Finally, it’s here! Abby has working so hard to gather a group of independent, crazy talented etsy-ians [is that an official phrase now?] to participate in a pop-up shop hosted by the West Elm here in Austin. Local favorites Paloma’s Nest, Salt + Time, Vertallee Letterpress, just to name a few – and a bunch […]

Mmmm, perfect pink dahlias. Petaled sweet peas. Antiqued hydrangea and some eternally ruffly peach and white stock. Add in some geranium, sage, maidenhair fern, and carnations! [You have to admit the pink-tinged carnations are pretty awesome, right? Bueno.] All on their own, prepped and waiting for their debut at the Word of Mouth open house, […]

As part of my ‘Canadian artists are completely rockin” interweb searches, I stumbled across Toronto-based illustrator Melinda Josie via Uschi & Kay. I have a longstanding love of watercolors – not only as they’re a tricky medium to work with, but because they exude a certain softness. This lass’ talent is obvious, and enough to […]

I’ve stumbled across a handful of Canadian-based artists and artisans recently and will be sure to feature more in the coming days. However. This wedding is one that I’ve been slyly keeping my eye out for – Juli and John are the writers of Kitka Design blog in Toronto, and owners of the store Mjolk […]

Last week I had the lucky opportunity to provide the floral fluff [best kind, if you ask me] for Word of Mouth‘s – a local catering company – open house. Their palette was based around pinks, creams, and a black and white damask pattern, which ended up quite ruffly, sweet, and a little vintage with […]