I was delighted to be asked to contribute my opinion to this great article on eBay’s The Inside Source! Who doesn’t want to know where to spend and where to save? Find tips from me as well as other bloggers like Habitually Chic, Remodelista, The Goods Design and Desire to Inspire. What fantastic company to be in!
It’s the last day to nominate your favorite blogs for the Apartment Therapy Homies- and if you are reading this I hope that means I’m one of your favorites! So go nominate me already! :) I know it’s a bit of a pain to register, but you SHOULD be reading AT anyways since it’s such a ridiculously baller blog. VOTE HERE!
We’ve all been running around buying gifts and feeling frazzled by the encroaching holiday season lately. Today let’s get back to what the holiday spirit is really about: GIVING. Several bloggers are coming together today in a collaborative effort spearheaded by Paloma Contreras of La Dolce Vita , in order to make a difference for a very deserving charity. Pencils of Promise is a wonderful 501(c)(3) organization based in New York, that partners with local communities and organizations to build schools of early-stage education in developing nations for some of the world’s most impoverished and undereducated children. Sadly, there are more than 75 million children in this terrible situation worldwide. Last December, the Pencils of Promise team visited a small village in Laos and by July 2009, they had built a new school for the village children who started attending classes on September 1st. This month, Pencils of Promise will be opening their third school and they hope to open the doors to education for more children in 2010.
Watch this video here to get a better idea of what this great organization does and also become a fan on Facebook HERE:
Thanks everyone!!!
-Erin
Paloma over at La Dolce Vita asked if I’d be a part of her “Ten Things I Can’t Live Without” series and mine is up today! What a great idea Paloma!
On Friday I had the pleasure of going to visit Jill Rosenwald’s studio in Fort Point (she of the “new West Elm-ish rug” fame from a few weeks ago). Her work is as cheerful and lovely as she is, which is so refreshing! Just check out the amazing designs abound (and check it here on Etsy):
Lamps from her line Switch (crafted with her husband):
Lamp bases awaiting electrifying!
The studio- love the wall of pottery paint chips. Art in itself.
I got to see the rug in person and it’s to die for. I absolutely love it!
I absolutely fell in LOVE with the chair drawings Jill did and had mounted on her studio wall- genius!
More of her beautiful pottery (with tour guide Oscar):
More lamps in progress and a set of custom designed dinnerware that she is working on with an interior designer based on the colors and patterns in a client’s home:
Also in the same studio are graphic designers Jessica Sutton (mom of Oscar above and blogger herself) and Jennifer Hill. Jessica designed websites for some of my favorite places like Looc, Urban Hound and was previously the in house designer for beauty brand Fresh Cosmetics! Jennifer has a FABULOUS Etsy store featuring her prints, especially enchanting is her “Places I’ve Never Been” series in which she designs a pattern based on research she does on, you guessed it, places she’s never been! I think the concept is stunningly creative and the product equally as beautiful! Also check out her letter prints, perfect for a baby gift!
(There is even a calendar featuring a series of the “places” prints!)
Now here’s your chance to come and have a cocktail with these cool, creative women (and me) on November 12th from 6-11 p.m. at their studio open house! Check this Facebook invite for more details and let them know if you’ll grace us with your gorgeous faces (or leave a comment and I’ll RSVP for you!)
Hope to see you there! It’s a great chance ot celebrate creative, cool women in Boston and see some fantastic design!
A graphic Audrey canvas would go on the wall above the bed in homage to my style guru. Laura mentions that we would probably both have Robert Pattinson posters up considering we both are obsessed with Twilight, even as 30 year olds. I would vote that we go all the way and get the life size stand up cut out to share. So he could serve a purpose (as all items in a small room should) we could use him to keep all our necklaces and scarves on. Thanks Rob!
This fun little mirror would go above the desk to assist in primping for a night out on campus and nearby a little zebra (it is ME after all) bulletin board for pics and reminders.
Thanks for the post suggestion Laura (her room redo here)- I only WISH our room could have looked like this then!
Can I persuade you, dear readers, to vote for me as a favorite style blog on Divine Caroline’s Awards? There’s a button to the right over there you can click to do it or just go here!
It would make my day! :)
Not only did Seleta post a lovely bit about our meeting and her visit to my city, but I also was sent a gorgeous piece by Diane James Home for my upcoming birthday (it now lives on my bedside table)! Kindness from strangers (and those no longer strangers) makes the world go round!
Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a great weekend. I hate to report that Brimfield was such a disappointment this year- truly a sea of mostly knick knacks and much less cool furniture than last year. There were some redeeming items (lots of vintage jewelry- my friend Amanda got the coolest antique brooch), and it’s always fun to go, but it seems that poerhaps even the economy has hurt antique dealers. I am going to try to go in September, since I think that might be the better show. Anyways a few snaps:
This booth had some great stuff- but a lot of it looked reproduction:
A week of lovely mentions- a big thank you to the editors at Jezebel for their coverage of my “Domino Replacement” post, Philebrity for their La Ronda plug, and to Paloma at La Dolce Vita and Frou Frou Fashionista for blessing me with awards and Layers of Meaning for making me the feature in her brilliant “Through Her Eyes” series! :)
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