A Creative Home

She was sourcing products from various time zones in countries she's never visited. Trying to find the things that fit into her idea of a creative home. A creative home beckons you like a well kept secret, perhaps beyond a vine-covered brick wall just past a wrought-iron gate. It is a home that is definitely customized for the people that live there, life-inspired, friendly, approachable and memorable...

So for the last several weeks, she's been asking herself what kinds of beautiful things go into a creative home? And here's what she mentioned to me...

She intends to provide the raw ingredients for creativity like trims, buttons, and notions from all around the globe. And vivid fabrics. Some screen printed by hand, some imported from far away lands with authentic designs that can't be found locally. And many more fabrics that are domestically produced by independent design studios and artists.

She's discovered a few products that will allow you to design and redesign your creative home to your heart's content. Portfolios to carry and keep your notes, photos and dreams about your home and your life.

And then she remembered that she's downshifting into a lifestyle of simplicity. She has made a point to keep the things she loves, pull them out of her storage bin and live with them every day instead of buying new every time. And perhaps others were as well. So she created a few project kits for creating unique and quirky mixtures of textures and textiles, including the ability to remix your own vintage fabrics.

But because she can't cover everything with her vintage fabrics, she found some paint that doesn't require her to work outside because of the smell. Eco-friendly paints, dry pigments, stains, glazes and patinas - all to help her color her environment and make it her own.

She has a great appreciation for tradition and loves the feel of letterpress stationery and hand embroidered linens; but she requires a more modern and whimsical design. So she's found a source to help her customize some luxurious towels, bedding, and paperie with some very creative monograms. Things worth saving for her children to use when they marry and move away.

However, it seems the thing she loves the most are the ribbons. She has been dreaming of ribbons made of velvet, silk, and cotton. How she loves to embellish...

oh and then there's the art....

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