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For the Love of a Summer Dress and a Happy Horse
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: * Terramia *Together?... well, why not?
I love these stunning designs from the spring/summer collection of Vancouver clothing company DACE
(from top: Lucky, Rocket, Maisie... names of the clothing pieces not horses!)
More kitchen progress
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: desire to inspireIf you'd like to be brought up to date, check out my kitchen remodel blog for an archive of previous posts. I posted recently about the arrival of the cabinets, and now for the arrival of the appliances and some other odds and ends that have been completed.
Since my last post things have been moving along in my kitchen. The end is near and I could not be happier with the way the space has turned out, and I am dying to cook my first meal in probably 6 weeks. This post is going to be a bit random, of different projects that have progressed, and next time I'll show you details of the lighting.
Let me start with the arrival of the appliances. I was so stoked to see them in the kitchen. To finally have a fridge that has a freezer in it...to be able to have ice in my drinks without having to go down to the chest freezer in the basement and bash a bag of ice on the ground. It was a scary sight to see them being moved into the house though, let me tell you. The movers removed all the packaging and then carried them into the house, through my narrow front door in the pouring rain up my rickety steps. I held my breath. The stove, I was told, weighs about 500 lbs. Amazingly, it survived the trip into the house. It was left in the middle of the floor while it awaited the gas guy's visit for the hook up.
The uppers were installed, in about 15 minutes, while I was upstairs locked in my bedroom with the cats. LOVE EM.
Here is a photo of the kitchen with the uppers in place and, well, at least the fridge in place.
To see more of the progress, click HERE.
perla anne
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Design*Sponge
beautiful new linocuts from stacey at perla anne. click here to check them out and shop online….
Holiday Decorating: Using What You’ve Got
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: The Inspired Room
I thought this was such a clever wreath alternative (found at Country Living)! And easy? You can beat it! Do you guys laugh behind my back at all the simple ideas I find? So many of you are brilliantly creative, I stand in awe of your genius. Me? I would be pleased with myself for stuffing greenery in my shopping tote and hanging it from a nail. My kind of craftiness!
You can find more re-purposing ideas for holiday decorating over at HomeGoods for my last featured blogging post! Come bid me farewell and maybe get inspired for your holiday decorating this weekend!
- Need a last minute centerpiece? Find inspiration at Blissfully Domestic!
- DaySpring has launched a new personalized holiday card website and is offering The Inspired Room readers 50% off through December 1 with a minimum 50 card order! Code is STAFF50 Check it out!
- You can still get 25% off your order at DaySpring.com...MWDS25 is the coupon code!
Gordon Hopkins
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Another Shade of Grey
What I love about Gordon's work is its simplicity and largeness. After watching him in action, I'm an even bigger fan. Be sure and watch the video below of Gordon at work with his oil bars. It's awesome. I wish I could watch more.
See How They Wrap III
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: style court
Photographer Gemma Ingalls often shops for unexpected gift wrap and embellishments, such as faux birds, at Pearl River and at fabric or trimming stores. With ribbon, she likes to combine colors and textures (wide with thin, matte with sparkly). And she is a big fan of seam binding.
She says, "It it super lightweight, affordable, and comes in tons of colors. I like to layer different complimetary colors -- it's a bit transparent." At Sew-Biz, seam binding costs roughly $3 for 75 yards. Gemma also enjoys using a single chandelier crystal to "fancy up a gift or a Christmas tree!" The replacement piece below is $1.50 at chandelierparts.com.
Last year she made her own wrapping paper from a photograph of trees on a snowy hillside in Colorado. Non-copyrighted images can usually be blown-up onto wide sheets of paper at your neighborhood Kinko's (now called FedEx Office). Gemma requested black-and-white for graphic punch.
Muslin is another alternative to traditional paper that Gemma sometimes uses. She gathers the material at the top of the box for volume. At JoAnn fabric stores muslin costs about $1.50 per yard.Architect Visit: Garage Door Roundup
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: RemodelistaFrom Sarah:
Retractable garage doors are great solutions for dissolving the boundaries between indoor and outdoor space.
