tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86940242866454738602024-02-20T00:51:53.057+00:00custardbydesigncustardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.comBlogger495125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-45734331967546372182012-01-26T12:41:00.003+00:002012-01-26T12:42:32.482+00:00the builders cuppa...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; "><span >just a funny today...sugar cubes for the builder / architect / engineer in your life...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4LWz44dT3hUh_ZlXj31B7I_b1b3AYmrTkPIWHyAcGoxOj16EVF4VIsxvcPHhoCzykhMOVivkYr4hB0hlxsKS1msXwcCChJGsfkqBN7R5kw6wsbXH-yesS_betfHRCIbPxERVVpnWSRZ_Y/s400/416784_352997508063748_322500557780110_1351809_1530639509_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701920040955019154" /></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-33724227974099049342012-01-12T02:19:00.004+00:002012-01-12T02:37:28.712+00:00the keepers...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: small; text-align: left; ">so there i was randomly trolling the facebook feed for anything of interest...and i saw this...</span></div><div><br /><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCQ7sBlO029Nb7ybk6HKA15NG-c0HW-wcLZDCp2gJPLt95Lw_Wds3WcLPbPTnd0K6X5coeaZqp4tQoGisSgJlMP4_yL0rRgSgDOBz-iKU_bYiXzhjY45PrM4E3HY3RacmW-NHCBYHdzdCc/s400/406288_10150473417463583_563423582_8888980_1595676628_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696565050136125410" /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >a trio of screenprints hanging in the flat of an old friend from uni who is still living in edinburgh...so i declared my undying love for the stag..."it's truly awesome"...</span></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >and my declaration lead me <a href="http://www.studioalto.co.uk/">here</a>...studio alto...the studio of chris dobson, a practicing architect who dabbles in the wider spectrum of graphics and product design...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >it is his series of screenprints entitles "keepers of scotland" that truly captivated me...sadly, they're all sold out...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >the overseer...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuITKeWgPBEegGerCvphURDoYADOZDCv-eg11xwOg72K8jvqLvG247ic8Q9cnTofID0UBXata_s8BIoHH9Y_RrQP4Fbd3nakaaDkvJNcIdOB82nZ2C0k-EfvjP0Lbb9_kLEeM4-9qrl7AF/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuITKeWgPBEegGerCvphURDoYADOZDCv-eg11xwOg72K8jvqLvG247ic8Q9cnTofID0UBXata_s8BIoHH9Y_RrQP4Fbd3nakaaDkvJNcIdOB82nZ2C0k-EfvjP0Lbb9_kLEeM4-9qrl7AF/s400/Untitled-1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696568124805124882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px; " /></a><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >the explorer...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgksgQvqi4NPFO_c_6r0vQ136lwSsiZ4qtc3rONiL5utFGWPik6SLloqVWPizR1BqReSn8e8dYDMnv7e5bPEgYyhkKgUJ4X9dejsXfnGehJ5Iz3G7EzV1SckBJ3KYsQS5l9DGV35-lrKx3/s400/Untitled-2.jpg" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >and my favourite...the monarch...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXNIa74N2YSJrgPBHyqT20AKwUfQS6TrG3ylSOVIkPTLNtsZvJIRzwmGp-my-Bcf9yiCOLkQNpt5tqkckxKk1HtQQQ0lJE93DPMNOuWbm1E-HUsJViigZck-dBMmddt4lcx7FY3NG-HKw/s400/Untitled-3.jpg" /> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span >when your <a href="http://alto.bigcartel.com/">big cartel store</a> is dealing these again i'm on a need to know basis...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-60269135539418825442012-01-10T02:20:00.003+00:002012-01-10T02:34:03.682+00:00new years resolutions...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; "><span >so i took a bit of a break from the usual new years resoluting for a week or so there...threw myself in at the deep end today...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >i saw <a href="http://www.moninavelarde.com/newyears/">this</a> on an old work colleagues <a href="http://holdingtheline.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/new-year-revolutions/">blogspot</a> the other day...and the image below seemed terribly apt indeed for my bad self...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaJzMdkauf0S7JlxtJnpu9mCQrvEp1IRdedqhd9r8SHcbpZogrwgdrX6yloepJ4NM-880-U6azInX2uf4gBeWvKTUjc40Zxbwb5lcvbntMs32ZCsraNNUc5yxGVvzZzI2ToGlhWC2Py8HN/s400/blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695823095533700050" /></div><div><span >sooo...on top of the blogspot revival here's a few more aims nay resolutions...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >to take mc wife to graceland...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >to visit a top notch dreamy hotel in london...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >to meet someone who inspires me...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >to run a half marathon with the thought of possibly attempting a marathon if the half marathon and i have a mutually agreeable and beneficial relationship...(note to self: been working in corporate america for a wee bit too long maybe)...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >so anyway...i took myself out for a 3 mile jog earlier this evening...and about halfway into i was feeling so proud of myself for surprising myself and getting that far, didn't my shin split go and start to annoy me and there was me half crawling, half walking, half running back...anyway - nothing but a mere barrier to break through...30/40 mins in the gym tomorrow should help that...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >i'm on a 14 week plan to be able to run a half-marathon...so please god i'll do it...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >and with the half marathon plan comes a change in the diet...nothing drastic, just less crap, more salads, more water...etc etc...notably - less bread...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >and then with that didn't i spot this earlier today on <a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/2047/the-rise-of-the-designer-bakery">the cool hunter</a>...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >fecking bakery's...