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In a way, I hope that this snow sticks and that we get snowed in. I feel like I could use a few days of cuddling on the sofa, watching Netflix, hot soup, and lazy, restorative days. In recent weeks, I have managed to exhaust myself with anticipation of what’s to come for us. We’re still waiting to hear about the Florida opportunity. The good news is that the job market is picking up. Some jobs are in the City and others are far, far away. The bad news: I don’t recall ever feeling quite so restless. Calgon ~ take me away!

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Last year it was raspberry and black or navy and silver. I don’t care what Pantone says about turquoise, this year it seems that every bride wants some shade of purple! This letterpress mini-stationery suite just came back from print and I think it turned out quite lovely, don’t you agree? I call it a mini-suite because it includes just two pieces – a folded invite and weekend festivity card. Everything else will be handled online for this destination wedding in paradise!

*Please note that the shade of green is the same throughout the suite, it was simply a change in the light that changed how it appears in the photograph!*

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For ages, I have been sifting through and collecting images of kitchens I love. I do this for kitchens far more than any other interior space of a house. Perhaps it’s because I like to cook – maybe I can imagine myself preparing meals and bakery items in these spaces? I rarely tear out a photo of a bathroom and feel the need to document it. The kitchen, the heart of a home… Every one I find has a combination of wood beams, stone, and a fireplace or a gigantic glass front pantry chalk full of china. Yes, it’s true. I have a kitchen “type.”
I know. By now we’ve all seen Julianne Moore’s (ex) West Village Townhouse on Apartment Therapy, in New York Magazine, and posted all over the internet. The kitchen is by a Brooklyn based design firm called Made. They’ve combined a design studio, a fabrication workshop, and a contracting team under one roof in Red Hook to create super-smart interior design solutions. I love how the modern kitchen is placed into this rustic space. The light fixtures and mid-century home furnishings seemingly bridge the gap.
These images are from the portfolio of lifestyle writer and stylist Natalie Thiart . I was drawn to the beams in the ceiling, and the glass front cabinet. Notice: on the shelves to the left, like items are grouped = huge visual impact. Natalie has styled everything from architecture and advertisements to tabletops – you’re sure to find something to delight your senses. The whole website is a feast for the eyes!

I’d like to invite you to a new to me blog called Willow Decor. I spent way too much time oohing-ahhhing and oogling the lovely home decor inspiration over at Willow Decor this morning! If you haven’t been, I suggest you pour yourself a second cup, pop by and get ready to be inspired!

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Lydia Barry Kutko (aka The Clueless Crafter) and me, ABCD have joined forces with the intention to create a time and space for creatives build meaningful relationships, to connect, network with one another and share their art. We call our new consortium The Maximalists because for us, it is about the act of creating art, the process of creation itself. We hope by planning a series of events that we will help to facilitate interesting conversations among creatives and produce a time and place for artistic collaborations to to germinate, blossom and grow. Our events will be all-inclusive. We hope to have fine artists, artisan craftspeople, Etsy enthusiasts, interior designers, graphic designers, photographers, writers, art historians and design enthusiasts at our meetings.

So without further ado, I’d like to announce our first BIG event! A screening of Handmade Nation on April 10, 2010. Read more about the event by visiting our new blog, at www.themaximalists.com. If you’d like to get involved, buy your ticket to the screening at The Maximalists’ ticket office.
We have the full intention of creating and facilitating many design-centric events in the future. We invite you to join our mailing list by sending an email to TheMaximalists[at]gmail.com. You can also keep up-to-date by following us on Twitter at @TheMaximalists.

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