Greenroom[s]

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rootsy modern

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Boho

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funky bohemian

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Bam.

One Rad Chick and the Collaborative Home

 images via kellianderson.com
Damn, this is freaking awesome and blowing my mind.  This being a couple of things.  1) Kelli Anderson's (aka "Rad Chick) ahhhhhmazing infographics and 2) The Collaborative Fund itself for which these infographics were made. 

Kelli Anderson is self described "artist/designer and tinkerer who is always experimenting with new means of making images and experiences".  Bravo, friend.  I was immediately drawn to the work with it's bits of nostalgia rooted firmly in twenty-first century interaction - hello "audible paper".  But particularly these images of the Collaborative Home both in design and content completely drew me in.  I'd say it's rootsy and modern - just what we like here.   

The Collaborative Fund gives me hope.  I happened upon it through Kelli Anderson's site, and thank goodness. We spin our wheels everyday trying to make sense of this life, how to enjoy it while working all.the.time.(sometimes towards our goals, other times not so much), how to provide a good life to our child, how to have fun and have some things we want without being completely consumed with consuming (kind of funny since I often talk about "what to buy" on this blog. i know i know). . . It's a balance I think, like the Toms approach, you know?  We all the want people to prosper, for the economy to not be in the shitter (and "shitter" is the only term that works here), to have hope for our future, but can't there be a better way?  Well, Collaborative Fund thinks so, as they rethink a "shared future".  Their aim is to support creative entrepreneurs who want to shift business values (c'mon! people matter!), modern economic pillars, and thus our daily lives for the better. . . together.  OK - I'm in.  It really speaks to my entrepreneurial spirit, and especially taps my own (idealistic as it may be) hope for the world. . . and for my kid's life.  And, plainly, I'm just happy to know I'm not alone in this hope and that there are smarties working on it out there, too.  xx -m.m.

Prep Up

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I'm kind jazzed by the preppy trend even though it's not always my style, it totally getting to me (in a good way). I particularly love it in the earth-tones and spotted these cool examples. I always think of prep in a colorful way (I came of age in the 80s and 90s, ok - prep was all about pastels or red and navy), so expressing it in browns and greens with pops of color totally speaks to me and feels new but classic. . . totally prep.

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image from Modcloth

Birds, Butterflies and Bee Things

red-winged blackbird print

Aren't these the grooviest prints?  These are just a taste of the genius handmade, limited edition prints that define Bee Things.  The Dallas based Bee Things designers produce prints, posters, apparel and such, and I am always inspired to see their colors, shapes, themes (mostly insects and animals - ahhha!) and that they are Dallasites makes it even better.   I love these as gifts, especially for baby showers - just the right price for a thoughtful forever gift. We'll just say it's perpetually on my "must-have-obsession-go-to-fave-things" lists.  Want to see what inspires the Bee Things designing duo, Shay and Jeff? Check out their crisp blog that is full of good tidbits of coolness.  Love it.  Happy Friday folks! 

zebra finch limited edition

jezebel butterfly print

Inspired by: Start Something That Matters

 I haven't even started reading it. . . but I'm feeling changed.  My Hubs brought it home to me yesterday and even without having read a word in the body, I'm already immensely inspired.  I'll keep you posted, or check it out for yourself.  Chances are if you are reading this blog, you are a dreamer, doer, worker, idealist, searcher. . . so it may make you giddy too, to see this fairly normal Texas kid that made something from nothing.   Here's to hanging on to the good.