Archive for April, 2011
You learn something new every day. At least I did when I came across Susan Najarian Art & Design, a shop filled with encaustic paintings and hand crafted items. Also known as hot wax painting, the process involves heated beeswax + pigments combined with Susan’s photography, to create a “cloud like feeling” where images seem to float. Take in the ethereal view from the Begin the Journey painting or don an original piece with the Bird on a Wire necklace.
Enjoy the entire collection at Susan Najarian Art & Design.
About Rachel Anne: She is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called, Goose and Trisser. You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
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I’ve had this honeycomb shelf project bookmarked from Arrow and Apple for a week now. Kept meaning to post it! But then I realized it would be a great weekend project, so I waited patiently until today. Isn’t it great? All the details (in photos) for making your own can be found on Arrow and Apple, which is quickly turning in to a weekly read for me.
And that’s going to take us in to weekend links before I head out…
-Just be nice dammit: A call to action and a challenge for you. Read all about it here.
-This ring from Ulala needs to come home with me.
-I know these are being passed around quite a bit, but I don’t care. I can’t get enough of these Toy Stories prints from Aled Lewis.
-And this weekend you’re going to have to break out the glitter because this clothespin diy is awesome.
Have a great weekend!
Featuring unexpected charms showcased on necklaces, rings and things, Belle Hibou is a shop filled with an “eclectic mix of bohemian, whimsical and nature-inspired styles.” You’ll be drawn in to take a second look at the vintage trinkets Jennifer pairs with antique brass. Peek at the horses on the carousel necklace or fill your craving with this chocolate tin locket.
Ready to be charmed: Enter code SAVE10 at checkout for 10% off.
Stop by Belle Hibou on Etsy to see the entire collection.
About Rachel Anne: She is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called, Goose and Trisser. You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
Mothers are always telling their daughters to act appropriately, dress modestly and be “ladylike,” even into their adult years. This mother + daughter team from Ladylike has some help for you. Find adornments that you love + that show your mom you were listening. Or at least you look like it.
Check out Ladylike on Etsy for the entire collection.
About Rachel Anne: She is a 20-something wife and mother of one, who enjoys making things for her embroidery and tiny handmade goodies shop called, Goose and Trisser. You can visit Rachel Anne on her blog here.
The cloudy greys of dreary days have lifted from last week at Interior Obsessions with FormFire Glassworks, and we are letting in the light today with some interior and exterior screens. Screening space has been around for years, often seen in the threefold standing screen, once used to create private changing areas in smaller rooms, a style that is still available today in many different finishes and opacities. More interesting to me is the type of architectural screen that at once allows views between spaces to retain a visual connection to the space beyond, while defining areas or physically separating spaces.
Typically, this type of divider is modular in some way, either by pattern or construction. This allows the same idea to be translated into different heights and widths. Screens can vary both by material and by openness, ranging from perforated metal panels to light polycarbonate structures. They can be completely stationary or can have hanging or movable parts. They can span between floor and ceiling, be attached to the side of a structure, hang from above, or cantilever up from the floor. They are available in any color. They can be as small as a fin wall or as long as an entire side of a building. A screen can eliminate the need for a guardrail, or just serve to define a smaller area within a larger space. The choices are endless, but screens are a great way to define spaces without closing them in.
(above) Stair Guardrail
See-through Wall + Window Screening
Planter Wall with Boxes + Planted Screen
Amy wrote this post. She is the designer and owner of FormFire Glassworks, where she creates modern lampwork glass beads and jewelry. You can follow her twitter @formfireglass.
*I had a different post scheduled for the end of the day today, but then this happened and I felt compelled to share it…
Today I was going through my emails and I stumbled across a mass mailer from a PR company in New York. I had been receiving these periodically for months, and they didn’t really fit the scope of what I do for papernstitch. So, I wrote back a quick couple of sentences to the sender and asked to be removed from the list. She wrote me right back and said I had been removed, but that’s not what struck me. She actually thanked me..
“Sorry about that Brittni. Thank you for being so nice about it! You have been removed from the list.”
A thank you from a total stranger for being nice. It made me smile.
And you know what happened after that?
This is the part where you might think I am going to tell you that she wrote me back just hours later and told me that because of my kindness she wanted to repay the favor by doing x, y, and z for me. And how you should always be nice to people, especially when it comes to your business, because you just never know what it will get you in the future. Blah, blah, blah.
But that’s not what happened.
So you wanna know what actually happened?
Nothing. And that is exactly the point.
You should be kind to people in every situation. People you know and people you don’t know. Just because. Not in hopes that you can later get something “out of it”. Not because you never know what connections that person might have. Just because.
Just because it’s better for you. For the people around you. For the people you know. And for the ones that you have not yet met. And it makes you feel good to be kind to someone else.
So I am challenging you.
To make every attempt to simply be nice. To everyone that you talk to, virtually or in person. For just one week.
See how it makes you feel to continually be friendly and kind in uncomfortable situations and random occurrences. Watch how it makes other people feel when they encounter your compassion, your smile, your generally “nice” attitude, however seemingly small it may be. And then, after the week is over, I dare you to stop.
Bet you won’t.
Share your thoughts on this topic below. And if you know someone who needs to read this, send it to them…
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image c/o Momo Prints
