There was a time, prior to marrying Mr. F and hitting my fourth decade ( gulp! ), when I was a teeny little wisp of a thing and my wrists were so small some bracelets fell right off. Enter…
Design
I just love the idea of translating the artwork we love into the jewelry and clothes we wear. After all, the artwork we love is an extension of our souls, so why shouldn’t the way we clothe ourselves be,…
Nothing against your grandma or her patchwork. Heck, I have a cherished and loved until it is falling apart patchwork quilt that belonged to my own grandmother. But patchwork has gotten an update. Bright colors, bold patterns and modern mixes…
As fellow Artsies, I know that you are familiar with that sensation that comes over you when gazing upon a favorite work of art.. you want to jump right in and live inside the canvas. Well, dear Artsies, I…
Holy wow, it’s been a long time since I did an Insert the Artsy post! I’d forgotten how much fun they can be, dreaming and scheming what piece of artwork I would place in a room. When I saw…
It’s like fries and ketchup.. chips and salsa.. hot wings and ranch.. the design trend of dipping objects in any array of colors makes something good even more tasty! Here are a few examples I dug up this week..…
Sometimes, OK if you’re me, often, we fall so in love with a piece of artwork, we want to live in it, breathe it, and yes, WEAR it. The Wear the Artsy series imagines doing just that.. what if I…
While living in the desert, I’ve noticed that people tend to embrace color in bolder ways than you might expect. I think it’s a side effect of being surrounded by so much beige sand! In today’s Friday Design Finds,…
Until recently, the word brass conjured up images of hideous early 1980’s decor. But brass is staging a comeback and when combined with wood, makes for a design statement that is at once organic and modern. Here are a…
For some Artsies, the holidays can be a bit of decorative overload. I’m talkin’ about those clean line, simple shape loving Modernists who crave the sleek and spare. For this week’s Artsy Holiday installment, here are a few ideas…