Next Year for Halloween

Pretty sure you should be a tree:

How pretty is that?

{found here}

My favorite dog on Desire To Inspire!

I am so excited!  My photography and my favorite dog made it to one of my favorite design blogs, Desire To Inspire.  I love this blog because it's really consitently showing the design world new things, not just the popular pictures that most design blogs just seem to swap back and forth.  If you subscribe to only one design blog this year, I seriously suggest Desire To Inspire.

Yay for Clarence!!

My brother, his owner..."Great, now he's going to want us to find him an agent:)"  Hah!

Weekly Antler Gathering...

Did you pop by Antler at all this week?  I hope so....here's a weekly gathering of my articles:

1. Look at these amazing illustrated covers from Faber & Faber Publishing House....
2. Penguin Books hired Ruben Toledo for these covers (swoooon over the one for The Scarlet Letter)

Happy Weekend!
~MME

Terrarium!!!

So we were just talking about terrariums, and what do I wander into today besides these?!  I want to make one rather badly now.

A brilliant adornment for the Christmas tree!!

{buy here}

And featured on BLISS today:

 

Aren't these amazing!!!

{by artist Litll}

~MME.

Boooo on the big feet.

Again and again, I come across adorable vintage shoes and equally often I find them made for a size foot that cannot possibly exist other than to make my Norwegian bones feel even more...well, Nordic (read: BIG). 

Vintage Oxfords

 

Vintage all-weather riding boots

Both in "that-pisses-me-off" sizes.

~MME.

A Modern Dose of Lighting...

I've been FOREVER on the look out for bedside lamps, and recently came across Modern Dose, a fabulous (albeit expensive) resource for chic, eclectic, and modern home decor. 

How about a Macaw lamp? 

I would love this little guy on my writing desk, offering a bit of irreverance to my traditional scheme.

 Pineapple anyone? 

 (Why am I thinking of Desi Arnaz?)

Love this Tortoise Silver Bottle-Neck Lamp

Uma Lamp

And of course....

The Owl Lamp

Off to peruse more...

~MME.

Custom Work from The Noisy Plume

If our dear readers haven't picked up on it yet, we not only LOVE plume's work, but adore her blog , her photography, and her person.  Though we have the pleasure of calling her friend, we also recognize her meticulous craftsmanship and soul-filled artistry poured into each piece.

I had a custom necklace made for my sister for her birthday, and I couldn't be more happy with it!  She worked closely with me (about 11 emails exchanged) to get a feel not only for the piece I wanted, but for the person who would be wearing it.  A small part of my sister's soul is now seeded in this heirloom peice, which she can bequeath to her (soon to be born) daughter.  I just had to show it off here:

  the picture she sent me when finished

the iPhone thank you from my sister...so perfect on her.

I hope you'll snag up a peice of her one-of-a-kind jewelery as soon as you can,

~MME.