07 September 2009

swiss days success

my sister sara's in-laws live in midway (where swiss days is held) so thursday night after noah's party i headed up with alice, summer, sara and baby eric to spend the night at chuck & millie's. we got up early in the morning and got to swiss days early, but it was already packed and there was nowhere to put our shade chairs, so we had to put them in the sun. that was the worst part of the day for me--returning to sit and sitting in the sun. other than that, it was a fun day! i had some awesome food and loved spending time with my mom, all three of my sisters and sister-in-law misty. we missed you this year, holly!

i just got a few things:



still loving orange, apparently. i got this mixing bowl and a headband that i'm in love with.

but the best find of the day was winborg sisters' design. oh. my. gosh. they have the cutest artwork for kids that i've possibly ever seen. i could have spent thousands (literally). they sell their art through pottery barn and target but are based out of layton, utah. the detail is incredible--it's something you have to see in person to appreciate. it's pieces of paper cut out to create a picture and then turned into a giclée. the different things they do are so clever. i loved the barnyard and elephant alphabets. ellen bought this pirate scene for her son's room. sara bought one too but i couldn't find it on their etsy site. and if i ever have a baby girl, i just might be using these birds as the basis for the nursery:

check out their blog and their etsy site. the pictures don't do them justice--they are amazing.

10 comments:

Natalie said...

your finds are super cute - i've got to get myself there for swiss days some year - i love each year you blog about it!

Andrea J said...

ohh. this made me miss swiss days. thanks for the good post

Jenny said...

i want that headband!!! i am going to make it my goal this week to try and copy yours and make one for myself. let the dishes pile and the laundry multiply...i have a headband to make!
those birdie pics are adorable. i will not even attempt to make those.

April said...

you always seem to have such fun at this event. that it makes me want to come to utah just to attend!

love your orange polka dotted bowl.

Carrie said...

The headband...it's SOOOOO cute! And I love the birdies.

The Davies Family said...

LOVE that bowl!! You always have the CUTEST things!
I always get such good ideas from your blog

April (Thorup) Oaks said...

I love Winborg Sister's Design! Wow! As soon as I found them a while back I hurried and bookmarked them and started following their blog. I want their art in our house!

Anonymous said...

I love that bowl!!

I wish I could go to that. It sounds so fun. And I miss sisterly bonding. sigh.

I can't wear headbands so I'm jealous. It is seriously cute!

Anonymous said...

Ok, that was Debbie. didn't know Austin was signed in on my computer. Doh!

Holly or James said...

I started laughing when you mentioned not being able to put your chairs in the shady spots. I thought the same thing before we put our chairs down last year, "How the heck are we going to find a place in THIS mess?" and somehow the ladies found a way, and it was CRAZY last year. It must have been out of control this year!!!!

Thanks for the shout out. I missed going with you girls too. I'm sorta glad I didn't go though, cause I really didn't have the funds. (:

Cute orange bowl. I love, love, LOVE it!