The weather has been so nice here. Ian and I are walking to school every morning and then I'm walking to pick him up in the afternoon. (And I will tell any stranger I meet that I do this cause I need the encouragement, I would like to keep it up.) When I get back home each morning, I've been retreating to my studio in the basement to work on projects galore. When I caught myself dancing to disco tunes yet again, it felt suddenly like I'd slipped into a special type of crazy, and that it would probably be good for me to go above ground for lunch and mingle with the outside world for a bit, just to check myself. Whew! I immediately felt better. Amazing what a little window shopping and color inspiration can do for the soul.
I spotted this lovely and calming display made with books in J Crew's wedding window. My original fabric flower tutorial (wow, I made that tutorial in 2006!) can easily be made with pages from a book as well. Maybe I'll try some soon.
Cotton mop heads, and what appear to be disks of dyed parchment paper with possibly some fabric spotted at Anthrolopogie. Hanging mop heads on my walls would never look that good, I am sure.
I loved the use of sticks and twigs in Free People. Interestingly I don't really care for their clothes, but their displays have drawn me in more than once.
And this gorgeous, sequined appliqued textile. In fact, I'm really loving all these bright neon colors with the woody browns and dark twigs.
The window boxes seemed to be following the trend of the dark shades with the almost glowing brights.
Thank you all for the great comments and questions about blogging over on this post. Lots of things to think about. I will take all of this with me for Friday's panel. I'm really looking forward to the discussion!
