LOVE

Love this set of "Hello: Artist" prints from

Brainstorm Print and Design.

(click to enlarge photo)

NEED

I think I NEED 3 or 4 of these glass globes.

I'm thinking of hanging them in my living room, in front of

a sliding glass door at varying lengths. I especially love the Air Plant inside!

Available at Sprout Home, $15.

San Francisco Treat

Yesterday I booked my ticket to visit the lovely city of San Francisco to visit my best friend, Miss Gina Esposito. I think her and I both have already started compiling a list of places to go, things to eat, and booze to drink!

One of the places I am dying to visit is Flora Grubb Gardens. I actually despise roses, but her bouquet of "Forever Roses" is beautiful, and better yet it's actually a succulent bouquet. Can't wait to check it out in person!

Philadelphia Flower Show

This weekend while visiting my family in Philly, I went to check out the Philadelphia Flower Show. The photos above were some of my favorites. The bottom 3 photos were from the Best in Show installation from Moda Botanica. Flower shows can tend to get repetitive and personally I think pretty bland, but the crew at Moda took flowers to a new level, creating mini gallery spaces within stacked shipping crates. Absolutely brilliant, and smelled wonderful! And actually made me consider a career change???

Vanessa Bruno Wins

Vanessa Bruno, FA10, Paris Fashion Week.

Probably one of, if not my favorite collection I've seen this entire season.
(photos www.style.com)

Refrigerator Art: by Mark Menjivar

I stumbled upon these photos on 20x200 which is a website

that features 2 new pieces a week, offered at prices from $20 to $2000.

Using the internet as its gallery space, 20x200 allows up and coming artists

to showcase authentic limited edition pieces to a mass market.

The 2 photographs above are by Mark Menjivar. Mark traveled the US and photographed

peoples refrigerators, simple-yes but pretty impactful.

Both taken in San Antonio, TX, the photo on the left is the fridge of a

Midwife and Middle School Teacher. The fridge on the right is owned by a Bartender.

Bits and Pieces

Sometimes select bits of color and texture can be just as breathtaking as a whole look.

These 3 bits were taken from the Dries Van Noten show, Paris Fashion Week FA10.

(photos http://www.style.com/, cropped by moi)