An old post from last summer over at bigBANG studio. Love this stock tank in the rocks, the outdoor fireplace, the dune buggy, the pup... transport us. See photos here.
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Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Inspiration: A Desert Swim
An old post from last summer over at bigBANG studio. Love this stock tank in the rocks, the outdoor fireplace, the dune buggy, the pup... transport us. See photos here.
Inspiration Wanted: New Mood Board Project
This week I posted about my new mood board project where each month I hope to post a new mood board, and would love for you to join in. Yesterday Vosges Paris uploaded to our pool these black and white photo's of mostly family she has up on her wall (along with some text pieces) and I love how she's pasted them all up using blue japanese masking tape. See more of them here including close-ups.
The mood boards can be digital or real - just take a picture and upload it to our mood board pool on flickr. Check out my Pinterest mood board pins for inspiration. And just like our seasonal colour weeks, I will post them on the blog. Click here to join the pool, it'll be fun! I'd love for more of you to join in - it's so fun to see what you're being inspired by.
Inspiration: A Zest of Lemon
Summer is such a great time to display fruit around and lemons are such a cheery colour to accent a kitchen or outdoor patio. I'm really loving everything about lemons right now, especially displayed with their leaves. I came across these amazing lemony images from the July/August issue of Marie Claire Idées over the weekend and could not help but share. Conception by Veronique Villaret, photos by Frederic Vasseur.
My post at Family Style today: 20 Cool Decorating Tricks for the Home!
New: My August Mood Board + Mood Board Pool
I hope you'll join me! I've created a Mood Board Pool over on flickr, so everyone can upload their mood boards there and where we can all be inspired each month with what is inspiring us. And just like our colour weeks, I'll feature some of them each month. I hope you'll join, it'll be fun!!!
Inspiration: Maya Hayuk #SummerColoursWeek
Maya Hayuk (FRIENDSHIP BRACELET: THE BALLAD OF NEVER FORGET) via Show and Tell Gallery via Fossil Blog.
Inspiration: Nuria Mora
Nuria Mora has been an inspiration of mine for quite sometime (see this post), and so when I heard about her new installation where she painted on a rooftop by the East River in New York City, I had to go take a look. See the result (just below) and the process here.
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| NEKO (photos) |
Then I came across this video and thought you'd like to see more of her work too. I love her use of colours and the graphics. I'd love to somehow translate some of this block coloured graphics on a wall in a house.
More from Nuria Mora:
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Also you can watch her latest takeover downtown Madrid, at Preciados street by clicking here.
Inspiration: A Few Clippings
It's a long weekend here and as we wind down, a bit of inspiration from some magazine clippings I've collected this week before we go. I love the flowers displayed in the above photo - especially seeing the hyacinths freshly cut and out of a pot, and don't the rannuculas look perfect in that mason jar? (Photo credit: Virginia MacDonald for Style at Home - Jun/11).
If weather permits I'd really like to hit up our local beach and see what treasures have drifted in over the winter. I quite like this home that was featured in June's Style at Home designed by the Kelly Deck here in Vancouver. It's got that perfect beachy mix, with lots of white which really helps brighten up a space in the sometimes dark and cloudy rainforest we live in. (Photo credit: Barry Calhou for Style at Home - Jun/11).
I sort of like the writing on the walls and ceiling too in this photo. Although I'm not a chandelier/romantic-style person, I may grab inspiration from it.
Anyway, off for a bit of a break over the weekend and to work on our newest market which will launch Monday! Have a great weekend. See you then.
Inspiration: How Does Your Garden Grow?
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| That's so Potted Contest via Fresh Dirt - Sunset.com |
I'm in such a gardening mood lately are you? The weather is finally warming up and I think many have already started their gardens. I'm a bit behind and am excited to visit our local nursery which I'm hoping to do later this week. Until then, I grab inspiration. What are you planting this year?
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| Cloth handbags planters from Paris-based az&mut (photo credit: morgane le gall) |
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| Planted Vintage Tackle Box |
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| Sunset Magazine - Photo by Bret Gum |
Earth Day Inspiration: Cross-Writing
Used mostly in the 19th century, Cross-writing is a technique for saving paper. After a page of writing or after both sides of a page were filled in, the writer would then turn the page 90 degrees and continued writing, adding a second layer of text, perpendicular to the first. Apparantly it is surprisingly quite easy to read, as a reader's mind naturally tunes out the irrelevant lines. Via BMD Love Blog (Bruce Mau Design).
Inspiration: Michael Wolff
Designer and creative advisor, Michael Wolff's philosophy on design and branding. (Via Josh Lafayette). Love.
Inspiration: Live What You...
The By & By from Dana Tanamachi on Vimeo. Found Dana Tanamachi today via Urban Outfitters.
Inspiration: Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Is this not the most perfect inspirational poster ever? By libre_versalita (on flickr) - she doesn't have it up for sale, but it looks like if you contact her (via flickr) or leave your email there, she might. Found via Meet Me at Mikes via Pinterest.
Inspiration: Video Interview with Amy Rice
This is a little gem. An inspiring video interview with one of my favourite artists, Amy Rice.
Amy sent this little email gift to me today and I just had to share. There are several aspects that she (and now, I) thought you would really appreciate; a description and demonstration of a Gocco printer, terrariums, hand-cut stencils, antique paper collecting as well as awesome interior shots of her working studio in the California Building , a former grain mill turned studio building for working artists in NE Minneapolis.
Amy was featured in the latest episode of Minnesota Original: a new weekly series produced by Twin Cities Public Television.
Inspiration: Cincinnati Museums
If you need a little diversion or inspiration today, check out Faythe Levine's trip to Cincinnati where she took in some of the museums there after participating at Hovercraft. Loving the Charlie Harper mural (above). Click here to read her article at the Journal Sentinel.
Inspiration: Mad about Plaid
This past week I spotted a treasury called Tartans by heron which instantly jumped out at me and made me very very happy. So I just couldn't let it disappear into that big void of treasury heaven. So here it is to inspire, along with a few checkered friends.
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