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Natalie

I should seriously change my song every once in a while.

About Me

I am happily married to James, a mom to Forest, and I love my friends. I have two dogs, Zaphod and Molly. In my free time I like to take photographs , watch movies, spend time with my family and just do nothing at all. I exercise, eat organic and practice yoga.

I LOVE to travel and hope to do more. My family took a lot of road trips when I was growing up. Twice through the States and many around Texas. Usually we were headed to some place where my dad was doing a car wash job. It was awesome because I got to see a fair amount of Texas and the U.S. In 1993 I took a road trip to Mardi Gras. In 1994 I made a road trip up to New York. I went to London in 1999 and Greece in 2001. Visited NYC a lot in 2004 and 2005. Paris and London in 2006. And took a U.S. Southwest Roadtrip in 2007.

For my profession, I make jewelry .

My Interests

I am really into the whole 'be here now' thing because I think that life is so short and it is really important to do what you want to do and take responsiblity for your own happiness. In short - follow your bliss. It is one of the reasons I like yoga so much. It helps you to learn to be in the present moment.

I'd like to meet:

Other crafty people, designers, small business owners, people who like to laugh and play board games.

Music:

Bob Dylan
Ben Kweller
The Cure
Belle and Sebastian
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Charlie Parker
Beatles
Ben Folds
Beck
Elliott Smith
Sundays
Death Cab for Cutie
Neil Young
Brad Mehldau
Ryan Adams
Wilco

Movies:

Favorite Directors:
Woody Allen
Martin Scorcese
Cohen Bros
John Schlesinger
Richard Linklater

Other favorite movies:
Out of Africa
Big Chill
Pieces of April
Koch
Withnail and I
Amelie
Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Greetings
Life if Beautiful
Lost in Translation
School of Rock
400 Blows
Sunset Boulevard
Layer Cake

Television:

Okay, I watch a lot of television:
Flight of the Conchords
The Office
Project Runway
Lost
24
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Wire
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

I also watch smart stuff like To The Contrary, McLaughlin Report, 60 Minutes, NOW, Meet the Press.

Books:

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus

Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Translator of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway

All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers by Larry McMurtry

Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe

Revolution From Within by Gloria Steinem.

Other favorite writers:
Sarah Vowell
David Sedaris
Woody Allen
ee cummings
Dorothy Parker

Heroes:

Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony Margaret Sanger Gloria Steinem

My Blog

4th Anniversary Sale

4th Anniversary Sale Ornamental Things is four years old this Summer! I am having a sale to celebrate. Here are the details:30% off everything on the website: www.OrnamentalThings.comCoupon code: F...
Posted by Natalie on Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:49:00 PST

San Antonio

It's been a San Antonio kind of week. On Tuesday I drove down to visit two stores there: Adelante and Spats. I had a wonderful lunch at Liberty Bar where the sandwiches are a little impractical but to...
Posted by Natalie on Tue, 20 May 2008 07:54:00 PST

Emergencies, Family, New Necklaces

It's been a busy few days! Yesterday I dealt with emergencies all day. My poor dog has a bladder infection and had to go to the vet. My washing machine is not working properly and after the repair guy...
Posted by Natalie on Wed, 11 Apr 2007 07:04:00 PST

Goals and Garden Shows

Today I crossed a big goal off my list. I transferred my mailing list over to one of those mass mailing services. It is so cool! It gives you stats on how many have been opened, clicked through, bounc...
Posted by Natalie on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 08:19:00 PST

Home From San Francisco

San Francisco was such a great trip! The show was on Saturday. I spent most of the day doing that. Sold some pieces and met lots of new people. Made friends with all the designers at neighboring tab...
Posted by Natalie on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:49:00 PST

Lovely day in San Francisco

Today was lovely! I boarded my plane at 8:00 and got here around noon. Despite mean bus drivers and a bird that pooped on me, I managed to have a great day walking around Pacific Heights area, taki...
Posted by Natalie on Sat, 24 Mar 2007 09:37:00 PST

In praise of pants.

This morning I had that really great feeling of putting on my pants and having them fit perfectly. You know how sometimes they're kind of tight and you have to sit around in them so they stretch out, ...
Posted by Natalie on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:01:00 PST

No book for me.

Well, my book proposal was not accepted. In the email the editor I worked with said that the group was looking for more precious stuff, like doing projects with heirloom quality jewelry, which my jewe...
Posted by Natalie on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 08:20:00 PST

New leaves, crazy thrifters and getting waxes cast.

I am thrilled to see that there are new leaves on the trees we planted in the backyard. The loquat looks like it's springing upward, the desert willow has sprouted a bunch of new leaves and the crepe ...
Posted by Natalie on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:02:00 PST

Pacino, Hoffman, Deniro Cheatsheet

  Apparently I am not the only one so I've made up a cheatsheet for those of us who have the problem. Feel free to print it up and keep it in your wallet for easy reference. I am glad I am n...
Posted by Natalie on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 09:30:00 PST