Christien Meindertsma

THE RUG!

At first, I thought this was a throw.

So I clicked through thinking, "I wanna make that!"

(as usual)

But shazam!

OH MY GOODNESS!

I'm blown away!

When you see the size of this thing... no words!

But I still want a throw size blanket and I will have one!

Just you wait and see...

~ Christien Meindertsma ~

#crazyinsanegoodness

Design for a Living World...

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Do NOT miss the wool rug!

Perhaps we can do a thow in honor of this fabulousness!

Simple Yet Complicated

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❖ ALTEWAISAOME FALL 2014 ❖

...INSANE bibs & AMAZING embellishments...
...BOSS of color-blocking & IRRESISTIBLE layers...

I flipped when I saw these bibs and beaded embellishments.
Then I fell in love with the surprising layers. 
Love the little turtle neck (mom would call that a dickey)
with the deep plunging necklines. I'm CRAZY over this color palate too!
Such smart, beautiful styling.

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Today I Love . . .

~ concrete "handknit" planter ~ terrain ~

It's not if,

it's when and how many?

Needles Vs Nieman Marcus ?

HEY Y'ALL!

It's been awhile since I've posted.

Crush Cul de Sac is about all I can handle at the end 

of my busy days lately, but it's getting chilly around here

and I just had to show you this YUMMY Vince Cardigan

that is going to get knocked off on my needles ASAP!

I would normally say it was because it was so expensive, but not this time. It's only $345. I know, that's kind of expensive, but not bad for Nieman Marcup! If you divide it by how many times you'll wear it, well darlin' it's free! I need to rummage through the yarn closet and see what I have enough of to make this, but I might also need to detour to Nieman Marcus this week on the way to one of my many accumulated jobs #GoingInSoManyDirections!

BIG Minimalism . . .

❖ Chicago Brownstone ❖

I have a serious crush on KATHLEEN CLEMENTS DESIGN!

I adore the contrast of her glossy white floors with 

beautiful, and I mean really beautiful, antiques!

❖ Hollywood Hills Residence ❖

❖ Hollywood Hills Residence ❖

❖ Hollywood Hills Residence ❖

❖ East Coast Georgian Estate ❖

❖ Santa Monica Loft ❖

❖ Santa Monica Loft ❖

❖ Chicago Brownstone ❖

...minimalism at its best...

...please check out the rest of her PORTFOLIO...

...and don't miss her beautiful furniture COLLECTION...

❖ KATHLEEN CLEMENTS DESIGN ❖

❖ Kisses to the Mother-Daughters team, Chic Coles, for always inspiring posts! ❖

Poetic Color . . .

...CRAZY for the COLOR...

...CRAZY for the SHAPE...

...CRAZY for the STYLE...

...CRAZY for the DRAPE...

...CRAZY for the COLORS I SEE...

...CRAZY for ITALY...

❖ Stella Jean ❖

Italy

Click the collage to see a larger image.

Seriously, these pieces are insanely beautiful!

I'm no poet, but Stella Jean sure is!

A Closer Look . . .

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{Coral & Tusk}

are they cute or what?!!

"Designer and founder Stephanie Housley is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design. She has been living and working in New York as a textile designer, specializing in woven fabrics. Stephanie spends several months out of the year in India, designing textile collections. Her experiences with textiles and crafts in her travels have inspired her unique and sensitive handling of color and surfaces. Stephanie started Coral & Tusk in 2007 with her husband Chris Lacinak." ~ from their website ~

{images from Coral & Tusk by Kate Lacey}

Look closely...

they're all hand-stitched on linen!

Closer... see the whale in the pocket... the little crab!

SO wonderful!

These amazing pocket pillows are by Coral & Tusk and 

I discovered them in Selvedge Dry Goods.

When I saw this feather one...yep,

 the to-do list just took a hit!

I'm smitten with the feathers on Selvedge,

but when I hit Google and landed on Coral & Tusk's website, 

there was so much more to love!

THE OYSTER PILLOW! NEED!

The Pirate Patch kills me!!! LOVE! 

Every little boy needs a Pirate's Patch!

From the Lucky White Elephant handtowel to the sparklers, 

I am totally smitten!

Click over to their website and make a wish list!

I don't think we can have his sweatshirt,

but this hedgehog scarf might make it into my cart!

(Guilty as charged... just checked out and sitting by my mailbox!)

I think I should have ordered a pirate patch too, oh no!

I borrowed all of the images for my collages from their website.

If you borrow them, please link to Coral & Tusk as well.

Note to people: My scarf arrived and I'm thinkin' I'm pretty cute! I mean the scarf is...you know. FYI, it's a little darker color than it appears online. Kind of a dark khaki/tanish color. I will sport this year-round like a necklace! Love my hedgehog!

Another Southern Crush !

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I teared up when I watched this video!

It's an overwhelming feeling when you watch

a video on someone who is EXACTLY who your dream ME is.

I love how Natalie Chanin is putting people back to work.

I love how it is producing things that are handmade.
I love EVERYTHING about this line!

I've gushed over them before, HERE and HERE.

but I just had to share this video from Etsy's Handmade Portraits.

Natalie, YOU'VE BEEN CRUSHED...AGAIN!

I recently ordered the color cards for their organic cotton.

My needle will be in this soon... Maybe I can figure out a way to

get to a workshop and actually meet her! 

Anybody wanna go with me?

Crushing On Charles Spada & Veranda !

GET THE LOOK: Gold Frames $160 each, 4 Graphite on Silk Portraits, c1890, $185 each

White Ironstone Tureen $250, Blue & White Anemon Tureen $350

At Rooney Robison Antiques, 

we are over the moon inspired by Boston Designer, Charles Spada!

This month's Veranda Magazine was full of beautiful photographs

of his renovation in Normandy, 

Manoir de Berthouville, a hunting lodge built in 1652.

GET THE LOOK: Ridgeway Morley Ware & Co., Eglintoun, c 1836-42

Dinner Plates (10) $115 each, Small Platter (2) $88 each, Bone Dish (2) $75 each

Let us help you GET THE LOOK!

These are commemorative plates of the "Eglinton Tournament" in 1839.

The Clan Montgomery is one of the oldest Scottish Clans 

with its progenitors from Normandy, France.

Visit Rooney Robison Antiques in Charlotte and be INSPIRED! 

Also, click over to our STYLE FILE on TUMBLR

where we continue to collect images that keep us inspired.

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Inspiration Found . . .

...Elsa Mora...The Dress...

I am nearly speachless.

I have spent my morning coffee in a new Blog Find.

I am over the moon inspired by Elsita's work and

this dress is now my screensaver to inspire me DAILY! 

I am SMITTEN! 

Her story is beautiful too...go browse through her site.

Elsita is now on my list of "Bloggers I'd like to have lunch with."

Every Girl's Dream . . .

Most girls just want to wear Chanel.

I want to make it!


This show took my breath away...

image: PleaseMagazine by Olivia da Costa click through for more!

image: PleaseMagazine by Olivia da Costa click through for more!

...there's no way to wear Chanel and not feel like a Princess...

...Every tiny detail...

...Every girl's dream...

Images via Chanel unless noted

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