Good with Style

Frankly Mr. Shankley

Jessica Kagan Cushman bracelet (see more gold jewelry)

I don't care. No me interesa. Is there ever a time when this is an appropriate thing to say? Probably not, but sometimes I really would like to. I hope you are having a wonderful week!!

xo

Emily

ABC--Always Be Creating

Source: abchao.com via Elle on Pinterest

 

I've long believed that we just don't have enough creativity in our lives. Humans are naturally ingenious, creative, curious. It's why we've survived for so long, after all. I feel so lucky to have a very creative career. As a mother, it was a necessity for me to figure out how to have a career, and be close to my children. But even I sometimes forget the pure joy in sitting down with or without my kids and create. These colorful sticks remind me of just how simple it can be. And look how pretty they are, too. XO Emily

Bamako Chic: Women of Mali & Threads of Power, Color & Culture

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In tiny parts of the globe, some of the most innovative and powerful minds in fashion are connecting with small producers of fabric and more to make and sell their fashions. Now there's a one-hour documentary film that charts the voyage of women in Mali who took their financial fate into their own hands to create a real enterprise--Bamako. Read what the filmmakers say after the jump. (I found this via Parlour Magazine.)

XO

Emily

Paper Flowers from the Field Journal

The sun came out today to play. Let's make some flowers...

                          

Olivia Kanaly of A Field Journal will show you exactly how to make these crepe flowers. I am going to try a slight variation on the theme. I hope your day is blooming great ;)

xo

Emily

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Tweeting on Saturdays + Do We Spend Too Much Time Online

the cyclotrope by tim wheatley

I came across this on Dwell and it's pretty awesome. Do we spend too much time online? Yes of course we do. Shouldn't you be spending time with your loved ones and refrain from tweeting on Saturdays? Social media sometimes feel all consuming. The Cyclotrope by Tim Wheatley is a reminder of how fun it is to turn the computer off, put the iphone away, and instead use your hands to create something. And wait until Monday before tweeting about it ;)

 

The Cyclotrope from tim Wheatley on Vimeo.

 

Read more about Tweeting on Saturdays here.

Upcycle for Eco-Chic Wedding Style

Source: etsy.com via Emily on Pinterest

Here's an Etsy designer with a myriad of delectable details to add eco-chic style your wedding day. I love these gloves, as well as the beautiful head-pieces in her collection. I thought these gloves were also an excellent idea for up-cycling heirloom lace from your grandmother or mother's veil, or dress. Enjoy!

XO Emily

Featuring: deLoop by Vanessa Joy: Etsy and blog

Su Blackwell Makes Paper Bloom

Source: sublackwell.co.uk via Emily on Pinterest

I hope your June is going well. Between looking for a house, getting our Summer plans together, and my babysitter being on vacation, I've been swamped--witness this post being written at 11:54 pm Friday evening. When life is whirling around you, it is the perfect time to practice mindfulness so that we can be be present for the delicious little details of our daily lives. XO Emily

happy easter

Love, Emily

eco-friendly container and vase inspiration

Source: hutchstudio.blogspot.com via raccoon on Pinterest

I'm seeing a lot of newspaper plant containers, these with chicken wire are especially clever. I love to make designs using wire hangers (which can not be recycled--fyi). Here's my take on the wire container idea, which was inspired by Steaks Frites, which I believe are often wrapped in newspaper in their containers, n'est pas?

Photography Credit: Seth Smoot and Kendra Smoot from Eco Chic Home by Emily Anderson

marie antoinette let them eat cake + shop the fleas

"Relax and Slip Your Pronouncing Eyes Like Cake..."

(Kirstin Dunst as Marie Antoinette)

Marie Antoinette is known for her love of cake, but did you know she is also famous for inventing the flea market? Well, sort of.

Legend has it that she was standing high above the place that would be known as Les Puces de Paris--The Paris Flea Market, looking down upon the crowd when she remarked "Oh but they look like little fleas." Or something like that.

 

Whether or not this really happened, one thing that is for certain true is the long and rich history of The Paris Flea Market, and all of its progeny.  

 

*This line of poetry is from:

A Domestic Film

by Amy King

 

This is the director’s cut,
a traveling space in the folded crook
of your plotted hand like silver night
on a thousand platters spreading westward,
then plywood. I watch the brittle flower spread,
almost mobile with her walking petal plans—

Feminine form to feminine prone,
relax and slip your pronouncing eyes
like cake, only softer and heated, across
the unmarried wife waving goodbye
to the silent screen world of strangers
safely baking on Dishwater Island.

