heart garland, many years of love in the making: have had my kiddies write what they love

heart garland, many years of love in the making: have had my kiddies write what they love
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
so sweet to get out -- almost like those glitter and popsicle stick ornaments i treasure -- i started having y kids write these hearts (and i write them, too) back when my oldest, now 18, was about 5 ... it's so (bittersweet) to think of how they've grown. teddy made a new one today: "i love mom" awwww. x

a bright and shiny january; or, deco deconstructing and reconstructing.

yesterday, i was on a mission to find a little peace in my home after all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, so i did a little decorative deconstructing and reconstructing and came up with .... this!

who says orange is only for october?! .... more deconstruction and reconstruction to come ~

i'm working on making this a bright and shiny january - i hope you are, too.

x lynn-anne

instagram-ific

instagram-ific
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have you checked out the new iphone photo app, Instagram?
it's like a combo hipstamatic, flickr, and twitter all rolled up, mixed together, and made extra fabulous. the key is the pics -- it's all about the image, and funky finishes and processing ....

someone probably needs to make me stop.

but you can follow me on instagram, if you get it. i promise loads of lovely snaps. other people's aren't bad either.

oh, and happy new year. more to come on that, but i hope all is well in your neck of the woods ....

x lynn-anne

multitasking dollhouse

the little tree that had these lights became a bit of a fire hazard, so we put the lights on the house ;) and stuck the dollhouse/christmas bookshelf in the fireplace to counteract the black hole scenario... festive!

wythe blue kitchen at christmas

wythe blue kitchen at christmas
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
after the cook-a-thon yesterday, and before we sat down to the feast, i took a few minutes to make the table a little bit pretty, and i'm glad i did..... the kids seemed a little more happy to stay a while and talk. it wasn't much, as it was just the six of us, but it was beautiful.

i hope your holidays are all you've wished for ~

x lynn-anne

just in case you didn't know: about small, an online zine dedicated to what's new and fresh in the world of little people

need something yummy to do as you're whiling away some quiet time by the fire (or wherever ...)? go here, and have a look at Small magazine.  it's quite delicious.

i especially love the piece on the art of houston based lisa chow, here. and i adore the letterpress calendar roundup, here, just in time for 2011 . . .

i hope you love it, too.

x lynn-anne

at home at christmas

at home at christmas
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
some christmas moments at our house ~
i hope your preparations are going beautifully!

x lynn-anne

our christmas card.

our christmas card.
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
i love it.

all the very best from my family to yours this christmas ~

x lynn-anne

christmas palladian

christmas palladian
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
this is the branch-with-a-sweater caroline was working on yesterday: it's just a fallen branch from our yard wrapped in recycled cloth twine made by a home based business women's collective in india (you can just see the ball of twine under the table) --it's all really fun because the twine is made of recycled worn out sari fabric, and it is different with each unroll . . . sometimes there are even sparkles and sequins. the branch seemed to need some vintage ornaments, which we hung from twine . . .. so pretty, and something different, definitely.

i hope your decorating is coming along nicely!

x lynn-anne

guerilla tree wrapping; or, knit kits for our forest friends

guerilla tree wrapping; or, knit kits for our forest friends
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
we're wrapping a fallen tree branch from our garden with recycled string (made from clean old clothes by home-based women in india, giving these women a chance to make some money) . . . we're going to hang some vintage ornaments on it when we're done, so stay tuned for pics . . . anyway, as we were doing it caroline remembered this sweet image of an elf knitting sweaters for his forest friends - elf design by ian marsh ~

vintage pen and ink fashion ad drawings

vintage pen and ink fashion ad drawings
Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
in the 1950s and 1960s, babies and children were always bright, clean and cherubic . . . or at least that's the way they were drawn for the newspaper ads by this charlotte artist, esther fishel, who was creative director at a local department store chain. they were tricky to frame (as i'm sure it never crossed esther's mind that they would be framed), but i reused a few old frames, and i bought a group of really really dirty, diamond in the rough antique ones, and gave them a major scrub -- and sure enough, they were pretty and glittery and gilded underneath. i love having these gorgeous old hand drawn images in old frames ~ so perfect for a child's room. (i framed them for our fergus&me pop up shop this weekend - wish me luck!)

x lynn-anne

who doesn't love a new logo, especially one as adorable as this ?

Originally uploaded by lakbdesign/fergusandme
i am so thrilled with the dancing leash logo for fergus&me created by the super-talented husband and wife --ashley & joel -- graphic/print design team thispapership (check them out at thispapership.com: you'll be so glad you did) -
i can't wait to have them do some more stuff, starting with a logo for my design firm, lakbdesign.

thanks, ashley and joel. you're so talented!

x lynn-anne