ps. if anyone is local and needs pillows whipped up, i've got a great lady for you...email me!
pss. my chiang mai pillows were created by this super fab gal...her pillows are amazing!!
*all images are from me
Thursday, September 29, 2011
ps. if anyone is local and needs pillows whipped up, i've got a great lady for you...email me!
pss. my chiang mai pillows were created by this super fab gal...her pillows are amazing!!
*all images are from me
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
*image courtesy of oh happy day
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Please Excuse me...
...While I load photos.
Lauren Liess Textiles from top to bottom:
Queen Anne's Bouquet in Black & Oatmeal
Fern Star in Olive
Filigree Chevron in Black & Oatmeal
Ticking in Beige
Live Paisley in Gold
Happikat in Olive/ Aqua
happikat in Cocoa & Oatmeal
Live paisley in Antique Beige
Ticking in Black & Oatmeal
Like I mentioned, loading the photos of the fabrics onto my online store is taking foreverrrrrr. (Yes, I'm complaining ;) But I'm almost done and as soon as I am, we can launch!! (All fabrics will be available for purchase online.) I'll keep you posted but I'm tying to spend as much time as possible on the website so my posts may be short for a little bit.
Have a great day!!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
Milk off the Shelf
THIS is what happens when your house is under construction, you make dinner with the kids and your spouse is working late for the night:
ps- I'll be sure to post a few progress pics of the rooms we had redone! (Undecorated as of now)
...Was wondering this morning how in the world we could have finished off a whole gallon of milk yesterday? (The kids got oatmeal with water for breakfast.)...
...Until my assistant came in and asked me why the milk was on the shelf???
(I really didn't even notice it there.) Ah vell.
Off to the grocery store!
ps- I'll be sure to post a few progress pics of the rooms we had redone! (Undecorated as of now)
Thursday, September 22, 2011
*images all can be found on my pinterest
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Lauren Liess Textiles Shoot
I have pictures back from our photo shoot at Helen Norman's farm!! Helen & her assisitant F.J. are still working on the photos (we're going for a sort of vintage/ edgy vibes for the photographs so it takes a lot of processing afterwards) but I though I'd share a few peeks - some without the processing.
Our goal with this photoshoot was to show the fabrics in a variety of settings, both with and whithout people. We wanted to show how the fabrics move and look and feel. I washed some of the fabrics before the shoot to give them a bit of patina and I really love how they turned out. Some of the photos and fabrics come across as fresh and happy & fun, while others are earthier, moodier or softer. We wanted to show the variety of feelings & moods that couls be created with the line. (55 fabrics in total with 14 different designs.)
Here's part of our gold/ yellow collection on a beautiful antique daybed with little Grizzly taking a nap to show they really are comfy:
Our goal with this photoshoot was to show the fabrics in a variety of settings, both with and whithout people. We wanted to show how the fabrics move and look and feel. I washed some of the fabrics before the shoot to give them a bit of patina and I really love how they turned out. Some of the photos and fabrics come across as fresh and happy & fun, while others are earthier, moodier or softer. We wanted to show the variety of feelings & moods that couls be created with the line. (55 fabrics in total with 14 different designs.)
