Pink!

Love this COCO chair designed by Sarah Richardson.  It's being given away by House Beautiful Magazine's The Power of Pink Chicago Street Giveaway.

Great design job

this would be a fun job for those interested in design, to read more click here

love these

design-inspired matchboxes found on etsy.

CosmicJane

The D & D Building

Finally, I got my first taste of the Decoration & Design Building.  It is a resource for design professionals with so many great companies it's hard to take it all in.  A friend of mine was shopping for three different clients and needed fabric and trims.  We had a great time looking at all the beautiful possibilities and collecting samples.  One of my favorite showrooms was John Rosselli & Associates.  The mix of lighting, furniture, fabric, rugs and accessories is delightful everywhere you look.  The D & D is a place you could run into editors from shelter magazines to designers to students who have an interest in developing sources for future clients.  I look forward to many visits in the future.

npr valentines

 i've been listening to npr for over 20 years~so clever :D love these!

lonny's watercolor wednesdays

Every Wednesday Lonny Magazine's blog features a new watercolor from artist Caitlin McGauley.  Love her work and thought this was so pretty.

History of Decorative Arts

This is such a fascinating class and I really enjoy my instructor.  We began at the beginning :) the other day and learned about Prehistory art and design.  Beautiful!

These are images from the Lascaux cave discovered in 1940 by four teens and a pet dog.  It was opened to the public in 1948 but the carbon dioxide from some 1200 visitors a day visibly damaged the paintings.  Lascaux II, a replica of two of the cave halls — the Great Hall of the Bulls and the Painted Gallery — was opened in 1983, 200 meters from the original.  Reproductions of other Lascaux artwork can be seen at the Centre of Prehistoric Art at Le Thot, France.

 We discussed Stonehenge as well, which I had the opportunity to visit in the late '80s~it is an amazing site.

Woman of Willendorf is a very interesting early sculpture symbolizing the importance of women for the future of mankind.

She is only 4 3/8 inches and resides at a museum in Vienna.