The Two Month Mark

Last day in Austin together

Last day in Austin together

Two months ago (01/29/2016) today, a Friday, Jason and I rolled down I-40 West in a 26′ long Penske pulling a U-Haul trailer, arriving in Flagstaff, Arizona at the Little America Truck Stop. Prior to that we packed for days while sharing tears with friends.  Then we bravely  pulled onto 290 West for the long 18 hour drive to Arizona. Leaving an amazing community of friends, a sweet house of 12 years, chickens, majestic Live Oak Trees, dear neighbors, and a spirited city.

Penske Heading to Arizona

Penske Heading to Arizona

Getting a fresh start, setting forth on a new adventure, changing it up… that was the catalyst and that is what we are doing in Northern Arizona.  I have been thinking about the last two months and how it feels a bit like the two month mark with a new baby.  Mama and baby are definitely out and about, feeling sturdy, a little less raw, ready to venture out in the world, reconnect with friends and dig in to resuming a normal life.  ‘Homesick tears’ come and go and there is still the lingering feeling if one will feel ever return to their normal selves.

Paperwhites & Skull on Clawson

Paperwhites & Skull on Clawson

Of course I had a real sense of urgency to create normalcy for the kids and the family  at large by creating a tidy and organized home, happy school situation, and revolving around our Flagstaff family, but it has taken some time and required patience and gentleness with all involved. My family (Dallas, Tucson, Flagstaff)  and friends’ (Austin & Flagstaff) support has been infused with such energy and love along the way it still brings me to spontaneous tears just thinking about all that they have done for us.

Hearth and Home on Terrace

Hearth and Home on Terrace

We now have  the amazing fortune to be embraced by the neat folks up at NACET and their extended network of Local First Arizona & Womens Innovation Network of Flagstaff.  I need to take this opportunity to thank Heather Malloy for being a guardian angel and connecting Jason and I to some key people that have really made our transition to Flagstaff in the  professional realm dynamic.  These folks have made a big difference in our confidence and sense of empowerment with the business ventures we are undertaking.

Library of Dreams & Ideas

Library of Dreams & Ideas

Annie’s Omnium has come home to roost!  Stay tuned for more posts and announcements about upcoming services (Fresh Configurations), events (Business grand openings), and daily observations (Instagram)!

TABLE TOP POP

PLACEMATS

&
CLOTH NAPKINS
PLACEMATS
Paintings on Paper
Laminated ~ heavy gauge
Reversible & Coordinated & Durable
17 inches wide x 11.5 inches high
~care~ 
wipe or spray clean with cloth
NAPKINS
Pieced Cotton & Linen
Reversible & Coordinated & Durable
Beautifully sewn
Fun to Fold
18 inches square
~care~
wash cold, hang dry, iron
~sold in coordinated placemat & napkin sets~
~sets within each series are harmonious~
~one set available unless otherwise noted or marked sold~
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CITRUS SERIES
* 1 *
orange fairy portrait 
orange fairy & flowers
set of four
$140
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CITRUS SERIES
* 2 *
 orange flower stripe
orange slice
set of four
$180

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CITRUS SERIES
* 3 *
 orange flower stripe
orange burst
set of four
$180
SOLD
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PROVENCAL HIGHWAY
* 4 *
provencal highway blue
provencal highway white
set of eight
$360
SOLD

                                      

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FANION
* 5 *
fanion blue
fanion red
set of six
$225
SOLD

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ALOHA
* 6 *
aloha & orange flower
aloha & pink flower
set of four
$220
special napkin set!
hawaiian cowboy bandanna dinner napkins
tropical dream lunch napkins                                      

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WINTERGREEN SPRING
* 7 *
petals & pink circles
petals & flowers
set of eight
$240
available at Farmhouse Delivery
512-529-8569

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WINTERGREEN SPRING
* 8 *
heart flowers
petals & flowers
set of eight
$360

