I have a lot of good people in my life. When the occasional bad apple crops up out of the batch, I don't let them linger long enough in my life to see if they were just bruised, or fully rotten to the core. As we all know, life is too short and we are all much too busy to surround ourselves with anything but positive, good people.
The blog-o-sphere has given me a new lease on my creative outlet and faith in people and connectivity. I have never in my life been surrounded by such positively creative and giving women.
That being said, it's not often I meet a perfect stranger face to face and am immediately pulled into their world, conversation, and their generosity. Just last week I had a unique and memorable encounter with a woman here in Houston.
Both
Joni and
Paloma have posted about Jill Brown, and
this post was in Garden & Gun last fall...but as you know I'm always late to the party, and I just met Jill last week. She made such an impression on me, as did her fantastic store,
BROWN, that I have to share her with all of you.
Jill actually reached out to me via email to let me know that she stumbled onto my little blog and was the source for some of the lighting in
this post and
this post. She also invited me to her store. Just like that, a good old fashioned invite. I introduced myself to her upon arrival (I went during my lunch hour) and she gave me a full tour of her gorgeous store and we chatted each other up about blogs, crafting, design, houses, child rearing inside the loop, world travel, etc...she was just delightful.
I didn't have my camera with me to snap any pictures of her gorgeous store, but a few small things you've seen in my house this week were items I brought home with me.
Metal basket with wood handle:
Smaller wire basket with handle:
Small cloche:
You can visit her website
here, and just to wet your appetite, I've included some pics of her product/store off of
1st Dibs:
Antique store counter:
Tables:
Large lanterns:
Vintage measures:
Vintage Belgian postal bags:
Hand painted teaching chart:
Faux bois table lamps:
Driftwood lamp:
Belgian carved wood light:
Vintage apothecary bottles:
She also sells some very unique skin and bath products, stuff that you won't find elsewhere! Mirrors, architectural elements, vases and jars, sconces, candles....
Go to
Joni's post to see Jill's home, as written up here in Houston's Paper City magazine in 2006:
Brown is now my go to "destination~need a unique gift for someone special."
**hint, hint~ if you stick around for my one year blog-o-versary giveaway next month, you'll see a few special surprises from Jill's store just for YOU!
And so are your family rooms.
Your bedrooms are cozy.
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