Hi Friends, It’s been exactly one month since I got notice that I had to leave my slice of heaven in Santa Cruz, one block from the beach and right on the lake. Rentals are hard to come by in this area so I didn’t waste one moment, I started looking immediately. Fast forward and...Read More

Many of you may not know this, but I LOVE to do color consulting in your home or business. It’s my thing, I see color, I can visualize it. I’ve done it since I was a little girl, and professionally since 1998. 95% of the time the colors come to me so clearly, the client is...Read More

Hi Friends, Well I knew it wouldn’t be forever, and I must have had a feeling since I began purging this month, but I have to move. I’ve had 2.5 years here and I do love it so but I firmly believe that change is good and that everything happens for a reason. The search...Read More

  Happy May! I am leaving for Brimfield tomorrow for more shopping! The weather looks wet but warm, could be worse…We will be driving across Connecticut and Massachusetts, collecting all of the special goodies we can find and also taking lots of pictures of the gorgeousness out there. Before I leave I am furiously adding great stuff...Read More

Hi, I was selling my wares on a fancy website for a while, this is the interview for it. I am much better thinking and writing out my own answers than being interviewed in person. Your connection with vintage? If you look at almost any tool or machinery from the late 19th century and earlier, you’ll see...Read More

Not in the fall. The heat is too much to bear. Also, I can’t justify the costs for as little as I found this trip. Just so you have an idea – in case you’d like to go – the flight, truck rental, accommodations (not swanky), keeping my shop open at home and gas back...Read More

Over the past eight years Saffron and Genevieve has evolved into exactly what I always wanted it to be. I just got back from the gift fair in New York where I had a fantastic time exploring the city. There were miles of offerings to wade through, but I have gotten good at spotting special and...Read More

I think you all know by now that when I get a wild hair to do something, it’s pretty much going to happen. An idea gets into my head, actually it’s usually an idea that has been there, waiting in the wings for many many years, and when it is the right time it comes...Read More

Hi, I’m back! That, my twelfth trip to the Texas antique fair, was the best one by far for buying. Yes, things were more expensive, there’s no getting around that. The internet, tv shows and social media has told us that our junk is worth more. Junk that I can do cool things with has...Read More

Making the Most Out of a Small Space Scarlett Fiona Reed of Saffron and Genevieve talks quality over quantity “I could almost tent it here and be happy,” says Scarlett Fiona Reed, referring to her quaint cottage, which overlooks Schwan Lake in Santa Cruz. The founder/owner of local home furnishing shop Saffron and Genevieve moved...Read More