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WINTERGREEN SPRING
* 9 *
petals & pink circles
petals & flowers
set of eight
$360

HOLIDAY HEARTS
* 10 *
hearts & leaves
small petals
set of eight
$360
available at Farmhouse Delivery
512-529-8569

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HOLIDAY HEARTS
* 11 *
heart flowers
small petals
set of eight
$360
SOLD

 
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HOLIDAY HEARTS
* 12 *
heart & leaves
hearts & flowers
set of eight
$320

OXBLOOD VALENTINE
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* 13 *
green & pink stars
oxblood petals
set of six
$270

OXBLOOD VALENTINE
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* 14 *
oxblood petals
heart flowers
set of six
$270
OXBLOOD VALENTINE
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* 15 *
green & pink stars
heart flowers
set of eight
$280

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~CONTACT~
 Annie Taylor
512-619-6146
Available for viewing by appointment
~stay tuned for pop up shop events~
~Additional images available upon request~
~Please refer to sets by series name & number~
~ credit cards always accepted ~

photographed by erin Matwey & Annie Taylor
on location at
Dai Due Butcher Shop & Supper Club
Ausitn, Texas


HOLIDAY 2014 PAPER PRODUCTS




Annie’s OMNIUM
Holiday Collection
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credit cards accepted
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annie taylor
512-619-6146

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WELCOME TO MY 
~WORKS ON PAPER~

TUCKED IN TEXAS
Print
Matted in white, not shown here
16 inches wide x 20 inches high
PAINTED BUNTING
$30.00
QUAIL
$30.00
$50 for the pair
please specify bird
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TAG SALE! 
PEACOCKS AT MAYFIELD PARK
bundles of twelve
 six oval & six tag
2″
$9.00
limited quantity
HOLLY STAR SUN HEART
bundles of six
black & white or hand colored
3.25 inches long x 1.25 inches wide
$3.00
please specify motif
please specify black & white or color

HOLIDAY JOY
bundles of eight
four oval & four tag
2 inches
$8.00
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ONE TWO SOME ART FOR YOU!
Two flat card prints per pack with envelope
5 inches x 7 inches
$7.00 each
$65.00 for set of ten, assorted
A.  winter neon & puppets

B.  dutch bird & danish stripes

C.  girl in green dress & snow baby

D.  in the park & bird ring

E.  diamond pink & girl in green dress
~different combinations available upon request~
please specify by letter or title
 at time of order
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PUT YOUR NAPKINS IN YOUR LAP!
Poster of nursery school meal time blessing
12 inches wide x 18 inches high
$12.00
 free with purchase of placemat and napkin sets
see TABLE TOP POP posting
*lyrics available upon request, pardon the poor photograph here*
hair can be hand colored to your specifications!

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DAI DUE NOTES
Artwork for the first season of Dai Due Butcher Shop & Supper Club
bundles of five, one of each image with envelopes
blank inside
4″ x 6″
$12.00
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TURKEY HEARTS & WHIPPED CREAM
~an autumn adventure~ 
by Honey Minshew with drawings by Annie Taylor
32 page full color illustrated children’s book
a moral tale about  Halloween & Thanksgiving…
a real hit with the toddler set!!
paperback, self published via Blurb (thus the steep price)
$28.00
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stay tuned for the next entry
TABLE TOP POP UP SHOP
placemats and cloth napkins

JBIRD & COMPANY presents STONE PLANTERS & BENCHES!