Below: This house in West Marin by Fernau and Hartman Architects features a spectacular indoor/outdoor lounge area; note the daybeds on wheels.
Below: A dramatic open-to-the-elements kitchen in Manhattan from Sixx Design.
Below: We love this kitchen in a house in Venice, California; photography by Verne.
Below: Washington, DC, architect Jeffrey Broadhurst’s Shack at Hinkle Farm features a garage door opening.
Below: Seattle firm Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects created the now-iconic Chicken Point Cabin (cousin of the Brain), featuring an Industrial Revolution–evoking crank window.
Below: A house in Amagansett by Sag Harbor–based Bates Masi features an open-to-the-outside room.
Two for joy, immense joy...
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Rang-Decor {Interior Ideas predominantly Indian}Today I am sharing with you not one but two great spaces which have got imprinted on my mind ever since I saw them a couple of days ago.
The first on, is designer Jivi Sethi's ultra-stylish residence in Assagao in Goa.
Jivi Sethi's home which is featured in Vogue Magazine, this month is an eclectic blend of antique objets d'art with contemporary furniture. 
He has styled his home with loads of glass, mirrors & chandeliers. I love the way he had brought in the old goan charm by using antique chandeliers, old wine bottles & loads of floral arrangements:-)
Look at the fusion of antique goan wooden cupboard with contemporary glass & lacquer coffee table designed by him:-)
Flowers everywhere...*sigh* Love the way he floats the 'Parijat' flowers with the orange stalk upwards adding colour & texture to the arrangement
Another thing striking is the use of vibrant colours, his home is filled with art from his friends blending in with his own pieces of heirloom from his family home in Amritsar & Delhi.
There is something fun, colourful, vibrant & eclectic in this space which reflects the personality of this very creative & stylish designer. 
Join me in gliding along the backwaters in a 'Kettuvallam' or the traditional Houseboat. Earlier these boats with coir and bamboo roofs were used as cargo boats but nowadays they are used as 2-3 room houseboats cruising along the Malabar coast. 
A passage along the side of the boat. The boat is lit by oil lamps in the night. You can see a traditional brass lock on the door.
A small deck at the tail of the boat from where one can watch the magical sunsets in the backwaters.
The arches of the boat have been constructed with palm-leaf matting, woven into a bamboo frame and tied together with coir ropes (very eco-friendly, I must add)
Imagine sleeping under this romantic canopy and waking up to the gentle sound of the oars splashing the water.....now that's a thought!On that note, I take your leave for a couple of weeks. I am taking a 'Winter Break' and will be doing some travelling and practicing loads of photography:-)
Meanwhile do check out Neece Clark's Shop Online. She has some amazing paintings up for sale for the holidays.
Will also be keeping my eyes open for fellow blogger An Indian Summer's Bazaar which is opening in January 2008.So do visit her too where she will be bringing to you '...an eclectic mix of select Asian and Indian crafts and products of exquisite design and high quality.'
Blogging Pink for a Worthy Cause
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: The Peak of Chic
In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month, many design bloggers have decided to post Pink today. So, in support of a very worthy cause and in the spirit of camaraderie, I decided to mine my trove of vintage magazines for pink images. We've all heard that pink is a universally flattering color, and if it works on your face then why not on your walls, beds, and furniture too? And pink is not just for women either. Men seem to love it too.
