Protecting wolves, elephants and big cats from
the injustices they face by humans and  Empowerment of women and girls
globally.

Terry: If your life was a title of a song, what would it be?
Stephanie: Never take one moment for granted.

Terry: What place do you go to when you need to settle your mind?
Stephanie: The mountains – I look for the closest peak and I start to climb.

Terry: Seen anything weird lately?
Stephanie: Everyday.

Terry: Do you believe in love at first sight AND
do you believe in it happening over and over again?
Stephanie: Yes I believe in love at first sight. I married the man. I
believe the more you open your heart to life experiences and to people the
more love at first sights you will have. Love is defined in many ways.

Terry: What inspires you?
Stephanie: Life.

Geoffrey Ross’ talents as a designer of high-end textiles have enriched the collections of Scalamandre in New York and Nobilis in Paris.

Melding their passions, they have created a collection of home goods with an idiosyncratic mix of textures and colors, infused with their encyclopedic knowledge of the decorative arts.  Besides their existing categories of soft furnishings, they have recently broadened the scope of their collection under the banner of “Mise en Scene” by Dransfield and Ross” to include furniture, decorative accessories, as well as desk and bath accessories.

Dransfield and Ross products have received impressive editorial coverage in Architectural Digest, Bon Appetit, Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Coastal Living, Domino, Elle Décor, Food and Wine, Hampton’s Cottages and Gardens, House Beautiful, In Style, Martha Stewart Living, Metropolitan Home, O at Home, The New York Times, Town and Country and Vogue Living. Their homes have been prominently featured in House Beautiful Magazine, Elle Décor and Hampton Cottages and Gardens.

Terry: What is your motto?
Geoffrey:  ”Unparalleled glamour is not for the squeamish”.

Terry: What do you most value in your friends?
Geoffrey:  A generosity of kindness.

Terry: What is your favorite characteristic in yourself?
Geoffrey:  A sense of adventure.

Terry: What natural gift would you like most to possess?
Geoffrey: I’m a klutz what can I say…

Terry: What would be your most indulgent day?
Geoffrey: Fall sales at Christies, with a blank check that won’t bounce.

Terry: What is your most precious to your heart cause?
Geoffrey: We are founding board members of a charity called “Earthly Delights”.  We raise funds for New Jersey’s under funded public gardens.  I’m a big believer in how natural beauty brings out the best in civilization.

Terry: If your life was a title of a song, what would it be?
Geoffrey: Well, I’m a big Sondheim fan so it would have to be “I Never Do Anything Twice”

Terry: What place do you go to when you need to settle your mind?
Geoffrey: My garden to work up a sweat.

Terry: Seen anything weird lately?
Geoffrey: We just saw Robert Wilson’s opera “Zinnia”.  Weirdness is a close relation to rare beauty, you eye just has to get use to it.

Terry: Do you believe in love at first sight AND
do you believe in it happening over and over again?
Geoffrey: Lust at first sight, yes, love at first sight, no.  

Terry: What inspires you?
Geoffrey: This relates back to weirdness.  I often find beauty and inspiration in strangeness.  The french had a term for it jolie laide.  It means a beautiful ugly person but I use it across the board.  Look at someone like Diana Vreeland.  She was both ugly and beautiful.  That’s inspired.

Belle L. Zwerdling has been a talent agent for more than twenty-three years, representing actors working in film, television, and theater.  As a co-owner of the boutique Progressive Artists Agency, she is responsible for negotiating client’s deals, maintaining their status, selecting their projects, and working with other management team members to create successful career paths.  Her firm is highly selective – both of the clients that they represent and the projects that they are involved with.

Having started in the business as an actress herself, Ms. Zwerdling’s focus is on maintaining the integrity of the creative process with her clients, who she views as her partners.  Her efforts have resulted in clients becoming internationally-recognized stars.  Her agency has also nurtured many clients as they have expanded their creative efforts beyond acting to writing, producing, and directing.

Belle L. Zwerdling is available to lecture on various topics related to the talent agent business, client/agent relations, and the creative process.  She has expertise in areas ranging from securing and working with an agent to removing blocks to and dealing with success.

Ms Zwerdling recognized the need to impart her wisdom on these issues based on her experience of working with young actors whose ideas about success do not incorporate the realities and practicalities of the industry.  Her goal is to teach artist how to allow the business side of the arts to complement their craft, not be an obstacle to it.

Terry: What is your motto?
Belle:  Trust love

Terry: What do you most value in your friends?
Belle:  Unconditional acceptance.

Terry: What is your favorite characteristic in yourself?
Belle:  Humor.

Terry: What natural gift would you like most to possess?
Belle:  To be able to sing.

Terry: What would be your most indulgent day?
Belle: Spa and fine food.

Terry: What is your most precious to your heart cause?
Belle: Helping people heal their wounds.

Terry: If your life was a title of a song, what would it be?
Belle: Que cera cera..whatever will be.

Terry: What place do you go to when you need to settle your mind?
Belle: Inside.

Terry: Seen anything weird lately?
Belle: A guy dresses as a clown in front of my Starbucks.

Terry: Do you believe in love at first sight AND
do you believe in it happening over and over again?
Belle: Yea…yes….yes

Terry: What inspires you?
Belle: God…love…beauty…me…you…my dog Lilli.