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Daily dose of inspiration: Bursting at the seams

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Feb 162012

Today is one of those days...you know the ones. It's a day that seems to be bursting at the seems with so much to do. Where you feel as though there are five new things added to your to-do list for every one you cross off. Yesterday I played hookey from Manic Trout all afternoon and evening to linger in restaurants (twice!) and bake cupcakes with my friend Lisa. It was tons of fun, but left me playing a bit of catch up today. I also have just added two meetings to my morning tomorrow so I'm running around even more trying to be as productive as possible today.

One of my tasks was to update the design of my business cards for the Texas Style Council Social Media Conference for which I am a proud sponsor and for Style X at which I will have a booth. The events happen a week apart on the weekends of SXSW and I'm already a bit nervous about the mountain of tasks to accomplish for both. The list of to-do's is getting longer by the hour, but at least my business cards got designed and ordered today!

Daily dose of inspiration: A magical tent

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Jan 152012

Hope you are all having a magical weekend! See you tomorrow!!

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Serious chair lust

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Nov 092011

Let me preface the next sentence by saying that these chairs would look absurd among my current furnishings...well basically with everything I own...and that I could not possibly afford even one of them. So here it is: If I suddenly come into some major wealth, I plan on throwing out everything I own and replacing all of my possessions with items that will match my brand new collection of chairs (because I want them ALL). Oh, and the black walls I dream of will suddenly make sense.

I saw these phenomenal Maximo Riera chairs a few months ago and was instantly smitten. Everyone and their mother agreed with me so they made the rounds of blogs. I am still however smitten and as I am moving AGAIN (Adam are are moving in together in March, gasp, I know!) in four months, I have been dreaming about furnishings and interior spaces...and these chairs keep popping into my mind. I dream big, what can I say.

ps...I think Faye would look fabulous on any one of these.

Pretty lights and back yard lust

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Nov 032011

I have been lusting for a (private) back yard all week. Mainly because everytime someone or some dog walks by my back patio, Faye flips out. Last night she actually threw herself against the sliding glass door to get at a dalmatian. There was a "thunk" when she hit the glass and everything. I tried not to laugh at her but come on!

Mainly, my backyard craving is caused by it being warm outside at night most of the year...I lust for twinkle lights and umbrellas...and I really want my studio out there. It doesn't help that Adam has been going on and on about wanting vegetable gardens, which would be pretty great as I would get to eat yummy things from it without having to do anything...score!

Secret hideaway…or perfect studio?

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Oct 142011

Moving my studio out of the main living area of my home has been taking up more and more of my thoughts recently. I have been dreaming for years of living in a little cottage with a separate little building in the yard for my studio. I would love to be able to paint in there as well, but I'm happy to just have Manic Trout set up...and that does not require all that much space. One of the main reasons I want to separate is that I do not want to have interns and customers in my home if I don't live alone. I've actually been saying for years that if I ever co-habitat again, that its not fair to have my work space where we live...to them. I also would really like to be able to "go to work" and enter a different building. Not having a day job means that I have to try REALLY hard to not work ALL OF THE TIME.

I have 5 months to figure out how to do this. When I first got an apartment, I basically went with a 6 month lease in the biggest one bedroom I could find in all of Austin (it's in a complex, yuck). But I have options with a house! They are for the most part, pretty little in the city...and affordable, you have to know where you want to live though and drive around the neighborhood. I have the time, I have the area...now I just need a little building...or a plan on building one...with an AC. The beauty of the south is that you don't need heat...however without at least a window unit ac, I would die. No, for real. As you can see...there are so many thoughts, just swirling around in there!

Daily Muse: 4.21.11

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Apr 212011

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Remember in the movie Splash when Daryl Hannah started to dry out when she wasn't in water? I'm feeling oddly vacant without the presence of a large body of water in my life. I've never lived on the ocean and am usually content to visit the edge of one once a year...and last year I spent an entire week in it and looking out over it (bliss!). So why the pull? No idea, but the inner conflict between staying put and growing Manic Trout to the next level while saving a conservative amount of money prior to moving vs packing up my apartment right now as I have not signed my lease for another yet are really struggling right now. Part of me keeps saying that I should wait until I can afford to live on the water but that part of me has been getting smaller and smaller. oh the dilemmas we face in life.

Daily Muse: 4.11.11

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Apr 112011

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I am up to my elbows catching up on work after being away last week. There seems to be so much to do!! Ah, it was well worth it, I enjoyed myself immensely and it made me realize that my sanity will be perhaps saved a bit if I allow myself to get away more often. There's a lot I've been thinking about recently about wanting to follow my calling to live on an ocean. I am planning to spend some time this summer scouting out possible locations...so exciting!

Daily Muse: 3.31.11

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Mar 312011

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I want to find this place and go there so badly that I can't even describe it. Everything about it makes me happy. I've been thinking a lot about not only my desire to live on the ocean, but that my ability to run Manic Trout from anywhere with a reliable postal system and background in restaurant management makes living in a resort town at some point a viable option. Just a thought.

Daily Muse: 2.08.11

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Feb 082011

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For a second when I looked out my bedroom window this morning, I was wishing I would see this. Instead, it was snowing. Again.

Daily Muse: 1.17.11

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Jan 172011

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sometimes when I see photos such as this one, I wish I designed clothes and not jewelry so I could have racks of frilly dresses all around me. But then I think about how much larger of a work space I would need and think again.