Phone or Email Jason Minshew 
512-799-6723
or 
Annie
512-619-6146
All planters and benches are for sale
Credit cards accepted
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Take a Look!
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BENCH
Rattlesnake Limestone
6 feet long x 14 inches wide x 16 inches high
$2000.00
scroll and hyper tufa pot with primrose included
one available

STONE PLANTERS
Leuders Limestone, brown
12 inches square
Planted with Agave bovicornuta
$1250.00
sold as a set of five
one set available
TRAIL MARKER
Rattlesnake Limestone Base, Shell stone top
24 inches high x 11 inches square base x 12 inches square top
$400.00
one available
PLINTH- large
Leuders Limestone, white
21.5 inches square base x 8.75 inches high x 15.25 inches diameter
$500.00
two available
PLINTH- medium
Leuders Limestone, white
16 inches square base x 9.25 inches high x 12 inches diameter
$350.00
one available
YUCCA
Planted in Classic Italian Terracotta Pot
$300.00
three available

PLINTH- small
Leuders Limestone, white
16 inches square base x 7.75 inches high x 10 inches diameter
$300
two available
CHILD’S BENCH
Leuders Limestone
21 inches long x 16 inches wide x 11.5 inches high
$350.00
one available
MOTHER’S BENCH
Leuders Limestone
28 inches long x 16 inches wide x 10.5 inches high
$425.00
one available
FATHER’S BENCH
Leuders Limestone
45.5 inches long x 20 inches wide x 13 inches high
$525.00
one available
SOLD

FATHER’S BENCH with RECTANGULAR PLANTER- 18″
Leuders Limestone, grey
18 inches long x 8 inches wide x 6 inches tall
Planted with Strawberry & Dianthus~ as shown
$165.00
one available

RECTANGULAR PLANTER- 18″
Leuders Limestone, grey
18 inches long x 8 inches wide x 6 inches tall
Planted with herbs~ parsley, sage, rosemary
$165 each, planted
one available of each as shown

RECTANGULAR PLANTERS- 16″
Leuders Limestone, grey
16″ inches long x 8 inches wide x 6 inches tall
$125.00
ten available
RECTANGULAR PLANTERS- 16″
Leuders Limestone, grey
16″ inches long x 8 inches wide x 6 inches tall
Planted with lettuce greens & primrose
$150.00
three available~ as shown

PLINTH, special
Leuders Limestone, grey
12 inches square base x 9.25 inches high x 8 inches diameter
$250.00
one available
HYPER TUFA POTS
10.5 inches high x 5.5 inches square base x 10.5 inches square top
Planted with rosemary cones & lavender cones
$75.00 planted~ as shown
$50.00 empty
2 available

PLINTHS~ Set of four
Leuders Limestone, cordoba cream
ROUND~ two
16 inches square base x 5 inches thick x 12.25 inches high x 9 inches diameter
RECTANGULAR
21.5 inches long x 15.5 inches wide x 5.25 inches thick
12.25 inches high over all x 21 inches long (top) x 9 inches wide (top)
$2400.00
one set of four available

BAMBOO CUPS
for sake, wine, tea, flowers, feathers, pencils…
4-6 inches high
assorted designs
$12.00
available at Metier Cooks Supply
512-276-2605
ZIVA PAPERWHITES
4 planted per silver can
buds to blossoms~ timed to bloom for holiday joy!
$25.00
SOLD OUT
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Thank your for visiting JBIRD & COMPANY!
Jason Minshew is my husband and we have been running JBIRD & COMPANY for seven years now.  landscape design~ construction~ maintenance
gardening~ urban farming~ hardscape
Jason Minshew
512-799-6723

Come Visit Annie’s Omnium at E.A.S.T.!

I KNEW I WOULD FIND YOU AT ANNIE’S OMNIUM!
#74 on the Map 
E.A.S.T.
736 Cherico
Austin, TX  78702
November 22-23
2014
11:00am-6:00pm
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or by appointment during the week
annietaylor1@mac.com
512-619-6146
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or…if you are interested in purchasing any of the above items
and would like to see bigger and better photos of anything I am happy to do so…
I can also send you a inventory-price sheet of my current products.
Happy to ship.
All forms of credit cards are accepted.
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This fall I began sharing a studio with Eyelike Design~ Sarah Presson & Kirby Doss’s design studio.  It has been a real treat being in this dynamic environment.  This past weekend 736 Cherico in East Austin came alive with a group of ten artists coming together to present their work for E.A.S.T. (East Austin Studio Tour) .  It was a great opportunity for me to set up shop and share my work.

