I'm planning to share my gift ideas tomorrow, plus other holiday-related posts later this week, so to start off the week, I wanted to share an oldie but a goodie that I've never had a chance to feature before. I think this giant gift bow light would look great in an entry way or at the end of a hall. It's so festive, but I like it so much I'd leave it up year round.
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My very creative friend Chris (she's pursuing a career in puppeteering, so cool!) shared a link to this post about the work of Korean artist Lee JeeYoung. I found Lee's work fascinating, not only because there is no Photoshop or photo manipulation involved, but because her work is a study in self-expression and a quest to delve into different parts of her identity.
She constructs elaborate installations in her studio and then inserts herself into the scene (never facing forward) as part of an attempt to create a tangible expression of thoughts, feelings, and desires. The studio is only about 10 feet by 20 feet in size. Lee spends weeks, sometimes months, transforming this space over and over again into fantastical settings inspired by her surroundings and experiences, as well as cultural influences and fables. It's a cathartic way of working out inner conflict and I love the way each iteration speaks to a different part of who she is. I so admire people who are this creative and can turn an imaginative fantasy into something visual and whimsical. In a way it reminds me of something that has stuck with me since childhood and I think of often: In the Beverly Cleary book Ramona and Beezus, Beezus feels like she doesn't have any imagination and she's struggling for inspiration in her art class. After kicking Ramona out of the art class and trying to reclaim it as her own, she decides to paint Ramona's invisible lizard, and it evolves into a dragon with cotton-candy flames, lollipop scales, and a lemon drop eye. Sometimes when I'm feeling less than inspired, I think of the dragon painting and try to remember there's always another way of seeing things. Here are some of my favorite photographs from Lee's series. These bracelets and vases don't really have anything to do with one another, but with the similar palette and materials, and some special details, these feminine pieces felt like a nice match-up.
Ria Leigh's ceramic Basic Shapes bracelets come in beautiful glazed color options and I love the shapes, especially the kind-of-edgy geometric lavender style. I'm sensitive to most metal jewelry, so I have to limit how long I wear metal pieces. I'm always on the lookout for accessories made of ceramic, resin, fabric, or other materials so I don't have to worry about a reaction or the color of the metal changing. I feel like these could also go a little 80s, which is just another reason to like them. Nendo's Dress Up vases, also ceramic, are pastel-hued as well, but have the sweetest detailing--each vase has a different collar style at the top rim. From one side, they look like normal round-edged vases but on the other, they feature a little cutout collar shape traditionally associated with either a father, mother, and child. Plus, it's always nice to have a few small vases on hand for arranging flowers, and these look interesting even when they're empty. Basic Shapes bracelets by Ria Leigh, $45 each, Frye Art Museum Store Dress Up vases by Nendo, $25-$38 each or $95 for all three, Fitzsu If you're like me (and here I'm speaking mostly to the ladies), your purse is an insane abyss no matter how small it is or how many times you clean it out. I purposely keep my car and house keys in a change purse for just this reason and sometimes I still have to dig for them in that pouch. I had an interesting keychain on my house keys at one point and took it off for reasons I can't remember. I'm looking for a suitable, and probably brightly-colored easy-to-locate replacement, but I've noticed these hotel/motel inspired tags on a couple websites—some are new, some vintage. I think they're a lot of fun, especially if used with a spare set of keys you loan to visiting guests. images via three potato four, schoolhouse electric & supply co., a continuous lean, fossil, vintage bliss, vintagefleafinds, satelluxe Xx a I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday weekend! We had a great time with immediate and extended family celebrating Thanksgiving (several times) and my birthday (also several times!), which was yesterday. I don't put a ton of stock in horoscopes, but I am a pretty true-to-form Sagittarius. I've always been interested in the imagery of the bow and arrow. When I was younger, I had a necklace with an arrow on it, and now I have a pierced brass cuff bracelet with the Sagittarius constellation. When I turned 30 a couple years ago, I stamped an arrow on the little favor bags full of silly things like candy and fake glasses with noses and mustaches attached. I've even used a modified arrow design for the back of my freelance business cards. I don't seem to be the only one interested in the graphic shape of the arrow, either. Check out these sharp finds: images via coral & tusk, ortolan organic, three potato four, haus interior, urban outfitters, 1st dibs, gretel, mid2mod, neiman marcus 1 & 2, net-a-porter, cavern, sucreshop 1 & 2, toodlesnoodles, spoonflower, john derian, house&hold Xx a |
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