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This is what we’ve all been waiting for: a local meat supplier! And, in addition to the already incredible taco truck and Only Burger comes…Sausage Wagon! Woohoo! Durham keeps getting better and better…

Beautiful best friend, hairstylist, fashion diva, model, and now mother, Lacey Dawkins! I love you.

Photo by Scarletfish Studios

I’ve always wanted to have an inspiration board in my workspace. They are just so inspiring. Hehe. We are putting one up in our office soon for trends, news worthy notes, loveable fabrics, etc. I want to hang one in my painting studio also with pages from magazines, artists prints, photographs, color swatches, stencils, typography, and anything else I find that gets my creative mind flowing. Oh boy! Here are a few digital inspiration boards I like. Do you have an inspiration board? Send me a picture!

Kelli Murray’s inspiration board for bridal shower invitations she designed.

Inspiration Board #18 by the craft begins

Inspiration Board: A Green Country Affair

LOVE this Tea For 2 Dress by Free People

Greg Hatton is a furniture maker and landscape designer who blends art with nature to serve some function. Here are some of his pieces I love, and you can view many more photos on his Flickr site…

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Want to add a little classy bling to your bicycle? Head over to Poka to find hip headbadges, bags, and chainguards. Suzanne Carlsen, the founder of Poka, graduated in 2006 from the Ontario College of Art and Design with a degree in jewelry  making and metalsmithing. The combination of jewelry design and functional metal work makes for great bike accessories!

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September 17th was the opening reception for “Silence That Speaks:” an art exhibition of paintings by me and photographs by Elisabeth Vitale. My works are portraits of people from all walks of life who have influenced me in some capacity. Some faces are recognizable while others are a representation of a type of people; but, behind each face there is a story to be told…or uncovered.

Elisabeth’s photographs are of her travels to Europe, her musical influences, her moments of peace, and her times of discovery. Snapshots of people, places, time, and objects, her images are loaded with narratives that the viewer can either imagine, learn from the photographer, or experience on his or her own.

“Silence That Speaks” is an exhibition about the stories that can be revealed through a painting or a photograph. The exhibition is at 105 West Main Street Gallery in Durham, North Carolina and runs through October 24th.