Image at top courtesy of Conde Nast Store
regional roundup: austin - part 2
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Design*Sponge
you’ve got to love a city whose motto is “keep austin weird.” full of flavor (i’m talking amazing tex mex), color and character, austin is a city that seriously has it all. it also has one of the best vintage/design scenes full of incredible shops like uncommon objects and room service vintage - and these places keep popping up all over the roundup for austin inspiration (check out the d*s austin guide here for more great shopping). so without further ado, today’s talented roundup: joel mozersky (the designer behind the real world: austin house!), d’ette cole {etta industry}, melissa gable {one creative girl}, jennifer braham {brink design} and jaime jo fisher {jewelry}. in case you missed it don’t forget to check out the regional roundup: austin- part 1, and stay tuned next week for our third and final installment! [thanks, designers!] -anne
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1. Where are you from? Where do you live now?
I grew up in San Antonio, Texas, but Austin has been my home for 22 years.
2. Describe your work.
I design residential and commercial spaces, such as restaurants, bars, retail stores, and hair salons. I also designed tour busses for the Dixie Chicks and the house for “The Real World-Austin.” I would describe my work as modern interpretations of classic design influences and eras. I’m much more interested with the history of decoration, and the relevance it has today, than what is happening “right now.” I think overtly contemporary design tends to look dated quickly and takes itself too seriously. I like my spaces to have a wink- a sense of humor and, most importantly, a soul.
3. How is your work influenced by where you live?
Austin has become very cosmopolitan in the past 10 years, but what is great about it’s growth is pretension is frowned upon. Austinites see right through it. It is an exciting place to be creatively- how can you move design forward, but maintain a foothold on what makes our city unique?
4. Where do you go in Austin when you want to feel inspired?
Uncommon Objects, Mercury Design Studio, Uptown Modern, and Room Service Vintage- I always find something I love at these stores, and they inspire my work tremendously.
5. How would you describe the Austin design scene?
We have an incredible creative community- architects, interior designers, artists, and craftsmen- who are a pretty tightly knit group. We also have clients who understand what makes a city great and unique is its culture of small businesses, and who support local talent.
6. If you could go anywhere where would you go?
There are so many places I haven’t been, but I would love to go to Thailand.
Click here for more of Joel’s work.
1. Where are you from? Where do you live now?
[From] Houston, Texas. [Now]Â Austin ~ deep in the heart of Texas.
2.  Describe your work.
Working as an art director/designer/artist in a variety of mediums and arenas, my work combines a never ending love of color, a strong design sense, an eclectic aesthetic with a driving spirit of curiosity and wonder.
3. How is your work influenced by where you live?
I think Texas is a really interesting combination of bold frontier independence, rich
cultural influences of Mexico and a vast landscape. This region of Texas seems a
creative wellspring because Austin is an overgrown college town that embraces/
encourages diversity and individuality.
4. Where do you go in Austin when you want to feel inspired?
Outside, it’s lovely here, sometimes kinda hot, but a lovely heat.
5. How would you describe the Austin design scene?
I think it’s in its ‘tween’ stage, it’s just starting to stretch and grow and come into it’s own identity.
6. If you could go anywhere where would you go?
Excluding time travel, if we’re talking places that I’ve never experienced, I’d like to see, eat and smell Cinque Terre. If we’re talking favorite places, hands down that’d be Uzes, France.
Click here for more of D’Ette’s work.
1. Where are you from? Where do you live now?
I grew up in a big, old house in Columbus, New Jersey - surrounded by trees and fields and dairy farms, a mile from the “world famous” Columbus Farmer’s Market (and flea market). After graduating from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, I moved to Austin looking to be “wowed” by a new city (and I was).
2. Describe your work
A colorful, quirky, mish-mash of vintage images, found objects and stuff I like, dissected and arranged One Creative Girl style.
3. How is your work influenced by where you live?
Austin is a very colorful and off-beat place with lots of art and design and plenty of places to hike and swim and stay grounded - it’s a pretty great place to live and play, dream and create.
4. Where do you go in Austin when you want to feel inspired?
I love to roam my favorite shop -Â Uncommon Objects - it is cram packed with vintage goodness and always gives my brain a good jump start. In addition to that, a long creekside hike to connect with my froggy friends also works.
