Merci to Fifi!

<a href="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100522/100_4259/web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100522/100_4259/web.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 500px; height: 584px;" /></a><br />A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have been selected to receive a packet of<a href="http://fififlowersdecor.blogspot.com/"> Fifi Flowers</a> fabulous note cards. Aren't these so pretty! I am a big believer in the power of the handwritten note and I particularly love ones like these with original art. I am especially impressed that each card in the pack is different.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100524/100_4263_2/web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100524/100_4263_2/web.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 357px;" /></a><br />Thanks <a href="http://fififlowersdecor.blogspot.com/">Fifi</a>!

Merci to Fifi!

A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to have been selected to receive a packet of Fifi Flowers fabulous note cards. Aren't these so pret...

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Color Q: Gray and Yellow

<a href="http://www.dominomag.com/images/galleries/rooms/gasl_outfit_to_room_06may.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.dominomag.com/images/galleries/rooms/gasl_outfit_to_room_06may.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 469px; height: 231px;" /></a>As seen on <a href="http://www.dominomag.com/galleries/2007/12/outfit2rooms5">DominoMagazine.com</a><br /><br />Over the last year, we've seen a lot of the gray and yellow color combination. I know several of my fellow bloggers have done posts about this combo as well. And yet... I just can't wrap my head around it.<br /><br />I thought if I pulled together several images and really immersed myself in the palette, I might warm up to it.<br /><br /><a href="http://chameleon-interiors2.blogspot.com/2008/11/color-q-gray-and-yellow-cont.html" style="font-weight: bold;">CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL IMAGES</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> and then come back to tell us how you feel about this popular color combination.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/color_story_yellow_gray/set?.mid=embed&id=4624224"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-set/BQcDAAAAAwoDanBnAAAABC5vdXQKFkRDTHhud215M1JHaHY5VURTaDkwamcAAAACaWQKAWUAAAAEc2l6ZQ.jpg" title="Color Story - Yellow and Gray" width="400" /></a><br /><small><a href="http://www.polyvore.com/color_story_yellow_gray/set?.mid=embed&id=4624224">Color Story - Yellow and Gray</a> by <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/profile?.mid=embed&id=451171">Surroundings</a></small><br /><br />The super talented Jackie von Tobel of <a href="http://jackiebluehome.blogspot.com/">Jackie Blue Home</a> emailed me a couple of her renderings in yellow and gray. She suggests that a taupe gray may work best with yellow. Aren't these fantastic!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100525/1126/web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100525/1126/web.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 305px; height: 385px;" /></a><br /><a href="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100525/1077/web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100525/1077/web.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 312px; height: 421px;" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And yet, still not loving the combo. Although, I never liked <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/search/label/Room%20for%20Improvement">purple</a> in interiors until recently and suddenly, I'm<a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-am-i-into-purple-all-of-sudden.html"> all into it</a>. So, perhaps if I keep steeping myself in yellow & gray, it will grow on me.<br /><br /><div class="TWIIGSPOLL"> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.twiigs.com/poll.js?pid=20387&color=yellowlight"></script> <div class="TWIIGSPOLLpolllink" style="border-style: none; margin: 10px 0pt 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; clear: none; display: block; float: none; position: static; visibility: visible; height: auto; line-height: normal; width: auto; outline-style: none; clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, auto); vertical-align: baseline; z-index: auto; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: right; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0pt; text-shadow: none; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: normal;"> <a class="TWIIGSPOLLmorelink" href="http://www.twiigs.com/" style="border-style: none; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; overflow: hidden; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; clear: none; display: inline; float: none; position: static; visibility: visible; height: auto; line-height: normal; width: auto; outline-style: none; clip: rect(auto, auto, auto, auto); vertical-align: baseline; z-index: auto; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt; text-shadow: none; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: normal; font-weight: bold;">poll by twiigs.com</a> </div> </div>

Color Q: Gray and Yellow

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Deborah Parker, fashion and textile designer

<a href="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100449/DP-20fabric/web.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://gallery.me.com/linda.m.merrill/100449/DP-20fabric/web.jpg" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 329px;" /></a>And old colleague of mine from my days at WGBH TV emailed me to let me know that local fashion designer Deborah Parker is hosting her first fabric sale. <br /><br />Deborah has been selling her overstock fashion fabrics to the likes of Emma One Sock, The Material Girls and others for a while now. Now she's opening up her studio to fabric and textile enthusiasts here in New England for a special one-day sale. Fabrics will include rayon prints, wools, cotton prints, voiles, silks, velvets, home decorator weights and lots of fashion fabrics, rich in texture, all at wholesale prices.<br /><br />Date and time: November 15, 2008, from 9am to 3pm.<br /><br />Location: 37 Broadway, Arlington, MA (Entrance is at the rear of the building.)<br /><br />Parking is available at the rear of the building.

Deborah Parker, fashion and textile designer

And old colleague of mine from my days at WGBH TV emailed me to let me know that local fashion designer Deborah Parker is hosting her first ...

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