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sisters

Now I see the secret of making the best person: it is to grow in the open air and to eat and sleep with the earth.

- Walt Whitman

goals for raising my girls

categories: beauty, kids
Monday 10.06.14
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

hozier

just listen to anything by this cool cat, you will fall in love over and over.

ps he's only 24.

categories: music, inspiration
Monday 10.06.14
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

just call me the wanderer.

 No one noticed a thing.  Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.  There was no effort.  There was no struggle.  It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.  It was what it was, and it is just that.  In the space of letting go, she let it all be.  A small smile came over her face.  A light breeze blew through her.  And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…

No one noticed a thing.

Like a leaf falling from a tree, she just let go.

There was no effort.

There was no struggle.

It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad.

It was what it was, and it is just that.

In the space of letting go, she let it all be.

A small smile came over her face.

A light breeze blew through her.

And the sun and the moon shone forevermore…

tags: anais nin
categories: beauty, inspiration
Thursday 07.03.14
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

gypsy

i have always adored this song. but today in the car it came on and just totally made sense.

tags: fleetwood mac, gypsy
categories: music
Wednesday 07.02.14
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

secret swimming pool

artist alfredo barsuglia has installed a secret swimming pool in the middle of the 25,000 square-mile mojave desert in california. it's completely free to use, provided you're able to find it in the first place.
the 11 x 5 ft structure is entitled social pool and, according to the artist, "is about the effort people make to reach a luxury good." the GPS coordinates of its location, along with a key to unlock it, can be obtained by visiting the MAK Center for Art and Architecture in West Hollywood.

very interesting concept found via HUH

 

tags: secret swimming pool
categories: design, inspiration
Wednesday 07.02.14
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

drop the game.

so, in case you didn't notice - my last post was in mid december, quite some time ago! i spend most of my days juggling either bowie and/or flowers so it's hard to keep up here, dang it - however, if you want to know what i do on a normal basis at least pop over and visit my work at brown paper design. 

i refuse to let viva voce disappear, so until i can find the time - i will post favorite jams i'm diggin' as of late.

so on that note - give this one a listen.

 flume & chet faker

tags: brown paper design, drop the game, flume & chet faker, viva voce
categories: beauty, flowers, inspiration
Sunday 02.02.14
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
Comments: 1
 

futuracha

i'm always coo'ing over fonts, this is def one of them.

it was designed as a display font so it's not recommended for extended texts. it's suitable for headlines and logos that need to pack a quick punch, no?

found via behance

tags: behance, futuracha
categories: art, design, inspiration
Saturday 12.14.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

welcome to the afterlife

damn i love arcade fire - i always have, but even more now. 

tags: arcade fire
categories: art, inspiration, music
Saturday 12.14.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

it's almost christmas and where have i been.

i don't know - geeze, here - there - and everywhere. plus don't you forget bowie is my real boss.

merry december - it's been lovely hasn't it?!

this is how i imagine myself, it's a great trick.

 

tags: Beauty, christmas
categories: fashion, inspiration
Saturday 12.14.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

sharp shooter

i saw this and was immediately drawn to it.

i love how the clothes and colors coincide with the rooms natural elements.

do you think that was purposeful - the insane detail that many would probably just pass over - i see it all, i do.

help - someone please tell me who this fantasic designer is tho...

categories: art, beauty, design, fashion
Wednesday 10.23.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

get free

sick beat | dope video 

i love seeing people be raw (& free).

tags: dirty projectors, major lazer
categories: music
Tuesday 10.22.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

flower fodder

i'm sure you've come across these images before by photographer kari herer, because i know i've seen them at least a hundred times - but really, can you blame me for posting them again? the sketches are so innocent and approachable and then the floral buds placed ever so gently in their perfect little spots make the image just so.

what a sweet little story they tell.

 

tags: animals, florals, kari herer
categories: art, beauty, design, flowers, inspiration
Sunday 10.20.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

and this is why

every sigle person says the peony is their favorite flower. just look at these maama-jammas?!

via the amazing cecilia fox

categories: art, beauty, flowers, inspiration
Thursday 10.17.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

simplify

categories: beauty, inspiration
Thursday 10.17.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

phoebe, will you be mine?

i'm totally in love with this boot. its the kind that only get better with time.

damn -- these are good.

handmade in minnesota; designed in brooklyn; wooden soles imported from sweden and hand-finished in minnesota; color combination is exclusive to madesmith.

 

categories: design, fashion
Thursday 10.17.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

overgrowth

there is a floral studio that i've admired for some time now by the name of ERBA. many a reasons why i appreciate her work but i will just highlight my favorite thing at the moment... a brilliant floral/photo collaboration by riley and parker called overgrowth. it's being featured at a gallery called ROCKET in japan and so very inspiring. it has a quiet simplicity that is actually very difficult to achieve, but somehow they have beautifully.  

she is also simultaneously hosting workshops while there.

need i say more - i'll let the photos speak for themselves.

images via erba 

 

 

tags: overgrowth
categories: art, beauty, design, flowers, inspiration
Thursday 10.17.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

if you know me

then you surely know this is one of my famous lines...

god i love that dwayne and everything he's about.

tags: this is my jam
categories: beauty, music
Tuesday 10.15.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

zaha

i was just flipping through the jayson home catalog carefully admiring all the pieces when i spotted this baby, the zaha chair. isn't it such a beautiful piece of art?!

 

 

tags: jayson home, zaha
categories: art, beauty, design, inspiration
Sunday 09.15.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 

dreams

this installation was created for the 50th biennial of venice in 2003. it is now in the san staë church on the canale grande. it’s entitled falling garden, and is the work of collaborating swiss artists steiner and lenzlinger. 

i touch, talk, and think about flowers so often my dreams oddly resemble these scenes, well - in that way when you wake up from sleep you have random glimpses of something you've experienced in the past.

via the jealous curator

tags: Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger
categories: art, beauty, design, flowers
Wednesday 09.04.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
Comments: 1
 

two

these gorgeous sari's are by designer Monica Patel-Cohn's line called TWO, a small collection of chic caftans that are made in new york using handwoven textiles and saris from india.

oh gosh, i must have one of each -- for everyday of the week.

photos via remodelista + two blog

tags: two new york
categories: design, fashion
Tuesday 09.03.13
Posted by Kelly Cuadra
 
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