february + march inspiration

above is a snippet of my march inspiration folder. there are 415 items, so i couldn't show it all. but i'd say the main motifs running through the past couple of months are feminine colors: pink, light blue, and chartreuse; flowers & fauna; balloons and just an overall softness.

and since i posted january's inspiration, but not february's, here a screenshot of one of my feb folders
(already sorted, oops):

chanel vs. sylvia

okay, okay it's already ALL over the blog circuits, but i just have to mention the theme of the 2009 Spring-Summer Chanel show. the paper accessories and decor of "monochrome white" bring me back to the ridiculously challenging and frustrating paper project from sylvia's introduction class at the circus.

4800 hours to assemble 7000 handmade, all white, paper sculptures. i think that's insanely cool, and makes me rethink the woes of first quarter. and my living room. get your exact-o knife ready, babe.

january inspiration

each month i make a folder on my portable hard drive where i can drag all the random images that i find throughout the month that inspire me. i started this back when i was planning my wedding and every month the collection grows larger. october had 149 images... january had 733 images. i really love doing it because it allows me to carry around a scrapbook of all the things i saw that month and said, hey, that's kinda cool. it's also interesting to track how my tastes/moods change. above is a peak at a couple of the images from an uncharacteristically feminine january. click the image for a better view.

recent features

We've been featured on wedding blogs a couple times in the past few days. I hope that other brides will be inspired by some of the little things we did. Here are a few screenshots.

Joanna Goddard @ Glamour.com | Smitten

Joanna Goddard @ A Cup of Jo

Emily @ Once Wed

anthropologie's "adorn"

if you know me, clearly anthropologie is one of my influences. i don't know a designer that doesn't love the the catalogs, merchandise and in-store experiences. their site is pretty, but the content, not the bones is what really makes it pop.

so when i saw this post on oh joy! today, i got really excited. and for good reason: 5 new sections devoted to accessories. each has a completely different look, navigation, layout. but they are all super cool.

i love that their team branched out to try something new. to experiment with fun stuff. design that really gets the user to interact with the merchandise.

{above: video of the model wearing each featured piece}

{above: zoom in to examine each piece as carefully as you could want}

{above: dance steps animate through the shoe slides}

{above: slide horizontally through an illustrated world built around the features}


{above: accessories interact with the mouse as you hover over/near them}

shameless sibling-promotion

most of you probably know my big bro, Pete. he's an incredible artist and photographer. he posted this assignment for the Circus last week and I just love it, and him, so much I wanted to share.

enjoy.

reception location

click it : you should really view it larger.
I've been dreaming of this tent since the day I got my February '08 Anthropologie catalog... so much so that it's actually our inspiration for our wedding reception. It's beautiful and impractical and over the top and as Pete put it, very "Billy Madison." I'd live in it if I could.

p.s. I created our wedding blog today. It's not much yet, but we'll be posting info about the wedding soon.

Wedding Inspiration : Mélangerie Inc.

I haven't been super impressed by or excited about the majority of the wedding invitations I've seen- so many of them are really beautiful, but they just don't feel right for us. And the ones I do like I'm struggling to take inspiration from because of how far out of our budget they are.

But I came across these this morning from Mélangerie Inc.:






Here's what the ladies of Mélangerie had to say about it:

Julie & Jake’s Wedding

Julie and Jake met through a series of fortuitous events, which inspired us to base their wedding event identity on the concept of time. Their New Year’s Eve nuptials are announced through this accordion folded invitation. Illustrious clocks and pertinent information are silk-screened onto deep chocolate cover stock.

Also featured here is a gift for Jake & Julie’s guests: a mix CD of the bride and groom’s favorite songs related to time. Other event details we have designed for Jake & Julie’s wedding include: New Year’s Resolution Cards that guests will fill out and have mailed back to them one year from the wedding date, as well as customized welcome gifts for guests’ hotel rooms.

Fashion Illustration : Cecilia Carlstedt

I love me some good illustration. I'm definitely not there as an illustrator yet, but maybe in a few years I will be. Until then, I'll just appreciate people like this:

Cecilia Carlstedt