one of the things that can really give you a leg up in a tough economy like this is knowing what your client wants and how they want to hear it. so today i’m thrilled to have meg touborg back to talk about improving your chances with potential clients- from the client’s point of view….
erika and patrik mörn run hetta – a beautiful and clever homewares line out of stockholm (erika is the designer and patrik takes care of the business side of things). i’m so happy that today we’re able to travel to sweden for sneak peek into their home which feels so swedish (without feeling like an…
i’ve been anxiously awaiting the second edition of book city jackets’ artist series and was pleasantly surprised to see new work by cheeming boey, nishat akhtar and michael hsiung. i really love a good guest artist series and this new set of covers really makes me smile. i love the idea of rotating different artist-drawn…
The perfect vintage t-shirt personalized to celebrate year two. Michelle Lane’s hand-knotted necklaces from light cotton rope at Stand Up Comedy. Our vintage handkerchief card. One of our clients held a bouquet of cotton for her wedding. Perfect and simple to order as an arrangement for your beloved. (Images by Jamie Watts) Erin and Andy’s…
good morning! erin and nicole are keeping their anniversary theme going at the d*s guest blog today, moving from paper to cotton. their cotton roundup includes some really beautiful necklaces and custom embroidery ideas so click here to check out their full selection….
since living in paris, i have a whole new appreciation for what it means to live in small spaces. when i first saw the images from diva‘s berkeley bungalow, i had no idea that it was small at all until i looked at the floor plan (last image in the post). i think she does…
artist and illustrator neryl walker (you might have seen her work on bloom cosmetics and on bare escentuals ‘buxom lips’!) along with art director husband tim live with their formerly stray cat marvin in an old jewish/italian neighborhood in melbourne, australia. they are both drawn to all things vintage and worn – things with a…
it’s a big treat to get a look into the new york city apartment of interior designer ellen hanson. ellen is well-known for incorporating green design principles into her work – she writes about eco-conscious design in a column for 1st dibs called green scene. it’s always fun to see what the professionals do in…
question: dear design*sponge, i’m currently planning a budget wedding, so my fiance and i don’t currently have much (ok, any) extra cash with which to feather our nest. i’m wondering if you have any ideas for wedding decor that could transition into adornment for our sparse apartment once our country chic-themed fall 2010 wedding is…
when it comes to buying things during tough economic times, one of the areas in which i allow myself a little wiggle room is tea towels. these small squares of fabric make me happy because they let me indulge my need to have something colorful and new in my home without spending an arm and…
i’m so thrilled to welcome erin and nicole of bird and banner to the d*s guest blog this morning. i’ve been a fan of their work for years and was so excited to work with them on our wedding invites. and this week they’ll be sharing creative ideas for anniversaries, starting with paper. even if…
Hello! We are Erin and Nicole from Bird and Banner, a design studio in Philadelphia which specializes in custom invitations. We recently started our own blog and are thrilled to be here guest blogging on d*s all this week. We will be posting about ideas for anniversaries following the traditional wedding gift-giving list. Starting with…
whew! it’s been a long week and i’m feeling a major sense of TGIF today. before i head off i wanted to wrap up this week with these paper chandeliers from designer lena corwin. inspired by the traditional polish paper chandeliers that are popping up around the web these days, lena’s versions will be for…
Whether you like sweet scones like the ones Chris Chun offered up for us a few weeks ago or the savory ones from this week, there’s nothing like having something great to go with them. Amy Azzarito suggests fried chicken with this week’s savory scones and Damon Lee Fowler’s Fried Chicken: The World’s Best Recipes…
i met emma as we both frantically took notes during survey 1 in the history of decorative arts and design program at parsons. i remember standing next to her at the photocopy machine that very first semester when she told me that she really wanted to be a baker. my first thought was ‘what are…
Once upon a time, I was a real fashion fiend. Obsessed with clothes, I hoarded copies of Harper’s Bazaar, continually redressed strangers on the street in my mind, and fretted for hours about what I’d wear to school the next day. I took all of the costume design classes my small, public liberal arts university…
in honor of today’s new recipes and cookbook reviews i couldn’t resist adding these beautiful illustrations by blexbolex for i know how to cook by ginette mathiot. phaidon bought the rights to this classic french home cooking book and assigned one of my favorite bloggers of all-time, clotilde dusoulier, to oversea an updated american version…
In today’s post some glimpses from a small but very nice antique store close where I live in Gothenburg, Bebop. I like to strawl around here and gather inspiration from past nordic artists and designers like, Aksel Bender Madsen , Märta Måås Fjetterström, Taisto Kaasinen and Carl-Harry Stålhane. So if you ever pass by Gotheburg…
it’s been such a pleasure having elisabeth dunker of fine little day on the d*s guest blog this week. i’m so sad to see her go, but so excited to check out her last post on swedish shop bebop. these images alone make me want to hop on a plane. click here to check out…
All it takes is one big rainstorm to make everything feel like fall all of a sudden. Luckily we made it out to San Francisco’s Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market last Saturday, one step ahead of the cold front, and found some inspiring autumnal treasures to build this week’s Market to Table arrangement. We knew we…
