Saturday, August 30, 2008

Pillow Fight!

Nobody's really fighting here, but it does sound like fun, doesn't it? Really, we are a selection of stunningly beautiful, high quality, decorative, handmade pillows. We're the missing link, the accent that ties a room together, the pillow hunter's guide to a successful finish. Behold!These lovely floral designs from lindylou are made from retro designer fabrics. The square pillow covers measure 20" x 20" and the neckroll measures 6" x 20".These...

Friday, August 29, 2008

Going to the beach.....more artists

Still planning my trip to the coast and I found these great artists here with interiordesignteam and etsy......... Seagull Original Oil PaintingThis is an original 8x10 oil painting. Framed in an oak frame, ready to hang. I started this painting when my brother wanted to whatch me paint. Copyright remains with the artist, Brenda Thour. All rights reserved. http://luvs2paint.etsy.com Glorious Skies - ACEO EditionGlorious Skies is a celebration of...

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Our Interview with Jackies Art

"Mirror of Miro" Jackie's ArtAbout this featured Item: This fantastic, incomparable, one of a kind table features primary colors and has ceramic, stoneware legs, with clay figure cut outs in the style of artist Juan Miro. The plexiglass table top is cut out to allow the stem of the giant gourd centerpiece to extend past it.The dry, giant, hardshelled gourd is gessoed and painted with oils. The shapes and figures on the gourd are beaded...

where sparrows may be found

In an Etsy shop overflowing with treasurable images, littlesparrowsnest presents stills of rural life that form a kind of reverie visitors may experience vicariously. Episodic and wistful, the photography of littlesparrowsnest is carefree and positively unassuming. It is as though, in each delicate square of wood block photography, she has managed to distill a single moment into a keepsake, a memento to share. Perhaps the warmth of her photography...

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Polka Dots and Stripes?

Pillows by JillianReneDecorPolka Dots and Stripes?You betchya!!! Both Polka Dots and Stripes are "in" this season and not only can you choose one or the other, you can mix and match them!!! (like the lovely picture above)Take a look at a few of the Polka Dot and Stripped items you can find from the Design Style Guide artists. (Click here to see a full search of these artists on Etsy)Glasses by cms36451Lightplate by funkychickendesignPillow by JillianReneDecorBowl...

Monday, August 25, 2008

Lighting the way ... illuminate your life in a unique fashion

This is my first blog for Design Style Guide. So let me beign with an introduction. I am a visual artist from the UK. I have my own photographic art studio in Cornwall, called Green Island Studios, where I work full time producing visual art in a variety of media.Light is the essential tool for any photographic artist, and I guess that this is why I am very aware of light as a force. I enjoy noticing the many ways that light transforms the world...

Sunday, August 24, 2008

We now have a presence on Technorati as well

You can check it out...Technorati ProfileI just started a profile today, so if you are a Technorati member, put us in your Favorites.Thank y...

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Bowls - functionality mixed with style

At its most basic, a bowl is a vessel suitable for holding something - food, coins, rocks, treasures, etc. From this basic principle, though, variations on the look of a bowl is as deep and wide as the bowlmaker's imagination.I have gone on a bowl hunt and put together a selection of bowls as imaginative as they are functional and made from a variety of materials from wood to clay to glass - enjoy!WOOD...Spiral Bowl (no. 51) by woodbyderaud is half...