Branching Out

My husband and I love trees. In fact, if you knew the meaning behind the name of my blog, you'd know it was inspired by trees as well (and my husband:). I want to do a weekly post about designing with tree inspired graphics. It is a nice way to bring the outdoors in and add some texture to your space. If you guys have any examples of how you used trees as design inspiration please email me. I would love to include them.

PS - sources are unknown for these photos. If you know, please shout and I will add credits.

Jewelry Shadow Boxes

I love Anthropologie, but really who doesn't. Their catalogs are always a great source of inspiration. The photography is always beautiful. About a year ago I saw these lovely jewelry vignettes in their March 2010 catalog. Which got me thinking. What a wonderful way to showcase jewelry. If you are anything like me, yours would be thrown in a box and tangled. I would so love to take a few shadow boxes and create these little scenes to showcase my jewelry. Dual purposes: organization and art. How perfect.


P.S. - Sorry about the moiré pattern. These were scanned from their March 2010 catalog.

Painted Fish

So, I am kind of in love with this white lacquer marlin (picture one). It reminds me a little of the pink birds that Antonio did on Design Star (picture two). I just love the graphic nature of it! So, I was thinking I might buy this awful colorful marlin from Bass Pro Shops (picture three) and lacquer it white myself. What do you guys think?