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/carlton.jpg" /> </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/bread.jpg" /> </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/ble4.jpg" /> </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/edessa1.jpg" /> </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/vyta.jpg" /> </span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >the rise of the designer bakery...clever title cool hunter...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >ok...i has gots to go...drooling over the keyboard here and i can't afford to replace the one i have due to "soak" damage...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >what are your new years resolutions...???...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-91347107180960101492012-01-04T01:49:00.003+00:002012-01-04T01:54:39.013+00:00happy new year...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left; "><span >well folks...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >do you remember your wee man from armagh who moved to arkansas and he had a good auld blog running and then he kinda just disappeared off the face of the earth...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >well fear not...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >here's me...back and ready to rock on with all things blogtopian in 2012...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoHd-4XDf4_AnQN7tiHeyOaqF0lIYX-WD5o5OCpktj0RO_fsr0pyb9TXLWVH2AlaoRFrHasfpc6xM3LlH_VeP_HtZoTKNYBLj5z7X32YcooCkz6gUYrKrpdo4kqFqJ27ObmyQGKNsLi12j/s400/408716_10150484917483468_514168467_8296692_683108392_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693588707229024034" /></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >so you see...august kinda came and went, and then september brought with it a whirlwind trip to ireland...and then i got caught up in razorback football season and then we were out of state for thanksgiving and sure all in all didn't i have a wonderfully busy fun 2011...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >some highlights to come...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span >but here's me...back on your blogrolls...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-58066137961047490522011-08-05T04:41:00.001+01:002011-08-05T04:42:32.233+01:00we do...<span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>"i wish we had a fabulous bathroom"...</i></b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><i>"but we do have a fabulous bathroom, it just happens to be from the 60's"...</i></b></span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-62047095268071568052011-05-24T23:07:00.004+01:002011-05-24T23:19:12.681+01:00you're not invited but i actually am...<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >hey folk's...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >so i had a wee request to share some of the invitations i've been working on lately...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >here goes...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >a "baby shower" invite for our good friends michael p and brandy...michael and brandy are already the proud parents of no more than 5 beautiful dogs...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtt7fQz5gi4FEavEFj58qZvrSD934X-BDYovFrBTfRJaGG91InP1nyxTfvGGGKH7nTkTJx1F2EDA0VIjIJbS8HRXFn4N5IHe3AdxewHVtQHVC6ow8yuVyTUzfYoFL9zNHxQD-GOJtmt7xz/s400/vann_babyshower_invite_final.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610408423244172402" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >a "save the date" and a "wedding invitation" for our friends bright and cash who mc wife and i have gotten to know since we moved here...i used the template of the state of arkansas for their save the date...</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO1zoV44wBV39n9ug6gQ6ENFtJmsiVwLLbvA6RPjRU3o6m-H7znVAZ51szjGkZQL4TTQ0rV8zlhi5Gor5S9QrkPWo-Ffq_RwKdF-qTiNeoVjqvylNDjxf9kSs5SGkRUzG3nCLgLendus5K/s400/save+the+date_final_postcard_monday.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610408430276031938" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdhMQluuoXmb9XJaJIwxXYWbNpk8fzhSxLP1Jy79iJtWqcZg5crdD0nxZSoiWy3_ElYF5CWibg46bbNuxrCIf2bT3M00LgMw5qhZiaP4xRjrF9sW3-Ixi9s27jDrXdxmTJSYr5nqvQ7B8/s400/wedding+invitation_final.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and another "save the date" and "wedding invitation" for our friends zaff and mallory...mc wife and mallory are childhood friends...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0eSlmV2HBtT0X93xge73ZJY5TO7J44ecYP2D9Ce-uEiySju6HvRAuY0wTl0BfehyphenhyphenAEMOXUC5eWkAXeJ6hIQNM_rLuKu9iuCd-nhCxIO_Zj3eJCFGD5aquShjjw0pFe3QnGJuDogtu7pB/s400/MALLORY+%2526+ZAFF.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZlSCeGW8EYaOldeiTeYktrexknZqepQe-fK_0gWSSsGGuRfoE10nSSO8xl41b2Y_mrqUmlEZJ-OIbSjTOxbs9VF7JdNhXawkWjsQUZDVxWT376n5jjHJ0VRhi9_bacc64z0TIlStM2lU/s400/zaffs_to_be_invite_1.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i hope you like...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >back tomorrow with a fantastic guest post...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-91748081530219454942011-05-24T02:01:00.002+01:002011-05-24T02:03:53.687+01:00i'm back with a handy recycling tip...<span class="Apple-style-span" >it's been a while folks...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >but today i'm back with a deadly little recycling post...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://images.instagram.com/media/2011/05/23/9bf69486edb24945b25e00e1033c5459_7.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and what is it you may ask...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >well it's simply the end of the roll that A1/A0 paper rolls come in, the plastic end...turn it on its end and use as a highlighter caddy...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >voila...free...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >reduce...re-use..recycle...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-15168164064677797122011-04-14T14:57:00.004+01:002011-04-14T23:39:31.523+01:00too much to do...<span >well folks...</span><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>how are y'all...