Well, it’s the weekend, friends! Do you have any special plans on your agenda? It’s looking a bit gray and chilly where I am (I actually had to just run and put on a sweater!) so I have my fingers crossed for good weather in time to celebrate my sweetie’s birthday in our backyard tomorrow. I hope you have a wonderful, cozy weekend wherever you are! Before I head out though, I do have a nice collection of images and things that are inspiring me this week that I would like to share with you. So, go get yourself a cup of something warm and comforting (I have a mug of fragrant Earl Grey beside me to sip as I type) and relax…
1. All of these images from Tine K Home are really speaking to me right now – I love the darkly elegant feel of black and smoky grays with rich purple, silver and delicate glass.
2. Don’t you wish you could zip over to Finland to enjoy one of these mini pavlovas with black and red currants, made by the lovely Tiina of Sparkling Ink? I do, even though they almost look too pretty to eat!
3. I am in awe of California-based artist Amanda Hughen, whose work reminds me of patterns in the natural world. Featured on Coco + Kelley.
4. I stumbled upon the work of photographer Max Attenborugh through this wonderful post by stylist Selina Lake (written for decor8) – and I am so glad I did, because each photo in his portfolio is a little treasure!
5. I am dying to try something from Portland General Store, a line of skincare, bath products and perfumes handmade in Maine. I love the old-timey aesthetic of the packaging, and the scents sound amazingly good. Creator of the line Lisa Brodar also has a shop for men’s products with cool-sounding goodies like Whiskey Shave Jelly.
6. And finally, I am developing a bit of an obsession with buntings (or banners, or whatever you would like to call them) – two of my favorite examples for use-of-bunting have to be this lovely white kitchen, found on Desire to Inspire, and the letter bunting personalized just for the family goat, featured on the Country Days blog.
That’s it for now! Thank you so much for spending time with me here this week. I hope you have a really lovely weekend, and I will meet you back here on Monday with a new blog of the week!
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Beautiful, gorgeous and inspirational! I love all of the styling in the photographs( and that black bag aint half bad either :) , the wonderful artist you found, and am now also dying to try those products! Also, I am obsessed with bunting myself and love,love that those folks got one for their sweet goat! How awesome is that? Have a lovely weekend hun!
xo
Melis
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scrolling thru these pictures and comments was beautiful and so smooth.
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Thank you for putting together such inspiring photos. I look forward with real pleasure to all your posts.
And I’ll be looking out for the beautiful roses in the nurseries too!
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Thank you so, so much, Scintilla!! :-)
I love goats! If I ever have one (which hopefully I will) I will remember this and make him (or her!) a bunting of its own!
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Thank you so much for the blog love, Laura! I love to come visit your blog, it’s so inviting, pretty and inspiring!
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