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Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
January 20, 2010
how bazaar
In case Serena & Lily didn't already make me swoon (and want to redo every bedroom in my house) enough, now they have this?! Girls, are you kiddin' me?!
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September 17, 2009
Beautiful World :: Story People
I have been a lover of Story People for more years than I can even remember. From time to time this one rises to the top of my favorites list. Lately has been one of those times.
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June 16, 2009
inchmark::baby shower
perusing the internet, or more specifically, blogs you know to be written by the most wildly creative and otherwise insanely hip people you've ever heard of, for inspiration is ordinarliy a good idea.
doing so with limited time, and even more limited budget (and skills for that matter) and not having creative license to overtake the entire project is just plain depressing.
doing so with limited time, and even more limited budget (and skills for that matter) and not having creative license to overtake the entire project is just plain depressing.
here's what i found when looking for ideas for decor (and only decor) for my sweet friend v (whose birthday happens to be today! happy birthday, v!)'s baby shower this weekend:
oh yeh - and in case that entire shower wasn't adorable enough, look what she did for the next one:
*sigh*
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June 12, 2009
sheet to wedding dress...
so, i know Joanna already posted about this but I have been saving it for once my Rebecca Wood interview went up so i'm putting it out there anyway (this was inspiration to really stop hoarding posts ;) ). in the event there is someone out there who reads stewart & james who does not already read a cup of jo (and i realize the unlikeliness of this since i am pretty sure she has the biggest blog there is) then it will still be news to them. it did make me feel pretty cool (because i'm a dork like that) to have the same post idea as sweet Joanna though...
in case it wouldn't be cool enough just to work with r.wood studios, how much coolER would it be to collaborate with your wildly innovative contemporaries on your wedding dress?! read how one girl did exactly that here
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in case it wouldn't be cool enough just to work with r.wood studios, how much coolER would it be to collaborate with your wildly innovative contemporaries on your wedding dress?! read how one girl did exactly that here
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May 27, 2009
don't miss it
Hello Blogland,
Oh, how I have been missing you! I am posting this from my blackberry - so length is not going to one of its strong suits.
Last night as I was (trying to) unwind(ing) I read the following and it made me sad and it made me smile. It was disappointing to think we, as adults - which I keep hearing we actually are - miss more and more of the parts of this life that make it worth living. Then I smiled as I realized (yet again) that it's not too late! We can start acknowledging the beauty in the every day at any point - I say now looks like a good time!
Enjoy this...
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
xx
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Oh, how I have been missing you! I am posting this from my blackberry - so length is not going to one of its strong suits.
Last night as I was (trying to) unwind(ing) I read the following and it made me sad and it made me smile. It was disappointing to think we, as adults - which I keep hearing we actually are - miss more and more of the parts of this life that make it worth living. Then I smiled as I realized (yet again) that it's not too late! We can start acknowledging the beauty in the every day at any point - I say now looks like a good time!
Enjoy this...
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.
A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.
A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.
No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100.
Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?
One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
xx
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