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>i'm terribly bad...i've had no time for blogging recently...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>barbie's revelation that she is now an architect appears to have thrown me into dis-array...</span> <span></span><span>well...that's a viable excuse for not blogging huh...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>in fairness...i've been pre-occupied...</span> <span></span><span>mc wife and i have been busy busy busy...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>i've taken to designing invitations in my spare time, and that has gained a lot of interest among friends...</span> <span></span><span>get this right...i charge a wee fee for my design services, not a lot in fairness...and then i give the jpeg to whoever and they take it to the printers...</span><span>i actually designed an invitation for a wedding shower that mc wife and i and some friends are hosting, i needed 60 invitations...took it to get printed and cut last night, and the bill came to $7.00 or there abouts...how inexpensive is that...!!!</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>in the light of high faluting announcements regarding visitors to ireland...the dalai lama this week (by the way, he is coming to fayetteville next month and mc wife and i have tockets to go see him...)...herself the queen of england and himself the big un, obama in may...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>all that has been overshadowed by my own preparations for my own visitors...this is my official announcement released from the house of custard...</span><span>"</span><span>my wee nephews donnacha and eoin are coming to visit over the easter break with their mammy and daddy, and their granny and granda (my own folks)"...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>this is too exciting...the lads are 13 months old now and this will be the first time i meet them...cannot wait is an understatement...i've not seen my own folks and my sister since our wedding last july other than skype visits at the weekends...</span> <span></span><span>so our house has been given full attention...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>guest bedrooms given a bit of an update and a lick of paint, bedlinen's updating, vouchers for pottery barn and such like that we recived for wedding presents came into play...home depot has been my best friend for quite a while now...as has wal-mart's garden center...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>we spent all last weekend uprooting weeds and planting shrubs and pots and hanging baskets and revamping brown plastic pots with a lick of black and silver spray paint...</span><span>so needless to say...i've been busy...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>one more thing before i go..</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>the power of blogging...shame shame on me for not blogging in light of recent correspondance...</span> <span></span><span>hgtv have been in contact with me regarding a new tv programme they want to air in the fall, and how did they find me...via my blogspot...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>yay me...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span>as it turns out i'm actually not a suitable candidate for the show...but regardless...</span><span>it says wonders for the power of social media and blogging...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span><span>no pictures today folks...sorry...</span> <span></span><span>stay tuned next week for a few sneek peaks of some updates in our wee house in fayetteville...</span></span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-66068642291432776942011-03-04T12:46:00.005+00:002011-03-04T23:15:34.662+00:00architecture barbie...<span class="Apple-style-span" ><span><span>really...</span><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3q5O0B1dZ6GuXl6VRbTG7jti92u4-mo2_JeJzFyrW8uQZyTNZ5_o9G1OtCeygaO7doVaVhF15x_dsUlEfELBh4ldJFRQ6WiiwqCC01OHAah6md23XLLLNjXaO7tcwqZUFSwc8-jYseZA/s1600/barbie_hero.jpg"><span><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 335px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580206075070508402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl3q5O0B1dZ6GuXl6VRbTG7jti92u4-mo2_JeJzFyrW8uQZyTNZ5_o9G1OtCeygaO7doVaVhF15x_dsUlEfELBh4ldJFRQ6WiiwqCC01OHAah6md23XLLLNjXaO7tcwqZUFSwc8-jYseZA/s400/barbie_hero.jpg" /></span></a><span><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a title="Permalink to Probably the Only Model Missing From the Toy Scene: Barbie the Architect" href="http://freshome.com/2011/03/02/probably-the-only-model-missing-from-the-toy-scene-barbie-the-architect/" rel="bookmark"></a><span>yes..apparently so...</span></span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span> </span></div><div><span ></span></div><div><span >if you didn't know this yet, Barbie’s latest incarnation is… an architect...!!!</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span> </span></div><div><span ></span></div><div><span >mattell recently launched the model in new york, as part of the “I Can Be…” series...which feature a variety of professions...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span> </span></div><div><span ></span></div><div><span >the architect-character looks far to cheerful and relaxed to be said profession...has the chunky thickframed glasses yet seems to be very much into pink and carries a set of blueprints...</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span> </span></div><div><span ></span></div><div><span >no bags under the eyes...???</span></div><div><span ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span></span> </span></div><div><span ></span></div><div><span >i wonder how sharp she is with autoCAD and sketch-up...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-70040189732989365262011-03-01T01:06:00.002+00:002011-03-01T01:14:02.176+00:00white...<span class="Apple-style-span" >today it's all about white interiors...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3M6r-LEyiHHuSlafZSEotOuV2iy7JeNq4vIHe5VLX6qoMerr4VHCyDzYQldisiM6T8Yvdti-6lgH6J-H4Teh1fCsxLUL5M-cuIfKTe7O45c7a-YiYXeER-rGpArFuuRXKp27k5lP_Fko/s1600/modern+white+interiors_Decorators+Home+3.