5. How would you describe the Austin design scene?
Encouraging and supportive - i have lots of friends who find Austin to be a great place for a creative lifestyle. There are yearly studio tours in several different neighborhoods and it always amazes me when i see just how many artists are here creating fabulous stuff!
6. If you could go anywhere where would you go?
I would love to live and create in Mexico. It is such a colorful and dynamic culture, I think it would be a perfect environment for me. Whenever I visit, it is so hard to leave. I have been searching for a way to live between Austin and Mexico for a while now and am sure it won’t be long before I find it!
Click for Melissa’s website, blog and etsy shop.
1. Where are you from? Where do you live now?
Until age 13: Pennsylvania. Ages 13-18 Los Angeles. Age 21: Santa Fe. Ages 13-30: The Bay Area: Santa Clara, San Francisco, Berkeley. I live in Austin now. South Austin.
2. Describe your work.
A product of intuition and channeling my clients. Assemblage of everything I absorb. Reflections of when, where, why…either the solution, posing the question, regardless, always a combination of as many emotions evocable. Japanese : retro : contemporary : interactive 2d : hand made pixels…lush, love : life : contemporary : familiar : redefined : color that shifts energy. As much as possible by hand and then the fascinating life the artwork takes on as it’s digitized and moves throughout it’s many applications.
I stay open to the discoveries in “mistakes”.
I still measure equidistant areas from left to right and top to bottom when treating typography…respecting my traditional design education, but hand made patterns may have a loop or twirly thing out of whack. Don’t stop the press! Instead, magnify and celebrate. Keeping craft alive. Attention to detail and allowing the process to allow the product to develop. Pushing and pulling these poles while staying committed to the task. Inspirational design that serves it’s function, has a strong foundation and expansive possibilities.
3. How is your work influenced by where you live? 4. Where do you go in Austin when you want to feel inspired? 5. How would you describe the Austin design scene?
Austin is a city in flux…more so than most. Just when I’ve seen the major transformations in the town in just a year and the resulting dichotomies are tense: Fluidity and resistance; sloooow and fast paced; limited with a whole world of possibilities…hence a culture that attracts and continually stimulates artists of many a genre. Here’s a way in which allowing the ever evolving process to flow while keeping a standard and integrity. The work comes from the constant combination of this tension. It’s exciting, sometimes painful, but always rewarding in an amazing end design, lesson and developed relationship with all the players involved (me, the client, printers, writer, programmers, sign vendors…all the people it takes to get the job done well).
In Austin, we’ve had a poor rap about our art/design scene and I feel that’s quickly changing. I push push push to help set a higher standard. Many push to keep the original Texan/Mexican spirit alive. That combined with an influx of people from everywhere is dynamic and keeps me designing around the clock. I lived in San Francisco and LA…I love both places, but I feel as though the gold (for me) has been found. Here, there are new discoveries abound!
A city undefined, although I hear many trying. The subjectivity of it all spurs interesting conversation and certainly influences my work as I push push push myself to levels beyond what I thought possible. I think I do the same to my clients. Much to some of their dismay…it’s never easy giving birth!
Physically, my word is influenced by found materials and I do my best sketching at my favorite restaurant. Now I prefer to go alone…hmm, I can’t believe I just admitted that. To feel inspired, I go to beautiful stores (preferably second-hand), my full flat files, my growing library and I hang out with my brilliant artist friends.
6. If you could go anywhere where would you go?
If I could anywhere: 1. I’d go back to my mom’s garden. A penny for every beetle I picked off the green beans. I’d make $3 a day sometimes! 2. In a hammock during the fall at dusk. My lifestyle doesn’t allow much sleep. 3. Camping with my significant other with nothing but a t-shirt, jeans, my toothbrush, water and my dogs.
Click here for more of Jennifer’s work.
Jaime Jo Fisher
1. Where are you from? Where do you live now?
I grew up in a small town in southern Illinois just east of St. Louis. I currently live with my husband, Chris Campbell and our dog and cat, Brinkley and Tula in Austin, Texas. I work full time in my home studio making jewelry that I sell thru my website, galleries and a few juried art festivals.
