past & present - book joy

Merry Monday to all! I hope your weekend was full of giggles and cocktails. I enjoyed both, as well as a very high pitched game of floor wrestling. Eve likes to scream as she wrestles. It's part of her charm.<br /><br />You will be happy to know that I've picked out my St. Patrick's Day present. