HIGHLIGHTS: miranda lake

village green preservation society, 2009, encaustic collage, 30x40.I met Miranda a very long time ago in Chapel Hill, NC, but haven’t seen her in quite awhile. I came across a link to her website through a mutual friend and decided to take a look, not really knowing what to expect. I didn’t even realize she was still painting, I just vaguely knew she had been in New Orleans. I’m not easily pleased or impressed, especially when it comes to Art, but with the first image I was more than impressed and very pleased with what I’d found. I clicked through every image, more than once, and was very glad that I have a place to share her work. Her style is a gorgeous encaustic photo collage filtered through imagery and influences from her life in New Orleans & it’s battle with the elements, the past & the present and an amazing amount of beauty found in unexpected places.

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Highlights: from our WORLD inspiration posts

Here are a quick few of the images we’ve pinned or repinned on our Pinterest boards & highlighted in our WORLD design & style inspiration posts:

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HIGHLIGHTS: my woodland wish

Caspar Babypants (otherwise known as Chris Ballew from the band The Presidents of the Untied States of America) and Kate Endle, according to myth, were making art and music when Kate started to reminisce about when she was little and would dream of playing with the creatures of the forest and following them to their homes at the end of the day. Caspar took the words she was saying and wrote them down and added some music and it became a song (which is available as a free download with purchase of this book), and then they added some more words and some of Endle’s beautiful art and it became My Woodland Wish, which is beautiful like the full woods, and like the sight of wild creatures, will delight the kids.  It is a great book for bedtime but equally a good anytime book for beginning readers as the subject matter (animals in the wild) is interesting and the vocabulary just right for those who are not quite ready to read alone but also don’t need much prompting, with rhymes and rhythms that flow easily and are not forced (that is struck into the mold of the metronome), but have a natural speech-patterned feel to them. Endle’s art also fits the book perfectly and is that just right blend of color and pattern which will enchant the eyes of the youngest audience as well as draw in the older kids as they search for the animals and narrator among the lush terrain.

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HIGHLIGHTS: sautéed chicken breast with fresh sage, garlic and lemon

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HIGHLIGHTS: etsy picks: chevron

Several months ago I started recovering my dining room chairs and after looking at more fabric than I care to admit over the course of several weeks, I impulsively bought a fabulous orange and navy chevron. I love the colors, it’s bold and modern and just a bit unusual without being shockingly out of place. I wasn’t totally sure it was right until I saw the first chair and I immediately loved it. (shown at right Buckley Chevron mug)

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HIGHLIGHTS: brian huskey's erratic (photographic) contribution

The Only Thing You See

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