I’m excited to announce a new edition of the “GROW YOUR OWN ROOTS” Tee will be coming to my hometown of Greenville, SC in August 2010!  It’s the same great quality, Alternative Apparel’s ringspun 100% cotton tee, so soft you want to sleep in it!  Stay tuned for retail locations near you!

*This is just the preliminary image.  Printing and tee shirt colors are in the works!

I want to take a minute to say thanks to our own Local Food Hub.  They make local produce easily available to Charlottesville restaurants and a lot of our local schools.  They support Central Virginia farmers and are doing their part to make healthy food a part of our lives.

I’m continually amazed at the support Charlottesville offers our local establishments, so if you don’t know about the Local Food Hub, check them out and thank them for all the hard work they do.

These are my !  I’d say new TOMS, but they are more loved now since receiving them in August, wearing them around town, and yes, apple picking in them this weekend.  Thanks Jenny and Anna!  Despite their appearance and weight, they are a very durable and comfortable shoe that I’d like to see more of, in Charlottesville specifically.

The beauty of purchasing TOMS is that you get shoes and so does a fellow human being who may have never had shoes before. Can you imagine? I walk to work, the studio, the bank, the grocery, to get coffee, my friends’ house, church, a million places and I’m certainly not thankful enough for whats covering my feet.

If you don’t know much about what they do at TOMS shoes it’s pretty cool. There are a number of ways to get involved so check ‘em out and then do something…least of all…buy a pair of shoes:)

Today I met and clicked with a lady named Jann, a lover of classy, vintage collectibles, apparel, and nicknacks.  She lives to collect others people’s old stuff, bring history to life, and creates useful decorations, like wall clocks from vintage plates and decoupaged 1920’s style mirrors.  Her  slogan is “a flea market at your fingertips…nothing you need, everything you want” which concisely describes her little shop, June and Ruby’s at 209 Second Street, SW Charlottesville.  We bonded as mutual lovers of all things Alphonse Mucha and now, wearers of the Grow Your Own Roots Charlottesville t-shirt.  She’s carrying them in her store, so 3 cheers for Jann!  You should definitely check out her cutie website at www.juneandruby.com and welcome her to the club!  Yay!

Let the bidding begin…Cheers!