Inspiration to Creation: Upcycling an Antique Chair

If you follow here, you probably already know this weekend was quite a successful and fun hunting weekend... antique hunting! I had my eye on this piece, which was marked $300. I figured I'd pop over to the sale on Sunday to see if it was still there at a discounted rate. As fate would have it, someone sat in it Saturday and broke one of the legs... in the perfect place for repair... which means it fit the budget!

The original plan was to find a piece like this, strip the material, sand and paint the trip a rustic white or gray, and reupholster with either a fun print or timeless linen, but now, it's growing on me. What do you think? I must reupholster in order to fix the leg, but what do you think about the trim? I'd love to know your thoughts!

Currently On My Desk: Bookmaking and Gold Leaf

I'm finally putting my gold leaf inspiration to use for a book I'm working on. This should be fun!

Awards Weekend: Addys & Oscars

This weekend was an awards weekend! First, the Baton Rouge Advertising Federation "Addy" Awards took place Saturday night and I took home two wins! So exciting! Second, the Academy Awards, which of course is about the movies, but also about the fashion and glamorous style at that... so of course, Third, the unofficial red carpet awards. For me, the fashion police herself, Giuliana Rancic was stunning!  What do you think? Who were your top picks?

Friday Fun Moodboard: Frenchy and Fanciful

Words To Live and Design By: When? Soon.

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Drawing A Day 118: Dreaming

Hope you all had a very festive and Happy Mardi Gras! Back to sketching...

Happy Mardi Gras Y'all!

Happy Mardi Gras! I'm off to celebrate a bit and get work done beach side until Fat Tuesday. Here's a quick peek at what's in store for the coming week. In the mean time, I'll be posting with less than 140 characters... See you back here next Wednesday!

Inspiration to Creation: Laser Cutting

You may have seen a few clues from this process here, but today was pretty exciting to see designs come to life! I had the chance to laser cut my designs, which will then transfer to another printmaking technique for the final project. So far so good!

Minted.com Art Print Design Challenge Winner!

Well, if you haven't heard the news here and here... "All In The Details" was an editor's pick winner for the first ever Art Print Challenge! Wooo hoo! Thanks for voting. Can you believe it?! You'll now be able to purchase your own piece of whimsy at Minted.com! Eek! So exciting!

Inspiration Files: A Lovely Palette

A little V-day color palette love! I have to admit I'm a sucker for people in love... I'm always trying to set up friends, turn into a cheeseball over Mr. Darcy's "I love you, most ardently," and, although I'm not a fan of red, something about Valentine's day makes it somewhat okay when combined with gold, pink... and orange! Hope you have a lovely day and thanks for all of the blog love. You guys are the best!


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