sweet shady places

{debi treloar}

i've been thinking a lot lately

of how lucky i was to grow up in the south..

oh yes,

it was unbelievable hot and humid for so much of the year

(especially those crazy long summers..)

but that heat and humidity created the most lush surroundings

and

keenly created within us southerners

a highly developed appreciation

{debi treloar}

for shade.

and now

(some years later..)

i'm just so full of luscious images and memories

of special shady spaces

my sister and i would find

during the hot moist summer months..

we'd create other worlds beautiful and hidden

playing and napping

for hours under big pink azalea bushes..

{debi treloar}

in caves of dripping ivy..

or way up high in heavy magnolia trees

(the branches were like staircases and just begged to be climbed)

..i can still smell the scent of the flowers and feel the waxy beauty of the leaves..

and find myself now filling my environment with plants

and greenery

{debi treloar}

and now that it's getting warm outside (at last..)

my eyes and my thoughts are drifting towards shady spots

..for tucking away and relaxing

sketching

and

dreaming

{debi treloar}

airy spots

open with warm breezes blowing through

{debi treloar}

and full of natural light..

creative spaces that embody that carefree relaxed feeling

i had as a child.

{debi treloar}

so many of debi treloar's images take me to that place.

she so beautifully captures

that fresh relaxing hide-away feeling

(that i think is actually very possible to create in our own lives)

i'm so unbelievably inspired to turn those memories into reality.

what are you finding inspiring these days?

i'd love to hear.

xox

these romantic things..

{jennifer morris}

with warm weather on it's way

(it will make it to ny eventually too, i just know it will..)

my thoughts are wandering to far away beaches

{erica tanov}

warm wind and going barefoot

{jennifer morris}

feeling languid and free

{erica tanov}

wearing long flowing dresses and light linen blouses

{erica tanov}

gathering with friends in the garden

dancing under lanterns

hanging from tree limbs

{jennifer morris}

all sorts of romantic images are floating through my head these days

inspiring new earrings..

some organic and flowing

some colorful and festive

all full of spring sweetness

you can find them in my shop now

with more coming over the next few days and weeks.

xo

*many thanks to the lovely mrs.french who introduced me to the gorgeous work of erica tanov

whose clothing and images perfectly captured the mood i'm in these days.

i hope you enjoy!

xo