flash back...

 

I spent the better part of the day on Tuesday looking for inspiration to get my point across.   Often times it is the picture that inspires me when I design but sometimes I search for the perfect photo to convey what I am trying to do.  This week it was difficult!!  I did however find A LOT of inspiration in an archived issue of Lonny Magazine from a while back.. These are just a few of my favorites- there  are definitely more in this issue.  I wish each and every magazine came with so much wonderful inspiration to it!

 

all images via Lonny

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Kari Herer and Anthology Magazine..

 

I love her photography and I was so excited to see that she had collaborated with Anthology Magazine to offer some holiday printables.   Check out their 2012 Holiday issue to learn more about Kari and to see the tags and cards that she made with them.  

 

images by Kari Herer for Anthology

 

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Pimlico Magazine {thank you}

  I wanted to say a big thank you to Pimlico magazine for including me along with the other wonderful bloggers in their Winter 2012 issue.  They asked me to share some of my holiday table setting ideas and I think that setting the table can be one of the best parts of entertaining so I was happy to put together some of my favorites!  I offered a little sneak peek a few weeks back and here is the final result. Hopefully my schedule will allow for some entertaining this holiday season that I can share with you here on the blog too.  This issue is full of great ideas from wrapping to what to wear, check it out here.  

 

Here are a few other shots from that day.  It is always fun to have a little photo shoot!

 

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Tote obsession...

 

This is a problem.. I am completely obsessed with totes and bags..  I was flipping through the new issue of Souvenir magazine and was clicking through on products that I liked, once I finished the magazine I realized that I had linked up to multiple websites, but each link was for a different bag.  So I guess I am obsessed just a little!!  I have bags everywhere in the house, I have woven bags holding my bath towels, picnic supplies, fabric samples- you name it!   I like woven, vintage, linen, pretty much anything that would carry goodies home from any kind of store or hold things at home, but I truly love to use them at the flea market and farmer's market- it feels great to come home without a single plastic bag wrapped around my goodies.

Do you love them like I do- have I lost my mind (don't answer that one)!?

click the images for links to these must have bags

 

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New Trad Designer Nominations

Trad home is looking for the new up and coming designers of 2012... and they are looking to the blogging community to bring some great faces their way!  I think this is so great to get someone on the map in a way that most of us only dream of.

Trad Home is back… and YOU can be part of it!

Submit your fave NEW TRAD designer and you could be a guest editor in the next issue. For the past 4 years, Traditional Home has recognized up-and-coming design talent with its annual hot  list of NEW TRAD designers. This year, we want your help… We’re inviting bloggers to help us identify the next wave of emerging design talent.  We’re on the hunt for 10 up-and-coming designers who epitomize the new traditional design style to  be showcased in the Spring 2012 issue of TRADhome—our interactive digital magazine. Please excuse the ad attached to their video but check out their site if your a blogger and want  to submit your favorite designer.

 

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