2. Describe your work.
I make jewelry and sculptural boxes with sterling silver, mineral stones and a wide array of found, vintage or repurposed materials. These commonly overlooked and typically discarded materials can be a piece of broken windshield glass, a fragment of plastic from a doll shoe, a found pebble or shell, or even a tiny stuffed pillow sewn from the plastic of a thrifted rain poncho. Many people who see my work for the first time assume the stones are all resin, enamel or beach glass and seem pleasantly surprised when I tell them it’s plastic from a bundle of rubber grapes or the sculptural box they see actually houses and displays a wearable ring.
3. How is your work influenced by where you live?
I have been living in Austin for over 2.5 years. Living in this progressive city directly influences my work. Austin is about nostalgia, the DIY approach and green living including recycling and conservation. This is evident in the design, fashion and craft of local artists. This idea is very much in keeping with my work as well.
4. Where do you go in Austin when you want to feel inspired?
Austin has a plethora of great thrift stores, from the high-end vintage stores to the more hardcore, not for the faint of heart, to scavenge about digging for potential new goods to incorporate in my work. I am always looking on the ground, in thrift stores & flea markets as well as online. I enjoy finding things that will seem slightly bizarre when used in my jewelry, some of the more unexpected being bristles from a toothbrush and dryer lint from my lint trap. There is also a really great bead store in Austin, called Bead It, where I get some amazing vintage plastic and glass pieces that appear in my work as well.
5. How would you describe the Austin design scene?
I am part of an organization made up of an amazing group of women that live and work in Austin called Handmade Austin Women. The weekend show is a fun filled family event that offers some exquisitely designed and handmade items including paintings, pottery, jewelry, handmade clothing, hats & bags as well as some 2d & 3d collage work.  Another event on the art scene is the East Austin Studio Tour. My husband, who is a potter, and I turn our garage into a temporary gallery space for a weekend during the tour to show our work along with over 200 other studios that reside in East Austin.
When feeling uninspired or less than motivated, you may find me at any number of art galleries in Austin, at a friends studio to chat up their current work, at Book People or Domy flipping thru their amazing book collections, taking a Bikram Yoga class at Yogagroove, window shopping at a local vintage shop or digging around at a local thrift store.
6. If you could go anywhere where would you go?
If I could go anywhere my heart desired I would plan a road trip with my husband, with a tiny “fixer upper” trailer in tow, and discovery the sites one city at a time.
Click here for more of Jaime’s work.
Opt For Outside Living
11/26/2008, 15:26 | Original Site: ::Surroundings::
Contributed byLori Dolnick.Check out VixenHill.com where you can design your own eat-in porch, right online. The online porch builder is a brand new feature of their website that also lets you build shutters and gazebos online. These are fine wood products that are crafted in Pennsylvania. The design is modular so you can build it yourself ? complete with architectural features, screens and glass inserts. I?ve had the pleasure of touring their factory and the cedar smell is intoxicating. It makes you want to sit back in an Adirondack chair, read a book and forget the world. Better yet, put up an antique table with a country cloth and make a three-season dining space that will have your friends and family bringing you bottles of wine just to enjoy it.
Porch Systems offer added space for entertaining by VixenHill.comDon?t have a porch or deck you can screen in? Vixen Hill?s pergolas are made from quality Western Red Cedar - perfect for climbing plants and a durable focal point that will age gracefully without staining or painting. Create a little Mediterranean get-away that shades you from the sun and sets the stage for memorable dinners and get-togethers. Vixen Hill offers classic teak furniture or you can visit Brown Jordon for some amazing outdoor furnishings that look like they belong indoors. According to the National Association of Realtors, deck (porch) improvements are renovations that pay back about 80% of their value when you sell - an affordable DIY home improvement that adds living space and pays back over time.
