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Gracia Lam

ART & DESIGN

Gracia Lam is a really talented Illustrator with a really unique style. She was born in Hong Kong but was raised in Toronto, Canada. He work is textural, colorful, and does a great job at telling a story. Gracia is represented by The Loud Cloud and has worked with clients such as, The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Business Week, and more.

Check out her work HERE.

*Originally seen via Jessica Comingore’s blog.

Kirsten Grove's Insiders Tips / Week 7

COLLABORATIONS

Today’s week 7 of Kirsten Grove’s lovely insider’s tips. These two moody rooms have been super inspiring to me this week. I love all the little details and especially the lighting in room 1. Hope you gather some useful information!

If you missed the previous weeks of tips/suggestions, click on the collaborations tab in the side bar to see more! Don’t forget to stop over at Simply Grove to see my latest color palettes!

1 & 2

The Sophisticated Gourmet

PHOTOGRAPHY

I came across these photos via a pin on Pinterest and was in heaven. The process of cooking/baking is beautifully captured by Kamran Siddiqi. He’s a 19- year old New Yorker, designer, food writer, student, and claimed “chocolate junkie”. ( I hear that!)

If you’re a blog reader who not only loves seeing beautifully photographed food all plated up and gorgeous AND loves seeing the process…Kamran is your guy.

Hope on over to his blog, The Sophisticated Gourmet or follow him on Twitter!

Friday Finds & Favorites / 68

FRIDAY FINDS & FAVORITES

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1. Did you guys see the herb salt over at Suvi sur le vif? SO interesting.

2. The Manager is a really great French blog with lots of food & family.

3. 4 Chords Of The Apocalyse by Julian Casablancas

4. This photo shoot with photographer Parker Fitzgerald featuring Katie & Nathan Williams (kinfolk), styled by Herriott Grace is just stunning. Parker’s photos make me an extremely jealous photographer.

5. This Hippie Chic Love shoot featured on Ruffled blog gets me all giddy. I’d say the nailed it in the outfit department. so good.

6. Film photos by the lovely Carissa Gallo (another photography idol). Love the theme too, strawberry picking 😉

7. Another really inspiring portfolio by Maricor and Maricar Manola.

8. I really love this post by photographer Andria Lindquist!

9. Mick de Lint did a beautiful job with these photos (fashion + film photography = awesome)

10. Ruined polaroids by photographer William Miller.

Happy Weekend!

Lesson Learned: Don't Hoard Clients

Freelance Journey

Yup…that’s me. I hoard clients. I get requests/project inquiries and I take them all, the good…the bad…the boring. haha. I know what I’m doing is exactly what I don’t want to do, but I do it anyway. I know my time is valuable and the financial benefit of taking on a bunch of freelance clients can only go so far before it interferes with your day to day well-being. I’m working on it guys. haha

Do you guys hoard your clients??

Messors: A die for retreat

ART & DESIGN

How would yo like to plop yourself down in one of the world’s most beautiful locations and soak in all the knowledge you could about art restoration or maybe even learn from some of the most authentic italian chefs? Sounds like perfection to me. Messors is a collection of artistic workshops that allow you to spend an extended amount of time with some of the best art forms Puglia, an italian town. You’re 100% immersed within the Puglian culture, history, food, architecture, and artistic treasures and you get to stay in a historical family home (with working farm).

As a college student, I got to witness one of my professors leaving the US to live in Italy for a month or two on his creative sabbatical. I had never really heard of this concept before, but I’am finding that lots of creatives out there partake in this kind of deep dive retreat for the brain. I hear a retreat of this style is beyond intensive but more worth it than words can describe. Today, I’m putting a creative sabbatical on my bucket list and Messors is a likely candidate 🙂

Have you ever taken a creative sabbatical? Worth it? Interested?

branding backwards / 05

COLLABORATIONS

It was only natural that I hit up Madewell for this week’s Branding Backwards post. They have such a modern + fresh way of showcasing their simple brand through photography. It’s all about black, white, and pops of color. And beyond that, I believe they’ve created a solid “look” as far as fashion goes. You can look at one of their outfits and thing “that’s very Madewell.” Truth!

Be sure to visit my blog to see what Cassies up to in the Branding Backwards world this week.

madewell / blouse + chambray / man / lady / flowers / mint clothing / verily / breanna rose

A Billabong Road Trip

PHOTOGRAPHY

One of my favorite photography blogs, The Road is Home, has recently been posting photos from a European road trip full of love and adventure (for the Billabong Campaign). The photographer Nirrimi Firebrace has an amazing eye and the ability to capture the pure energy of each moment. I’ve really enjoyed looking through the Euro Trip’s 5-part post and look forward to her next captured road trip.

A Happy Place in all white

ROOMS

I know this home interior has been flying around the digital world like hot pancakes, but I just had to repost. One of my favorite home design and painted by the popular malerfirma available at https://www.malerstaubo.dk. Pаіntіng уоur hоuѕе is a major rеѕtоrаtіоn wоrk thаt a hоmеоwnеr hаѕ tо undеrtаkе аt ѕоmе оr thе оthеr роіnt of time. Fortunately thеrе are a numbеr of painting соmраnіеѕ that provide a variety of раіntіng аnd restoration ѕеrvісеѕ to thе hаѕѕlеd hоmеоwnеrѕ. Nоt оnlу dо thеу рrоvіdе ԛuаlіtу ѕеrvісе but also ensure thаt уоur jоb іѕ соmрlеtеd оn tіmе.

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No matter what apartment is being listed, the spaces are shown beautifully as if they are currently being lived in. Kitchens can also be a thing of beauty when you rely on professionals like italian kitchens london. This particular space makes me really happy. The lighting alone has me sold and that kitchen paint!!! Love it all.

See more photos here.
Originally seen via The Design Attractor.