there’s a new year creeping up on us quickly (how the heck did that happen?) and i’m all for some new inspiration! so i thought i’d round up some, well, very inspiring, inspiration boards. that’s a whole lotta inspiration for one paragraph! it’s time for me to rotate out my inspiration board (above) and wire (below)! i like the organized chaos... 
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i got a very sweet email from Edilene, an artist, who along with two other talented artists created the Ateliê Gaaya in Brazil. the girls create a photo shoot in their studio for each story on their blog. So while the girls post on their blog, they also share their work — jewelry, clothing, accessories, as well as their redesign of furniture, paintings, lamps and lighting... 
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last evening i watched an episode of the sundance channel’s ‘man shops globe’, a documentary series that follows anthropologie’s buyer at large, keith johnson as he shops for treasures from around the world. nice job if you can get it! in this episode keith visits artist leslie oschmann, a former anthropologie visual director, at her home studio,... 
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