bonjour!

ok boys and girls...so much for blogging during my hiatus right?!

my last little note/post had me promising to attempt to become a contender in blogland...

i was filled with aspirations of starting to share my little tale with all of you through posts twice a week

in my head i told you all about olive's gypsy-girl ways...

answered all those swirling questions about why olive closed (the big "divorce" word goes right here)

shared with you all my personal sorted little adventures of what it's like to be divorced at 41 (ugh)

and suddenly single after 20 plus years of wedded bliss (ugh again)

trust me...there's lots to tell and i've become a one woman comedy act (just try installing your own toilet seat without swearing)

instead...

olive decided it was time to gypsy around again

the little girl that runs around the shop at night and gets into trouble is gonna give it another whirl...

olive has gone to paris!

shopgirls lani griffin & laurie lavy, together with master craftsman extraordinaire jason moore have teamed up to bring you....

Olive in Paris

oui! we are s000 excited and just about ready to flip our open sign

officially opening

Saturday, May 1st (may day)at 10:30 AM

shop with us at the top of the stairs inside Paris Envy

4624 N 7th Ave

it's a home-coming of sorts...

(i'll tell you someday all about how olive was originally supposed to open in this exact spot!)

we've been finding prizes to fill our shop (a few olive favs & a few new favorite finds!)

absolutely cannot wait to play dress-up with you...

see you May 1st!

PeaCe, AmOur & OliVes

hello lovely friends

most of you have certainly heard about the sad news at sirens...

from my heart to yours thank you for posting sweet messages to shelly and i on the sirens blog

(www.sirensandsaints.blogspot.com)

bIg-0L-tHAnKs to all of you who have reached out personally with emails & phone calls

you keep reminding me daily of exactly what it is i love about being a shopgirl

no word yet from the powers that be on just how long it is going to be before sirens gets "humpty-dumpty-ied" back together again...

sooo...meanwhile

whilst i personally seem to have an out-of-my-hands, un-expected, un-determined amount off time off...

along with all sorts of crazy things to tackle on the "if only i had time" list...

i'm gonna devote some time to blog-land and give this blogging thing a whirl

i'm not a professional (this IS my first rodeo)

i can't promise great pics and wUn-der-fUll backdrops (not at first anyhoo)

i AM, however, going to see what olive's been up to and add a few sprink-lins' in about my personal "life-in-a-snow-globe" moments

so pop in for a read every now and again

maybe this time-off will be the perfect opportunity to catch y'all up on olive's antics

olive's been quite the gypsy girl...she's run around a few places with her missing boot!

who knows where and what she'll be up to next...

as for the shopgirl...well, i've had a few shakes of the snowglobe myself

so if you feel like giving us a read...

until the next post...

peAcE, loVe & olives

vagabond days...

vagabond days...

what are you doing THIS SATURDAY? join us for some shopping fun...the 2010 m7 Street Fair in the Melrose District will be just the way to spend your day!

In celebration the shop girls at Sirens and Saints are hosting vagabond days! the third thurday gypsys will be here with all their prizes (Dos Fannies, Paris Montana, Blissfully Traveled and a few other of your favorite gypsy girls)...inside Sirens the sale rack is dipin' down a little lower... for saturday only everything will be 50% off... so come down for some good old "fashion" fun and join the girls (and 7th Ave) in celebration.

girlsies...it's Vagabond Nites in gypsyville!!

you and yours are invited to a special evening of shopping fun in the Melrose District...

Rust and Roses along with Sirens and Saints

will be staying open late from 6-9pm

so toss your cares into the perfect spring night air & play gypsy with us

the shopgirls will be speading local love by featuring a few of our favorite lovely local artists and their prizes

joining us for this months 3rd Thursday fun:

traveling vintage jewelry artisans dos fannies

www.dosfannies.com

Paris Montana and her blacktop jewelbox boudoir

www.parismontana.blogspot.com

paper artisan extraordinaire Trish Evans will be showcasing her finery

vintagebliss.typepad.com

one never knows who else the gypsy air might blow our way...

what we do know is that you don't want to miss out on any of the amazing-ness

see you for shopping fun!

hello friends

Merry! Merry! to you all...

it's that "most wUn-der-fUll" time of the year again

hope you all are enjoying the arizona version of "a chill in the air" & the hustle and bustle that is the season

couple fun things to share that will surely make your holly-days merry & bright...

the Siren's (and sometimes Saint) girls are blogging.... 0 ya! we blog!

read along with us (you can become a blog follower)

weekly we'll share our favorite finds, buying adventures, shop event news and (when we can catch him) our favorite "crooky" the cat pics

http://www.sirensandsaints.blogspot.com/

also (this very thursday) all your stocking stuffers, and perfect one-of-a-kind gifts (you still haven't found) for all your one-of-a-kind peeps

found.done.

all on one quaint little street!

the 3rd thursday melrose crawl & vagabond nites at Siren's & Saints...west side of 7th ave just N of indian school rd (from 6-9pm)

joining us at S & S (along with yUm-0 treats, hot cider & umbrella heaters) will be...

house featured vintage jewelry artists Dos Fannies http://www.dosfannies.com/

from the Phx DIY

Space Cadet Jewelry
Kenzie Noelle

and of course, our ms heidi and her traveling airstream blacktop jewelbox boudior

http://parismontana.blogspot.com/

we mUst see you there...the night is way t000 much of a large time...trust!

wishing you & yours

PeAce, LoVe & all kinDs-O-mErRiMeNT

lani

it's that time again...

can it be the third thursday of November already? yikes!

we had such a large time last month...you must join!

the artists that joined us did not disappoint...all brought along such great prizes & i'm sorry but there's just something magical that happens to a street when it's dripped in cafe' lights & luminaries...

so grab a latte' or hot cocoa at Copper Star and then meander along 7th ave enjoying the November crisp air...magic!

see you thursday...look for the airstream! (yes, Paris Montana will be back!!!)(s0 will the Dos Fannies gals, Flipp'd bird & the darling ms melissa with her one-of-a-kind stationary creations...can you say stocking stuffers?!)

x0x0

lani