Jacques Henri Lartigue

While Travelling through Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris recently

 I was struck by the large photographs on show by 

Jacques Henri Lartigues

I was unfamiliar with his work 

He was known as an artist and really only gained acclaim as a photographer in his 70's 

Born in 1894 his is an Inspiring story

It's never too late 

His images are so modern and fresh 

and unlike any I have come across

Personalised Wrapping Paper

Yesterday was my Mother's Birthday

It was a significant one

I wrapped her presents in sheets of paper that I photocopied old photo's on to 

making a highly personal wrapping paper

I simply used A4 paper and glued 4 sheets together with glue stick for the larger one

It went down an absolute treat 

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I twittered this yesterday and while I usually would not repeat myself it got such a huge reaction I thought I would post it here for those who missed it or don't twitter

instagram

My most recent Instagram pics

I know a lot of you who check in here at the blog are still not hooked on instagram

but I have to say I cannot get enough

instant beautiful images

of friends, family, beautiful places and things through the eyes of some of 

my favourite tastemakers

If you are not already addicted ........

get going 

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Fading Tulips

sometimes a thing can be more beautiful 

after it has lived a little.

Fading tulips

All photographs by Helen James

Blue Living Room

I have always thought of Blue as a bedroom colour

My Bedroom is currently 

Blue Ground 

by Farrow and Ball

Detail of my bedroom wall

But, recently I am seeing this colour pop up

more and more

in Living Rooms

like 

 This interior by Steven Gambrel 

first seen on 

Habitually chic

also by Steven Gambrel

He even used it for the cover of his new Book

Isn't it smart teamed with Glossy black 

 This is a lighter blue
but very calming and fresh looking

image from HERE

I think this is my favourite, it is of Raymon Boozer, 

the owner of Apt 48's NY apartment 

......the table, dining chair, blue lamp,

the gallery wall....... love it all.

Image by 

Timothy Kolk

from ELLE decor

Olatz Schnabel

from 

T magazine
stopped me in my tracks when I first saw it
If you haven't yet seen her NY House then I would most certainly click on the link
and go take a look

 ok, so this is actually her bedroom 

but you could imagine it being a living room 

and the red curtains have inspired me 

I currently have navy linen in mine

and am on the lookout for a rug

I was thinking cream 

but these images have me veering towards red

or orange

This one from IKEA 

Is high on my list

As I am currently working on updating our Living Room

though

which included painting this sideboard black today 

(sorry bad iphone picture light was going will try update with a better one soon) 

 slightly better pic
also here you can see the current wall color which is a green

I used a new multi purpose spray paint from 

Rustoleum

 

and it was a great product very easy to use and dried really quickly

Now the question is do I go blue?

Vanessa Winship for Hermes

Beautiful portraits of the Hermes workers 

By 

Vanessa Winship 

for the Hermes A/W 11 magazine

They remind me of 

August Sander images

The beauty of Crafts people

Vee Speers for Bloom

Beautiful images by 

Vee Speers 

for

BLOOM

Amaryllis

Enjoying the full bloom of my Amaryllis

and the promise of more to come

all photos

Helen James

August Sander and life

I have not yet been hooked up to the 21st century again.

I am thinking internet will be up and running in about a week

so please excuse the lack of posts

I will be back with gusto and have many photos and thoughts on the change

from Brooklyn NY to Rural Ireland

Lots of exciting things going on and I am sure that the move back was the right thing to do 

In moments my life went from Subway commute to a walk in the woods

Lots of baking and chutney making 

Ordering chickens for the garden

...but don't worry I haven't put down the design brush 

I have been busy working on a very exciting new project 

In the process of doing some research for this exciting new project I came across

the beautiful works of 

August Sander

and had to post them 

please bear with me until regular posting is back up and running

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Day Birger Mikkelsen

Beautiful images of the Fall 2011 

Day Birger Mikkelsen Catalogue

from

Ditte Isager

I have been feeling very Black and White recently
but this palette is exquisite

In other news......

Fall 2011 is bringing big changes to the HJD household

All exciting stuff

I will keep you posted

Iris Velghe

So we made it through 

IRENE

without any casualties here

My heart goes out to all of those without power

or with water damage or flooding

Beautiful images by

Iris Velghe

found via

BLOOM

Julia Hetta addition

I know I just posted Julia Hetta photographs 

but I just had to post these too

They are the images that brought me to her 

published in 

acnepaper

and I cannot tell you how much I love them

julia hetta

Swedish Photographer

Julia Hetta