mobile uploads

cleaned out my iphone & these are some pictures i found...isn't it funny how good some pictures turn out with your iphone camera & how crappy others are?

house beautiful highlight of paule marrot :)

outside at the dumpster at spruce...ha...ha..haa

hipstamatic makes pretty things prettier

my little dining room

my mom strolling through georgetown last novemeber

beautiful couch at spruce. drool.

tulips for my birthday

argh matey

carWASH

my little bebe

love this. it's from toad hall :)

do you live by this? if you need a reminder (like i did) go here.

a wayne thiebaud sketch

a nook.

a photo of downtown memphis, done by my friend.

the only thing i must have in a house is a yellow door. must have it.

snapped this from a site. i have always loved this dress on sienna miller. i have the original from a magazine somewhere. i'm going to recreate this for my wedding dress one day. one day FAR from now.

that is all for now. THE END.

last time i blogged it was 102 degrees outside...

sorry that the posts have been few & far between BUT i know that come january 2011 this little brainchild blog of mine will get the attention it deserves & i will be free at last from school! happy halloween!

clowns + cats = always a scary(/deadly?) combo

this guy's waiting to be filled with that cheap tootsie roll brand grab-bag o' candy (which i happen to like)

don't be jealous of those beautiful kitchen cabinets of mine

later, friends! : )

sugar skull

a little off topic, but i like this a lot. don't you?

bonjour, amoureux de textile!

hello, fabric lovers! it's been awhile, huh? lots of distractions lately, but here i am. in full force!

so to change things up a bit i'd like to make a post that shows off my art history skillz. ya know, just to show my mom that i have a little interest in my major that i've been studying for 5.5 years now. hey, mom! look at me! i'm an art historian!

no! that's not me, silly! that's paule marrot! i was introduced to paule marrot (1902-1987) this past year in nyc while selena and i were at market. how could i have missed out on this french textile designer for SO very long?! her textiles and paintings are absolutely beautiful. simplistic, but simply stunning & just enough whimsy to make you smile. you can tell that she just painted what made her happy-what every artist should do. lots of people think she's pretty neat. nike thinks so. natural curiosities thinks so too. & stupid anthropologie thinks so as well. (yea, i just called anthro stupid. what of it? that's a long post for another day.)

anyhoot, she began as a painter then started to veer towards textile design early in her career. let me just tell you that this lady and her family marketed her artwork WELL. from wallpaper and fabric, to perfume bottles and sneakers, marrot can be found just about everywhere. she's a really interesting lady too. & since i am graduating in december and never plan to ever write another paper on an artist again, i'll let you read about her here.

a marrot design doesn't work on everything though. i know clarence house rep'd some of her fabrics in the 90s, but i couldn't find any of them on their site. & this is probably why....

well, it was the 90s.

here are a few of my faves that i wanna share with y'all-just a few because the really great ones are copyrighted. enjoy. oh and the works shown are all reproductions on linen. (sorry for the lack of dates. big faux pas, i know)

Merr Clouds

Merr Abst

Les Toits de Montmarte

Plumes

Fete

this one in particular brings to mind a folk artist from Georgia named Nellie Mae Rowe. Nellie deserves a little post of her own at some point too, huh? (i'm not supposed to call an artist by their first name. art historian faux pas #2)

Picking Berries

just love those colors so much, don't you? what's that you say? you want some inexpensive paule marrot designs in your life? well just your luck, caspari put out some pretty paper products this summer with her designs. go pick some up at whole foods! or better yet, get the nikes if you're really cool. see you later...jobin.

pillow of the day

hey yall. now i think this is just adorable. what a great engagement/wedding/anniverary gift for a kitschy, fun couple! they take just 3 weeks to make & when completed you have a perfectly personalized present that is functional & also great as a keepsake! visit cozy blue on etsy for more details! great price too. later gators..

the sweenster's bedroom re-do

so y'all know how this works at this point so i won't go into huge details that will bore you to tears. re-vamped my best frand's room. here's the before...

added some new bedside tables, lamps, bedskirt, new hardware on her existing chest of drawers, an old pie chest to hide the television & a little fluffing on the bedding. then we hung some pictures and VOILA! all done! & all under our budg too!

peek-a-boo! i see you daewoo!

a striking resemblance to some of the changes i made in my momma's room! haha!! oh well, there's only so many changes you can make in a tiny apartment bedroom. most importantly, the customer was happy & i think it looks adorbs. thanks for letting me help, b!!