The {A} List.

Iris1. Flowers. Love them. Passionately. My parents stopped by today on their way up to Seattle and brought along five new hanging baskets for the back porch - mom called and asked if I wanted them even if we were hoping to move soon - Yes, please. They also brought along a bucket full of bearded irises. Huge ones. Still have all the violet ones left to put into a vase.


2. Creations from Sally Jean. Especially the vintage fairy charms.


3. Yumm! sauce. A local company makes this and it is really fantastic. Looks like you can order it from their site - we love the Roasted Garlic and the Original Yumm! sauces. It is the best tasting thing without wheat, corn, gluten, casein (milk), animal products, eggs, cholesterol, or artificial flavors or colors. We have it about once a week with chicken, brown rice and a vegetable or two.


4. Pure Color Pigment Inks from Delta. Love the packaging on these guys - you can put them right onto stamps or right onto your page. Pretty cool.


more to come...

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  1. Angi B says…
    05/25/2005

    i just adore flowers too. One of God's simple pleasures. {Have you ever seen more brilliant color anywhere on Earth? He is truly the Master Artist!}

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  2. holly says…
    05/25/2005

    thank you, ali, for such splendid recommendations and links and glorious posts!
    gonna order yumm sauce and charms...
    thank you ever so much -
    holly

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  3. holly says…
    05/25/2005

    oh, and did you paint the fun red E on your mantel? love it, and all your ideas...

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  4. Lynda says…
    05/25/2005

    Oh I love Sally Jean, actually have a few of her pieces! So fun!

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  5. Bela says…
    05/25/2005

    I always love reading your A lists Ali, such Kool stuff! Those vintage fairies are too cute! And gorgeous flowers - you've inspired to pick some up tomorrow.

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  6. Trina says…
    05/25/2005

    Beautful flowers, Ali! Love having fresh flowers in the house, always cheers me up.
    Love your A Lists, too, they are usually full of fun and interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. kristi says…
    05/26/2005

    Where in the heck do you FIND all these initial plaques?? I have seen them ONLY at Anthropologie...I want more!!
    Those fairy charms are rockin! I want to buy one but can't decide which one to get. Thanks for contributing to my spending problem, Ali. Thanks alot.

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  8. Céline says…
    05/26/2005

    I met Sally Jean at ArtFest in March and bought her the sweetest charm EVER! but she laughed at me because i bought the Menopause Fairy charm!!! I AM 24 !!!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOL i didn't notice it said MEnopause Fairy but i guess i can wear it forever now! LOL

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  9. Florence says…
    05/26/2005

    Love fresh flowers -- love that peonies are in season right now!
    Wonderful, whimsical charms too :-)

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  10. Lisa says…
    05/26/2005

    i NEED those inks. how cool is that!

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  11. Linda A. (elendae) says…
    05/26/2005

    Those charms are adorable! Thank you for the link - she is such a talented artist, and I never would have heard of her if not for your blog. Thank you, Ali!

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  12. Joanna says…
    05/26/2005

    Ooh, those inks look cool!!!

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  13. katie says…
    05/26/2005

    so fun Ali! i looove Sally jean too! and your flowers are beautiful!

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  14. Rosemary says…
    05/26/2005

    Ungh. Must have Sally Jean fairy.

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  15. Carrie Owens says…
    05/26/2005

    beautiful flowers! What a great moma you've got! Thanks for sharing your list...can't wait to see more!!!!!!

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  16. niki says…
    05/26/2005

    Check out these sweet little souls. tweet tweeet http://tinewiggens.com/
    and the creators blog... http://tinesparkles.squarespace.com/
    I SO love her Studio Friday challenges.
    Have a day full of merrymaking and give yourself a treat :)
    Niki

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  17. Nicole says…
    05/26/2005

    Thanks for the yumm sauce link- I am planning to go gfcf (my son is already gfcfsf), and I am starting to compile a list of foods I will be able to eat once my diet gets started. The yumm sauce will definitely make the list-
    Thanks,
    Nicole

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  18. emily ruth says…
    05/26/2005

    i've been to cafe yumm 2 times this week so i am right there with you on the Yumm sauce...just another thing to add to the 'good stuff about eugene' list:)...sally jean is so great too...such special little trinkets...thanks for a great list...

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  19. Marcy says…
    05/26/2005

    Oh, I love the charms!!
    I also love all of the e's surrounding the flowers. It makes a really nice touch. It does make me ponder - what do I do since I kept Sackett and my husband and sons are Uphoff? Do I get to do a mix of s's and u's??

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  20. heather says…
    05/26/2005

    Loving those fairy charms!!! I feel the need to purchase a few ... thanks for the fun links!

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  21. beth says…
    05/26/2005

    Thanks so much for the link to the fairy charms! They're awesome! Will have to put them on my wish list for my hubby to ponder - he needs to be steered in the right direction!

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  22. Melissa says…
    05/26/2005

    Lover of flowers here, too! I think spring is just my favorite time of year because of all of the beautiful color!

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  23. ~leahg~ says…
    05/26/2005

    Really beautiful flowers, Ali. I love cut flowers so much; I've never thought about buying irises. Maybe I'll keep them in mind.
    And thanks for the heads up on the ink. I will be stalking all of the art supply stores for this now. (Gee, just when I thought I might be returning to my budget.)

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  24. jen paddack-hyde says…
    05/27/2005

    Very cool flowers! And the links are awesome. I'm definitely interested in the YUMM sauce (husband is vegetarian with organic tendencies:) so this sauce is just up his alley). You always have such cool links!

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  25. Jerrene` says…
    05/27/2005

    Another fan of Yumm sauce :) Discovered it one day while visiting Trader Joes in Eugene---they offered free tastes at the Yumm Cafe` to us & had two new fans immediately! We now splurge on Yumm sauce at our local co-op when Eugene is just not in our near future.

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