All the things I’m obsessed with right now

Living

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Aug 11

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Oh Internet! It’s been forever since we last talked and I have so much to tell you about! We just got home from our summer family vacation to Southern California (more on that later), but as always, I’m reminded that travel is always my number one source of inspiration. Even something like twenty-four hours away […]

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Colorful Kilims & Turkish Rugs: Trend alert!

Interiors

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Aug 28

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(source) I love seeing fresh interpretations of classic pieces. Turkish rugs, oushaks and kilims are no strangers to the rug scene, but it’s fun to see a fresh, modern spin in how they’re used. I’m particularly drawn to colorful versions (natch), but there are tons of these rugs in practically every color under the sun, […]

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I closed my shop & here’s what happened.

Living

Emily Ley Simplified Planners at Pencil Shavings Studio www.pencilshavingsstudio.com
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Emily Ley Simplified Planners at Pencil Shavings Studio www.pencilshavingsstudio.com

Jan 12

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As you may know, I closed my shop on December 31st after 5 years of designing and manufacturing and styling and shopkeeping and tax-taking and pop-up-shopping and … well, you get the point. A few days after I made the formal announcement, I went into my favorite paperie here in Oklahoma City and I looked […]

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I’m closing my shop. Here’s why.

Living

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Dec 14

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It was earlier in the year that I wrote my State of the Studio address in which I analyzed the direction I’d been coming from, but maybe more importantly the direction I was more interested in heading. I’ve spent the last 12 months in an anticipated and not unwelcome postpartum identity “crisis” (an overdramatic term by far) […]

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