Update

Just popping in to say hello to all of you who are still dropping by. It is so tempting to post as my design radar is still alive and well. I just don't dare go there right now. BUT I want you to know I really miss my blog.

Thank you all for your kind words of encouragement for my mother. She is holding her own although it is really one day at a time for her and for us. I am also involved in a huge design project for my oldest son who lives in Mexico and has started a relatively new endeavor there. I have showed you the logo I designed for him but now we are adding a fullscale website and it has been a monumental task.

I hope to finish this project in the next few weeks and then I would hope to be able resume Kstyle. Thank you all for staying with me and know that I really miss participating in the design blogging community. When I can I will be back. Take care and talk soon,k

Checking In

Hey Kstylers,

For those of you who are checking in a quick update. Am back from visiting my mom and
she is working hard to recover her strength and stamina after major surgery. It's been a
tough road and she is such a strong woman and a real fighter. Will continue to be on leave from Kstyle for awhile. Have quite a bit on my plate right now and need to focus on family and promised commitments. Take care and talk soon
k

Family Leave

Hey Kstylers,
My mother is undergoing a very serious health crisis and so I will be taking a leave from Kstyle until she is stable and back on her feet. I am happy to report that she got through major surgery today and wanted her ipod and of course had to stay awake to watch the latest episode of American Idol. Now given that she is 81 I can only hope that I have half her meddle down the road. Anyway I will be leaving soon to visit her and help in her recovery so I will only be in sporadic touch until this has settled down. So think good thoughts for my mom. Talk soon
k

Valentine Green

I'ts hard to believe it's almost Valentines Day and I know we almost always think in terms of red or pink but I love the unexpected greens in this set by artist Mondring. And it doesn't hurt to be thinking Spring which is also just around the corner. So lovely, k

Election Watching

Hi everyone
Am taking a short break for the rest of the week. Waterboy has district championship going on this week and of course have been riveted to election returns. Will be back next week. Talk soon, k

The Water Cube

I really, really want to go here. And yes that means I would love to to go to the summer olympics in Beijing but even more I would LOVE to swim with my underwater ipod in the breathtaking new Aqua Center, "The Water Cube" which has to be one of the more spectacular venues ever to come out of an Olympics. Leave it to the Chinese to be way ahead of the curve. love, love this, k

Go Ducks!

If you've been reading Kstyle for awhile you know that I am a diehard University of Oregon duck fan. So check out this darling "green and yellow" purse I found at J. Crew. I just came back from a weekend in Eugene to attend the Oregon/USC basketball game and I could've sold a hundred of these just standing in the lobby. too cute, k

Stylin With Hearts

Jam thumbprints were the first cookies I learned how to make and have been a favorite ever since. I love the heart versions I found at mathastewart.com and if I were organized I'd make a batch and give to all my awesome friends for Valentine's day. IF! k

Exploring Etsy

Just spent a few minutes browsing Etsy this morning and found this darling potential valentine's card. Lots of other "sweet" cards at this Etsy shop. Hmmm, I better get busy. Valentine's just around the corner. k

The Photo Journalist

His assignment??? Go out into the chaos, find a good "it's a snow day" in Ashland shot, and try to avoid getting into an accident in the process. So this is one of the shots that will appear in our paper tomorrow and thankfully J survived another dicey assignment of which their are many.

It's been a very busy week for me so hopefully will be back in design swing soon. k

Passionate About Lampwork

Just a quickie post tonight as we are busy busy this week with finals and meetings and my birthday Thursday. Speaking of which if you wanted to REALLY please me you would buy me these amazing beads by lampwork artist Melanie Moertel. R are you reading this? k

It's a Dog Thing

I'm sure you can tell by this post that I'm needing a doggie fix right now. Especially in lieu of our recent robbery I am definitely craving something soft and furry and "ferocious" in a good way. I saw one of these gorgoeus soaps from Gianna Rose Atelier while out to lunch in neighboring Jacksonville this weekend and the detail and the packaging are really outstanding. The perfect gift, especially for k.