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC6q3bgRd2Rydvbpmur89sPUGJ7XjmeqqmG86xaEKrU-cyjzbZxadqWOfelxIGQTE3zsLnHzzO9MlsqsEOpMGoAcPqhjViQ41na2TOPvVAMvYip1YzlXR0D64430406sjxPQewJ5o6d6g/s800/02.jpg" alt="White Interiors" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://yourhome4u.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/black-white-interior-design.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://www.annesage.com/.a/6a00e55225716d8833011570afcc6f970b-pi" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://style-files.com/images/huiscolesbehang500x391.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >mc wife and i are all about the whites right now...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and if anyone has any great ideas about stripping painted furniture down to the original wood...answers on a postcard please...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-75336468099201480392011-02-24T12:16:00.001+00:002011-02-24T12:18:37.600+00:00in the mood for design...<span class="Apple-style-span" >today i'm guest posting over at <a href="http://www.gdlaneinteriors.ie/blog/index.php/2011/02/24/guest-post-in-the-mood-for-design-by-richy-mccusker/">garrendenny lane</a> for lorna...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >please stop by and see what i have to say...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-38559572932670159852011-02-24T00:58:00.002+00:002011-02-24T01:07:08.251+00:00bank on it...<div>this is a bank...</div><div><br /></div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/DP%202%20-%2072%20DPI.jpg" /><div><br /></div><div>not a hotel lobby...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/DP%207%20-%2072%20DPI.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not a designer brand section of macy's or brown thomas...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/DP%204%20-%2072%20DPI.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not a vip section in la or miami's coolest nightclub...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/DP%2014%20-%2072%20DPI.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not a members only dining lounge in any of the world's top members only clubs...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/DP%203%20-%2072%20DPI.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not a beautiful terrace with breathtaking views on the costa del whatsit...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/dp.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not the most elegant yet phunky staircase in some uber chic hotel that every bride want her picture taken on...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/DP%2011%20-%2072%20DPI.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not a wall street boardroom...</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/dpp.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>not the finest looking indoor vertical landscape installation for lenny kravitz...</div><div><br /></div><div>nope - none of the above...</div><div><br /></div><div>it the first ever bank concept store for bnp paribas, in paris...created by paris based architeect fabrice (well clearly he's not called chad bradley michaels the 3rd or pat joe mc atarsnick...) ausset of <a href="http://www.zoevox.com/">zoevox</a>...</div><div><br /></div><div>images courtesy of the <a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/design">cool hunter</a>...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-12887814300264265412011-02-20T23:45:00.004+00:002011-02-20T23:58:35.408+00:00something contemporary about it...<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >brocante...not exactly sure what it means...</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >i've an inkling its french for "flea" or fleamarket...i'm only sad i never had an opportunity to go visit the brocante furniture market when i was in dublin....</span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwS-7sn-H_gjqn9Lx0W4lniG-0tB_nIaKDqo7Ofm_HcDEtEiZQjzi5pvJHYTFN7Lo-fOnJOGNHTT4NWRgZ1qA9IabZcRXT2gXqlHfkyu6S7GsD4sDs6T9X01bPixWPtnTIfjX4QfrlK3X/s1600/brocante.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwS-7sn-H_gjqn9Lx0W4lniG-0tB_nIaKDqo7Ofm_HcDEtEiZQjzi5pvJHYTFN7Lo-fOnJOGNHTT4NWRgZ1qA9IabZcRXT2gXqlHfkyu6S7GsD4sDs6T9X01bPixWPtnTIfjX4QfrlK3X/s400/brocante.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575923235342869442" /></a>anyhow...you can find out more by clicking <a href="http://www.thebrocantemarket.com/">here</a>...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >so what caught my eye today was something i saw on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Something-About-Mary/124844437570348?ref=ts">"something about mary's"</a> facebook page...what's "something about mary" you may wonder too...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><b><i>"Something About Mary - a collection of images related to Mary - pictures, prints, collages, statues, retablos. Images and Pieces from all around the world."</i></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 15px; "><b><i><br /></i></b></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >"Something About Mary began when Shane MacGowan gave us his Madonna drawing, 'Madonna and the Archangel' and grew, is still growing, from there. Please enjoy. All proceeds to Three People - a family poisoned by pesticides."</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 15px; "><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" >quotes robbed from "something about mary's facebook page"...</span></i></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" >so this is what i saw...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_abmMFWj5JgdtQlg_HIyV0Wi8mhRvjO0ZIzsrszF-2Rg5rjpqxWezDdtg9urQHKN5emMQm5NdN397llhAgTewd9JIJjF-5aIP000Wk9SR6BVOiNFT0Z4phd-8ol2qpb-nrDXhuKgP2QA/s400/trey.jpg" /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >herself and a naggin of jim beam...what's not to love about it...</span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >"tray mary" by <a href="http://www.thinkcontemporary.com/">"think contemporary"</a> who i've mentioned before on here...more from "think contemporary" later this week...