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Ocean Inspiration

I’ve been thinking a lot about the ocean lately. Maybe it’s all the salt water I’ve been making. But seriously, I’ve always loved the ocean, the water, the ocean life, the warm sand between my toes. (In case you were wondering, it’s snowing now. It snowed last night.  Perhaps this is my Ode To A Warm Beach?)

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Ernst Haeckel I’m so in love with his illustrations. The patterns from nature leave me speechless.

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elementclaystudio Urchin Bowl – be sure to check out her tiles. Amazing.

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Hand Felted Sea Creatures from Keri Rounding in her Etsy shop.

Spring spread in Small. (say that one 5 times fast…)

Design Milk likes Coral too.

I just added Jacques Cousteau to Netflix.  I have wonderful memories of watching him under water.  I remember thinking that I would have a career around oceans.

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Full Moon Forest from Reprodepot would be a great little hat or spring coat or summer pants for Iz.

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An Ocean World by Peter Sis, from our library this week. We love it.

Sophie Digard Necklaces

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You know you love them. I love them too. Remember them from this post?

The lovely Dayna from Ped Shoes just let me know that she will be carrying a selection of Sophie Digard Necklaces as part of their Spring 08 offering. Be sure to sign up for their mailing list so you will be the first to know.

**Don’t forget today is the last day to sign up for the 200th Post-O-Rama Giveaway!

Inspiring

Remember this photo of my Inspiration Wall in my Studio?

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This is a photo on Flickr that’s been added to the Inspiration Boards Pool, and I’ve been following the pool ever since.  I’m always looking for and collecting things that inspire me.  They got on my mantle, board or in a notebook (one of MANY!).  But I love looking at other’s inspiration boards.  I love the Flickr group and love even more that there’s a blog now about the creators of these inspiration boards.

Lately – I’ve been inspired by raw edges.

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I love this piece on the cover of the latest Selvedge.  I love this magazine.  I could tear the whole thing apart and hang it all on the wall.   I love the garments in the feature article.  If you have a chance to pick it up, it’s worth it.  Lovely.

Making a Wardrobe

It’s been a strange switch going from the 10-12 hour days at the office to staying home and raising our Iz. I remember when Iz was just 8 weeks old, and I had to go back to work. Ugh. I remember crying as I would leave the house, and once I got to the subway, I felt this unbelievable relief. This crazy lightness. I’d get to work and was so sad about missing Iz, I’d throw myself into the day (stopping to pump in the closet twice a day, and crying again, in the closet, while the rest of the office was outside joking about the pump…sigh..). I remember thinking what’s wrong with me, this going to work thing is SO EASY compared to the 24/7 momhood, why would I want to give that up?

But I did. It was important to me to be with Iz. To spend our days together. I planned on doing freelance or something, but it had to be from home, so I had the flexibility I need for playgroups and adventures. It sure isn’t easy, and some days, it’s just not fun, but all the good times make up for it. We have tons of fun together.

But other things have changed too. My wardrobe. I know, trivial in comparison to everything else, but important none the less. My changed body would certainly benefit from regular visits to the gym, less carbs (hell, eliminate them all together…) and a much better bra (maybe 10 of them…at once). I wear jeans all the time (I’m grateful I don’t have sweats, while they would be perfect for bending down and running around, and oh so comfy, I just can’t bring myself to do it, I would surely then be the girl in the don’t picture with the black tape across my eyes), I have a handful of knit shirts (v-neck is so much more flattering on me), some lovely sweaters. You know…all the basics. But I’m really ready to expand my wardrobe.

I regulary check wardrobe_remix for inspiration. The outfits are spectacular. The colors are really amazing. As I sit looking this morning, I find myself wanting more color in my closet. I have a lot of black. A lot of black. And I love it, but I’d love to throw together some blue and orange, or aqua and red, or pink and green. Red and Purple.

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Favorites – Sophie Digard

I’ve been trying to find out more about the bed linens in Nanny McPhee.  (I think the overall art direction of the movie is quite spectacular…candy for the eyes in my book.)  So every once in a while I google, lots of good articles to read but don’t really come up with anything telling me about those beds!

I did get my most recent issue of Selvedge, and noticed the amazing crocheted scarves and necklaces by Sophie Digard.  Beautiful little gems of scarves, crocheted with really amazing color combinations, and they really remind me of those precious blankets on the kids’ beds in Nanny Mcphee.

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Below scarves available at Ped Shoes

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More scarf images on Flickr.

Her necklaces are really, really precious.  I love these little star flowers.