Contributed by Lori Dolnick.Click here to read all of Lori's posts.
More Gift Ideas: Asian Flair Again
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: style court
It's a drag to wait in long lines with an antsy toddler at the post office, so I know many of you like to mail your holiday packages on the earlier end. Plus, when the tedious stuff is crossed off the list, upcoming happenings like Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles Christmas House or The High's day after Thanksgiving family event, Go All Night... to China!, are more enjoyable. That's why I'm proceeding on with the gift wrap ideas. Hope it inspires you to savor the process of giving rather than rush through it.
I wanted to experiment with Asian-inspired or chinoiserie wrap, so I picked up some blossoming branch paper here along with a few sheets of amazing solid paper that looks like lush Chinese silk. Unfortunately, the picture below does not do it justice.
Although I was wrapping two of those diminutive Rebecca Vizard stockings that I'm always talking about, it would be fun to present an Asian-related art or design book in a similar way.
In the August Vogue, Roberta McCain mentioned a favorite book, The Odyssey of China's Imperial Art Treasures. It's a great title for anyone with a serious interest in the subject. If you're looking for lighter fare, I still think Vivienne Tam's China Chic
is one of the best. Each of these books cost less than $26.
Tickets to The First Emperor would be nice too.
Of course, some lucky woman out there may be receiving Chinese turquoise beads this year, like Mrs. Blandings'.Please stay tuned for a dispatch from Christmas House.
I sent a special correspondent to cover it, and I can't wait to see Mallory Mathison's room as well as work from all the other top designers.
On a related note, this natural feather wreath from Jayson Home feels more Indian. Very striking. Here's a peacock-inspired post from the past.
Again, for paper that resembles an Indian textile, visit Paper Mojo.Four Weeks Until Christmas! Holiday Linky Inspiration!
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: The Inspired Room
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family!
Due to a mashed potato overload and an internet crisis at the beach, I was unable to get all my holiday finds up for this week. But, next week I’ll share some links. For anyone who has holiday posts from this week that they would like to share, here is that amazing Mr. Linky! Still a lot of great posts (68!) up from last week so feel free to roam around and catch up on the best of the best holiday posts from around blogland!
Big hugs to all!
Don’t forget about Moms Unite! See the side bar for details!
photo: Martha Stewart
Mr. Linky Instructions:
1) Select a specific holiday post from your blog and add the link! Please do not link to your blog home page or people will not be able to find your post in a week or two! And please only link to holiday related posts.
2) It is a nice courtesy to add a link back to The Inspired Room so that other people can be included in our fun too.
The Roots
06/12/2008, 01:47 | Original Site: designer's libraryI went with some of my friends from high school to see The Roots and Erykah Badu on Monday--which was really good. The Roots set was super short (like half an hour) and Erykah's set was super long (like 2-1/2 hours, I think?)! I love that along with her extra large hair which obscured her face, Erykah wore this funky red, grid-patterned pantsuit (which looked like something straight out of Andre 3000's closet), Urkel-style black-rimmed glasses, and mule tennis shoes (at least it looked like that from where I was sitting). I wouldn't doubt she probably had suspenders on underneath, too. Everything about it from the performance and music to her outfit seemed both feminine and masculine, uncompromised, vision-driven, and just plain nutty. Loved it.
Anyway, seeing The Roots again also reminded of a poster I made ten years ago. It was my final project in the one and only graphic design class I've ever taken. I took this class right after college when I realized that I was interested in more artistic pursuits. I remember choosing to hand-make this poster on manila paper instead of using a computer to design it.
It's always interesting to look back on your early work to see how far you've come and at the same time, to see what hasn't changed about you.
