ALOHA AQUA!

So for many of you who are on Pinterest you probably noticed my OBSESSION! Let me explain... First this artist from the South of Wales crochets these sea urchin creations.  What fascinated me the most is the colors and textures juxtaposition the sand and wood pilings. Then I had a major throw back when last night with my family everyone was talking about their oldest memory. Mine was before I was three walking on the beach in Hawaii with my mom and dad...remembering the sand under my feet and the water lapping up as the sea weed wrapped around my little ankles. Then my mind began to think of the summers in California...

This amazing artist used a kind of analogous color scheme (colors that are next to each other on the color wheel).

Here's what came of my obsession ...

MY INSPIRATION                                                        




  
Sherwin Williams--Parakeet & Reflecting Pool



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Mary Cassat 'The Boating Party'

  
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Small Solar Powered Beach House

 
Kitchen & Dinning Area                                     Living Room

  
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Can you think of your oldest memory...?  It was once said...


Memory is the cabinet of imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience and the council-chamber of thought. Giambattista Basile ;-)

Vicki Stecher on Pinterest aloha aqua board to see lots more images.

I Wish I Could Be A Chameleon...

cha·me·le·on

   [kuh-mee-lee-uhn, -meel-yuhn] Show IPA

noun

1.

any of numerous Old World lizards of the familyChamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change thecolor of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectiletongue.

2.

any of several American lizards capable of changing the colorof the skin, especially Anolis carolinensis (Americanchameleon),  of the southeastern U.S.

3.

a changeable, fickle, or inconstant person.

Listening to conference this weekend gave me so much desire to make some serious changes in my life.  As I listened to each talk I thought to myself "I want to do that", and "I want those blessings", and "I know that it is possible for me to reach that exalted state". The Prophets and apostles even told us how...and then I found myself wishing it could be as easy as being a Chameleon...just change my skin color. Just change my color according to each different situation and challenge, just do it by nature.  But unfortunately our natures are fallen, and I noticed that it's only the Chameleons' skin that changes...And we all know that change can't just be skin deep. So for me right now I'm going to seek the changes that the Lord promises that will come to our minds and our bodies...and our hearts.  I know where to go...now God bless me and anyone else that wants to...to go and do and receive the promises and blessing and knowledge and witness and power and peace and love...by going and doing.

"Here's my heart...oh take and seal it...seal it for Thy courts above."

Sincerely Vicki

song; Come Thou Fount

"Road Kill"

Ok! I'm about to share, no... let me say... GIVE AWAY!, one of my biggest $$$$$$$$ making ideas EVER!
 When we lived in Louisiana road kill was very different than here in New Jersey.  It was weird, dead  armadillos all over.

I'll never forget coming home from a vacation one day and finding a similar sight in the center of my front yard...I wondered... "how the heck did that get there"?  It's funny how armadillos decompose...everything goes but that hard shell.  So... I was left with this kind of bowl in my front yard.  That's right, no one got it...we just watched it day after day slowly disappear.  I remember the kids used to mow around it.



Oh please don't go!  The best is yet to come...!

Here in New Jersey it's "BANK"!
 
deer fox

  

raccoon rabbit

 

opossum beaver

 squirrel
 
snake Ssssss

birds & fowl fowl

Unfortunately skunk, cats and dogs.  Sorry if I hit a sensitive cord with the last two.

Now if you commute to work you will probably notice new road kill each day or so.
So what if  "WE" (any takers, investors) set up a company that dealt directly with this lucrative business of dealing in furs and skins...we could start something very different and profitable.

The nice part about this is that you have all the animal protection agencies off your back.

And all of a sudden your a "HERO" because you picked up a huge deer in some one's front yard. 
Now deer skin is very valuable...the Indians used it for shoes, clothes, blankets, tents, etc... because it was so durable, soft, and waterproof. Here you can see this Indian used very "little" deer skin.


Strangely enough I have a couple of guys that will do the pick up... What's worse is your probably thinking how strange I am...but the truth is I've worked for some very high end fur and leather companies and was involved in custom work.  In fact I sized Sammy Davis Jr up for a pair of leather pants.  Also, I had years of experience selling "Gucci" handbags, luggage and ready to wear. It's amazing what a snake, leather bag can go for...

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The way I see it working is we build a team of who wants to pick up, who wants to skin, dispose, truck, dispatch, design, market, build social networking and who wants to INVEST?

Then we tell our customers how they can earn a few extra buck just by driving to work.  Having the newest iphone 4S would be the best because the commuter dictates into the phone the animal and location. Then sends the message to us and we send a message back stating the pricing of the animal based on its condition and freshness.  Winter by the way is going to be better. We send out a pick up team, which will be divided by the area geographically day by day and they will pick up.  We then take it to our taxidermy's and begin collecting pelts.

Now... if we want to expand the business the further north we go the better fur we get.  Coyote, bear, moose, fox... Its such a nice way to clean up the environment and make "Bank"!


Here are a few interiors and apparel lines using fur, which by the way is so opulent....

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interior

fur used in interiors

I know some might think "ewe gross"!  But remember necessity it the mother of invention and why let a great opportunity "pass" you by!



Music while posting "Fire On The Mountain" The Greatful Dead

Keep on loving me...Vicki ;)

Pallets on Stecher's

Why hello! It has been awhile... we're over on Stecher's Country Store's blog today posting about one of our new favorite construction materials... pallets and some of the super amazing things we've been doing with them!! Come over and check us out!