Friday Inspiration: Home Style

There are a lot of blogs that I enjoy reading for their visual stimulation, and in hopes of creating my own beautiful home I've been collecting the most inspiring images on a pinterest board.  The two I enjoy the most are sfgirlbybay and DesignSponge because they often send me to new places with even more inspiring images, and they have a lot more to offer than just pretty interiors.

Kitchen from sfgirlbybay

Stacey Sargent from DesignSponge

Sweet Sewing Nook from Thompson Family-Life

cute wee shelves from how to make a baby elephant float

New Favorite Thing: Pinterest

One of my new favorite things courtesy of the internet is this little website called Pinterest where you can make virtual inspiration boards from any images you find online. Their definition of the website's name is Pin·terest (pĭn'trĭst): n. a place to share visual collections of things you love. I think the concept is fabulous, and the execution is spot on and beautiful.

Kitchen Herb Garden from LarkingAbout
I've been have a grand time going through my old bookmarks of pages where I liked a picture and have been able to post all those images to themed boards while still linking back to the original content. It's also helped to clean out my overcrowded bookmarks.

So far my fullest boards are Home Style Inspiration, full of things I'd love to see done in my home, and Project Ideas and Inspiration, which I love being able to go to when I'm a little stuck creatively.

If you'd like to use this website yourself leave your email address and I'll be happy to send you an invite.

Drawing Inspiration

It's drastically difficult for me to not find inspiration every where I turn, and the internet is certainly no exception. The truth is, I've been going through my oh-so-many bookmarks to clean house and remember what's been inspiring me and realized inspiration is so much more fun when shared - so have at it!

One of my favorite websites is DesignSponge for just about everything. The sneak peaks they provide into different homes provide decorating inspiration, and I really love their before and after features and instructions on various projects cause I'm a diy girl at heart. On of my favorites is the mini-garden from an altoids tin.


Dollar Store Hacks is a cute little blog, even though it seems a one time project that hasn't be updated since. It's a great little reminder of how we can all be ready makers. Below rulers become place mats, and make me want to make some out of mismatched wood rulers.

Art Lovelies: Anna

I may say this often, but it's true that my family is full of some awesome and creative people. One of those is my cousin Anna. She always has those creative vibes rolling off of her and she is involved in such a variety of artistic pursuits. She's almost done with her college degree at SCAD and has been cranking out some really awesome dioramas - like the one below - for her classes, and I'm just hoping I can make another trip down to Savannah before she graduates.


In addition to being a great illustrator, a phenomenal writer (with an reoccurring internship at Scholastic), and all around awesome gal she plays in a band by the name of General Oglethorpe and the Panhandlers. I'll readily admit to being biased, but I think they rock, and this photo of them by Zulmarie takes the cake. You can listen to four of their songs on their myspace right now, and they'll be recording more this spring so expect more soon!


As far as Anna and I go we're about a year apart in age and as children went through quite the love/hate/love relationship before we arrived at the friendship we have today. She's featured in most of the photos I have of myself and my sister in matching outfits.

Inspiration Projects

I feel like I draw inspiration from just about anywhere, but for the last month since I've been stuck inside with a back injury I'll admit that most of my inspiration is found online. While I've been keeping myself busy with projects like reorganizing the office/extra bedroom (and I think it's finally in a configuration that is a little more conducive to work) I've also been looking at other people's craft projects and decorating for inspiration.

I've also been crocheting an amazing amount of items - a case for my new digital camera (with my first buttonhole!), two cases for other people's ipods, more baby hats than I know babies, and a whole mess of play food/pincushion cupcakes. I'm sure all the theme of the crafting photos I've been looking at lately has to do with my penchant for crochet projects.


I'm planning to make a blanket based on this pattern from The Yvestown Blog out of cotton for a light summer throw (ah, summer.) and I really can't wait to get started.

In general I'm one of those people who just likes to make things. It's a little cliche but I find it cathartic to always have my hands busy and at the end have something I have managed to make myself. For this reason I love to learn new methods and new projects, so if you've got something you think I should try - let me know. Especially if it's something that will keep me busy while my back heals.