Surfing the Web...Emily Henderson...The Fig House..Artwork and If You Want It, Black Rooster It #21

Morning friends.

I'm busy like wizzy today so this is going to be short.

A few things:

1. I'm going with the croc on the chairs...the burgundy tempted me large but when push came to shove, I couldn't pull the trigger.  One thing I've learned over the course of my 39 (cough) years, is that you've got to trust your gut and something about that red derivative business was not agreeing with me...the croc feels more moi so that's what I'm doing.

KW feline or faux bois might happen in pillow form but we'll see.

2. I'm still NOT screwed up the poop shoot when it comes to the mantle and what the heck to do there.

I drafted this post on Friday and then my computer went all cray and I couldn't post it.

On Friday, I had no idea what to put over the fireplace.

On Saturday I was flying around the interwebs while sipping coffee and lazing in bed.

I hopped over to Emily Henderson's Instgram feed, which then led me to her blog (which PS, really is ridiculously full of good stuff,) which led me here...



...which then led me to two hours of sublime art surfing.

If your not familiar with this blog/person, you need to be.

Each post references an artist who the 'curator' is inspired by and/or jealous of...you know that kind of jealous you get when you see a piece of amazing artwork and wish you could have made it yourself?  Well, this blog documents all of that and it's FABULOUS.

I'm seriously very addicted and will be reading it every single solitary day.

So back to my mantle..while I was perusing both TJC and Emily H's blog, I read all about a project they are working on together at a new bespoke event venue in Cali called The Fig House.

Emily designed the space and TJC picked all of the artwork...and if you haven't been following this business online/via Instagram, you need to be...for reasons like this...



...note the gorgeous work of one of my favourite artists in the universe, Zoe Pawlak up there...and the rugs...and the pink/green furniture.



...stop it on those mirrors...and sconces.



...I swear I've never like stained glass in a house EVER...and then EH came up with this- holy shizz...and that sofa...almost makes me re-consider the whole burgundy thing...almost.

And then there's this...



...and then THIS...



...which instantly started a mad and franetic artist search by yours truly.

And with a few little link clicks, I found myself at the portfolio of Stephaie Vovas and whoa....

I proceeded to fall over dead with joy.

I'll take one of...







...each of these please.

And let's start with this beaut...the very same one that's featured over that fabo striped sofa by EH...

I mean really...it's just SO damn good.

I've said since the day I started earning money that there would come a time when the thing I'd spend dough on would be real art...and folks, that day is here.

My plan is to add 1/2 pieces each year and I'm really, really excited about it.

Art = happiness.

3. Because of my computer woes on Friday, I didn't get a chance to post my...



...loveliness for the week.

So, without any further ado, meet some of the new pretty that one of my absolute favourite stores has to offer...

[Black Rooster It by bijouandboheme]

Those bottom right sconces...yup...my foyer in the new house needs those...also very much want the marble columns...and that mirror.

Also/PS, the louis settee pictured is on a MASSIVE sale- BR has one that she is discounting by like 2/3rds so if you're in the market, let me know and we'll get that baby sent your way.

And...because BR is adding new stuff daily, some of this fabulousity went up after I had put my board together...

1. Leather chairs...



2. Icon chairs...



3. Icelandic goodness like these Sheepskin blankets...



and rugs ...



All delish.

And with that, I better sign off before this post gets too long form.

Squeezes and smooches and such.

xo

Delivered Goodies...a la Instagram

My brain re:blog is mushy today- not feeling like I've got much to share, other than some recent deliveries that are making me ooooooh so happy.

The mirror has a little something to do with one of the surprises I'm going to spill on Monday...as does this....

Stay tuned.

In other news, this showed up at my doorstop this morning, as a total surprise....

A huge thank you to the friendlies at Magenta Studios!!!!

PS, if you're in the market for taking your precious photo memories and turning them into techno/fashion/home accessories, art pieces or stationary, this is the place to do it.

And speaking of things that just arrived/are a total delight...the newly published memoir of Vogue Creative Director, Grace Coddington just came...

A big giant thank you to my dear friend Nina over at Black Rooster Decor...so so happy to know/work with her!!!!

