MAGICAL MOMENTS

Wrap it up at The Ribbonerie in San Francisco

On a recent trip to San Francisco I stopped by The Ribbonerie, a wonderful old world boutique shop for every ribbon you could ever desire.  Paris has not been in the cards for me lately, but if you want to...
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PASTE in San Francisco is a cut above

I ran across some of the Denise Fiedler's newspaper cutouts featured in Vogue and had held onto the images for inspiration.   They were all fashion images: fabulous shoes, bags, etc. Her work  has inspired a few evenings of frenzied cutouts...
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INTERIOR DESIGNERS THAT INSPIRE

Stephen Shubel: Study in Black & White

I am starting out the New Year with a fresh visual drink of inspiration from interior designers I have admired over the years.  I am going to seek out the extraordinary this year and try to figure out why some...
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A Reflection on Christmas Trees

I saw some unique trees this holiday season. I am realizing that I have the more predictable, traditional tree; the same ornaments every year, same lights.  I even bought the cranberries to string along with popcorn. I take the easy...
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PORTLAND PLACES

Bedford Brown and their topiary

I was in Bedford Brown recently and found their display to be fresh and inspiring.  They also had a few beautiful pillows.
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MAGICAL MOMENTS

Fall leaves and nuts

Sometimes you just have to stop and take in the brilliant colors and beginning changes of Autumn. Here is a close up of these fabulous prickly nuts that have fallen from the tree.  What are these? You know this was...
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PORTLAND PLACES

THE REBUILDING CENTER IN NE PORTLAND, OR

You have to love this place.  Always an inspiration as raw and funky as the stuff arriving every minute of the day.  Truckloads of junk from builders, contractors: doors, tiles, bath tubs, windows, lighting, hardware and on and on and ...
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BENEFITS & GREAT CAUSES

The Cupcake Tower at Zach and Elsa’s Shower

I wanted to share a recent event I hosted for relatives who are expecting a boy.   Elsa was craving genuine fried chicken and cupcakes so I gave her an affair to remember.  Being East coast and southern rooted, it was...
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Elle Decor reviews a fabulous book of Georgian life in the 18th Century.

Living the Jane Austen Life Perhaps it is due to too many teenage hours spent reading the works of Jane Austen, but if I could choose any historical period in which to live it would be Georgian England. Doesn’t matter...
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Artist J.T. Burke gives blingy vintage jewelry a new life in his digitally enhanced artwork

Read about this artist in today's Huffington Post. Love to find artists who appreciate the patina and history of old objects AND find a way to reinterpret them into a more contemporary context.  That is my goal at Studio Tullia...
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