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hot collaboration alert: a match made in heaven

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

image courtesy of rachel ashwell

we were so excited to hear about the new collaboration between our amazing friends at linnea’s lights and one of our favorites, rachel ashwell of shabby chic couture. isn’t it pretty? believe us, it smells even better!

to celebrate the opening of rachel’s newest venture, the prairie bed & breakfast in texas, they joined forces on this spectacular co-branded candle and we just know you’ll love the final product!

rachel ashwell is a self-made business woman who founded the iconic brand known as shabby chic in 1989 when, as a single mother of two young children, she looked to open a small shop where she could sell ‘pretty things’ without spending much time or distance away from her children and opened her first store on trendy montana avenue in santa monica, california.

her vision and love of vintage style and flea-market has always struck a cord and inspired the like-minded aesthetic over at linnea’s lights. rachel will release her seventh book titled rachel ashwell shabby chic inspiration and beautiful spaces published by cico books in october 2011, and we can’t wait to get our hands on a copy!

the new candle, wildflower, is inspired by the texas wildflowers that grow on the prairie and which linnea’s lights blended especially for the occasion. can’t get to texas, but want a candle of your very own? give the prairie store a call at 979-936-6907!

For reservations: The Prairie by Rachel Aswhell, www.theprairiebyrachelashwell.com 5808 Wagner Road Round Top, TX 78954, 1-979-836-4975

sharks!

Thursday, August 4th, 2011

photo courtesy of http://mylittlescraps.com/blog/2007/08/shark-week/

dun dun, dun dun, dun dun dun ….yes it’s shark week. until this year i can honestly say i have avoided this event and never truly understood people’s shark obsession.  however, this year i have decided to check out what all the hype is about. it consists of back to back episodes of incredible and graphic videos of shark attacks or encounters. i can’t exactly explain the combination of fear and inability to look away while watching for 4 hours a night, but i can tell you that even though it is seriously disturbing, it is also spectacular footage of an animal people don’t know too much about.

the most fascinating part to me might be that even after shark warnings are put in place on certain beaches, people continue to go swimming, unfazed that yesterday a man was mauled by an uncontrollable water beast. i cannot relate to this mentality in the slightest. last weekend while swimming at the beach, a piece of seaweed brushed the bottom of my foot and after a pathetic bout of screaming i made an ungraceful yet surprisingly speedy exit from the water. after watching only one night of shark week, the chances of me ever going in past my toes again is highly unlikely.

if you are interested in watching the shark infested waters from a safe distance, shark week is every night this week at 9pm on discovery channel. see you there!

~rachel

is this real life? the mother’s day tea collection sweepstakes!

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

the tea collection really knows how to treat a mother right. the tea apparel collection has teamed up with vosges haut chocolat and stroller traffic to treat one lucky mama to an unbelievable mother’s day gift, and they’ve combined us gals’ two favorite things: chocolate and clothes. get ready for this: one entire year of vosges haut chocolat and a one thousand dollar tea shopping spree! what could be better? not a mom? well call yours, make her enter, and remind her of the importance of sharing, a value she instilled in you long ago.  but i have a feeling whoever may win, she is going to have a bit of trouble sharing after she takes a bite of any one of vosges premium chocolate treats and takes a peek at the tea collection’s new summer line.

to enter fill out the short form on tea’s website here by 11:59pm on may 7th. the winner will be selected randomly within three days of the contest close date.

josé esteves and interiorconnector at intérieurs!

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011

a match made in heaven: josé esteves, interiorconnector and intérieurs are coming together for a night filled with ideas, sketches, vignettes. intérieurs’ showroom and design studio showcase modern-soulful living, inspired by founder francine gardner’s interest in world travel and cultures. no artist can possibly epitomize this worldly soulful modernity quite like josè esteves. a native of bragance, portugal, his elegant and expressive works evoke modernity and the antique. inspired by his hometown, esteves’s handcrafted pieces, constructed from objects he finds both precious and infused with meaning, are truly a balance between art and function.

so come to intérieurs’ elegant open-air terrace on wednesday, may 4th at six o’clock, sip some cocktails and get a glimpse into josé’s mind as you take in his new lighting art collection. this is not just an unveiling, but sculptures in context.

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info.

where: intérieurs showroom 228 e. 58th street, new york, ny 10022

when: wednesday, may 4th at 6:00pm

rsvp: interiorconnector@themarkoffgroup.com