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-15349445072506706652011-02-15T00:28:00.004+00:002011-02-15T00:30:50.772+00:00love grows in all sorts of places...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and if you take your loved for a stroll on <a href="http://www.gdlaneinteriors.ie/Products/Accessories_Prints/Love-Grows-Print-In-Raspberry-Sorbet-By-Bold-And-Noble">garrendenny lane</a>...you might just find it there...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsZlC98lVYflBhg1HTAKgajc0FplVLjngVIGaH_ZXKYMQXZIzRh3gTs2SdzhG17GNhQDjmWGteIlGcSHjRY_yInuigjXaToruu0qT91d7XZWpXqqPt59EzFgu_bm0_WmNRtwCmdI3e5Fr/s1600/321_201123182913.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbsZlC98lVYflBhg1HTAKgajc0FplVLjngVIGaH_ZXKYMQXZIzRh3gTs2SdzhG17GNhQDjmWGteIlGcSHjRY_yInuigjXaToruu0qT91d7XZWpXqqPt59EzFgu_bm0_WmNRtwCmdI3e5Fr/s400/321_201123182913.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573706976834746386" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >happy valentines day readers...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><br /></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-68010421358446014042011-02-10T15:31:00.003+00:002011-02-10T15:54:36.895+00:00release...<span class="Apple-style-span" >i've always hidden a geeky bird loving ornathologistical element to my inner self...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >but then i moved to arkansas and i just couldn't contain it...hawks, falcons, eagles, turkey vultures, blue birds, cardinals, woodpeckers, hummingbirds...the list goes on...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >oh it was all too much...so i embraced the love for all things feathered and winged...and i'm now even the proud owner of a pair of binoculars thanks to mc father-in-law...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >i always remember as a child my father talking about corncrakes and curlews and such birds...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >when i would go to the gaeltacht in donegal my parents would come to visit on a weekend and they'd be fascinated by the sounds of the birds in the evening because those sounds were almost a rarity back in armagh...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >then i received an email form the irish design shop and i decided to share the love...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://irishdesignshop.com/images/products/corncrake_1.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://irishdesignshop.com/index.php/store/item/corncrake_print1/"><span class="Apple-style-span" >corncrake print by yellowhammer available at the irish design shop...</span></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >here are a few more images from yellow hammer...love the simplicity and caricature displayed in the graphics...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruwiQuqyfscSsIIE4eJNi9wiIoHrTiACyXUeTkN3gTFKLISzMcLwNsxakOy-6_5g0b2RwUFD5FbrKNLtoav_OMbEFEeI8OhCQqzZX3Vbr7FctAd-HOkX-0QUj2FeF2MdySMa-1BzUun_J/s1600/Swallows.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjruwiQuqyfscSsIIE4eJNi9wiIoHrTiACyXUeTkN3gTFKLISzMcLwNsxakOy-6_5g0b2RwUFD5FbrKNLtoav_OMbEFEeI8OhCQqzZX3Vbr7FctAd-HOkX-0QUj2FeF2MdySMa-1BzUun_J/s320/Swallows.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572087201908976914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PkTsSoH9V70u57jFkEVgB9U60-kYlmvqNvc5fD5v7lD4sxvXMFGOE-Lz9G6oM0as7n_O_Tw74vpwWQtSFdRFdnFFi7JJRVjevhHzhau1H5bY3DoyAs78LelDYRPd__RtteUINl4JjChR/s1600/Pheasant.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PkTsSoH9V70u57jFkEVgB9U60-kYlmvqNvc5fD5v7lD4sxvXMFGOE-Lz9G6oM0as7n_O_Tw74vpwWQtSFdRFdnFFi7JJRVjevhHzhau1H5bY3DoyAs78LelDYRPd__RtteUINl4JjChR/s1600/Pheasant.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2PkTsSoH9V70u57jFkEVgB9U60-kYlmvqNvc5fD5v7lD4sxvXMFGOE-Lz9G6oM0as7n_O_Tw74vpwWQtSFdRFdnFFi7JJRVjevhHzhau1H5bY3DoyAs78LelDYRPd__RtteUINl4JjChR/s320/Pheasant.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572087199930645938" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 226px; " /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxCm7xCeteaUJcdTkatwIfJ5m4VvfLbRc0tjkmNg0PrIOfYhj0JSH29ri7ZNeefsfYDypktGAkPxcwIfl92Kb8FMPWJGKhnmTb8rXYx2C6nAUb7-4FB-daCBXKP7DCTGdkMl1gWYh2ZNI/s1600/Kingfisher.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglxCm7xCeteaUJcdTkatwIfJ5m4VvfLbRc0tjkmNg0PrIOfYhj0JSH29ri7ZNeefsfYDypktGAkPxcwIfl92Kb8FMPWJGKhnmTb8rXYx2C6nAUb7-4FB-daCBXKP7DCTGdkMl1gWYh2ZNI/s320/Kingfisher.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5572087200664953362" style="cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i love all of the above prints...i don't know that i've ever seen a kingfisher myself, but i always remember hearing the loud chuckles of a pheasant (how would you describe the sound a pheasant makes) and then watching it fly low above the ground, disturbed from whatever it was doing by something or other...and in the summer when we'd be making hay the swallows always seem to gather in the telephone wires above the fields...the swallows against the yellow backdrop is the perfect choice for this print...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >but my favourite print...is the kestrel print and here's why...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://irishdesignshop.com/images/products/Kestrel.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i have some weird fascination with eagles and kestrels and falcons and the likes...and i hope to go to one of those places where i get to put on the big heavy glove and have a massive big bird of prey come land on my arm, and i'll get to give it a piece of meat or a mouse or something and then...this is my favourite part...i'll hold out my arm, and raise it up to the sky and i'll say "release" and the bird will spread its wings and take off in flight from me...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >release...<a href="http://irishdesignshop.com/">please check out the irish design shop for more fantastic prints...</a></span></div></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-64924453573310695732011-02-08T02:04:00.003+00:002011-02-08T02:05:39.255+00:00lodged...