Filed Under: clothing, debut, design, designer, fashion, indie, line, lisa miller, RAW, ready to wear, reclaimed, salt lake city, shop, sustainable, utah, womens, wreckage
Scandi patchwork cushion collection by Nina's Apartment, vintage furniture and Interior design, Aberdeenshire
0Here are some cushions I have made recently using various Scandinavian fabrics.
(PS: If you like this style, I do take commissions and can make a set for your own home, based on the colour scheme of your interior. Just contact me for a free consultation!)
Filed Under: colour inspiration, design, fabric, Inverurie, Nina's Apartment, pillows, scandinavian design, Scotland, vintage furniture Aberdeen
On September 6th, Reclaimed Wreckage/Lisa Miller will be the featured artist for a runway show at The Depot, put on by RAW, Natural Born Artists!!! They came and found me and needless to say I was stupid excited about this opportunity!
RAW, Natural Born Artists is an artist driven organization designed to put local artists on the map. Now in over 60 cities they've found there way in to my little hometown of Salt Lake, and picked ME to be their main artist. A normal single mother going to school full time while running a business might just throw my accessories on someone elses clothing line... But let's face it, that's just not like me. So, the first Thursday in September, look for my accessories to be draped across my BRAND NEW CLOTHING LINE!!
Now I just gotta learn how to design, draft, and sew clothes ;)
In the meantime, click on RAW to check out this amazing local artist organization.
Filed Under: Clothing Line, design, Lisa Brown, lisa miller, Natural Born Artists, RAW, reclaimed wreckage, Salt Lake, sew, The Depot
Hello All,
Well today was kind of a bummer, a rain day interupted my plans to wood work, but my wife suggested a project that she would like me to do... a mobile for our daughter's crib. "BRILLIANT!" I thought to myself as I grabbed a pen and some
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Filed Under: building with pallets, clamp, crib mobile, design, mobile, mobile for crib, pallet craft, pallet projects, pallet wood mobile, pallet wood recycling, pallet woodworking, pallets, sketch, woodworking with pallets
We're just back from a lovely two weeks' holiday in the UK. I guess you could call it a 'stay-cation' since we decided to stay in Britain this summer, but with a long drive of about 1500 miles in total you can hardly speak of 'staying local'!
The good thing was that on our epic journey from the North East of Scotland all the way down to Cornwall we stopped for three nights in the beautiful Lake District. You could pick any of the many B&Bs dotted around this area, but we picked the Dome House, a stunning piece of architecture overlooking lake Windermere and a place that added a real bit of 'designer flair' to our trip.
It comes as no surprise that it featured in the BBC TV programme Grand Designs, and with its domed roof and facade of wood and glass it really stands out from any of the historic homes and cottages in Bowness-on-Windermere. Although very 'grand' on approach, the guest rooms have a lovely, welcoming feel to them, with their open plan living space, vintage furniture and view to die for. Our room, the 'Green Suite' also features a rather unusual and very large wooden bath, which was a real winner - even our 7-month old baby loved scooting around in it. Rather than having to rush to a communal breakfast room, at the Dome House you are provided with a well stocked 'breakfast hamper', which makes your stay even more pleasant and relaxed.
We really enjoyed staying here and would recommend this place any time, whatever the weather. A thunder storm and torrential rain shower never looked more impressive than from the window of this grand design house.
www.domehouselakedistrict.co.uk
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| View from our room after the storm |
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| The fabulous wooden bath and my fabulous baby boy |
Filed Under: bathroom, design, Dome House, Grand Designs, Inverurie, Lake District, Nina's Apartment, Scotland, travel, vintage furniture Aberdeen
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| Just something I made Great round labels. |
Lately I have come across some absolutely gorgeous free downloadable images and photoshop textures, which I didn't want to keep to myself. I mean, what better finishing touch than a customised, vintage label to go with your hand-made gift?
So. Here we go! Have fun and do share links to your websites if you've created anything with them!
Fuzzimo
A great site with lots of vintage downloadable images including postcards, stamps and envelopes as well as polaroid frames, canvas textures and old sticky tape. Yum!
I-Do-It-Yourself
Wonderful website with lots of ideas and inspiration for weddings - but of course these great labels can be used for your homemade Christmas gifts too. Worth a look.
Demilked
I found a great selection of free downloadable Retro type fonts on this website, ready to be used on all your labels, cards and other creations...
Shadowhouse creations
More yummy type fonts! Which one to choose???
World Label
Heaps of great vintage labels to stick on jars, bottles, boxes, gifts, anything!
Miss Cutiepie goes 80s
Lots of free printable vintage Christmas labels and tags...
DigitalCollageImages (via Flickr)
Some more lovely vintage Christmas tags. Oh my - are those gifts going to look good this year or what.!
Lilybox Designs
Cover some tin cans in these vintage wrappers. You may want to keep some yourself as a home for your pencils, scissors and other bits and bobs too!
Maybemej
Great collection of printable paper scraps, including old maps, flower patterns and labels:
Hope this list has given you some ideas and inspiration! Enjoy!
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Filed Under: christmas, design, DIY projects
Which one do you like best?
Filed Under: design, eclectic decor, fabric, shop
I started off this morning at the Danish Design Center with wonderful exhibitions of furniture by the grand Danes Arne Jacobsen, Poul Kjaerholm, Hans Wegner and others, as well as everyday Danish design products such as coffee pots and bicycles. Functionally made with the user in mind, but beauty not forgotten. Superb place.
Then, walking via the impressing 'Black Diamond' library on the waterfront, I strolled back into the city for lots of shopping. Popped into some weird and wonderful places including an auction house with the most beautiful art and antiques (and a stuffed polar bear!). I suddenly remembered again why I decided to get that degree in History of Art, long time ago (because of art, that was, not because of polar bears). Couldn't afford any of it though, so swiftly moved on...
I ended up finding some wonderful items in more affordable shops such as Notre Dame, Gronlykke, Tiger and Sostrene Grene: cushions, colourful rugs, felt coasters, ceramic door knobs and Japanese cups and plates. Last but not least I went to the Marimekko store and bought a meter of black and white fabric for that £12 chair I got at the auction the other day. In the sale! You can imagine, I am a very happy bunny.
My feet are sore now, so maybe I will rent a bike tomorrow for my next adventure. But first... time for the sauna & spa, complimentary of my hotel. Yay! I am having such a great time - can you tell? ;-)
Here are some pictures of my day. They may be a little fuzzy due to taking them on my iphone. Oh yeah, I didn't shoot the polar bear (pardon the pun!) - so please take my word on that one...
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Filed Under: antiques, art, design, eclectic decor, fabric, home decor, travel