The Modern House with a Soul II
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: Hatch: The Design Public® BloRemember when I told you about this house that I fell in love with on the Modern Atlanta House Tour? Apparently Metropolitan Home found the house as well*. Their photographer Mali Azima provided pictures of it that are far superior to the ones I took on my iPhone! While they have some great shots of the branch chandelier and the folk art collection, they did not show the mask wall! I am not finding this spread on PointClickHome as of yet, so to check it out, you’ll have to buy the December issue and turn to page 134. UPDATE! It’s up, just click here to check it out over at pointclickhome. There was another interesting article written about the home you can check out for free in Creative Loafing.
To see more work by the home’s owner/architects Cara Cummins and Jose Tavel, check out their firm’s website at TaCStudios.com. Also, many of the self-taught artists whose work you see in the home are represented at one of my very favorite spots in Georgia, Around Back at Rocky’s Place.
*I’m trying to remember if Met Home was a sponsor of the tour; I am 99% sure that they were, but the Modern Atlanta website is down at the moment so I cannot confirm. UPDATE: Yes, Met Home was a sponsor, and the MA website is back up! Personally, I prefer a house tour such as this one to one “Idea House.” I think it provides a magazine with so much more to share with their readers. I’m sure an idea house probably helps the magazine strike deals with advertisers, and in the already overcrowded shelter mag category this is likely crucial to help them stay alive (O At Home is the latest one to bite the dust), but the feeling of one big advertising spread is apparent in a lot of Idea Home pages.
Taverne...
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J. Crew
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GIVEAWAY from Chronicle Books...
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: MadeByGirlInstead of keeping these goodies, I've decided to GIVE THEM AWAY. If you want to participate , please leave your comment in this post. I'll choose (1) winner to win all (3) of these! Â (I will only choose winner that has a valid email on their profile).Â
The cards' bright imagery & sweet messages make them perfect for informal greetings. BINTH is a design studio based out of Chicago, IL. It is known across their world for their smart & modern screen printed cards, baby books & gift products!
*SUSIE GHAHREMANI Little notes: Musical Notes (18 Cards & Envelopes. 3 designs repeating 6 times).
Susan Ghahremani is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She lives & works in San Diego. She sells her paintings & craft objects at boutiques across the country and on her website.
*STUFF ON MY CAT: Presents 'WET CATS' (20 Assorted Notecards & flowered Envelopes 5 images, 4 of each). Whats funnier than cats with stuff on them? Wet Cats from Stuffonmycat.com. Some of the first images posted were of adorable, laugh-out-loud cats that were for some reason or another were soaked to the bone.
Good luck!
Binth
Chronicle books
Boy Girl Party
Domino Magazine
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Etsy Find of the Day: YooLa Wire Pendant Lights
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: More Ways to Waste Tim
I blogged Israeli industrial designer Yael Falk's (aka Etsy seller YooLa) delicate crocheted wire creations not too long ago, but I'm nuts about her new pendant lights (like the Pomegranate Lampshade, above, $90).
I love the webbed shadows the lights cast -- crazy cool.
Scheherazade Lampshade, $180Each shade comes with a brass halogen light socket and a 78-inch electrical cord. Click here to see all of YooLa's Etsy offerings.
67. hi ho, hi ho, it's house hunting we go
00/00/0000, 00:00 | Original Site: let your creativity .... FLOW
image from house and garden
i've always wanted my own place, but now that we're actually looking to purchase, i never dreamed that the whole process could be so hard. it's so different designing for others and designing for yourself, especially when my husbands idea of good design is an old lazy boy and a 72" flat screen! needless to say, our ideas clash - however he's been one of my biggest fans and has given me full reign over the design process of our future home. the hardest part for me is picking a style of home i like, because i just love so many different styles ... i love the metropolitan feel to lofts, the openness and raw architectural details, but i also have a passion for modern country that brings a sense of warmth and serenity to a space. vintage furnishings, lots of textiles and layers on layers of umph oh, what about small space condos for simple living, or ... the list goes on. i can't seem to decide. i'm hoping when i see THE space i will know it and love it.
condos, single detached homes, lofts, town homes .... there's just so much out there.
See by Chloe
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