<span class="Apple-style-span" >thinking about notions of rustic with a hint of southern charm and maybe a wee hint of a french accent...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://www.wf-vision.com/flink.aspx?id=178078" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >what say ye...???</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-53651026378435788382011-02-03T01:22:00.003+00:002011-02-03T01:28:48.373+00:00big...bigger...biggest...<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >snowpocolypse...snow week 2011...snowmania...whatever you want to call it it's here and it's kinda bad...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >it's hard to imagine that last saturday mc wife and i sat on the front porch with a few beers, some homemade salsa and chips and caught up with my ones on skype for the best part of the afternoon...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and then 2 days later the temperatures plummeted and it started to freeze ands now...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://distillery.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2011/02/02/cbb51b2a905643b8bdd43538ae26bc00_7.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://distillery.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2011/02/02/40e3ef4d6fd048faa004bc4829206176_7.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://distillery.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2011/02/02/32ce43cd5a664619ab221937c4994b3f_7.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >anyways...so i guess the snow on our roof has started to thaw a bit, but by the time it reaches the eaves it started to form an icicle...so this morning when i first got up they were big, and so i thought i'd take a picture...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and then by lunch time they were bigger...and i took another picture....</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and by tea-time they were biggest and i took another picture...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i'm just fascinated because i always remember my daddy talking about how when he was a child the icicles were over a foot long and they'd hang way down off the eaves of grannies house and i always wanted to see those...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and here they are hanging off the eaves of our house in villetown...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-57894669250728891862011-02-01T20:36:00.000+00:002011-02-01T20:37:21.465+00:00loving it...<div style="text-align: left;">clean...cool...modern...sophisticated...</div><div style="text-align: right;"><img src="http://www.suzyhoodless.com/dev/wp-content/uploads/working-title-027.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">...suzy hoodless</div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-26233131328647356902011-01-28T00:10:00.002+00:002011-01-28T00:20:28.154+00:00inspiring...<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >inspiring...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i don't know if i was particularly inspiring but today i visited with the sophomore class of the interior design school at the university of arkansas...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >their professor heard about me, what i'm doing now, and what my previous background is via mc wife...and she invited me to visit her class...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >currently they are working on a design proposal for a new cafe/coffee and light foods venue at the university campus...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://distillery.s3.amazonaws.com/media/2011/01/27/2cadd192bcc942a383b0593d0ec7cafd_7.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >(pic of old main at the university of arkansas campus...via me via instagram...)</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i visitied with the class along with a field expert form the hospitality sector, and together we answered questions form the students for an hour or so...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >the questions were quite varied, and i was impressed by the thought processes of these second year students...they all seemed very clued into key issues such as meeting the clients need, created a functional space that;s user-friendly, creating the right ambience and how to research a project to include a suitable colour palette and material selection...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i managed to throw out some of my own experinces that i have encountered as a designer, as well as discuss various designers who i like to look to for inspiration...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and just in case any of todays sophomore class are visiting the blog and didn't catch what i said earlier...here's the list...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://www.hayonstudio.com/home.php">jaime hayon</a>...<a href="http://www.marcelwanders.com/marcel-wanders-interior.html">marcel wanders</a>...and <a href="http://www.sixxdesign.com/">cortney and robert novogratz</a>...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i didn't reference <a href="http://www.starck.com/">philippe starck</a> in todays class...but if you did come here to see some of the resources i spoke about...look at the websites on the right hand side of this post...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-91263577158912876692011-01-21T23:05:00.000+00:002011-01-21T23:07:31.398+00:00all modern office wish list...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><div class="im">mc wife and i are in the middle of turning our junkroom into a home office...</div><div><br /></div><div>we have a few key pieces we need to complete the room, we really want our office to be fresh and modern, so while on a quest for suitable <a href="http://www.allmodern.com/">modern furniture</a> - an additional chair, extra lighting...we came across these pieces...</div><div class="im"><div><br /></div><div>completely fallen head over heels with this chair...</div><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="http://common2.