SKETCHES

Back in '08 I took a Fashion class in California. It was a lot of fun, but also very educational since we were taught about textiles and pricing. The final for that class was to design a fashion line, and we had to have everything planned out, down to where it would be produced, for how much and how much we would sell it for. Let me tell you that if I could sew I would totally rule the fashion world ;)

The line was inspired by this swatch of vintage fabric I found in a FREE bin at a antique store. It reminded me of camouflage so I made a line I called "Love is War". It's cliché, but I was really into that military trend back then. I look at some of my designs and wonder are they dated? Do they stand up after 5 years?

On a side note - can't wait for November! A lot of plans for Laniebird Designs are in the works and I can't wait to get them out for you!

HOME TOUR - JULIAN'S ROOM

Slowly I will finish this house room by room, though I keep changing things every other day. The room I've felt was most accomplished is my son's room. I try not to spoil my kiddo, but c'mon who doesn't want to have their kid's face light up because there's a road map rug on the floor or a castle in the corner? I multipurpose a lot of things, like a side table turned into a chalkboard kid's table or a clipboard  turned into an art frame.

I repurposed an old Coke crate (the same one used in his newborn pictures) as a car garage. He loves putting them "to bed" at clean up time.

I painted this watercolor picture before he was born. I guessed his hair would be brown, not this blonde-red thing he has going on. I saw a print and I just had to recreate it.   

The quilt is made by my great-grandmother Peaches for my parents in 1975.  

And Doc says "Hello, welcome to my castle"

MOOD BOARD: RUSTIC BY NATURE

I've never made a mood board before for the fun of it, so I gave a fall inspired one a go. It was fun gathering images to meet the color palate I established. If designing a room, or working on a party, making a mood board is for more than blogging!

TUESDAY'S TUNES: New Bands with Oldies Sound

I was listening to the new iTunes radio (loveeee) and heard some music that I swore was old, turns out they are just the newest sensation of making new music that could blend right in with Patsy Cline and Connie Francis. As I'm getting older and discovering vinyls and not-so-huge bands I am finding music that has such good lyrics and music, which can be a great reprieve from the pop music that I've been hearing around.