February 21st, 2012 | Blog, Designer Inspiration | Comment
How lovely are these amazing chalkboard designs from Lettering artist: Dana Tanamachi. Very inspirational! I’m trying to think of how to incorporate something like this into my wedding design.. so many fun ideas come to mind!
February 20th, 2012 | Blog, Designer Resource, Graphic Design | Comment
loving this new typeface from Hoefler & Frere-Jones: Ideal Sans. It’s clean and minimalistic yet has a lot of character and personality to it. Perfect for layout design!
February 17th, 2012 | Blog, Inspiration | Comment
Beautiful exhibit at the church Saint-Riquier by artist: Peter Gentenaar. I wish I could have seen these paper sculptures in person but the images alone speak for themselves.
February 16th, 2012 | Blog, Graphic Design | Comment
February 15th, 2012 | Blog, Real Life | Comment
I hope everyone had a very happy and romantic valentine’s day! While a lot of people say this holiday is an over-rated day where you end up spending too much money.. I like to look at it from a more positive perspective. Although most of that is true, it did give me and my fiance a reason to break away from the norm for a night. Listening to music in front of the fire, dining out on a weeknight and indulging in way too much food and wine.. what’s not to love about this holiday?! My fiance wrote me a nice card and at the end he says, ‘i love you like a fat kid loves cake’. Not that he made up the phrase or anything, but it made me smile and laugh so I thought I would pass it along
February 13th, 2012 | Blog, Interior Design, Real Life | Comment
The Rose Bowl flea market is always an inspirational place for me to peruse around. Usually I come home with some weird furniture piece or random metal scraps but yesterday my favorite finds were these great patterned scarves for $1 each! I can’t wait to make some great decorative pillows out of these, I could use a splash of color around the house!
February 8th, 2012 | Blog, Designer Inspiration, DIY | Comment
such a cute and creative idea for a petit valentines card. Nothing fancy and overdone, just a quick and secret note to say something special.
from: monkeychoo
February 7th, 2012 | Blog, My Life | Comment
February 2nd, 2012 | Blog, My Life | Comment
I could not be more excited for my upcoming weekend getaway to Napa. My lovely fiance has planned a wonderful birthday trip filled with wine tastings and wedding venues. As much as I love los angeles, everyone needs a break from time to time and I can’t think of a better place to just get away and enjoy the simple things in life. On top of my list of things to enjoy: 1. nature 2. good food 3. good people 4. the art of doing nothing & 5. wine.. of course!
images supplied by pintrest
February 1st, 2012 | Blog, Designer Inspiration, Designer Resource | Comment
beautiful concept and idea from polaboy to print your existing polaroids in a large format and use them as a lightbox with a polaroid frame. very intriguing.. I definitely want one of these!
posted by art|design milk • source: polaboy
January 27th, 2012 | Blog, Fashion, Inspiration | Comment
beautiful images from the Classic Ralph Lauren Runway line shot by the talented NYC based photographer Jamie Beck of ‘From me to you’ with a Pentax 35mm & Kodak Tri-X 400
January 24th, 2012 | Blog, walks with frank | Comment
January 20th, 2012 | Blog, Designer Inspiration | Comment
How beautiful are these images from the Buenos Aires artist, Jazmin Berakha. The combination of line drawings and embroidery really give these designs a unique and special feel. Delicate, colorful, playful and minimalistic all at once.
January 16th, 2012 | Blog, Inspiration | Comment
beautiful layout, photos and clothing from the fall /winter collection at rue blanche. Very inspirational
January 12th, 2012 | Blog, Graphic Design | Comment
I’m so excited to see the new site from storeplacer is up today! I had a lot of fun designing the layout as the team gave me so much creative freedom with the overall look and feel. I think the use of icons in web design is going to be a very relevant and re-appearing theme this coming year! You can check out the full site here
January 10th, 2012 | Blog, My Life | 1 Comment
The most inspirational part of my day is always my walk with Frank. It clears my mind and forces me to focus on the big picture world (as I too often think that life = work). I have previously posted random images from our walks but as I was walking today, thinking about my blog, I was inspired to make these posts a more re-occurring theme. Because, at least for me, it’s a nice break from blogging about things that live online.