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/1764/311765/1/Thompson+Chair.jpg" alt="Gus Modern - Thompson Chair" /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">i want i want i want...</div><div style="text-align: left; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">it's hard to beat the anglepoise lamp...</div><div style="text-align: center; "><img src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/8463/3062170/1/Type+75+Floor+Lamp.jpg" alt="Anglepoise - Type 75 Floor Lamp" /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div><div style="text-align: left; ">but then these guys are rather funky too...</div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><img height="400" width="400" alt="Design House Stockholm - Mañana Floor Lamp in Grey by Marie-Louise Gustafsson" src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/8575/3140080/1/Design-House-Stockholm-Ma%F1ana-Floor-Lamp-in-Grey-by-Marie-Louise-Gustafsson.jpg" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></span></div><div class="im"><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">manana floor lamp from design house sweden...rocks...!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">plus there's loads more cool phunky furniture ideas for other rooms in the house...</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><img src="http://common1.csnimages.com/lf/1/hash/1265/3457170/1/Kartell-Panier-Side-Table.jpg" alt="Kartell - Panier Side Table" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">the kartell - panier side table...again...i want...!!!</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; "><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span style="line-height: 14px; ">please do check out the website for a complete range of modern furniture products...</span></div></span></span>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-53272288702599536092011-01-20T13:31:00.002+00:002011-01-20T13:40:05.979+00:00snowy interiors...<span class="Apple-style-span" >it's a snow day here in fayetteville arkansas...its 28 degrees farenheit out there...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and since i woke up this morning and looked out my window the concrete patio was visible and now its a big blanket of white so its fairly coming down out there....so much so that i can't make it to work...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >so i got to thinking about cozy interiors influenced by the wintery hues and tones we often associate with the season...cool whites, soft greys, stark blacks, icey blues...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065104/04hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065074/01hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065084/02hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065094/03hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065114/05hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >this image is very striking...i wish i knew where it was...</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065134/07hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >so dark and heavy...it's awesome...</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065144/08hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065154/09hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >i'm not so sure what makes plaid wintery but nonetheless...this room makes it into the post for the sheer cosyness of it all and the simplicity of the black and white bedding...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2065164/10hotel_rect540.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >thanks for checking in today...hopefully this weather isn't too terrible for too long and i can make it into work tomorrow...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >pics all courtesy of <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com">apartment therapy</a>...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-90480148474661647542011-01-19T02:11:00.002+00:002011-01-19T02:30:58.329+00:00these are a few of my favourite things...<span class="Apple-style-span" >the cool hunter and jaime hayon...click <a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1852/groninger-museum">here for the cool hunter post</a>....</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >some building that i've never heard about, and maybe i should of got an overhaul...and here's the scoop...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >by the late 1980's the <a href="http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/museums/museum-profile/Groninger+Museum/223.html">praediniussingel building</a> that had housed the <a href="http://www.groningermuseum.nl/">groninger museum</a> for 100 years, was too small for the musuem's modern and contemporary collections and exhibits....by the mid 1990's, new premises on the verbingdings canal in groningen were designed by the italian <a href="http://www.alessi.com/en/1/89/alessandro-mendini">alessandro mendini</a> and guest architects <a href="http://www.starck.com/">philippe starck</a>, <a href="http://www.micheledelucchi.com/">michele de lucchi</a> and <a href="http://www.coop-himmelblau.at/">the coop himmelblau</a> group...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >anyways, that was all very important background info and maybe slightly too blahdy blahdy blah, but...since 1994, almost million people have visited, and you can imagine the wear nad tear that causes...so, the premises have now been renovated and new spaces by antwerp based <a href="http://www.studiojob.nl/">studio job</a>, spanish designer and personal favourite <a href="http://www.hayonstudio.com/home.php">jaime hayon</a>, and <a href="http://www.maartenbaas.com/">maarten baas</a> have been added...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >the info center by jaime hayon steals the show for me, and for tuija seipell it's <b><i>"one of the coolest areas in the new building"</i></b>...</span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/muse.jpg" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >i love the colour scheme, very understated and cool, while managing to be current and fresh...that's hardly easy to achieve...