Lazy (Productive) Sunday...

I have finally made a header for my blog- for the time, it represents the vibe of Linterior Stylist, but as always, I'll probably change it up again in a month. I've never been able to stick with one design for anything... I suppose I get to inspired and excited all the time about all of the ideas floating around the world, and I love trying them all out. When I was a little girl, I would redecorate my room about seven times a year- always with new colors, layouts, and themes.

I think one of the amazing things about being a designer is that for all of the visions I have for a space, I get to create them for someone else, and I get a sense of fulfillment of representing all of the sides of my design personality while incorporating my clients' wonderful ideas and personalities.

Here are some kits I've been working on. I've been getting my hands on some amazing vintage fabric lately, so expect some clever designs coming soon!

For the LINO line, here's "City Birds."
I handstitched bird silhouettes on a wire, and drew some quirky cityscapes to be framed in some upcycled black frames. I found the frames on a clearance rack at a dollar store, I'm assuming because they had a huge heart with the words "I love my mom" printed right on the glass. I pulled out some nailpolish remover to clean it off, and voila, had some perfect little black frames for less than $1 a piece. In French, the artwork reads, "les petites ouseaux dans la ville," which means, "Little birds in the city."

Another handstitched set, for Lintage, "Let's Be Happy" constists of handstitched "let's be happy" and "let's have fun" surrounded by some random silhouettes of whimsical (I hesitate to use that word, ever) things... Cats, flowers, leaves, birds, etc. The frames are painted and distressed, with hand drawn artwork and cutouts of polka dots and leaves to imitate the vintage fabric, stitching, and patterns.


And for the lo collection, I found this super soft navy blue fabric with white polka dots, so I hand stitched some circles in orange, gray, and navy blue. I painted the same stitching pattern and colors on three ceramic vases, so the set is perfectly coordinated.

One of my favorite parts of making the kits is finding a client whose space works perfectly with them. I do make them custom, but it's fun when I can use any of them for a space. I've incorporated three of them so far into spaces, and of course, those three are the ones that have never been photographed.

I would love to figure out just how to take photos of the kits- they never seem to show the appropriate detail! In person, I'm so proud of my work... But online, they just seem lackluster. Regardless, all of my kits are available on my Etsy shop, and maybe soon I'll have amazingly beautiful photographs to replace the ones I have now.

By the way, have you heard of Regretsy? A client recommended that I take a look. It can be a bit vulgur, but the point in itself is a bit amusing... Somehow, it does uplift me a bit about my terrible photographs, because at least what I'm selling seems professional. : )

Take care!
Lin