January 2012
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26 ... for one more day
It’s my 27th birthday tomorrow! And today I found myself thinking, “I will never be 26 again” How odd really, that we will never return to that age. It’s all done, poof! onto the next! Time is a funny thing and I watch the years go by with suspicious awe and gentle appreciation that I get to enjoy another year. So here’s to my last day of being a 26 year old “chink” go the glasses and “hip, hip,...
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New York Gift Fair
I’m a buyer for a retail store and I have a few gift fairs coming up that I’m going to spend hours trawling through in the next few weeks. Gift fairs are generally exciting but painful affairs because there are a lot and I mean A LOT of bland products on the market that I’ve seen a million times. However, I go because in amongst all the common items, lay hidden shining gems of beautiful...
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A subtle clothing affair
In my head, I dress like a hip hop star that never holds back. In my music video dreams, I wear orange pants with a green checkered top, while a straight cap blazoned with ‘So’s ya mama!’’ hugs my outrageously unruly hair. However, in reality, I am rather plain. Give me a well cut item in a subdued colour and I shall call it home. Nothing fancy, nothing loud. I admire classy outfits with a subtle...
A card worth framing
I’m always torn as to whether to attach gift cards with my presents because it seems like a waste of paper. Usually I just hand write a little message of love directly onto the wrapping ( another guilt ridden practice!) but I continue to find myself drawn to gift cards that are beautifully designed, because then they end up being little artworks you are also gifting to your loved ones.
These gift...
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An Interior Experience
I respect and love interiors which create ‘experiences’ out of otherwise ordinary moments. After all, Shopping can only become something magical when you’re surrounded by this…
and eating becomes a theatrical experience when you’re dining in something like this…
Photos courtesy of Dezeen
You share knowing grins with your espresso partner when you have a...
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You'll be mine soon Manhattan...
Image courtesy of National Geographic
Images courtesy of Hello New York
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A common sense Book Case
If like me, you have tones of books that you bought on a whiiiirl of book love endorphins one day, conveniently forgetting your other array of “recently bought but yet to be read” books you are now cheating on. Then this book case is for you!
Read a book, put it back and it reminds you straight away to read another.
“Okay book case! I’ll do it! Stop yelling at...
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A push in the right direction
Live, live, live.
Courtesy of Text Everything
Truly think about it.. really think about how you would like to live your life, what you would like to see, hear, feel, touch and get to it my friends.
There is a whole world out there that will wait for no job, no amount of money or fear. Just dive right in and let the colours overwhelm you.
Love Pats.
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Interior stylist envy
Soon I will begin working on my interior stylist portfolio so I can begin getting some design gigs. And I wish this styling was in my folio… alas, some other clever lassie did it. Bravo!
For the love of pastel and neon my friends. xx Pats
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Design creates a home
Something I love about the world of design, is how it manages to not only fill my life with beauty and inspiration, it is also such a valuable problem solving medium. Designers are constantly analyzing how things could be done better, wiser, cleaner and these folding wall systems by Canadian studio Molo are a perfect example. They are paper partitions that can be used in emergency shelters when...
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Do what you love!
I did a simple business plan today for a small creative venture of mine, and it showed me that making money from my craft is possible and would bring me much satisfaction and glowing joy. It is only the beginning for me, as I will have to learn new skills and develop a more focused plan to really pull off my venture (one that will remain secret for now! but it involves wood and a computer!). But...
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Industrial Lighting - My True Love
Image and product from Type Writer Bone Yard
Sometimes I think I could open a store full of just industrial lighting. I could sit in a corner, reading books under an amber glow of buzzing lights as customers come in a bump their heads on low slung lamps and knock their knees on heavy wooden bases. They would call me the crazy light bulb lady, and I would like this. But then again, this...
For the love of prints
Need a dreamy image for your home? Visit Eye Poetry. Their photographs instantly transport me to hazy days of day dreaming…
Also, after seeing the gorgeous horse print below, is anyone else amazed that horses still exist in the wild? It flaws me with awe everytime I remember. I hope one day, while I am frolicking int the fields, I came across A wild pack in the distance. What a sight that...
Oh Cabin My Cabin
I am lover of all things ‘Cabin’. If I could drive home to a cabin in the hills or on the coast every day, I imagine my troubles would simply melt away. Upon arrival to my subtle little home, I would strike up a fire ( cause inevitably I now live in alaska) and I would brew a pot of tea, put on some Nina Simone and rug up with a loved on a bear rug.. naturally. Ahhh… life would be tasty wouldn’t...
Vintage Goes Up Town
The beginning of the year spells the birth of a lot of goals and dreams for many people. For me though, it means birthdays! It seems all my nearest and dearest friends where bought into the world at this time of the year, so instead of working on my goals, all I’m doing is scouring the web for gifts to brighten up my friends lives on their special day (And when the year comes to an end and I have...
Geometric Love
I can’t help but be continually drawn to geometric shapes in all it’s forms. I find myself in a store trying on several pairs of earrings before realising that they have all been geometrically inclined! “Surely it’s time to move on Patty?” I tell myself… but no, I’m happy for this love to live on, with vengeance.
Here is my dedication to Geometric design...
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Welcome to The Design Fold
I find the design world folds in and out of my life every day of the week. From the way I let a clash of flowers drape in a vase, to the way I hang pictures that define and inspire me on wall, or how I shift furniture to the perfect centre metre till it’s juuust right. All these little tweaks allow my home to warm me to the core every time I walk through the door and for my life to walk to a more...
