Sneak Peek: In the Works

These pretties are a little peek at what I've been working on. They'll be debuting very soon!

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Make This Room Your Own: Cozy Seascape Reading Nook

I really, really love the home of Jay and Katherine Wolf, which was featured on Little Green Notebook here. I was especially drawn to this cozy little nook with buttery leather chairs and seascapes. So thus we have the subject of today's Make This Room Your Own. I tried to be budget-conscious as usual. Doubling everything up makes it more expensive, but you easily create the same kind of nook with just one chair and lamp.

1. Paintings: Ebay has a plethora of seascapes, from vintage to reproduction, at a variety of pricepoints. You're sure to find something that will suit. (Assume $50 per painting x 6= $300)
2. Reading Lamps: Lighting Enterprise's Mission Bronze Finish Over Floor Lamp. On Amazon.com here. ($143.57 each x 2= $287.14)
3. Mirror: Uttermost Afton Silver Champagne 34" Sqaure Wall Mirror from LampsPlus here. 
($215.91)
4. Chairs: Overstock.com Anderson Espresso Brown Leather Club Chairs here.  ($339.99 each x 2 = $679.98
5. Set of two red stripe jute pillows from Etsy seller Jenny Lyons here ($38.99 per set).
6. Hammery Crossnoor Rectangular Table End Table from Livingroomsdirect.comhttp://www.livingroomsdirect.com/Hammary-T2046520-00-HAM3009.html ($325.50)
7. Basket: Handmade Fair trade Woven African Basket fro Connected Fair Trade here ($47)
8. Crate & Barrel Olin Brown & White Rug here ($89.95)
Total (as shown): $1984.47

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Bunny & Dandelion

Love this cute student project from Annie Chen. She created it for a textile company, but I also love it for a photographer that specializes in photographing children or maybe a children's clothing store. It would be fun to add come other soft colors to the palette, as well.

See more of Annie's work here.

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Rooms on My Radar

Great use of pattern and tone. From Pinterest.

Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Love all the textures and tones going on here.

Not big on the color of the couch, but everything's working in a casual way. From Better Homes & Gardens.

Loving the mix of patterns. From here.

Elegant and still cozy. Sarah Richardson's home. From House & Home.

Some Wednesday inspirational eye candy for you all. I have a lot of elements to make a great room, now I just need to figure out how to put everything together this weekend. The family room is tops on my list.

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Fabulous Free Fonts

I wanted to share this great list of new free fonts from Smashing Magazine that I saw last week.

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J'Adore Paris and Aloha Nui Loa Invitations

I was pretty excited (though I'm still struggling with some sort of sinus thing) to wake up this morning and see that some invitation designs I did were chosen as editor's picks over at Minted. And yesterday I got an email from Martha Stewart Weddings. I hope this means that all sorts of good things are afoot.

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Featured!

I know I've mentioned it before, but I get such a kick when the brides I've worked with (like Mary, and Becky and Alison!) send me gorgeous pictures featuring my printed hankies. So I was super excited when the very lovely KK sent me a message to let me know that her absolutely gorgeous wedding was featured on Style Me Pretty, and that the handkerchiefs I created for her were featured as well. Look at the gorgeous bouquet and the pops of red against the navy. Stunning.

-Photography by Whitney Furst for Laura Ivanova Photography.

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Happy, happy birthday!

Today is my birthday, so I'm going to take today and tomorrow off to relax a bit and catch up on some things, which seems a little paradoxical, but necessary! I hope you all have a lovely weekend. We have another great You Pick giveaway coming up soon--it's my birthday present to all you wonderful readers.

-photo from ubercuteness' tumblr here.

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Pretty 2012 free printable calendars

As usual, I'm running a little behind, but I couldn't resist sharing these freebies. The top one is a full year calendar created by Jessica Nielson that you can download for free at 101-woonideeen. (I spotted it at Bloesem).

The other calendar is a monthly calendar I created for you guys. It's pretty and feminine with a touch of light color. You can download it and print it out by clicking "Read more" at the bottom of this post.

Just download the above graphic to your desktop and print on 8.5 x 11 cardstock!

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 Love this colorful and very layered branding by Cadena + Asoc. for CIELITO, a Latin American coffee house.

-via

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Windy Lane Studios

I came across paintings by Kai Samuels-Davis in his etsy shop, Windy Lane Studios, while catching up on some blog reading and was immediately drawn to the muted colors and quiet moodiness of the paintings.

They feel like winter to me, even though it certainly doesn't feel like winter down here in the South. I am completely okay with that, too. I sure hope you all had a great holiday season!

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Attention to Detail: Curtis Jinkins

Curtis Jinkins has a gorgeous portfolio of work for his studio, The Neighborhood Studio.

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Ohh-la-lovely!

Happy Friday! Today I'm very excited to announce the launch of OhhLaLovely, a repository of the loveliest things from around the Internet: interior design, fashion, beauty, accessories, art & design, wedding, food, DIY projects, flowers, printables and more. I wanted to create a space for all the wonderful eye candy I come across every day to reside and a way to share it with you all in a more timely fashion than the typical blog posts. Ohhlalovely is updated throughout the day with the freshest finds so there's always a bit of loveliness for you to rest your eyes on. I hope you'll check it out and maybe even subscribe to our feed or our newsletter which will feature our favorite bits of loveliness, special deals and freebies!

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Burnham Design, Beautiful

Isn't this office divine with all the natural light?

Plenty of space to spread out.

Baby as art piece. Cute.

I'm a sucker for nooks.

I love this idea for my own stairwell. Check out the beautiful tiles on the stairs.

The Lot C sign really makes this!

Love the play of color here.

I just discovered Burnham Design's portfolio and it's full of lovely stuff, though my favorite might just be their offices. I've really got to get to work on my office. Maybe we need a post of awesome office spaces.

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"We Got You Somethin' Real Nice..."

If you recognize the quote in the title of this post, you need this Christmas Vacation wrapping paper from Monkey Ink Design. Boy, that movie is right up there next to A Christmas Story for me: instant nostalgia.

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