January 6th, 2012 | Blog, My Life | Comment
I spent this christmas in Michigan with my family. While I didn’t grow up here, it still felt like going home.. as they say, home is where the heart is, and being back with my family made me feel right at home. The small Michigan town brought back waves of nostalgia; it was the exact break I needed. I was feeling a disconnection with the world, getting lost in work and sweating the small stuff but, magically as always, being with my family made all my negative feelings disappear. I returned to Los Angeles feeling grounded and aware. When life gets overwhelming, it’s comforting to know that I can always count on my family to keep me balanced.
January 5th, 2012 | Blog, Designer Resource | Comment
January 2nd, 2012 | Blog, My Life, Wishlist | Comment
Happy 2012 to everyone! This past year has been so exciting for me and I can’t wait to continue the excitement in the new year. I have so many things I want to accomplish, I wish there were more days in the year to do everything! But working with the time that I do have, these are the top 4 goals I would like to accomplish this coming year. It’s a lot to take on but I couldn’t be more excited to jump in and get the new year started!
December 22nd, 2011 | Blog, My Life | Comment
Wishing everyone a very merry christmas and happy holidays! I am celebrating the holidays in Michigan where I will be having my first white Christmas in over 15 years! I am more than excited to get bundled up, eat Christmas cookies, relax and hang out with my family. It has been an exciting year full of many changes and I can’t think of a better way to end it.
December 20th, 2011 | Blog, Real Life | Comment
It’s not even Christmas yet and I have already received some of the most amazing gifts! My fiancé sometimes makes fun of my excitement level when it comes to giving and receiving gifts but for me, its not really about the objects themselves, its more about the meaning behind them and the thought that went into them. To be honest, most everything I have has been given to me by others. This is a very humbling realization and I have so many people to thank for adding such meaningful pleasures into my everyday life. Every time I see these gifts I am reminded of where they came from and the people who thought of me when they saw them.
I was thrilled to open these three silver beauties from my dad and step mom. For our new engagement, my dad passed down these gorgeous silver candle sticks from my grandmother. I can’t even put into words how truly amazing they are. I also received these vintage silver cups which will serve as my engagement ring holder… so much character! And Christmas just wouldnt be complete without some sparkle so I had to show off my new Judith Leiber clutch, I defintely turned into an overly excited 10 year old girl opening this gift!
The holidays are really a magical time that make you slow down, reflect, and appreciate all the gifts life has given you.
December 15th, 2011 | Blog, My Life | Comment
Isn’t the rain lovely today? …feeling melancholy
December 13th, 2011 | Blog, Graphic Design | Comment
Today I am in a very ‘french’ mood, whatever that may mean. Maybe its the smell of the clear day after the rain or my blue and white striped shirt- its always the small things that create the mood! So I was so excited when I came across this wonderfully festive and french book cover for the cookbook, petit noel a la maison. Loving the clean color scheme and awesome type! I can only imagine the delicious recipes filled inside..
December 8th, 2011 | Blog, Graphic Design | Comment
I’m excited to announce that the book “developing lifelong changemakers” written by Dr. Lani Fraizer is now available for sale on Amazon. Lani gave me complete creative freedom with the design of this book and I had so much fun in the process. Her idea was to create a ‘text book’ for her students that was interactive, impactful and enjoyable to read. The result is a very non-traditional text book– filled with color, icons and infographics.
December 6th, 2011 | Blog, Inspiration, My Life | 1 Comment
This has been one of the happiest days of my life. My amazing boyfriend (now fiancé) proposed last night and I can’t imagine being happier. I didn’t know if I should share this news so publicly (since I am a pretty private person) but I’m overflowing with excitement so I just had to write a quick note. Ok, off to celebrate with some champagne now
December 5th, 2011 | Blog, Inspiration, My Life | Comment
I’m not a huge fan of busy days like today. It seems like I don’t have time to take a deep breath let alone stop to eat lunch, blog or take Frank for a walk! But of course, without these things my day would be far less inspired. So, just a reminder to stop and take a break once in a while. It’s always more than worth it after…
