These photos of Emma Watson for the August 2009 issue of Teen Vogue are simply stunning… I love everything about them… Emma, the clothes, the set design.
They’re taken by one of my favorite fashion photographers, Norma Jean Roy. She takes really cool old Hollywood style photos… see more of her work here.
images via Imagebam via The Fashion Spot
The last few photos to share with you from our trip to New Orleans.
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
On the street behind our hotel. We had a view of her from our window.
A statue along the waterfront. I loved how it looked like she was going to walk out into thin air.
A bike covered in Mardi Gras beads (as so many things were) on the free ferry back to New Orleans from Algiers.
Get your Mardi Gras masks here.
Water fountain in the Audubon Park. 
In the Garden District.
St. Charles street cars.
Bathing beauties in Jackson Square.
Jackson Square at night.
We hearted this bike…literally. :)
images by me
I don’t know why I’m so enamored with stairs these days, but I think these are one of my favorites so far. That silver stripe drawing the eye up? So glamorous! Also check out that white stripe along the floor. It makes for such a nice contrast with dark wood. And all of these elements are paired with one of my favorite shades of blue. Swoon! 
image via Beach Studios
These beautifully lined envelopes caught my eye the other day. They are made by hand by Elisabeth Warman, who lives in Boston with her hubby and has a beautiful new studio (her second move this year).
Below are some new screen prints she’s been working on that she posted on her blog. This is a new technique for her as the above are printed on a press. I can’t wait to see where she takes this. They are beautiful. It’s always nice to get a peak into an artists studio to see what they are working on. 
The envelopes and cards shown in the first three images are sold here.
Such a cool idea to turn vintage glassware and turning it into cute ceramic lights and vases. 
These would be great for a twilight picnic outdoors. Nostalgic and useful! 
These ceramic replicas of vintage milk bottles are cute too. I especially like the one with the stag head.
Available here.
images via Alyssa Ettinger Design; photography credit for the lanterns: Jen Sliker
Love the offerings at Adventures in Vintage (seller jwhite2). Not to mention how incredibly inexpensive the pieces are. This would be a great resource for a stylist. 
Aqua Blue Glass Cookie Jar $34
2 Milk Glass Compote Planters $21.40
Vintage Eskimo Fan $49
Vintage 1950’s Tear Drop Glass Snack Set $19.75
Milk Glass Compote Trinket Dish $15
One of the laces that I looked forward to seeing the most in New Orleans was Blaine Kern’s Mardi Gras World. A chance to see the brightly colored Mardi Gras floats up close and to learn about the artistry and work that goes into making them was amazing.
Step inside…
And see where an idea becomes a drawing… 
And a drawing becomes 3-Dimensional out of styrofoam blocks… 
that can be easily repaired after a wild night out on the town… 
or given a whole new lease on life as a beautiful goddess… 
while others made out of fiberglass like this fine feathered fellow, can never change, and when they grow old and worn, they are retired.
Whether their heart is made of styrofoam or fiberglass, they eventually make their way out here to join their friends… 
both old… 
and new. 
I hope you enjoyed this little tour of this magical place. 
images by me
When I was little, during the summer we used to visit my great-grandma Ada in Seaside, Oregon. Her house was just down the street from the beach, where my brother and sister and I would spend all day playing in the sand before returning home to her house for dinner. At night we would sleep in our sleeping bags on the large enclosed porch in front of the house. That porch was one of my favorite features of the house, which the new owners dispatched with and replaced with a deck long ago.
The porch had lots of windows and was large enough to hold the queen-sized bed that my mom would sleep in, the many geraniums that my grandmother loved to keep, an old wicker loveseat and the three of us kids stretched out across the floor and joined occasionally by our little cousins. In my childhood memories that porch is mythically large, and the kind of space that I would love to have someday in a home of my own. An indoor/outdoor space to go no matter the weather.
This conservatory attached to the colorful Victorian home that belongs to British textile designer, Chrissie Probert Jones, is about right. And maybe it could be a bit smaller, because at the end of the day, what really mattered about that porch at my great-grandmother’s house was that it belonged to a house that was filled with love.
image via Living Etc.
Back from a quick overnight business trip to the middle of nowhere in Southern California. Even as exhausted as I am, these prints still make me smile. Wouldn’t they look so great in child’s bedroom or an adult child’s office? These are by artist John W. Golden, who has a lot great retro prints for all ages for sale in his Etsy shop. 
The above are $20 each for an 8x10 and $95 for a 16x20 print.
images via John W. Golden
I don’t know who or what pointed me towards this artist. I just came across her website was just sitting on one of the many tabs I keep open on Firefox and was mesmerized. Her work has a very vintagey feel to them. Simple lines and broad images with great expression. 
images via Mica Vanderkif
