how is it possibly Thursday… this week has flown by!! I know it’s a holiday week but seriously… where did this week go? I am sorry for the delay and promise to post more pics of Judy Aldridge’s house tomorrow. We are beyond THRILLED to have it featured in FD Luxe. You can view the whole article HERE (so well written by one of my favorite people Christopher Wynn). The cover of the book reads “When Judy met Sam” - we love. You can get a sneak peek on her blog here.
All gorgeous photos by the ever-talented Manny Rodriguez.
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June 3rd, 2010 at 11:28 am
what a week… Just in case you didn’t make it to Thursday’s event. Here’s a recap of what turned out to be an amazing evening (or even if you did - it was pretty crowded so a little tough to see). Follow up here from F!D and thank you to Judy for her write up here and Haley for this sweet post here.
Thanks to all who attended and helped! It was a stylish and spectacular evening.
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April 12th, 2010 at 11:12 am
newsflash… I’ve got a thing for all things white. Shocker. We know this. So I’m sure I don’t have to tell you how THRILLED I was when FD Luxe asked me to do a product round up around my favorite color and trend of the moment. Hello?! Happy girl! I’ve really had so much fun with FD, thus far. I’ve written about all things that pretty much sum up my happy place: Fort Worth, letterpress, chocolate, flowers and now all things white — it’s a tough job but somebody has got to do it.
Closer details on the pages below but you can check out the issue online here with an awesome little zoom feature. Can not tell you how cool it is to look at an issue this way. Check it out here. Screen grab below…
Happy Friday all!!
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April 2nd, 2010 at 11:16 am
somebody pinch me… I’ve been waiting to share this with you for several days now and to say that I’m excited would be a ridiculous understatement. A couple of weeks ago I got an email from the wonderful Jeny Bania, PR manager for the downtown Neiman Marcus store about doing an event. You may or may not know that in my “real life” as a designer of all things lovely I have worked with NM Corporate PR for the past nine years designing invitations to events such as this. (Did I mention I’m beyond excited??) The name of the event is SUBLIME SHELTER & SPLENDOR. I (aka style/SWOON) will be styling what I’m calling a small “home” (think NYC apartment) on the fourth floor in the home and entertaining gallery. It will be a three day installation that kicks off Thursday evening, April 8th, with a cocktail reception from 6-8 p.m. FD Luxe is co-sponsoring so my favorite fab fashionista crew will be there so that is super fun. Most importantly YOU are invited. I would love it if you could make it: cocktails, bites, Tim is the DJ (aka the oh-so dapper Tim Flannery) and oodles of great style. Hopefully you will experience NM home like you haven’t seen it before. Wish me luck!
NOTE: I will be previewing some of the items that I will be using on the blog before the event. (We just got back, so much great stuff to play with.)
So, mark your calendars friends! Look forward to seeing your smiling faces on the 8th!!
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March 24th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
so beautiful it hurts… By now you may have picked up on my love affair with the new lower Greenville boutique, Bows and Arrows, but what I have kept from you is my FAVORITE thing about this little gem. THE FLOWERS. OH. MY. My latest write up in FD Luxe hit the stands today and it’s a short feature on the gorgeous talents of Alicia Rico. I’m truly head over heals for these beauties. AMAZING, I tell you.
Read the full story here about Alicia’s work and classes they are offering (yes, I will be taking one so stay tuned for that!) and see below for more shots from the photo shoot.
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March 1st, 2010 at 11:31 am
let the countdown begin…Blame it on being a newlywed. In the past I haven’t typically been a big Valentine’s day supporter but this year is special and I have received a couple of wedding submissions that are just adorable and all of that inspired me to go all romance, all the time — until Valentine’s Day.
First up is my latest story in the current issue of FD Luxe all about the traditional gift of love — chocolate. Check out the full story of my chocolate covered stakeout here. **I will have to say, this was a tough day at the office. Chris Plavidal shot this wonderfully graphic photo and we of course HAD to try all of them to make sure they were all as amazing as they looked. Each one was a little piece of heavenly goodness but hands down the Norman Love chocolates ROCK. If you really want to impress your loved one with an absolutely gorgeous collection of interesting and succelent flavors I highly recommend that one from Neuhaus.
Also - special thanks to Joslyn from Simply Lovely for including me in her Blogger’s Favorites on Friday. A quick note of blogger’s top ten. Read the full post here.
photo: Chris Plavidal
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February 1st, 2010 at 1:51 pm
