gathering spriggs

Kelsey Genna and Begonia House

 

Speaking of blooming this week, how about the blushing work of designer Kelsey Genna? Her new collection for Spring is fresh from the hot house. When I discovered her via the Daydream Lily blog, I was instantly smitten. This New Zealand designer has been selling and promoting her work since starting design school and with Begonia House as her thesis collection she already has full exposure! Truly brilliant and effective for someone not yet 20. 

Genna's story causes me to muse over the entrepreneurial spirit of our online marketplace. I wonder how much she learned from school versus pioneering through cyber marketing. What is becoming of classic means of education? My mom, ever the non-traditionalist, has been homeschooling for nearly 20 years now and instilled alternative approaches to education mixed with a do-it yourself mentality in us. However, I being the rebellious daughter that I was, opted to return to traditionalism and was adamant about getting a college degree. Then I read books like The Art of Non-Conformity and realize maybe my mom did know a thing or two. Go figure. Just when I thought I had out smarted her. 

So what do you think? Has the internet (along with a desperate entrepreneurial spirit) replaced our need for traditional classroom settings? 

 website, lookbook, etsy, blog, boutique

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Begonia House- March 2011

Model- Georgie Wright @ Kirsty Bunny // Photography- Kelsey Genna // MUA- Dara Wakely // Assistant- Kerry Taylor

 

Things I Love Thursdays: Creative Spaces

 

via Just Be Splendid 

 

Home in Paradise                                                   Twelve 22 

 

Carrie Strine

 

Paper N Stitch

 

Three Red Apples

 

Three Red Apples

     Happy Thursday friends!! Thank you all so much for your sweet sentiments yesterday during this difficult time of grief in our lives. Your kindness is a gift which I cherish very dearly like a golden locket kept near to my heart. After your encouragement yesterday I decided I needed a change. So I emptied out my studio space and started over.. Moving furniture and replacing old with new, bringing a new energy and better feng shui to the space. Now my desk is near the window and as I sit here this morning basking in the sunlight I feel warmth, power and new invention stirring. It wasn't a complete overhaul. Same paint and flooring and furniture just new placement, new art and better lighting. .... a little feng shui goes a long way. How do you redo your tired spaces to revitalize your creative juices? 

String Sweden

 

 

 

 

 

Greetings dears!! So, I stumbled upon this adorable little company called String, and come to find out Ikea is not the only fabulous design and storage company to come out of Sweden! String provides beauty and function in its meticulously designed shelving systems. I love how neat and organized everything is. Click here for pics of customers homes who have used the Strings systems. My fav is the pocket string in the first three photos above. (ok, and i heart the wallpaper backgrounds too!)So cute! Hope you enjoy String too! And get some great storage ideas. Have a happy Tuesday!!

 
 images: string

 

Office Space

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do you have Office Space in your home? No, not the movie, although that is a good thing to have in your collection too! Lol. But its nearly inevitable for most homes to have an office with the advent of the personal computer. I love people who can carve out spaces in their homes which were not necessarily intended for such use. WHere do you do your home office work? Do you use an in home office or carve out nooks in bedrooms, living rooms or even closets??? 

Blessings,

images:1&2 - the office stylist, 3: chez larsson, 4: Heath and the BLT boys  5:kim has 7 cats, 6 &7: decofabulous 8: House to Home