truly… Tadd Myers is an old friend of mine who just happens to be an amazing photographer. He has been working for the past couple of years on a personal project called American Craftsman. It’s beautiful in every way. I’m so proud of all the people involved in this project. If you are local you may have heard about it, if not, then you will enjoy. Maybe you know a Craftsman? Check it out. (and be sure not to miss the videos… they are really telling)
i’m trying… I swear. I’m sort of obsessed. I have a love affair with food. I am one of those people who “lives to eat” not who “eats to live”. Lately I have been trying to eat better and am currently testing out the My Fit Foods 21 Day Challenge. I am so proud at the end of the day when I get to put a glittery smiley face on my calendar for eating good. (Stay tuned.) BUT currently I’m looking at Matt Bites blog. I love his photography. This is so not helping.
Happy Wednesday. Enjoy more gorgeous goodness from Matt below.
PS - little side note, my sweet foodie friend Uncle Beefy is also an AMAZING food stylist - not professionally, just for fun - which is shocking because of his talent. I can’t not do a post about food styling without mentioning him. I threw in a couple from the Beefster as well.
deep breath… I have to apologize for my sporadic posting this week. I have received several emails about the “You make the world beautiful, love” post so I thought clarification might be in order. I have lost two friends in the past two weeks and found out about both of them that day. My second very dear friend passed away from a long battle with cancer this past Tuesday. Both of these people were amazing and the world is a little less bright without them. But their lives and their memories shine so bright I will always smile when I think of both them. As I said the other day, posting about design and style just doesn’t seem appropriate in the immediate days after events like these. I thought I would fill you in for the sake of explanation, not sympathy, and can’t wait to get back to sharing with you so many fun new things next week. The world is beautiful and precious even when reality hits hard.
Have a wonderful, wonderful weekend my friends.
xo,
Sam
photo via ffffound
oh judy and jane… Must you be so fabulous? Of course, they can’t help it. I was thrilled a few weeks back when Judy asked me to come to the house for a shoot with A-M-A-Z-I-N-G photographer Douglas Friedman for Nowness. Nowness is a website owned by LVMH (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton) with a daily feature focused on luxury global lifestyle. It is very very cool. I am also in total awe of Douglas and of course the Aldridge women (all amazing people involved here). Douglas has shot so many celebrity and designer homes it’s incredible. See more photos below from Nowness, Douglas and visit Jane and Judy’s site for behind the scenes pics of the shoot.
channeling creative energy… Clearly I’m on an art kick the past few days but more to share. This weekend there are several little gallery openings and events. I love any kind of craft fair, art happening, class…whatever. I always feel inspired when I leave. Ready to go tackle a project. Here are a couple that I’m partial to because friends of mine are involved. Have a fantastic weekend and hope you can make some of these great events (if you live in the area!)
