Boughs Of Holly

I love how designer Benji Jones has decorated his Virginia-Highland home for the holidays. The decor is festive yet subtle and tasteful: sprigs of evergreen tucked behind paintings, miniature live pine trees in almost every room,…

Watts Towers

The Watts Towers, a collection of seventeen interconnected sculptures in Los Angeles, California, was created by Italian immigrant Sabato Rodia over a period of 33 years starting in 1921. The 100 foot masterpiece, also known as Nuestro…

Seeing Double

Lauren and I have been experimenting with double exposure photography, thanks to a recent workshop we attended and an exciting upcoming project (much more on that later). In the meantime, check out these multiple exposure…

Break The Pattern

It’s been nearly four months since Zara‘s e-commerce site launched in the US and surprisingly, I had yet to make a purchase online until last night. There’s nothing like the claustrophobic fear of venturing outside…

Garden Garden On The Wall

I’ve been dreaming of creating a vertical garden next spring – the only obstacles are that I currently don’t have the wall space or a green thumb. So until I overcome those hurdles I might…

DIY Pom Pom Beanie

Brrrrrr, it’s chilly outside. It’s time to sort through your collection of winter hats, ear muffs, and knit headbands for some necessary protection for that noggin! But before you toss out your favorite slouchy beanie…

Hudson Bay Point Blankets

Green, red, yellow and indigo are the four colored stripes we associate with these iconic Hudson Bay point blankets.  But did you ever wonder about their origin?  These blankets were traded to First Nations and…

David Downton

My best friend Michelle sent me a link to David Downton‘s site a few...