I started to think of it as The Table Top Pop Up Shop, for I am primarily featuring paintings on paper from the Annie Taylor archives in the form of placemats sold as a set with beautiful coordinating cloth napkins.
Some of you have seen these designs before but in the spirit of collaboration
I decided to work with a very close kindred spirit & special friend 😉 and pair the placemats with cloth napkins!  The napkins are amazing and we began to think of them as magical origami~ for any way you fold them they are a bit different and quite delightful… playing on color & pattern in the most wonderful of ways.
Finally getting out of my tiny home and joining other creative souls has been very healthy and inspiring.  An on-going and project dear to my heart has been seeing the branding that I created for Jesse Griffiths and Tamara Mayfield’s supper club, catering business, and farmers’ market stand blossom into a beautiful restaurant and fine butcher shop on Manor Road this fall.
Little Mule Studio lead the charge using the existing logo for the restaurant.  A cast of characters (fauna  & flora) has been created to be used for various packaging and signage, etc. for the restaurant.  From those characters summer and fall placemats (black and white for kids to color, and a laminated color version for messy eaters (babies) was created.  
For the holidays a series of five images were made (collaborated with Sarah Presson) into notecards.  These are for sale at Dai Due and Annie’s Omnium at E.A.S.T.  There are five different designs per pack, $20.00.
We are fortunate to live amongst such a creative group of friends who all seem to be hitting their stride. I mentioned Jesse and Tamara, Sarah and Kirby, and from there the list goes on!  When I arrived at Eye Like Design Studio Farm House Delivery was also officing there.  Every Tuesday a bushel would be photographed for their weekly email.  This and all of our other farmer, chef, gardener, foodie friends have inspired a series of collages.  The other hat I wear is my partnership with JBird & Company, a landscape design & build firm.  Jason is passionate about citrus trees and is spreading them all around Austin.
Speaking of collage… crisp snap shirts!  I was thinking that I have lived in Texas for 15+ years and never really created honoring this interesting place.   I call it Tucked In Texas~ a western shirt with Hill Country birds and wildflowers coming out of the pocket.  I am selling these prints for $30 each.  They are a pair but do not need to be sold as such.  The right has the painted bunting and the left has the quail.
On the table top are more placemats and some gift tags titled ‘I see Peacocks at Mayfield Park’, my little Theodore’s opening line to everyone he meets.
Tag Sale!
Punch & Color & Tie-up with string…
tags for packages, place cards, ornaments, cookie tins, or jam jars…
$3 – $12
all a little bit different and quite fun.
Our family sings this sweet blessing at meal time~ first sung at Oliver’s nursery school.  I thought it would be fun to make a little poster of it.  My husband Jason turned 40 last week and I dedicate this to him, my little boys, and all of our sweet toddler friends in our lives right now.  This poster is free with a purchase of a placemat &napkin set.  I can hand color in the hair to suit your friends or family!
Jason has been working hard for E.A.S.T. as well and my next blog entry will be featuring his stone work.  Here are some delightful bamboo cups that he made~ perfect for sake, tea, water, flowers, pencils… They are $12 each and all quite unique.  Some of them are carved with jasmine flowers and stripes and waves.  They are sanded and oiled and feel really good in your hand.  They are displayed here with my citrus series of placemats with some really cheerful napkins in a symphony of pink, green, and yellow.
One, Two, some Art for You~ these are flat cards, two designs per package…
a fun way to share my art.
$7.00 a set~
Towards the back of the table one can see some bean cans covered in green wrapping paper.  I have been having fun getting some of my images into repeat pattern via Spoonflower.  I thought it would be fun to cover some big cans for paperwhites, gifts, or cookies!  Week II at E.A.S.T. one might find a further exploration of paper covered bean cans.  The green holiday placemat & napkin series is really wonderful!  I think it would be awesome if someone went home with all 24 (selling them as 3 groups of 8)… what a marvelous table it would make for a big holiday party.  The green is so cheerful you could really use is all year ’round.
So many bean cans bursting with paperwhites!  What a heavenly scent and fresh white blossoms.  What is an Annie’s Omnium holiday art sale without silver cans full of paperwhites?!  
I KNEW I WOULD FIND YOU AT ANNIE’S OMNIUM!
#74 on the Map 
E.A.S.T.
736 Cherico
Austin, TX  78702
November 22-23
2014
11:00am-6:00pm
~
or by appointment during the week
annietaylor1@mac.com
~~
or…if you are interested in purchasing any of the above items
and would like to see bigger and better photos of anything I am happy to do so…
I can also send you a inventory-price sheet of my current products.
Happy to ship.
All forms of credit cards are accepted.
~~
~tomorrow’s post sneak peak~
Best wishes~
Annie Taylor

