Art Appreciation

I've fallen in love with this piece, Moth #1, by Nicholas Mendise. See more of his work here.

Standard

As summer is here and we are all likely to pass by quite a few garage sales each week, I encourage you to do as I will be doing and keep an eye out for old dishes.

For me, the next six months is chalk full of parties. Not the kind where I just show up and have a good time, but the kind where I'm involved in a whole lot of planning. It started last weekend with our eldest daughter's high school graduation and winds up in November with the wedding of my youngest sister, with more in between.

At any party, I've found that replacing paper plates with my the eclectic mix of vintage dishes I've gathered for pennies from garage sales and second hand stores has multiple benefits. They make every guest feel important, they serve as a decoration of sorts, they start conversation because of their varied patterns and they are surprisingly simple to clean up. They've become my standard party ware!
Amelia Tarbet via Bustled

Dream

Brick, ivy, gravel, huge open windows, shutters; it's a dream!
Maison and Deco via Little Emma English Home

Look

I'm doing some wedding planning with my youngest sister at the moment. We've been searching for the perfect vintage or vintage inspired dress for her November wedding. This is one of my stand out favorites. Not only is it beautiful and simple, it also works for something old and something blue!
ReEnhabit

Plan

I think that when I'm finished shuffling the kids rooms around this summer, I'll look to this room as inspiration for my own. It's like an all inclusive retreat!
Canadian House and Home

Favorite

Mint, the color, is among my favorite things at the moment.
Homes and Gardens

Blur

Last night I showed my student fashion collection. What a fantastic feeling it was to see it come together to be just what I envisioned;  that it was well received makes it even better. Find more pictures here (I'll add more as they come in).

Luck

Love this piece (find it here)! Isn't it true in life, we have to work hard to make this all work out to our benefit. Right now, I'm working night and day on my student fashion collection to be shown this Friday. It's exhausting but so exciting thinking about it all coming together to tell a story. So, if you don't hear from this blog for a little bit, you'll know, I'm patterning or sewing or pressing or styling. I promise you'll see pictures when it's all finished. Wish me luck.

We'll be doing some shuffling of bedrooms around here over summer as our oldest gets ready to head off to college. What's the plan? Simple, classic, vintage.
Windsor Smith

Look

Love this look. It's perfect for this in between time. When it's nice out one day and then raining the next two.
Vanessa Jackman 

Plan

I can't wait to get out in the dirt and plant our summer garden. Soon...
Country Living

Good as New

Leather sofas can last forever. Well nearly. Inevitably, though the cushions get to be unbearable long before it's necessary to replace the whole thing. Which is just why recovering just the cushions in fabric is such a great idea!
Little Blue Deer

Art Appreciation

Love this combination of materials; a vintage doily displayed on a weathered wooden embroidery hoop. Ready to hang. Here.

Time

Lately, finding time to spare has been impossible. This school semester is especially time consuming and stressful. I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to a leisurely summer.
Marie Clare Maison

Travel Bug

Do you read Selvedge? It's a textiles magazine from the UK that is amazingly beautiful. This is a photo of their shop in London. Someday I'd love to step inside for a visit.
Kangan Arora

Really

I keep all of my books on a shelf in my closet (and in piles next to my bed) that shelf tends to get a bit messy. I decided to cleaned it up this week. Now the orderliness of it is making me crazy. It feels all wrong. Some things are just better left alone.
Domino

View

This was the view from my kitchen window this morning. . .

Color

Love. The only thing I'd be left to long for would be a view from a kitchen window.
Karin Lindstrom

Art Appreciation

Deborah Forman's work is so beautifully layered. This piece makes me think of looking through a window on a rainy day. See more of her work here.

Look

Loving the billowy shirt with skirt look. And that bag!
Smothies