Passionate About Lampwork

Spent a tiny bit of time browsing my favorite category on Ebay and look what I found. I love the contemporary take on this lampworked heart and you can go here to bid on it right now. Hey guys, what a perfect valentine's day present for your sweetie.
On another note my posts maybe a bit sporadic next week as I have a lot going on including the fact that it is finals time again for '"waterboy" and that always means of flurry of last minute cramming and usually a few papers which need to be "edited' and "fine-tuned". talk soon, k

I Love Whimsy & Ralph Lauren

I love love these whimsical dessert plates by Ralph Lauren Home. Lots and lots of gorgeous items here but these were my favorites. Wouldn't it be fun to set a table with these. so clever, k

Etsy Goodness

I found this absolutely wonderful Etsy Shop 4th Avenue Soap Co. via Oh Joy today and well you just need to go there to check it out. Plan on spending a few minutes in this soap wonderland. Awesome, k

Suba K

Yes, I know this is a bit off topic but I just had to share. You are looking at my birthday present, which btw is next week. What you say! Just a boring pretty green ipod shuffle. What could be so K stylish about that? Well this is NOT you're ordinary ipod. Nope, not at all. In fact it has been dipped in a secret waterproofing potion which makes it oh so special to this swimming blogger named K. Yep meet my new underwater ipod which now so stylishly accompanies me on those long and boring laps that I swim almost daily. If you're a swimmer check this baby out at Swimman.com. she boogies to the H20, k

Passionate About Lampwork.

I love this new work by lampwork artist Dustin Tabor. He really is a master and his beads are just breathtaking. To see more go to Dustin's website here. Having bookclub at my house tomorrow so will keep it short. So much to do and so little time. talk soon. k

A silver orchid

Spent a little time today browsing my old standbys and found these amazing silver sculpted orchids at one of my favorites. Yep it's Gumps of course. These are just so gorgeous and would definitely be cheaper in the long run than all of the orchids I buy and bury. k

Moi

Hey Kstylers, Thought it was time I finally put a pic with the "K" and of course by now you all know that I am NOT in the under 30 blogging group. Hope you all had a great weekend and are staying warm. We are talking snow here in Ashland. Maybe some photo ops in the next few days. Am still working on getting my computer back into blogging order. Wow I had no idea how much stuff I had on there and how IMPORTANT it is to back up. Will be blogging about design again soon. i promise, k

Meet Lola And A Story

Hey Kstylers. Hope you all had a wonderful holiday and a fun New Years. Meet Lola, my friend C's grandog. She was the star of the Sorry Tree party this year and definitely won the prize for best dressed. Unfortunaly our xmas went a bit sideways this year and here's why!

After the party we arrived home and realized we had forgotten to give waterboy a key as he was with friends so my husband didn't lock our car door thinking he would have to go out and retrieve said child. As it turned out he was just a few houses away and so walked home. But the problem and I mean BIG problem was that R forgot that he hadn't locked the car door and so we all went to bed thinking we were all locked up safe and sound. Oh and did I mention that I had gone online before bed just to check my email and unwind after party placing my laptop on the floor next to my chair as I always do. And btw my chair sits right by our xmas tree and our first floor living room is adjacent to the master bedroom all on the main level of our house.

So here is where the storey gets dicey. We woke up a bit late the following morning, my husband first and I here him say in an a sort of frantic tone. "Baby, I think we've been robbed." I ask him how he knows this from the bedroom which is only a few feet away. He says fairly calmly "because your laptop is gone and so are most of our xmas presents." At this point I cannot fathom that we are actually having this conversation, but unfortunately we are. And so as we now understand the robbers got into our car, took our garage door opener, quickly opened the door just enough to slide under came into our house while we sleeping a few feet away, took my laptop and the power cord, and all of the xmas presents that looked like they might contain ipods. In fact they got two. Then they slid back out the way they came. We never heard a thing. How scary is that??

Now you might question where we live. But no, we live in an outstanding neighborhood with great neighbors and very nice new homes. We have learned that there have been a rash of such robberies in our area and several of them have also occurred while people were sleeping and the mo has almost consistently been entering via the garage door opener.

So Kstylers the good news is that none of us were hurt. And our insurance will ultimately replace our lost items. But I lost pretty much EVERYTHING on my computer as I had not backed up recently. Devastating from my design and blogging perspective. I had thousands of resource files and well you know how it is. So it will be awhile before I am up to blogging snuff. I do have my new computer but no photoshop yet and I haven't even begun to replace the resource files so important to blogging. So hang in there with me. And please lock your cars at night and your doors during the day. talk soon, k