And finally, I saw a little mention on Instagram the other day from the fabulous Christina over at Full House...she posted a picture of this chair nirvana...

...and directed it my way...now I know that I already have secured a rocker for #projectbaby but wow...thinking I could put the cane one is Mac's room and leave this for bambino- I mean really- this sort of needs to happen.

God I love pretty things/surprises/delivers.

xo

Weekend

Good morning friends.

I hope you all enjoyed a delightful Mother's Day/weekend.

Mine was good.

To begin the fun, my little red had her Mother's Day Tea at school and well...it made my heart almost explode.

How can I not melt when the kid paints her vase for me pink?

Clearly a product of my DNA, my sweetness thought of the decor when determining her colour scheme...see how perfect it works...

Love.

I'm also framing up her rendition of moi toute suite...i.e. lickity split.

...again with the pink:)

The weekend itself started bright and early Saturday morning with my little one's school fair.

Mac held a tarantula...

...and Scarlett didn't;)

She provided encouragement...

..and told me alllll about her other Mother's Day gift...

...according to her teacher's version of the story, my little red was not at ALL keen about the idea of black paint smeared all over her hands- took 20 minutes of convincing apparently...hilarious and sooo typical...I hate the word diva but the kid kind of is one and I adore her for it.

Moving on.

Apres fair was switching gears time...we loaded everyone up in the car and headed for a university open house with the big kid.

And then...one of the most satisfying/happiest moments of my life happened.

I listened as a professor basically outlined the programme equivalent of my child...I was glued to every word and held my breathe praying to Jesus that my daughter was thinking/feeling the same thing.

When it was over and she looked up I was almost too afraid to ask what she thought, for fear she'd say this program nirvana wasn't for her.

If you're a parent you know what I'm talking about here...the fear that your child will choose wrong and not take the humongous opportunity in front of them...it's almost paralysing.

Anyhoo...thankfully, my smart like Sunday morning kid saw the light and clicked accept later that day.

So...my sweet big girl will be one of 48 kids studying Integrated Science next year at McMaster University...

which PS, is only 30 minutes away...and PSS, is one of only two programmes like it in the world....and is PSSS PERFECT for her....so, so, so, so happy.

My Natasha is perhaps the smartest human being I know and I'm entirely convinced she's going to be a huge success one day and make me even more proud than I already am...which right now, seems impossible but I know it is going to happen.

Here she is with Tulip apres tour at our celebratory lunch...

One day I'll tell you the whole story of how this sweet girl came into my life but for now, I'll just say I believe it nothing short of divine intervention and I feel incredibly blessed.

I'm a lucky, lucky mama.

Saturday was capped off with drinks on the deck with our fave neighbours and then I woke up Sunday to hubby prezzies and kid's cards.

Natasha gave me these goodes..

...which she later told me cost her NOTHING...some mix-up at Chapters resulted in no charge for all of it...winning.

I can't WAIT to read that great smut on my way to NYC this Sunday;)

Husband had given me these beautious flowers earlier in the week ...

...and then surprised me with the perfect gift...a gift card to our brand spanking new Anthropologie, which PS, is right around the corner from my house....danger...

...heading there after I get this post published;)

We spent the rest of the day visiting my parental units in London.

We had a great day, which was highlighted by a little stop at their newest hospital dream home.

The kitchen in particular caught my eye...

...can we talk about the floors?

I die.

I also adore the backsplash...sheets of glass with wallpaper behind- gorge.

Not so crazy about that high display unit stuck on the island but other than that, job well done dream house peeps.

My parents and I also discussed the possibility of them moving closer to us and I SO hope they do.

Dad...I hope you're reading this;)

I've been realizing more and more how quickly time just seems to whisper away and I can't imagine anything better than having my kids be able to see their nana and papa more often.

You all know I adore stuff and pretty things...like this delightful pink/leopard scarf my mama bear gave me....

...but the cheesy truth is that I'd pick family moments over a collection of goodies any day of the week.

Ones like these...

...that make me so happy for the joy that comes with being a daughter and a mother...there's just nothing like it.

Blessed.

xo