Charlie (in all of her two-year-old wonder) collected these shells on a 7 am walk along the beach. We told her that she would get a surprise. She thought it would be be something electronic. (How happy we were to discover that kids can still enjoy the free things in life)! DIY: Collect shells. Paint insides gold. Drill hole. String twine. Tie off end. Instantly happy child. & Here is a little behind-the-scenes of some prep for an upcoming editorial shoot: (oil based paint markers on fall leaves & dipping of pine cones.) Two things I have always wanted to…
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A perfect weekend for me is summed up with two things: hitting flea markets with friends & shooting a finished project. It was a 2-star weekend recently, where we hit the Elkhorn Antique Market & wrapped a lifestyle shoot for the canned hammed trailer (magazine is Secret Squirrel- stay tuned for deets on when it hits stands.) THE SCORE:– a big, fat collection of silver souvenir spoons.– the most lovely hand-made wooden and feather antique darts– a beautiful grouping of silver server ware– one mans entire history of hunting as told by his license buttons. Secret squirrel behind-the-scenes at the…
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I am so freaking enamored by this adorable couple. Not sure that we’ve had a cuter pair at camp since… well – ever. The folks at Apartment number 9 and Michael Oneal shot a new campaign for their latest issue of ‘The Bulletin’ series. This one’s featured as ‘GONE CAMPING’. check it out. Meet Joe and Hannah: beyond cute, they are also really nice. I love this feature where you can ‘shop the story’ from the shoot- I think this could also be called ‘the camp getaway outfit’. (sigh)– check it out …
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Our friend bob stopped by this afternoon for a coffee. Camera in hand, he roamed around and grabbed some scouting shots for an upcoming shoot. I love his eye. Fast. Easy. Honestly lit. (We stare at the same things every day, and he sees them entirely differently) Highlights: Jack + Angela on the stairs! Charlie’s lowrider (thanks, wills!) and our $alvation army couch Long live thrift store furniture !! (where most of our stuff if sourced from) Check out bob’s amazingness: coscarelliphotography.com
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How do you get a thousand likes for an iphone shot of a butcher block? by being nathan michael. check out his feed and his tumblr and his blog and his tweets and his facebook page He arrived at the house at 10 am. By the time he left at 1pm, he had 1500 more followers on his feed. (His work is so beautiful that Instagram put him on their suggestion list). He shot some stuff around the house, some of the new (secret squirrel) camp project, and we drank alot of espresso. Stay tuned for a collaboration later this…
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YAY!it just hit the stands 🙂charlie as a brownie breaks my heart.i mean, who knew they made baby moccasins that were this adorable??thanks to everybody who helped !!pick up the latest copy of MIDWEST LIVING magazine. or download it on zinio.
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YAY!It just hit the stands 🙂Charlie as a brownie breaks my heart.I mean, who knew they made baby moccasins that were this adorable??Thanks to everybody who helped !!Pick up the latest copy of MIDWEST LIVING magazine. or download it on zinio.
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Aren’t these lovely? Stay tuned for the full shoot outtakes, but here is a sneak peek. To check out more of Lexia’s beautiful work go here!
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…it just hit the shelves this week. a 10 page feature in flea market style magazine a ton of work. but also a ton of fun. for this 10 page feature, the projects were PAINT BY NUMBER diys. and charlie thanks to those who helped: christine carter @ busy beaver buttons (pillow project) emily monroe @ etsy (necklace) sage reed (paint by number backdrop) bob coscarelli (photography) thewintersessions (apron) erin sullivan & bill sargent ( who helped pull this all together!) some snaps:
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sometimes you meet folks who are so gifted and productive in life that they make you feel like you are standing still. (how do they manage have families, a social life, and open up businesses before even hitting 30?) shops like fleur. buckshot sonny’s. the indo projects. stone blitzer. sparrow. threefold. goodbeerhunting. the green bean. post27. the post family. winter session. bladon conner. suitorlife. land and sea dept.(far too many to continue listing, so i’ll have to do another series of posts on inspirational folks that we love) it blows my mind.and motivates the hell out of me to get off the couch. we’ve been blessed with…
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