Reposted from Holiday 2017…

Before Anthropologie, there was Tancredi & Morgen. And, as the chill hits the air, I become nostalgic. I think of the “old school” things I did as a kid.

My family spent our leisure creating something from seemingly nothing. In the summer we made plastic container tops into frisbees and exploded small firecrackers in tin cans to amplify the sound. We rode our bikes, filled our pockets with found treasures, and delivered newspapers. We didn’t watch YouTube, fall into a web rabbit hole, text friends or chat on social media.

In the winter, when the days grew shorter and the evenings longer, we played with creativity and re-invented things. We were engineers and artists.

As a reminder of those days, my daughters and I create our own holiday decorations using found objects and we try our best to make it ecologically conscious and recyclable.

This holiday, I am excited to decorate a friend’s table with help from the Alldis Family of Tancredi & Morgen in Carmel, CA.

The Alldises have curated finds from around the world for the past 30 years. Most of their items are one-of-a-kind and in limited supply. There have been times I walked away from a treasure found in their shoppe, only to return later with regret after I discover someone else beat me to it. This is one place, where most everything is uniquely handcrafted, foraged and their lot moves quickly.

Gwynneth, Marsha, Roger and I have selected our favorite pieces. Handmade, reclaimed, and doable… Happy Holidays! Cheers!