Micro Succulent Gardens Available at Arboretum Apparel, Healdsburg!

Photo courtesy of Lisa Vannucci

I absolutely LOVE and adore succulents... in fact, they are sprinkled and hidden all over my garden and can be found in double abundance in the many potted plants around my back porch and yard.  Towards the start of the summer, when I was weeding, planting and preparing for my summer garden an idea dawned on me.... the following pictures are succulents arranged as micro-gardens within recycled white, milk glass jars... (you know... when things like Ponds face cream and Oil of Olay were actually sold in GLASS jars!?!?...if you don't know ask your Grandma, she surely remembers these days)... so if you like what you see... visit Arboretum Apparel located at 323 Healdsburg Avenue, Healdsburg, CA.  Tell Andi & Kate you  heard about these teeny creations here... and enjoy your very own micro garden of succulent bliss!

Playing Catch Up... POTTERY BARN!

The Wonders of the Sea...

Coincidence?..... My May 2011 catalog showed up from Pottery Barn a few months back (this is a "playing catch up" post...after all)... and imagine my THRILL & surprise to see an item I picked up at a local yard sale SMACK dab on the cover!?! I have been aware that PB has been using Healdsburg and the surrounding area(s) for their catalog shoots for sometime now... so it was only a matter of time before their designers gravitated towards Healdsburg's biggest and best antique store... Mill Street Antiques.  The four, small porcelain signs were purchased from my retail space and used to complete the look on the ocean-themed shelf that appears on cover and throughout the catalog.  Lastly, I found it extremely "interesting" the fact that my name, spelt... Sta-SEA... and 'The Wonders of the SEA' theme... if anything, its just personal gratification and significance... both of which are more than fine with me.