Warhammer!

Can’t wait!

Real or Faked?

3 Year old Painter found on You Tube. Check this out:

Apple Green

This Monday, articdote loves APPLE green. So fresh and crisp. I love it.

1. Bamboo Vase, Z Gallerie, $29.95

2. “Sydney Messanger Bag” by Gryson, Saks Fifth Avenue, $875.00

3. Jojus heels by Nine West, Zappos, $83.00

4. Wall Paint Color “Gleeful SW6709”, Sherman Williams, $50.00

5. Wallpaper Rug in “Celery”, Anthropologie, $78.00-$398.00

Serious by James Fenton

Awake, alert,
Suddenly serious in love,
You’re a surprise.
I’ve known you long enough –
Now I can hardly meet your eyes.

It’s not that I’m
Embarrassed or ashamed.
You’ve changed the rules
The way I’d hoped they’d change
Before I thought: hopes are for fools.

Let me walk with you.
I’ve got the newspapers to fetch.
I think you know
I think you have the edge
But I feel cheerful even so.

That’s why I laughed.
That’s why I went and kicked that stone.
I’m serious!
That’s why I cartwheeled home.
This should mean something. Yes, it does.

*Excerpt from “Out of Danger” by James Fenton.

Stella McCartney

I love Le Sportsac purses. Ever since around…2000 (when I got my first one) I’ve been in love. First of all, they’re nylon. If they get dirty you can totally wash them off. Secondly, they’re graphic but they go with everything. It’s wierd. Thirdly, they’re inexpensive. You can get a kick ass purse for like, $60 bucks! My favorite shape is the “Deluxe Everyday Bag” and it can transform from a shoulder bag to an accross-the-body bag in one fell swoop. It also has a zipper to expand so that you can make it bigger. It’s got tons of pockets and compartments yet still manages to have tons of room. It’s brilliant.

Over the past few years, they’ve been getting lots of celebrities and designers to do limited edition bags (all of their fabic is actually limited edition – if you don’t like the fabric on the website – wait a few weeks and they’ll have different fabric!). Most of the bags are slightly more expensive but they’re usually cool and worth the extra expense. However, the latest designer to work for them is Stella McCartney. The bags are very chic and since they’re nylon they work for her (she’s avidly Peta).

What do you think? Cool or not?

Check out their full website at: http://www.lesportsac.com/

Building a better…doghouse?

Check out this interesting company that is building doghouses. I can’t tell if it’s WIERD to see dogs caged into my side tables, or if it’s absolutly BRILLIANT!? Your thoughts?

You can check out the company called, DenHaus at their website:

http://www.hardwoodhideaway.com/index.html

Max Beckmann

One of my favorite painters is the much underappreciated, Max Beckmann (1884-1950. He is part of the Expressionist movement and his paintings are very passionate; very emotional. I love the rawness of them. Here are a few of my favorite peices.

Party in Paris (1931)

North Sea I, with Thunderstorm (1937)

Self-Portrait with Horn (1938 )

The Actors (1941)

Zebra Rugs

Love ’em or Hate ’em? I used to think that they were the height of tacky. However, lately I’ve seen them pop up in loads of fancy design magazines and blogs as chic. Personally, I’m now on the bandwagon. I think in the right room, with the right accessories…they can look really cool. Your thought?

I especially love the combonation of the zebra rug with the green walls in this photo. I want to try and incorporate these colors into a scrabook layout.

What inspires me?

Everything! The world around me! Trash on the sidewalk! My pugs poop! Okay, maybe not poop. But what I’m trying to impress upon you is that you can find inspiration anywhere, everywhere and nowhere. It is something falls out of the ether and strikes us.

And inspiration is not isolated to what smug people think art is. Life can be art. The words we choose when we speek, expressions we choose to make in photos, how we decorate our homes, our desks at work, the clothes we decide to wear in the morning, as well as crafts we choose to create. Life is art.