Wednesday, August 18, 2010

.............crafty

I'll be flying to L.A. tomorrow with my favorite boys for a weekend wedding and a visit with the inlaws so I'll leave you with these images of antique pulleys that I've been compiling. They're going to play a key part in an upcoming home project that I'm planning so stay tuned......

then.............

Believe it or not this was what our kitchen looked like for nearly two years before we finally got around to renovating it (we did have upper cabinets and less holes in the wall but I didn't start documenting the process until some of the demo had started). It's difficult to really capture the true grit and filth of the shabby linoleum and aging grout with the camera but you get the basic idea. We became experts at preparing meals with only a hotplate and toaster oven and wasted precious hours of our lives waiting for water to boil. Needless to say we couldn't be more thrilled to have upgraded to this.........

now.............

It's been three weeks since the completion of our new kitchen and I still feel giddy at the thought of boiling a pot of water in a matter of minutes. Lame, I know but it's true.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

.............inspiration

just a few of the shapes, colors, and textures that have been finding their way into the new collection for fall. I'm especially excited to debut a series of necklaces influenced by the color vision test plate show above.