File this obsession under Company I Would Love To Work With. Pacific Tote Company, I love your vibe. I love that you use the term “mood board” to take us to your inspiring Tumblr site which guides us through your inspiration process. I love how you share...
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Two years ago I worked with the very smart sisters of Braid Creative, Kathleen Shannon and Tara Street. In their Personal Branding ecourse (which runs for the LAST time on Thursday! Sign up here!) there’s an exercise where you invite different aspects of your...
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A couple of weeks ago I covered the opening of the MiiR Flagship store for Seattle Refined. I loved learning about MiiR and all of the amazing things that they do. And it doesn’t hurt that the product design and store interiors are freaking awesome. Meeting...
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At this point, Sam Taylor-Johnson may be most famous for directing the film Fifty Shades of Grey, but I didn’t realize that until I was following up on this note that I made about her photography (mentioned by Sofia Coppola in Porter Magazine). I love the light...
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Let’s hang out online while we learn more about building and maintaining a creative business! Last month I was invited to join the Maker Mentors conference as a featured mentor for creative business owners. The conference is happening on Thursday May 14th...
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Yesterday on Instagram, which is where I do almost all of my chatting these days, I wrote a note about how I miss sharing inspiration in this space. So I started up again and I’m going to keep on moving with it. Today’s inspiration is something I saw last...
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This morning I woke up before anyone else, except the cat. I sat in stillness with a mug of steaming coffee in one hand and the entire unread Autumn/Winter 2015 issue of Holiday Magazine spread out before me. Awesomeness ensued. I discovered the collages of...
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Want to learn how to create a mood board? Today’s your lucky day! Creative Director and mood board maker extraordinaire Nancy Herrmann just launched her brand new Skillshare class, Kickstart Your Creativity: Introduction to Mood Boards. If you have any interest...
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Cherry Bombe is a biannual magazine celebrating women and food that was founded by fashion magazine veterans Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu. Book Larder in Seattle recently hosted these cool ladies and I got to interview them for Seattle Refined. Being a die hard...
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Recently I got caught up on one of my favorite blogs, Mary Jo Hoffman’s STILL. I love the “simple” creativity of each post. She gathers items from nature and styles and photographs them on a white background. She only shares one image per post along...
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