Tag Archives: Design Links

LU Buzz!

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Lots of buzz about yours truly online today (very exciting!!). Alluminare’s been awfully busy, redesigning pages, creating widgets, and…interviewing moi! Tres chic!

Click here for my very own profile on Alluminare.com. You can see my latest work (created exclusively for Alluminare’s products, which are FABULOUS), read a little bio, and even grab a widget for your own use (feel free!). Oh and feel free to get some Christmas shopping out of your system while you’re there. :D

Also – TA DA! – read my interview with Alluminare and hear about inspiration, colors, and see some of my favorite colorways and pattern swatches.

Thanks bunches to the amazing team at Alluminare for all your hard work (the site looks great!) and for creating some buzz about yours truly! Tootin’ your own horn is one thing; when someone grabs the horn and starts playing it for you is another thing entirely. Thanks a million, guys. You’re awesome.

You Don’t Write… You Don’t Call…

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Ha. Actually had a college boy-interest say that to me once. There was a reason. :D

Dear blog-readers, I’ve not kept up with you – I’m sorry! I’ve been traveling, first to my family for Thanksgiving, then to Oregon to see friends and family. My Google Reader has over 300 unread items! I can’t wait to see what everyone has been up to. And I am on the hunt for Christmas table setting ideas, presently.

This is also partly why I’ve been absent. We moved into our house October 26th and the chipper bird in me offered to have the Big Family Christmas Dinner at our new house. I’ve been a tornado of painting and decorating since. It’s our first house (every wall was hospital white – ack!) and I want the Grand Unveiling-Slash-Christmas to be just perfect. Today, I will be putting the finishing touches on all the painting projects, applying the final coat on the refinished china cabinet, and rearranging the living room. Hobby Lobby & Home Depot, here I come!

On top of trying to channel Martha the last few weeks, I’ve been working. Two (TWO!) lines of Christmas cards, a few patterns, a tutorial, tons and tons of sketching and I have a major-huge project next week. No, I do not take any drugs. But I drink an inordinate amount of coffee. And I don’t sleep…much.

So my fine feathered friends, as I have nothing of my own to show you, I’d like to point out some really juicy bits I’ve seen on other blogs (no particular order, no particular category).

  1. Do You Look Cheesy, Dull, And Out Of Touch? and My Designer Sucks! Posts by the infamous Sparky Firepants. The first is an excellent 1-2-3 for why people need designers; the second is a cringe-worthy 1-2-3 why people might hate designers. Excellent information in both.
  2. These Cheat Sheets by Made In England made me laugh out loud (yes, LOL) yesterday. Fantastic concept, and I like the design. Oh, and they’re FREE.girls_cheat_sheet
  3. Cry Translator for iPhone on Ohdeedoh. I don’t have a baby, I don’t have an iPhone, but I know plenty of people who do and THIS IS BRILLIANT. But…does it work?120109iphoneapp
  4. 4 Beautiful Holiday Place Setting Ideas from Design Hole Online. I like the 4th one best!
  5. My photo shoot with Aaron Courter Photography. He’s so incredibly talented. Well done, Aaron. Very, very well done.

OK kids, I’m off to Home Depot & Hobby Lobby. (Let’s hope DH isn’t reading this.) Enjoy your day!

Interviewed on SparkyFirePants!

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Check out my interview on sparkyfirepants.com! Fun questions, fun answers, and my very own recipe for the *perfect* PB&J.

Thanks, David, for a super-fun conversation!

Officially Official

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I now have a World Class Designer Page on Alluminare.com! Also, newly published, you will find Greg Brady, and both Linoak on Second and Linoak on Seventh. Very exciting! Hop on over there and check it out! Customize your very own fabric, wallpaper, or light fixtures. Decorate like a pro!

Greg Brady Drum Pendant Linoak on Second Drum Pendant Light
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Update: I have my very own widget! Check it out!>>

If you’re so inclined, grab the code and throw it on your site/blog!

Wallpaper Ordered: Check!

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I just ordered this wallpaper from Alluminare for the projects I’m going to start soon. I’m really looking forward to them! I’ll post the DIY steps when I’m finished, but for now, here’s a taste of what’s to come:

Love This.

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I was just playing around with Alluminare’s custom fabric tool (because lately, it’s like crack), and came up with this.

Do I get to love my own work this much? Because really, I love that colorway.

‘S Wonderful

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I am always honored when another surface designer follows me on Twitter, especially someone like Khristian A. Howell. Her work is gorgeous! I am so inspired! I have added her to the list on the right. She also has a great blog, Parapluies Et Soleil (“Umbrellas and Sun”). I do hope you’ll check her out.

Through True Up, a great blog about fabric and patterns, I found Patty Young’s blog, Modkid Boutique. She is a pattern designer I have admired for awhile now, and is mentioned in True Up’s post about Michael Miller‘s designers at the Fall Quilt Market. I stumbled onto Patty’s work late one night, forgetting both her name and her company (doh!), but completely in love with her work. This morning I was delighted to stumble on it again. (And have officially bookmarked it.) I love her color combinations and fabric collections. I do believe her Andalucia collection is my favorite.

New Pattern Collection: Linoak

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Hello! I’ve been busy tonight (yeah, yeah, I should sleep…I don’t even know what that means anymore!). This pattern collection has been bouncing around in my head for so long, I couldn’t let it go. Introducing: Linoak.

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Click here to see the whole collection. Enjoy!

New T-Shirt From Design Hole

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Remember the Crafty Wallpaper Contest? (I won!) Part of my winnings was a Design Hole T-Shirt, and I received it today!

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Thank you, Jennifer!

We move into our new house in 9 days, and I have plans for the wallpaper I’m going to order from Alluminare (including, but not limited to, the idea that won me both the wallpaper and the shirt). I’m so excited!