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/mus(1).jpg" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >polished copper is clearly all the rage right now...don't those pendants look amazing...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/images/museu.jpg" /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >what maybe lacked lustre before seems to have it all back...i love the order of the ceiling lamp fixtures in the picture above...is that flooring original...??? surely, it has to be and it's been fully restored...???...!!! either way, it's such a statement...almost like a newspaper maze...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >jaime hayon...you rock my design world...!!!</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-5592097846442814272011-01-18T18:09:00.006+00:002011-01-18T18:19:12.198+00:00elvis is a rocking my kitchen world...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" >much to mc wife's disdain...i like to flaunt my love for elvis...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >i have an elvis rug threwn across the back-seat of the car...other people have a plastic jesus on the dashboard...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK2lq63be2goCqUTAh5v0xwGDaGynO0KtNg95xmnKuGDpz3pjuKLvlxqUWc1QHK46YZeTTq1RNCkfIrOzYhRb3NTgqIUB2ZuMXK9POICGfblCtZkwapNL2UJr5aINFzL7I0A3fkGzq4D_/s1600/photo+%25287%2529.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZK2lq63be2goCqUTAh5v0xwGDaGynO0KtNg95xmnKuGDpz3pjuKLvlxqUWc1QHK46YZeTTq1RNCkfIrOzYhRb3NTgqIUB2ZuMXK9POICGfblCtZkwapNL2UJr5aINFzL7I0A3fkGzq4D_/s320/photo+%25287%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563590284704075122" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) 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visited graceland many years ago i picked up an elvis tin print which i never did anything with except take it the whole way to ireland to take the whole way back to the states...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >but here...we found the perfect spot for elvis...rocking out on our kitchen wall...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhphtnGeTim4nlygNZ2ETiAVuHeDJ5_oov-NZIYsfGlD_74h-Y_cMpkT1gPXfZnnYpjwP_mWT12plvuroWE2_G-zQq1kcinIfb3CaTS0lmzO4XGRXcnbOKd10BXXMHxY1D6tmOlwdGTOPWc/s1600/photo+%25283%2529.jpg"><img 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right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9qlshCLRaVuF_GSVApDcGQyV9m7wdq9_WHhM0iIss1HqXVfD9h95JfeI5RhggKb7LPgFvAzXu5NaOc5YcvkH7MMInal7oGtdrZ5wj7PdlTR1qxgZZEp_EpPtsJN5u6fzKQhJON6WuN4Dy/s1600/photo+%25284%2529.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLamV32xDKE-c2_l7NB9paRuEh02EgvLrpV4j-UlyFCD12tHQy5K7GGWR0wo_oS2zMnPlTHSGRjs5jSz50TvoW8gTn0aQL7DAL8Cw4sQ42gZiMMtCINg0VaRS7GnT_9enXUnTpfRsCQ4c/s1600/photo+%25285%2529.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLamV32xDKE-c2_l7NB9paRuEh02EgvLrpV4j-UlyFCD12tHQy5K7GGWR0wo_oS2zMnPlTHSGRjs5jSz50TvoW8gTn0aQL7DAL8Cw4sQ42gZiMMtCINg0VaRS7GnT_9enXUnTpfRsCQ4c/s320/photo+%25285%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563590958328257522" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >tis a nice wee medley we have going on there...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >mc sister-in-law got me this fantastic print for christmas...its from an art gallery we visited while in kansas city last november...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mQWIEr5eviZDLjwcDm1ZUD7L-RBzOvYgv0QLaLxEYwngtADBcVnNNvNPYeMlbVoYoMXUAErCuH-KsnF695DDneqjOoDFojDzpImVcIW-7KLQaRqi7UEjv8KH2Kgg6fQpvEvhCRUCYq8j/s1600/photo+%25281%2529.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3mQWIEr5eviZDLjwcDm1ZUD7L-RBzOvYgv0QLaLxEYwngtADBcVnNNvNPYeMlbVoYoMXUAErCuH-KsnF695DDneqjOoDFojDzpImVcIW-7KLQaRqi7UEjv8KH2Kgg6fQpvEvhCRUCYq8j/s320/photo+%25281%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563591539989341042" style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and the 'mc cusker' sign was a fab wedding present...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwqm0X4gP2FCmdrzfhZBjEMN4mgzXZXkyrTxVYJErfhC35XDKydeiPG3XlmIaJFkqFnqNkF94UfkWgZOqIZkE7h2scWsXs8ejua9LZtO7BrhPIDfcrMaaJnxUnKBTIar00dPRa5PIPKdp/s1600/photo+%25282%2529.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPwqm0X4gP2FCmdrzfhZBjEMN4mgzXZXkyrTxVYJErfhC35XDKydeiPG3XlmIaJFkqFnqNkF94UfkWgZOqIZkE7h2scWsXs8ejua9LZtO7BrhPIDfcrMaaJnxUnKBTIar00dPRa5PIPKdp/s320/photo+%25282%2529.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563591546149511106" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-70334059794674631032011-01-14T11:41:00.003+00:002011-01-14T11:43:44.202+00:00sometimes...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" >sometimes...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >sometimes its mad busy and before you know it the week is gone form you and a body hasn't blogged, walked his dog every morning or replied to his mothers email yet...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >me bad...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://www.thecoolhunter.com.au/images/bbb.jpg" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >thinking creatively and innovatively (is that a word) about retail design...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >this caught my eye...see more <a href="http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1821/bangkok-university-creative-center">here</a>...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694024286645473860.post-37959805187484263992011-01-10T02:23:00.002+00:002011-01-10T02:25:02.107+00:00ambition...<span class="Apple-style-span" >this one...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs009.snc4/33830_10150116858407463_108605392462_7522937_4803357_n.jpg" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >and this one...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs009.ash2/33830_10150116858412463_108605392462_7522938_7256151_n.jpg" /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >although 2010 is going to pretty hard to top for me and mc wife i just like the typography and the sign...</span></div>custardbydesignhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09366831839805811438noreply@blogger.com2