If you can’t tell by the title, this post is a total hodgepodge.  That’s how the last few days have been, though.  Christmas freelance photoshoots, finishing details for Lucketts, gardening…I’m a little all over the place.  (Which isn’t totally unusual for me!) For the sake of starting somewhere, let’s start with lavender. On a whim, I bought some of these lavender topiaries last year just a few days before Lucketts.  I was just getting into gardening and I loved the idea of bringing some “life” to the booth with plants. Those lavender topiaries flew out of the booth last year.  It was crazy how fast they sold.  So, I was on the hunt for some to carry again this year and I found them over the weekend!  I spotted them from the car on the way home from the grocery store.  “Jeff, stop the car!  There are the lavender topiaries!”  I

As I was putting together the low profile foundation we used on the full-sized antique iron bed, I had a fleeting thought that I should take pictures of the process.  My thought that no one would really be interested in the foundation was totally wrong!  Most of the comments I received on the bed were asking about the foundation, so I thought I would share a bit more about it. I have worked with enough antique beds to know that most modern mattresses and box springs totally overwhelm the small frame…to the point where you can’t even see the headboard anymore! So, I got a low profile foundation, instead of a box spring.  I shopped around and decided to purchase The Classic Brand Low Profile 4″ Foundation from  Amazon.  The full size was just over $100. It’s under that skirt, but it’s not much to look at, anyway!  It gives you an