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About Me

MY NAME IS LHAY BROWNING THRIFFILEY, AND I AM A VERY BUSY GIRL! I own and operate AVALON SEWING COMPANY, a drapery and bedding mini-factory. I am very excited to be expanding my small business to a storefront location in the coming year. Please keep a happy thought for my little company and its future! I am a Southern girl, seamstress, artist, writer, singer, photographer; often anxious, sometimes wise; off-beat but not flashy; collector of odd phrases, cast-off objects and all things swimming-pool colored. If I had a million dollars, I wrap everything and everyone I love in vintage fabric. I love my funky husband and my amazing kid.

Add to My Profile | More VideosPlay this: it's the music in my head. It's called AIN'T NO TELLING, and it's a Mississippi John Hurt piece. Avalon was his hometown, too.

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Your Dominant Intelligence is Spatial Intelligence
You've got a good sense of space and how the world around you looks.
You can close your eyes and "see" images. You have innate artistic talent.
An eye for color and shapes, you're also a natural designer.
Since you think in pictures, visual aids and demonstartions help you learn best.
You would make a good navigator, sculptor, visual artist, inventor, architect, interior designer, or engineer. What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have ..

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You Are Downtown
You're a funky spirit that requires freedom to live.
Your city girl persona needs adventure, diversity, and great pizza. Are You Uptown or Downtown?/a

My Interests

Photography, folk art, small business entrepreneurship, interior design, sewing Play Ragdoll Here

I'd like to meet:

more funky wacky girls who make art, sew or own businesses. I want to meet people who are making a dream come true. I want to know more about Ira Glass, but I am afraid that if I Google him I will find out what he looks like. I would like for Dave Grohl to call me up and say, "We've got a day between Memphis and New Orleans. Can you take us bowling?" I'd like to meet people who may leave in body but never in spirit. I know about losing people to suicide, so message me if you need some help. If you act even a little bit stalker-y, I'm cutting you off.

Music:

Before I die, I hope to do something as inspiring and beautiful as this. ..FOO FIGHTERS, Dave Grohl, Evanescence, Level 42, Morning 40 Federation, XTC, coldplay, SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS, soul coughing, k's choice, The High Strung, THE SHINS, Beck, the Squirms, Pat Sansone/autumn defense/birdy/wilco, Loppy, Sheryl Crow, Deltamatics, Blues Rangers, RYAN ADAMS, THE HANDSOME FAMILY, Todd Snyder, and current and former playmates--headfridge, king leisure, Mood Elevator, Red Velvet Couch, Steven Wolfe, Thomas Jackson, Humble root, Friday Night Gigolos (hello, boys...)and of course... Old Union Outlaws, Mississippi John Hurt, and all Hattiesburg and Mississippi scene musicians. Locally I like This Orange Four, and The Squirms at the moment. I really like music from Detroit these days (the High Strung, the Hard Lessons, Chris Plum, Detroit Cobras, and more...) Check them out! Branden Bensen is my co-pilot. You are invited to visit www.myspace.com/LhayMusic to hear some of my music!

Movies:

CURRENTLY- Sopranos (Get Netflix!) Glorious Mail, Big Fish, Scrapple, all Christopher Guest, anything small and indie, anything Cohen Bros, anything Parker Posey, anything really (but never scary. My imagination is too active :)

Television:

Create a Lava Lamp

Books:

CURRENTLY- ROBERT HUGHES' NOTHING IF NOT CRITICAL: Selected Essays on Art and Artists; Amazing Disgrace, Jitterbug Perfume, How To Go To Pieces Without Falling Apart, All Over but the Shoutin', Siddhartha, short stories by Mary Robison (she is SOOO incredible), Tony Early, Eudora Welty. I also pick up Robert Frost, Esra Pound, T.S. Eliot, and books of quotes and prayers. My favorite book of poems is Songs for the Portugese by Robert Browning. I read several decorating, design and renovation magazines every month. I'm trying to wean myself off self-help books(they don't seem to be helping.) It should be mentioned that I read at least two children's books almost every night. Do YOU know what happens if you give a mouse a cookie?

Heroes:

People who do what is right, instead of what is popular or comfortable. People who are not afraid to be on the outside who they are on the inside.

My Blog

Officer Obie Roughs Up Bagel Boy!

"You can get anything you want at Southbound Bagel Shop" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ea0dE8NxOs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2 Fcomment%2Emyspace%2Ecom%2Findex%2Ecfm%3Ffuseaction%3Duser%2 EviewComments%26friendI...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:58:00 PST

great news!

If I were any happier I might pop. : ) Thanks to Reuben and Joel for the cool props and the happy pix. Becky and Delaney have been working so hard, and Scott is one-of-a-kind. IT'S ALL HA...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 07:49:00 PST

Finally! A progress report on the renovation, with pictures!

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Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:31:00 PST

Beyond this pointe there be dragons!

Hey friends- It's Lhay. This is not a forward. I just thought I would let you know... I received three money orders in the mail today- each one is for $950- almost $3000.&nbs...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 11:01:00 PST

What a way to spend the last day of the year

We were lucky enough to spend the last day of the year with some wonderful beautiful people in a very special place. My husband brought them into my life when we met, and I am be...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:44:00 PST

All I Want For XMas is Celestone shots, Celestone shots, Celestone shots.

I have a sinus infection. I hate it. It even SOUNDS gross. SYnuss. And anything with infection on the end of it just makes me want to gag. This happens to me whenever I am expo...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:47:00 PST

8 MINUTE LIFE STORY

(This is a presentation I wrote and gave to a small group of business people in Hattiesburg last Tuesday morning. At 7:00 a.m.) I am Lhay Browning Thriffiley, and I own and operate...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 10:02:00 PST

Thanksgiving, 2006 Avalon, MS (slide show)

I took these pictures at my grandmother's house in Avalon, MS over the weekend. The first few shots are my great-grandmother's house, which is now empty. Across the field is Mimi's house.&...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:03:00 PST

Sorry I didn't write sooner....

Saturday was the first Avalon Sewing Company renovation day. Scott the Carpenter and I, along with Edgar, assessed the situation, took measurements, made a shopping list. Tate and Erik pro...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:08:00 PST

Avalon Sewing Company made the paper!

My little sweatshop is on the move! You may know that I have been sewing drapery, bedding and pillows for about three years out of my home. I have been so pleased a...
Posted by Avalon Sewing Company on Sun, 12 Nov 2006 09:55:00 PST