I just got back from a vacation on Oahu with family. We spent the week on the beaches on the North Shore, hiking up wild hills, eating from food trucks, playing games and decompressing. We even tried surfing for the first time. It was a very mellow trip and great to reconnect with nature and…
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The full Opalhouse designed with Jungalow debut collection is here!
The full Opalhouse designed with Jungalow debut collection is here !When I started this blog nearly twelve years ago, I knew that I wanted to use it to give some structure to my creative practice, to connect with other creative souls and to have an outlet through which I could share my creativity with the…
Justina (and family!) in Rajasthan
India has been such an inspiration to me for my whole life, and I’d never had an opportunity to visit, so once we began producing some items for Jungalow in Jaipur last year I made a promise to myself that I would make a trip. Indian food has been Ida’s favorite cuisine since…
Color and pattern inspiration from the Garfield Conservatory
What to do with three free hours in Chicago on a work trip? Do what any plant-loving designer would do and visit the Garfield Conservatory for a little color and pattern inspiration. I have been to many botanical gardens, conservatories and plant places around the world, and hats off to you, Chicago, this one may…
Travelogue: Le Jardin Majorelle
I’m still going through all the photos from my trip to Morocco last month but today I wanted to share some of my favorite snaps from Le Jardin Majorelle–one of my all time favorite destinations. It’s a two and half acre botanical garden in Marrakech created by French artist, Jacques Majorelle in 1923 and features a striking…
Travelogue: Rabat, Morocco
Whew! It’s taken me a couple of weeks to get it together to write this post — I battled the flu and had to get through the holidays first–but I finally went through my photos from Morocco and I’m so excited to share some tidbits about my trip with you all. So first things first…