it’s been a wonderful week here at d*s and i’m thrilled to head out again next monday for los angeles! i’ll be in town for a quick trip monday through wednesday to host the LA biz ladies meetup at design within reach on the 15th. if you’re in town and would like to come, stop on by! i’ll be sure to take as many pictures as possible and hit as many great local shops as i can. in the meantime, i’m gearing up for design season next month and itching to get started on covering the stationery show, surtex, icff and brooklyn designs. until then, here’s a roundup of this week’s highlights- including the d*s reader survey winners. see you monday! [image above: beautiful custom silhouette plaques created by danielle thompson. want to make your own? click here for danielle's fantastic online tutorial]

• design*sponge on good morning america!
• alena hennessy print winners: congrats josie, bostonkayla, mjmoorhouse and sandersoncreative. thanks so much to everyone who took the time to fill out the survey and thank you to alena for donating her beautiful prints!
• new sneak peeks: zee of homebug and carol’s french city apartment
• new diy projects: custom paper silhouettes, abbie’s recycled cork coasters/trivets, kelly’s cut-felt placemats, origami mobiles
• new before and afters: caroline’s chair, jess’ spool makeover, jennifer’s glass frame
• new city guides: nottingham england and new orleans
• new in the kitchen with: photographer, art director and graphic designer matt armendariz
• new d*s guest blog: matte stephens (thanks to matte for all his hard work from the road!)
• new: reused material exhibition at the museum of arts and design
• scad style: wreaths by katie runnels
• interior inspiration: home photography by ellen silvermans
• ceramics outdoors: jasna sokolovic’s artwork
• paper: book sculptures by nicholas jones
• new: lighting from lindsey adelman
• new: re-habbed furniture from knack studios
• weddings: d*s wedding idea scrapbook
• tabletop: vintage pyrex at etsy

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