By the time you read this post, I will have had a post-L.A./Disneyland sensory deprivation tank float (For real! More on that later.) and I’ll be on my way to the Olympic Peninsula to celebrate Nathaniel’s FOURTH (!!!) birthday with a camping trip....
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Lola Donoghue is an Ireland-based artist who creates beautiful, colorful abstract paintings as well as illustrations with a fashion vibe. I first learned about her work on Design Milk who has paired up with Austin, Texas art gallery Sebastian Foster to release a...
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Commune Design is one of my favorite design firms to follow. They’ve partnered up with Ace Hotel to design several of their locations, including one of my favorites, The Ace Hotel & Swim Club in Palm Springs. Recently, thanks to Commune’s Tumblr blog,...
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I literally just finished watching this TED Talk by artist Alexa Meade and wanted to share it immediately. Alexa paints ON PEOPLE. She did a series of paintings where her collaborator posed painted in a pool of milk. The way she came up with her ideas and how she...
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Last month I had the great pleasure of catching up with my friend Tif Fussell and writing a story about her inspiring home and “atelier-of-sorts” for Seattle Refined. You might know Tif as her crafty alter ego, Dottie Angel. It’s hard to describe...
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I’m pretty sure that I first learned about Swedish interior stylist Tina Hellberg from this lovely post on The Artful Desperado about the Swedish Elle Decoration online image archive. I fell in love with her stellar styling work instantly, along with some of the...
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I’m super inspired by color and I love color blocking. It’s even more of a bonus when it comes in the form of modern architecture. These buildings were created by Mexican architect Luis Barragán. Most, if not all, of these shots are from the late...
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Between Mood Board Monday and my latest column Art + Object, you can probably guess that one of my favorite things to do is putting together complementary images to craft visual stories (aka, art direction.) So let’s just get right to it! I first saw Sergei...
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One of the fun things about having a preschooler is being able to snuggle with him on the couch and travel to creative worlds like Tumble Leaf, a brand new Amazon original series created by Drew Hodges and produced by Bix Pix Entertainment. In each episode the main...
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All three members of our household are huge fans of artist, author, and illustrator Oliver Jeffers. Our shelves are lined with his beautifully illustrated, amazingly creative children’s books. I love the color palettes he works with, his simple yet...
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