 

Clever Easter Craft Ideas: Blue Peeps

 

I am in love with this site...Two Penny Blue...so original and adorable without being too sugary sweet, don't you agree? Are you planning anything for your Easter celebration? Even if you aren't religious, who doesn't love a fluffy bunny, right? 

XO

Emily

green your st. patrick's day with these eco-friendly ideas

Here are a few new ways to be green and have an eco-friendly St. Patrick's Day...fresh finds for your organic gardening needs, or perhaps your very own kitchen garden...
DIY your day with this eco-friendly home idea...
   Perhaps fresh organic vegetables as a wall display will give you your green St. Patrick's Day...

Maybe just a few green words of wisdom from the crafty world of the Etsy Handmade Marketplace...
However you do it, make your green St. Patrick's Day be more than just a color you wear...

XO

Emily

organic cotton fashion for spring

Have an Owly Spring! Hope you have an "Almost-Spring Monday Morning"...xo Emily

 

 

 

 

Time For An Owly Spring by goodwithstyle featuring wendy mink jewelry

 

Wrap cardigan, $69
Chloé black ballet flat, $425
Wendy mink jewelry, $142
proust geometrica, $10,814
O' Sole Mio - Floral Inlaid Wood Musical Jewelry Box, $130

because everyone has a little valentine in them: heart pillbox hat & queen of hearts paper doll

  Before I sign-off for the day, I'll share these two red hot Valentine's Day items: The red pillbox hat..heart-shaped of course, by La Petite Menagerie, adorable. And then there's the Queen Of Hearts paper doll, which frankly has left me speechless. Wait until you see La Lapin Triste's (Francophile much?) other dolls--she has Sylvia Plath (with oven and all) version. Brilliant. But back to happier things. I'm sending you all love whatever your plans may be, and feeling incredibly thankful for the many new ways we have to connect, share, and spread the love all across the world.

XO

Emily

 

 

 

merimekko and converse collaboration

 

Marimekko was a big part of my childhood--my mom used their fabrics in her design work. I have a lot of samples still in my stash (the fabric print you see here on my blog is...Marimekko circa 1970). Enjoy the video!

xo

Emily

pretty pottery on design*sponge

This vignette in the home of Illustrator Debbie Powell is a great example of how to create little bits of beauty all around your home. The pottery, the fruit and flowers (and plant) work together in a really pleasing palette. This is the kind of thing that makes you smile whenever you see it, and that's exactly what home is all about, don't you think? Good night!

xo

Emily

 

pinning for valentine's day on pinterest

Source: weheartit.com via Emily on Pinterest

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dispatch from: sew weekly french style dressing

This Monday's dispatch is from the mind-blowingly creative blog, The Sew Weekly. This blog began as an experiment by its founder--Mena--where she wanted to try and sew all of her own clothes. Every week, for one year, she took us through her parade of new outfits. And man, the girl can sew.

Considering how long it takes me to finish projects, I am impressed. You will be too.

This outfit is perfect--what's cuter? The hair, shoes, tights, red lips, bow--Oh my, I love it all. 

xo

Emily

 P.S. Do you or have you ever sewed? I've been sewing since I was still in the single digit numbers--8 or 9 years old I think--but I've never really become the master seamstress I aspired to. Now I blame it on the lack of a dress form. But really I'm just lazy ;) I do sew for my kids, though--it's an excellent cost-cutting cuteness-boosting measure. If you could make any dress in the world--what would it be?

 

poppytalk handmade love transforms

Enjoy this bit of Valentine's Day handmade goodness from Poppytalk Handmade.

xo

Emily

happy saturday + nyc slush is snow-fun

As you may know, NYC and the entire northeast has received a ton of snow over the last month or so. 20 inches this week in Central Park! Now it's like a giant Slurpie in the streets of New York. Best to stay indoors, I say. But my kids and husband have decided to go to Bear Mountain Park an hour and a half north of the city--to go sledding. Good for them ;) How about you? How are you spending this not-so-fair Saturday?

*Always on the hunt for the best space-saving designs, I am in love with this one from new-favorite source--Loyal Loot Collective.

XO

Emily