the love list

The Love List is a really inspiring and delightful design blog, written by graphic designer, Jessica Condatore. She does a great job of highlighting designers that inspire her, encouraging other design bloggers to connect with each other, and spotting decorating trends.

A photo Jessica blogged about last week from a back issue of domino.

Photo by Annie Schlechter, Domino May 2007

Last Friday, Jessica even featured a link to my post about redesigning my bamboo mirror in her "Weekend Roundup" feature! That was a really fun surprise.

In an effort to see what design bloggers are doing in their own homes, and in her own words, "to further inspire and unite the blogosphere in a creative, positive way", Jessica has launched The Blogger's Home Tour. Starting in September, she will be publishing posts on different deign bloggers with photos of, and details about rooms in their living spaces. I love this idea!

I am really looking forward to getting a glimpse of how others, like myself, are decorating their homes. That is one of the really fantastic things about both blogging and interior design- the possibilities for creative expression are seemingly endless and always unique. I will also be participating in this lovely project, and will let you know when my home will be featured!

Please take a few minutes to check out Jessica's blog, the love list, and see what she has been up to.

creature comforts

I discovered a fantastic new blog yesterday. Creature Comforts, written by a gal named Ez, is visually very pleasing to look at, and she also features the art and handiwork of some really talented designers and artists. Her focus is not only on interior decor, but hand made items of all kinds: clothing, paper goods, photography. She seems to have simply impeccable taste, and I was very inspired while taking it all in.

If you have a chance to check her blog out, you can also enter to win her birthday giveaway. In celebrating one year blogging, she and lots of incredible artists have put together an amazing array of prizes! All you have to do is visit the blog, and scroll down to the June 11th post entitled "In It To Win It". You can read the whole post but in a nutshell, here's how to enter: In a comment window, type your favorite quote and be sure to leave your first name, last initial and email address. She will choose the winner at random and announce it on June 30th.

I can't think of a better incentive to get to her site and check out all she has to offer. Trust me, it is really beautiful, totally worth your time,and I promise you will be inspired!