Feast for Love

Our dear friend Heather Love was in a terrible accident this spring.  A group of friends are having a fund raiser to money for her rehabilitation and on going needs.  I created the artwork for this poster~ The original is about 12″x18″ and is a paper collage.

Pictures of Gardens-I

Next week 1818 West 35th Street (Austin) that was once home of GARDENS will become GILDA GRACE a dress shop and lifestyle store. I thought it would be fun to share some images of GARDENS where I worked from 1999 – 2005 as the visual merchandiser, retail manager, and buyer. It was a wonderful place to go to work everyday. The other night I was introduced to Nere Emiko, the proprietor of GILDA GRACE and it sounds like she will infuse the space with a new creative spirit.

The shop was filled with bulbs potted in beautiful vessels… the staff wrapped lovely packages with simple paper and twine and a little silk ribbon.
Special letter press note cards in a steel tray on a teak bench…
James David and Gary Peese intertwined their lives with the business… adventuring, exploring, and bringing back beautiful objects to sell.
I have had these little mice since I was a very young… sometimes they would sneak in front of the camera!
A beautiful Magnolia blossoming in the nursery…

A Picture of Gardens- II

The bath area was home to amazing scents… Santa Maria Novella from Italy, oils and cremes from France in beautiful glass bottles, and lovely candles….
This table was set in front of the picture window… James found this amazing spot light that added great drama…
Gary loved his orchids and would bring in lovely specimens that we would place in vessels such as jade bowls, thick glass hurricanes, or resin boxes…
Mell Lawrence designed the shop when it was ultimately remodeled. The furniture in the shop was for sale and would always be reconfigured in the shop to create a dynamic space. Customers would love to come in on a weekly or bi-monthly basis and experience the shop or nursery in a different light. The shop was always fresh and new feeling…
About this time every year we would be busy receiving merchandise, much of it from Europe, and having great fun merchandising the store and nursery. It was an intense job but one that I never tired of. It was always paramount that the store was exquisite and full of life and energy balanced by simplicity and tranquility. I loved that combination and find that it is what one should always strive for in design.

A Picture of Gardens- III

GARDENS was a place where one could spend a few dollars on a wooden spoon from Southern France or $20,000 on a beautifully crafted table from Belgium or a wooden toy truck from Germany…
Playing with color and themes… chop sticks, bamboo trays, incense and tea, little mirrors with Asian emperors…
Enameled dinnerware in sunny and sky colors from a Brooklyn designer on a French farmhouse table…
Display case near the register holding a combination of glass from England, porcelain tea pots and bowls…
The ‘kitchen area’ was home to teas and chocolates from around the world, fine linens, plastic plates, copper cookware, danish kitchen accessories…

Well… there you have it… 3 posts to fit these pictures in… I wasn’t very good at narrowing them down. It is always fun for me to revisit these images. Working at GARDENS was a great chapter on many fronts. As I started out saying, I am so happy the beautiful space will be vibrant once again.