Flickr Group: Inspiration Boards

I love Flickr and I love Flickr groups! I've decided to create my first series. Once a week I will post about a group I have found and share with you a few photos from it. This week I found the group "Inspiration Boards", a place where people post photos of where they keep things that inspire them. I love the different techniques people use to post their thoughts and findings!
[Images are from (t-b): jenni simmons, new york noodlery, bricolagelife, Angelia*A, and quaint handmade]

Closeted Florist

We are having an engagement shindig this evening with some of our long-time friends and I decided to buy a couple of flower bundles from the grocery store last night for decorations. I put my never-ending supply of mason jars to use and created a few arrangements. Arranging flowers is always a treat, so many great colors, smells, and possibilities!

Wedding Inspiration

Here are a few interesting ideas I have regarding the wedding. If you can't tell, I'm into orange :-)

Color Palette

After much deliberation, I believe I have decided on my color palette for the wedding. Any thoughts? Orange has always been one of my favorite colors so I tried to find something that could help offset it in a vintage way with the pale-aqua while also including a neutral brown base.
For a DIY contest over at Style Me Pretty someone created their own flower bouquets from origami! Pretty cool, huh? I decided to try it out and the results were lovely!

Preview

I've been working on a few patterns that I hope to use on products eventually so I wanted to share photos of my sketches with you. I'm thinking about getting my block printing materials out from the back of the shelf to print my own fabric or possibly have polymer plates made of my designs so that I can use them on the letterpress. I'll keep you updated if I find a fit for the creations!

C O L O R !

I just had to share this with you real quick . . . this is the winner for Apartment Therapy's fall color contest. Makes me jealous, if only we were allowed to paint our walls..

{ Le Pen }

Although a few months ago I admitted that I cannot naturally draw, when I do work in my sketchbook I only reach for one type of pen - Le Pen! I love these thin, little guys and look at all of the colors they come in. They are relatively inexpensive and produce a great fine line when put to the paper. You can generally find them at all art supply stores.

It's not easy being green.

One of my favorite colors over the past couple of years is the color green. When trying to decide on a solid color shirt or what pawn to use during a game of Sorry, I always reach for green! I put together some internet images of green being used in the home, enjoy. . .