Etsy Find: Not Your Average Slipcover

Ok - check out the newest Etsy find: Bisquit Scout - can you believe these hand knitted slipcovers?  I mean - wouldn't you love to sink into that sweatered chair and read/snooze for hours?  So ingenious and gorgeous.  I love it, though with the late summer heat, it's hard to imagine right now. . .but happy to daydream of some cooler days and comfy warm chair like this. . . Happy Monday - just four days til my next trip, guys. . .  still crazy, but keeping it together.  Hope the same for you!

Smmidge Style: August Aztec Inspiration

Oh August, hot hot August. . . Do you need a little zip in August?  Me. Too.  I've mentioned I've felt totally flat in fashion this summer.  Maybe it's being strapped to a cubicle that is mauve 50hrs/week. . . or on the opposite end, traveling every weekend for that same d-a-y-j-o-b (but seriously, can you believe July is over? Scary. Just plain scary.) but one way or the other I'm just freaking out that I've lost any sense of personal style. . . do you ever feel that way?  Like "who the hell am I?" followed directly by "am I too old to wear this?" or "does this look too effing old?  I'm not old!".  So confused.  But recently I have felt some slight inspiration by the Aztec inspired prints going on - and if used sparingly will go right into autumn groov-alish.  And I love blacks and grays and oranges with pops of turquoise, don't you?  Ok, ok, maybe we're getting somewhere.  It is still summer, still shorts and sandals (and for a long time to come here in Tejas) but a tiny twinge of transition peeks out . . .and look at us now - straight August Aztec bad-ass.  Hope you have a terrif weekend - I'm off to NYC and expect to come back full of new inspiration!  Stay tuned and stay cool.

Oh August by Smmidge featuring cuffs jewelry

All Saints screen print shirt, $55
Corduroy shorts, €270
Jeffrey Campbell wooden shoes, $135
Antik Batik cuffs jewelry, $95
Earrings, £20

Dinner (Outstanding) In the Field

Outstanding in the Field Beach Dinner from Outstanding in the Field on Vimeo.

Outstanding in the Field. . . I have no words.  If you don't know about them, go find out more about them, and about their amazing dinners that celebrate Farms and Farmers. . . food, people, life, on their blog here.  I hope to go to a dinner one day soon. . . oh the experience it must be.  In my d-a-y-j-o-b I get to obsess about events and video production (not this romantic, usually, but the same in many ways) thus the art of the event itself captured in these insanely beautiful videos I find really inspiring, as well.  I obviously consume mucho digital content, so it's always wonderfully exciting to find pieces that really transport you. . . even for a moment.  Here's to a slow dinner in the field s.o.o.n.  

Obsessed: Egg Collective

So I came across Egg Collective and couldn't resist at clickathon purely based on the name. . . what was this Egg Collective all about (my inner voice)?  I found amazing design.  Particularly love the stump project seen here.  It's a nice project by project approach so limited edition stuff, no dups, hand made, local artisans. . . love it, though I'm sure not easy when you come up with these designs which no doubt generate buzzing buyers, but alas better for all.

Check out this Design Sponge Sneak Peak of Egg Collective founder Hillary Petrie's abode in New Orleans.  Lovely.

*image from Egg Collective

Out and About: Water Gardens

I had to go to Fort Worth this week for a sponsorship (I lived in Fort Worth for 5 years and have a real soft spot for that town) and was so happy to have to park right by the magnificent Fort Worth Water Gardens, designed by renowned Architect, Phillip Johnson.  If you are ever in "the Fort", you should go here.  It is a magical place in the shadow of downtown. . . the lines, textures, shadows, spaces are so serene.  I particularly found solace in the Quiet Pool space. . . lined by trees and water covered walls it was exponentially cooler (than the 103 degree temp) inside that space and I was transported.  I believe accessible design matters. . . design. matters.  This design moved me, among others passing through.  Love it.