Summer of Seagulls and Stripes

Growing up the thought of summer approaching was the most exciting news.   Now living in Arizona...  well lets just say it is not something I look forward to.   However looking around the web at blogs and peoples pages, they all cannot wait and I cannot blame them, this winter was long.   People are not pinning as much...they are out living.   It is a refreshing reality... being out and getting inspired is so important for the human mind and heart.   

I hope you get to spend some time by the sea.  I am looking forward to a few getaways myself. 

One and Two 

WEEKEND

i am looking forward to putting on my swimsuit, catching some sunshine, and the only sounds i want to hear is the flipping of my magazine pages.  Oh and the trees blowing in a slight breeze.

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Travel- Seattle

I am off for work in Seattle today...follow me on instagram for updates.

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Monday Branding: Nordstrom Part 1

I don't know if this is happening at all Nordstrom stores across the US...but here in Phoenix ours has been getting a make-over.   The store looks fresh, clean, and classic.   I have also been receiving their magazines on a regular basis and they are stepping it up!  Everything from carefully designed layouts,  to placing higher end brands in their stores.  A couple years ago you couldn't Christian Louboutin's at Nordstrom... now at the Seattle store you can get Chanel.

It's great to see a brand/store like Nordstrom reinvent themselves while still remaining classic to their style.   The other department stores in Phoenix...might want to consider a make over as well (just saying).

Funny I am posting on Nordstrom this week, because I am off to Seattle on Tuesday...And there Nordstrom sell flowers (how can you not love that?).

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Weekend

Go swing this weekend... breathe fresh air and feel young again.   We get over stressed during the week and the next couple days should be a release, an escape from the daily to dos.

go...

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Ask Martha Stewart

I follow Martha Stewart on LinkedIn and her latest post had this beautiful picture of her... as well as some good advice.   Do you follow anyone on LinkedIn?

.Martha Stewart.

grace coddington

“If Wintour is the Pope . . . , Coddington is Michelangelo, trying to paint a fresh version of the Sistine Chapel twelve times a year,” 

Grace A Memoir... is what i will be reading next.  super excited... have you read it?  good things? 

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working on a little something...

i have been painting a number of pieces for over year now...  and this past weekend weekend i styled and shot each one.  prepping for an online shop.   

now i just got to get it open... soon!   excited.  

paintings & photo taken by hmall

zinke swim

have you started prepping for summer... we are getting close to pool season in az.   this little number from zinke is going to be mine.

there is way too much killer swimwear out there this year.  and you got to give it up to these girls who put their booty out there to be photographed.

zinke

mb: green with envy for lv & bergdorfs

Louis Vuitton always does an impeccable job season to season with their branding.  In this
case it is about placement... how between the articles and the fold they are in the middle. With
the palm green, red hair and sunshiny yellow, your eye draws right to the ad.   Take a look
at DLF, Bri styled this shoot with the LV spring campaign in mind...she looks stunning.

The 2012 fall preview Bergdorf Goodman catalog is one of my favorite looking magazines
that I hold on to.  The gold type on the banana leaf wallpaper from The Greenbrier makes for a
great cover that can sit out on any table in your house.  

.nytimes- photos taken by hmall.

Afrolicious

the overall look... especially the hair.  

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Karen Walker Weather

I am really digging what Karen Walker has put out here... perfect for AZ right now,
springy and warm.   Weird that it semi hailed/snowed today...and I gotta ask why
do people here loose their minds and cannot drive when the slightest bit of weather
happens?  I don't get it.

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monday branding- joie

following different companies branding is a thing i do... I am usually drawn to a clean, simple and soft approach.  makes it easy on the eyes...it also helps that Joie has beautiful clothing.

picture taken by hmall

New York Fashion Week

One of my favorite looks...

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H-A-L-L-O-W-E-E-N

{Stripes & Cat}