I’m finally coming up for air after being engulfed and in awe of Tim Walker’s stunning portfolio. He’s a truly talented London based photographer that I just rediscovered. I’ve seen one of two of his pictures floating around before, but seeing so much beauty all at once… Wow. I need air. Beautiful, beautiful air.
Thanks to Design Work Life [love that blog, by the way, and read it daily!], I discovered the portfolio of Joshua Tetreault which includes this piece of work. It was created for his personal identity system. I really love the three dimensional quality and how it seems to push the boundaries of lettering.
I try to keep fresh flowers around the house. Tulips. Peonies. Renuculas. Baby’s Breath. Whatever I can find at a local market. I find that they are an easy way to perk up photos. Last night, however, I was about to start photographing an invite when I realized I didn’t have any flowers. So, I went to the garden and plucked this Gardenia from our newly planted tree. The smell was intoxicating. One of my favorite floral scents.
I spotted these graceful images while going through a photographer’s portfolio posted on The English Muse [a lovely read]. They are photographs from a famous Parisian photographer, Jeanloup Sieff. And, as a former dancer, they surely tug at my heart. Oh how I miss the satin and tulle. I suspect dance imagery will always make my heart skip a little beat.
Nothing like fresh flowers to spruce up the ole studio. I picked up these lovely fresh Tulips this afternoon at a local market.
Hope you’re having a good week! We’re definitely staying busy, and it feels wonderful.
During our visit to Gruene, we stopped in at The Gruene Antique Company and picked up a few goodies. I love perusing antique shops, and I’m always on the lookout for cool things. I keep an eye out for anything letterpress and miniature perfume bottles.
I can’t really pinpoint when and how my miniature perfume collection got started, but I have quite a few. And, although I don’t actively collect them any longer, I saw this tiny orange Hermés box and couldn’t pass it up! When I first spotted it, I didn’t even realize it housed perfumes. It was sitting next to several other bottles that I was fixating on, and I was telling myself I didn’t need them. I picked up the tangerine box, opened it and realized what treasures it contained. Three unopened, vintage, miniature Hermés perfumes. Definitely not something you find everyday. After debating a while, I decided they should come home with me.
Then, in a little wooden box, we spotted letterpress lead type. We shifted through them for quite a while and decided these characters would make their way home with us, too.
This weekend, Kacey and I found ourselves back in Texas for a little three day weekend getaway. We drove to Houston and San Marcos and stopped at several towns in between. One of those was the town of Gruene. It’s a charming + historic town full of antiques stores and quant little shops. It’s also home to Texas’s oldest dance hall. What we didn’t know? Gruene was having one of their monthly Market Days where people sell their handmade goods [and only handmade goods - how great is that?!].
Hope you all had a lovely weekend – one filled with beautiful weather!
ps – Aren’t the colors in the photo beautiful?! | photo via flickr.
Now you can color your kitchen with Pantone products like this canister and salt + pepper mill. Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a specific color?
