SWOONWORTHY and cyberlicious...meet Red

Met her?

RED authors the chic must-follow blog

S W O O N W O R T H Y,

and I never miss an installment!

Not only is my friend across the Atlantic

a fabulous writer with rare

honesty and edge--her incredible design taste

is weaved seamlessly through posts about

everyday life,

decor and renovation,

and even her lovely obsessions.

This gallery wall in Swoonworthy's stylish

dining room includes a collage

created by moi...

Brilliant and bitchen, blogmate!

The piece was created

messily and imperfectly

with a book, love, silk...

and pieced together poetry.

Its title

SCHISM IN THE SOUL

would be a fitting title for my autobiography.

I love how Red styled my piece on her

gorgeous stripey table!

Peek at her blog to see more innovative lovely.

all photos - Swoonworthy

This is my favorite cool photo

Mademoiselle Swoonworthy

snapped of the piece.

*cue Christopher Walken*

"I got a fe-vah, Redhotmama...

and the only prescription is...

MORE SWOONWORTHY."

Hugs for cheering me on,

consistently cutting through the sh*t,

and refreshingly standing out in blogland, friend.

hello lovely INSPIRING GOODNESS {MARCH}

my photo:

a bit of a vintage collage i completed

Today my thoughts are on spring and a few

lovely inspiring things which have

found their way to me.

my photo:

my collage is a part of a series i'm creating called DISCARDED & WITHDRAWN

1.

Creating new mixed media pieces.

This little guy's called KINGBIRD,

and includes a pieced together

poem from random text.

random is hardly a challenge for me...ahem.

my photo:

all of the vintage illustrations are old and originals

My poem:

"I MADE UP MY MIND TO LOOK.

I KEPT MY EYES OPEN

FINDING THINGS

THAT TO ME

ALWAYS HAD BEEN

CONCEALED IN THICK FOLIAGE."

the first line is the most powerful and meaningful one for me.

  

my photo

I love packaging handmade things

almost as much as creating them.

This was for someone very special and was

tied with raw silk and an old rhinestone

shoe clip made in France.

my photo

2.

Scoring new treasures at my favorite junk sales.

My criteria when I shop:

What can I not live without?

Only those items can come home with me.

Hence, the gorgeous barn pulley and horseshoes.

go figure.

my photo

3.

Monograms...they're irresistible.

Above is an early 1900s engraving from

a jeweler. I use these for my collages.

my photo

4.

Lightened up interiors.

Where heavy cableknit sweaters and wool bags

were strung on a coatrack, now a happy mix of

ballet slippers and pointe shoes brightens the mood.

my photo

5.

Friendship*

 and luxury hotels.

Sort of a match made in heaven.

This was snapped two weeks ago

of me and my little sis in a pillow fight...

yes, we are grown women (each with a pair of teenaged sons)

no, we are not twins but we sometimes say yes when asked

because it seems to make everyone happy.

That headboard?

Like buttah.

Here's to a new month of

new inspiration!

Thanks for following.

*i've met so many lovely new friends

in blogland this month including fabulous Laura

at Happy Homemaker UK

(check out her link party

at this CRUSHWORTHY blog!). 

Also partying here:

life made lovely, savvy southern style and shutter love.