Newly Minted New Yorker

The view from our new house!

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baum und pferdgarten ss12

see more here

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This & That: Ornate Detailing

diaghilev girl and temple ceiling

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Artist Spotlight: Sally England

via Sally England

macramé : 2011, cotton rope, wood dowel, wood beads, metal rings, glass terrarium, live plants.

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Hello NYC

original images via pinterest (1) (2)

In Manhattan for the next couple of weeks!  In the process of making this little bicoastal dream of mine a reality.

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Happy Saturday!

from upper left: 1. where the lovely things are, 2. joe bartholomew, 3. where the lovely things are, 4. clever nettle, 5. the vamoose, 6. we heart it, 7. metal mouth, 8. upon a fold, 9. january.

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Studio Visit: Kay Sekimachi

via American Craft Magazine

After majoring in fine art in college with a focus in wearable arts, fiber arts have always been a major draw for me. Artist & Berkeley native Kay Sekimachi's latest collection strikes the perfect mix of fine art and design. Full of found objects, specifically ones that washed up on the beach. Sekimachi "combed the sandy beaches and the lava-formed tide pools of Puako Bay (on the big island),  she harvested shells, bits of coral, fossils, fish vertebrae, and the delicate bones of birds, sea urchin spines and other oceanic ephemera with dedicated rigor but no particular endgame in mind." All of this trolling paid off as Sekimachi was able to successfully weave the sea. 

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Thursday Morning Delights

Odette, Makers Project, (the rest are desktop squatters) 

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~(.)~

via The Sartorialist & The Shiny Squirrel 

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Valentino Couture

via studded hearts

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Glamourai Design Studio

via the glamourai 

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Martha's Vineyard Abode

via Elle Decor

New York restauranteur Keith McNally's house on Martha's Vineyard.

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all mixed up

via fine little day & stockholm street style

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melbourne street artist miso via pinterest

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via the vamoose

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anniversaire

via stockholm streetstyle

hint hint

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Apartment Inspiration

via design sponge, aubrey road, pinterest & sfgirlbybay

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Artist Spotlight: Ruth Asawa

There are small grouping of artists whose work I would die to have as part of my own collection. Ruth Asawa is one of them.  My favorite component of her work is the knit metal structures that take on organic forms. For now her work will rest, neatly bound, in a coffee table book in my living room.  I hope that someday I will have the opportunity acquire a fully realized piece of her brilliance.

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street style round up

via vanessa jackson, caroline's mode, altamira nyc

Not very summery, but then again neither is the weather.

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Off to Seattle Today!

via all the mountains

Headed to Seattle today! I've never been before.
We're splitting our time between Seattle and Portland on this trip.
Do any of you lovelies hail form the PNW?  

I'd love to hear your recommendations!

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