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6 Contemporary Artists To Swoon Over!
(Tim Walker) Art is the pulse of my life. If you need a shift in perspective, art is your window into new universes. If you want an adventure, a great piece of art is transporting! There is so much contemporary art talent in the world, and I rely on my sources to...
Animal Portraits By Nina Huang!
(Nina Huang's Papi) You don't need to know me long to understand that there is a fur component to my family! So, obviously, when I discovered Nina Huang's animal paintings, my eyes opened wider! Nina is a Harvard-educated scholar, and inspired in part by the...
Proust On Gratitude!
Yes indeed!!! xoxo Dana
Lovely Letterpress Calling Cards!
(Wild Little Goose on Etsy) Letterpress: there is no more material, tactile, delightful reminder to actually stay in touch with someone! I so enjoy the smooth and substantial weight of a letter-pressed card, the embossed design, the flash I get in my mind...
Lava Lamp Love!
(image & Lava Lite lamp via Amazon) I was reminded by a very incredible and luminous friend today of an old classic standby to add fire, motion and rhythm to a space: the lava lamp!!! While these are not a design move for everyone, today's newly upgraded lava...
Relationships Are A Mirror!
Your relationships as a mirror of who you are. I think its a beautiful concept - the notion that everyone around me is a reflection of me & me of them. If this is true, I'm really blessed right now, based on how incredible the people are around me. Of course,...
Bar Carts : The Movable Party!
(via) It all started at a client/friend's house this weekend. Something with Motion + Function was missing. Light a flash of lightning, I was googling bar carts with abandon! If you want a simple, convertible piece of decor that can travel from room to room while...
Just Be You!
Gordon & ee cummings really have a point! "Formulas. Proven strategies. The sure-fire path." If you are an artist or a creative being- and really, we all are!- these words might just turn your world to grey. There's nothing wrong with seeing what has helped...
Double Green Sweet Tea Tonic!
I love green tea. I actually can not get through a typical morning without it (without a headache and an interesting lack of enthusiasm!), but the problem is once I have my tea I'm not hungry for an hour or two...and then I get super-hungry. Its not fun to be sort of...