Seashells

I have the biggest design crush on Nicholas Felton.





I follow his Flickr photostream and he uploaded these images today. Perfection.

Wedding Invitations: Hand Drawn Lettering

Check out the gorgeous wedding invitations.




via Oh So Beautiful Paper

I love the hand drawn lettering and color combinations.

House Inspiration

I have got to get something done around the house this weekend.

A few things from my inspiration folder:

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We have leftover paper lanterns from our wedding. We could totally create something from them like the lanterns in the image above.

Or I could finally get started on a photo collage.

via SFGirlByBay

We have a TON of polaroids from our wedding as well - but I think I'd rather hang a new series. I'm just not sure of what quite yet.


via desire to inspire


via A Merry Mishap

I could rearrange the built-in shelves in the living room - which is an ongoing dilemma.

I could design something and gather materials for a plywood art hanging that I've been dreaming up for a while.


Something needs to be done. I've lost momentum.

Repeat

I've posted this photo before but I was going through a few shots (after taking a few months off from wedding hooplah) to try and find a few to actually have printed.


And I love this one. I'm in the middle of art directing the shot - transitioning from one posed shot to another - and it's completely candid and perfect.

Morning Time

Mornings before work are usually all about just trying to get out the door. I used to take my coffee in a travel mug with me to work. Sipping on it while checking emails was comforting. Like a little piece of home at work.

Lately, though, I've been enjoying my coffee in the breakfast nook. With a banana or apple and a Free People or Urban Outfitters catalog. It's a way to unwind before the day has had a chance to become stressful or hard.

This summer is proving itself to be very "work hard, play hard" and when it comes to my time I have very little of it to spend on projects around the house. Any day now I will get to completing the guest bedroom and office. For now, I'm just going to enjoy living in it for a little bit.


P.S. Jeremy eats about 12 bananas a week. 12!

Soft Paws

Are you guys familiar with Soft Paws? They're little vinyl caps that you glue to your cat's claws. They look cute too. Here Scooty Boots wears yellow - to match his sunny disposition.

Liz's First Home: All Moved In

I can't believe it's already July. Liz is all moved into her home and trying to get settled in.





The paint looks fantastic. Her furniture is fitting into the space so well. I love it.

Slip 'n' Slide at the Park

You are not going to believe this. I hardly believe it.

We got an outdoor billboard vinyl from one of our vendors (apparently one of the perks working in advertising) and decided to use it as a huge slip 'n' slide at our park.


14' x 48' - it was HUGE.


Then we doused it in baby oil and turned the sprinkler on.

Hilarity (and lots of pain) ensued.





We all kept on sliding into a mixture of mud and grass at the end of the slide.



note: the client did not endorse or condone this behavior from a bunch of hooligans like us. well, they might condone it - because they're cool like that.

Around OKC: The Memorial

I was 12 years old, in the 7th grade, and standing in line at the vending machine when I heard there was a bomb in Oklahoma City. I kid you not when I tell you that I visualized an air conditioning window unit exploding in a window. I thought "oh, that's not so bad." It wasn't until later that evening when I got home did I realize that this was in fact a really big deal. Something really bad had happened - but my 12-year old brain couldn't quite grasp the magnitude or significance of the situation.

Last night after dinner with a friend Jeremy and I were driving around and found ourselves at the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. Jeremy was in California (with roots in Oklahoma) working at Carl's Jr. when he heard about the bombing and has never visited the memorial.

I drive by the memorial quite a bit and there is always somebody checking out the fence. This fence was originally used as a barrier from the devastation but when Oklahomans began to adorn it with teddy bears and t-shirts and keychains it became a temporary memorial - now a part of the permanent structure.




This is a shot from both sides of the huge reflecting pool. The large walls have the times of each blast - 9:01 and 9:03.


The field of chairs has a chair for each victim of the bombing. Including little chairs for the kids in the daycare.


The survivor tree. This tree should've died in the blast - I think most people thought it WAS dead until it started to sprout some green. It continues to grow and thrive and has become a symbol for the memorial.

To the north of the survivor tree is the south wall of the old Journal Record building.


This wall was preserved as it was after the blast. The fire escape was left all rickety and scary. The windows were bricked in with dark bricks so you could still experience the feeling of the blasted out windows.


A message left from recovery Team 5 was spray painted on the wall.


Every little bit of this memorial was so well thought-out and beautifully designed - my pictures don't even begin to do it justice.

Fireworks

Last night Jeremy was all "Let's do some speedballs!" and just as I thought he was about to bring out the cocaine and heroine he is unpacking some fireworks he had picked up earlier this week.









It was all fun and games until a neighbor (we have never met) came over and yelled at us that we were going to burn the neighborhood down.

Oops. Getting in trouble keeps us young.