Monday, February 16, 2009

monday dose of Inspiration: Lobster & Swan

I think I want to join the ranks of giving you (and me) something to look forward to on a weekly basis. What better day than Monday: blah, back to the whole week ahead Monday? Soooo... I'll post each Monday about a blog or site or something out there beyond all of us, that so thoroughly inspires it might make Monday seem like a day to look forward to and maybe even brighten the whole week? Here is my first installation of my new self-proclaimed monday dose. And then there was...







all photos by/from Lobster & Swan

I am always late to the party. Maybe this awe-inspiring blog isn't news: I depend so much on you to introduce me to new things and new places to go on this here interwebs, but sometimes things just get past me. This morning while tossing about avoiding all responsibility, I finally visited Lobster & Swan, which I had heard of and passed in comment-land but never actually visited (bad me). Now I've just spent over an hour perusing her beautiful photos and installations and artistic ways of doing just about everything...I am so inspired by her aesthetic and now, while I'm thinking of fresh display ideas for my stand in Paris (like Custer's Last), she has put my mind at ease with just how simple beauty can be strung along...merci, L & S for inspiring my first monday dose!
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18 comments:

  1. ElizabethFebruary 16, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    So excited that you are of to Maroc.
    Email me and perhaps we can have a chat before you go.
    All best

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  2. erinFebruary 16, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    these are lovely. thanks for sharing!

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  3. LimonadaFebruary 16, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    What fun, yes. And have I told you I've started an inspiration wall in my kitchen for the novel? I thought it might help jump start some larger stints of writing. Back from AWP, pumped full of poems. Missed our morning meet and great though. Soon..

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2009 at 1:49 PM

    I'm loving those images. I had never heard of Lobster and Swan before and now it's everywhere. This goes to show you that talent has a way of spreading like fire. (but in a good way.)

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  5. please sirFebruary 16, 2009 at 2:05 PM

    I always love her images too!

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  6. Callie GraysonFebruary 16, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    great post, and thanks for the intro...
    such lovely images, off to see her site.
    thanks!

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  7. cindy*February 16, 2009 at 7:12 PM

    perfect! i always say 'monday is the saddest day of the week' (and people stare back blankly) now, i won't have to say that anymore.

    ...and ps, sean always says interwebs and that made me smile.

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  8. KatrinaFebruary 17, 2009 at 12:17 AM

    oh my, these photos are sooo lovely. i came across lobster & swan at some point in my web travels, but i'm so glad you took me back! (and i applaud you for your monday inspirings. though your blog is always inspiring, if i do say so myself! happy week to you...)

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 3:18 AM

    What a lovely site !
    I love it !

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  10. Melissa de la FuenteFebruary 17, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    I adore Jeska and what a beautiful tribute to her....you are a doll and I can absolutely see how the two of you would inspire each other.
    xo
    Melis

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  11. nicholeFebruary 17, 2009 at 12:00 PM

    Lobster and Swan rocks. Always good for a creative jolt!

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2009 at 12:20 PM

    it is the loveliest place on earth!

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  13. JuliaFebruary 17, 2009 at 3:35 PM

    Isn't it loverly?

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  14. Lobster and swanFebruary 17, 2009 at 3:46 PM

    Thank you for such lovely words about my blog, I am looking forward to where you take us next on your Monday travels.
    I look forward to Thursdays at the moment everyone seems to be a bit more cheerful by then!

    Have fun in Marrakech I would so love to go there.

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  15. Maggie MayFebruary 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM

    that dining room picture is simply fantastic!!!!

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  16. WPZ - SandyFebruary 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM

    I love this place of yours and also too this new to me Lobster & Swan delicacy. Thank you much for both!!

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  17. mollyFebruary 18, 2009 at 10:33 PM

    holy sheet.
    you've just brightened up my entire soul with these shots and this new introduction. away i go...
    (thanks!)

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  18. Suzanne : : S.HOPtalkFebruary 20, 2009 at 11:38 PM

    lovely inspiration indeed. I look forward to more in your new series.

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