{lisa congdon} currently loving...

I love this start to the first "currently loving..." of 2008 with Lisa Congdon's gorgeous collection of mini photos...

WHO...Lisa Congdon, San Francisco-based artist and co-owner/gallery director at Rare Device.

CURRENTLY LOVING...Tiny vintage one inch photos. I collect them at antique malls and flea markets. Someday I am going to do something amazing with all of them when I have over 500! I love how delicate they are, the expressions on the faces of the people in the photographs, the sepia tones of aged film. Mostly, I love the way they look hung together.

{cupcake bakeshop} currently loving...

WHO...Cheryl Porro of Cupcake Bakeshop blog. Each post features a unique cupcake recipe created by Cheryl and accompanied by her own photography. She is a software quality engineer by day and baker for hire by night.

CURRENTLY LOVING...aqua as an accent color, especially with red, fishnet stockings, and family.

Aqua has been showing up all over my house and usually with red - on my cupcakes, in home accents like this Kate Spade dinnerware and in my daughter's wardrobe, like in these Roobeez baby shoes and this Janie and Jack dress. I can't get enough of it. I am loving fishnets. I have them in black and nude. Having recently given birth I am feeling less than sexy. A little fishnet peaking out from under my jeans is just enough to help me get over it. And of course, family, as a long-time single and busy woman, I was not prepared for the joy that marriage and motherhood would bring. It's pretty awesome.

{design*sponge} currently loving...

WHO...Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge.

CURRENTLY LOVING...Lady-like fonts. I've become obsessed with fonts lately - every time a new Veer catalog comes in the mail I imagine how letters and post titles would look written in each style. Lately I'm loving anything that has a feminine, hand-written feel to it. Veer's Burges, Feel and Marmalade types are my favorite. And of course the one that inspired my current craze would be Blueprint's logo type.

{Photo of Emerson's in Brattelboro, Vermont.}

{three potato four} currently loving...

WHO...Janet Morales of Three Potato Four, who runs the online shop with her husband Stu Eli.
Their online shop is filled with things they  love and think beautiful stories can be told through the complimentary mix of modern and vintage objects.

CURRENTLY LOVING...the mix of old and new together (which make cozy spaces).
This space in our home is of a wall of our office/shipping room. Items here include a glass
chickadee vase, Stendig wall calendar, vintage pitcher, and our packing tape!

{small stump} currently loving...

It's been a while since I've posted a "currently loving" image, so I'm thrilled to be sharing today's piece from Jill of Small Stump. From now on, I'll be posting a image from this series on Fridays so you can end the week with a bit of inspiration and a beautiful photo. Now, to Jill...

WHO...Jill Pilotte of Small Stump. In addition to her own line, Jill is also the Artist and Design Gallery Curator of Rose and Radish in San Francisco.

CURRENTLY LOVING...wood, white, warm...
This is my current dining table centerpiece and I love the combination of soft, hand-made, pieces and warm, woody textures. My growing collection of felted bowls and containers are perfect for displaying little groupings of objects. A small tree sits inside my favorite felted pot made by Papaver Vert, and I set some mini pine cones on a white pod from Project Felt. I often use little slices of logs as display pedestals for really special pieces like these Coe and Waito porcelain acorns (available soon at Rose and Radish). The little pile of crocheted balls are made by Relishdress.

{rare device} currently loving...

WHO...Rena Tom of Rare Device in San Francisco (opening this Thursday!)  and Rare + Fine in Brooklyn.

CURRENTLY LOVING...teal and mustard in a big way...
...my house is filled with reds and oranges but lately I've shifted to deep, beautiful blues and gritty yellows. Even small doses of these colors really cut through the muddy tones that I also love. There are three paintings by David Huffman, a small drawing on color-aid paper by Robert Gutierrez, a photo taken at a San Diego beach by my husband and printed on fiber paper by me, an ink drawing by Lisa Congdon and a wishbone by Something's Hiding in Here. I am still going to add a few more pieces to this wall!

{rebecca thuss} currently loving...

WHO...Rebecca Thuss...award winning photo-stylist, creative director, wedding designer and crafter. This former Style Director of Martha Stewart Weddings and first Editor and Style Director of the premier issue of Blueprint currently runs a multidisciplinary photography and graphic design firm, ThussFarrell with her husband Patrick Farrell.

CURRENTLY LOVING...my plastic ponies...
I have many (too many) collections of quirky things, but there is something about my plastic horse collection that has me feeling inspired recently. I usually have them spread around my loft; sometimes I use them in whimsical dinner party centerpieces. However, a few weeks back I gathered many of them up and gave them a nice home on the shelves above my desk in the office. Isn't there something so lovely about a collection of silly objects that makes you grin? I guess it's the little girl in me, but toy horses are just super fun.

currently loving...

...beaded fabric..bright reds/oranges mixed with neutrals...

{kate spade sequined jocelyn bag, vintage beaded clutch, and cupcake bowl}

{abigail percy} currently loving...

WHO...Abigail Percy, jewelry designer in Glasgow, UK...known for her gorgeous botanical-inspired jewelry

CURRENTLY LOVING...I am still loving wood, deep toned wood especially....and now, come Autumn [fall], Conkers. It is [wood] the one thing that does not get old for me...timeless, classic, warm, wonderful. I think it's true love, actually.

{fly} currently loving...

WHO: Philadelphia designer/illustrator/blogger Andrea of the Fly blog...

CURRENTLY LOVING...my inspiration board made of cork tiles where I've pinned up some of my favorite findings: fun business cards, little screen printed and letterpressed goodies, a hand-painted scarf from India, and pretty papers...