Here's part of our gold/ yellow collection on a beautiful antique daybed with little Grizzly taking a nap to show they really are comfy:
{Fabrics pictured: Magnolia in Yellow, Live Paisley in Gold, and Fern Star in Yellow}
Our boys were sooooo good and put up with so much. Here's an outtake of them, totally at the end of their ropes:
{Pretending to nap on a blanket in Magnolia}
I love this photo with the mist on the door to the porch:
We woke up super-early and got some cool pics with fog in the background:
{me with a Wild Chicory blanket}
I looooove this outtake... Did you ever play this game with friends when you were little?-
{"Super tall 4 year-old.. ie Christian on Daddy's shoulders. And Kelly Green Cape in Happikat}
{Laundry Line with: Thistle in Sepia, Live Paisley in Antique Beige and Squircles in Fog}
...Anyway, I have so many more pics to share (I think 85 total?!! We took over 1,000!) but I really want you to see them once they have that processing I mentioned. I'm finishing up loading the plain fabric photos onto my online store and will then go back & add in the lifestyle photos & then we'll be ready to launch. We're all moving as quickly as we can!! :)
I can't thank Helen & F.J. enough for the photos & their time, and of course thank you to my family. (I know two of you can't read yet, but I love you more than anything and one day you'll get what a big deal this was to me.)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Construction over here
Remember how I mentioned we were refinishing a room on our lower level? Here's a pic of the room after we did the demo:
Originally we'd planned to use the small room as an additional office space for me & my assistant Meghan, but two days ago I decided we were better off taking the bigger room (the guest room) for work and using the smaller room as the new guest room. Here's a shot of our complete mess-of-a-future-office:
Nothing you see is really staying... not even the curtains. I haven't decided where I want to go in either of these rooms yet because the project came on so suddenly, but as soon as I have design plans, I'll be sure to share. {shoemakers' kids with no shoes syndrome here}
Also, the guys are reducing the closet in the boys' room so we can fit two twin beds in there. Again, I'm pretty undecided on what I to do but I think I'm going to have headboards made in one of my new fabrics.
Monday, September 19, 2011
WOW: Marie Hines
I am so amazed right now & totally tearing up. I just got a supersweet email from singer/ songwriter Marie Hines about her latest song/ video from "Better From the Living Room Sessions" and I clicked on her link to see the video.
But I was blown away. Really blown away. I definitely teared up. She has such an incedibly beautiful voice, IS so incredibly beautiful, and you can just see that she is seriously passionate about what she does. I'm instantly a new fan & wanted to share it on the blog because I thought you might enjoy her songs too:
http://www.mariehines.com/
Marie decorated her living room featured in the videos herself & styled it beautifully with a million candles. You'll love it.
Thanks so much to Marie for sharing & you have got it GOIN on!!!
{Marie, if you're reading this, I'll be honest, I really had no idea what to expect.}
But I was blown away. Really blown away. I definitely teared up. She has such an incedibly beautiful voice, IS so incredibly beautiful, and you can just see that she is seriously passionate about what she does. I'm instantly a new fan & wanted to share it on the blog because I thought you might enjoy her songs too:
http://www.mariehines.com/
Marie decorated her living room featured in the videos herself & styled it beautifully with a million candles. You'll love it.
Thanks so much to Marie for sharing & you have got it GOIN on!!!
Friday, September 16, 2011
Yay for a Fall Friday
I am so happy it's Friday. I really am. It's 5:00, there's a little fall chill in the air and it's a bit overcast. I made a batch of rice & potato soup this morning and it's been simmering for hours. I'm ready to put on cozy sweats and hunker down... watch movies & read & eat. And of course hang with my family.
(I wouldn't quite fit in here in my sweats but it suits my mood ;)
I love this time of year... both indoors & outside. I love coming in with a chill and warming up and I love being outside, crunching acorns on the sidewalk when it'c ool enough for a scarf but not cold enough for a coat. I made my kids wear hats today pretty much because they looked cute in them. (I pretended they needed them and it thrilled me to no end.}
{Not our apples... photo by Mikkel Vang via dress design & decor}
For the past few days I've been busy loading images of my new fabrics into the online store. I'll be honest and say that it's a kind of torturous process. It takes FOR-EVA. Like Forrrrreverrrrrrrrrrr. BUT---- I know it'll be worth it in the end, and the previously empty online store is starting to look good and take on some personality.
Here's a sneak peek at one of my newer designs, Fern Star:
Last weekend for the photoshoot, I experimented with washing some of the fabrics to give them a bit of patina and I loooove how they turned out. They're so soft & vintage-feeling and now I'm dying to redo my house. Definitely doing some bedding for the boys new room in them.
Anyway, hope you had a great week & enjoy your weekend!!
*images courtesy of pinterest/tumblr, pinterest, and george
