Musubi Aoki

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Amazing art-directiong and styling from Japanese Creative Director/Prop Stylist/Flower master and artist, Musubi Aoki.

Inga & Chris at Beaulieu Garden

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Sneak preview of a wedding we worked on in July at Beaulieu Garden. Inga and Chris were just wonderful to work with and I couldn't have wished for a better team!
Planning: Stacy McCain Event Planning
Floral Design: Atelier Joya
Catering: Paula LeDuc

More pics at the fabulous Anna Kuperberg's blog.

Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger

Falling Garden / San Staë church on the Canale Grande / 50th Biennial of Venice, 2003

Soul warmer / Abbey Library of St.Gall, 2005

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Love the ethereal quality of these installation pieces by Swiss artists Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger.


Some of the components used in their art: Plastic berries (India), cow pads (Jura), waste paper (Venice), baobab seeds (Australia), beech, elder and magnolia branches (Uster), thorns (Almeria), pigs’ teeth (Indonesia), seaweed (Seoul), orange peel (Migros shop), fertilizer crystals (home grown), pigeons’ bones (San Staë), silk buds (Stockholm), rubber snakes (Cincinnati)...

Barnaby Gates

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English painter Alice Gates and Living Editor at Vogue Vanessa Barneby teamed up in 2009 to set up wallpaper brand Barneby Gates. I love how they've infused quintessentially British prints with a modern twist and shown thought and innovation in their printing process.

Five from the Ground

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Some lovelies from Five from the Ground. I love the way these are styled and photographed.

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Hanging Ideas

Temple Bells from Viva Terra


garland via Lobster and Swan
bird mobile from Anthropologie

Moon Bell Strand from Anthropologie

Gift Presentation

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Homemade gifts for my girlfriends...

Free Wedding Websites

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Many of you have asked where you can find free wedding websites. A wedding website is a great way to keep your guests up to date on your plans, and communicate information that you may not want to include in your invitation.

We are excited to announce that chewing the cud has teamed up with Project Wedding to create website templates based on our signature collection.

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The website design above was inspired by our All Aboard! invitations.

More designs here, here and here.

Other sources to create your own wedding websites:
mywedding
weddingwire
weddingwindow
the knot

Days with My Father

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Heartwrenchingly beautiful visual story-telling by photographer Phillip Toledano in a series called "Days with My Father". I shed a few quiet tears as I followed him on his journey. My dad lives thousands of miles away from me; I think about him everyday.

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Glassy Display Ideas

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Lotta Kühlhorn

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Scandinavian designer Lotta Kühlhorn is well-known for her patterned goods but her book cover designs are just as gorgeous.

NYC Highlights

Beautiful hand-lettering

Two weeks ago, we were in New York city, for pt's race. When we weren't carb-loading, we were roaming all over the city.

street painting in Soho. The passer-by's coordinated color palette was sheer coincidence.


store signage for Le Labo, an olfactory heaven.

retro street ad on Lower East.

coffee run at El Beit in Williamsburg. A-mazing coffee.

Coffee run #2

we finally got smart and bought in bulk.

my favourite wall in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

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Anu Tuominen

Alphabets (found stone and twig)

Red Currant – The Idea Of a Funnel, 2001

book page, 1998

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Loving the playful works of Finnish artist Anu Tuominen.

Best Save-the-Date Ever

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How adorable is this save-the-date inspired by The Graduate?
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Alice Mara

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These witty "hanging people" pieces from ceramist Alice Mara made me smile...

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Public Transit Branding

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We were in New York last week so the subway was on my mind a lot. It was a nice refreshing change from driving.

There was a time when wearing a subway-branded t-shirt might have gotten you beat up on the subway, but these days, it's cool. Especially when the branding is more than putting a logo on the item.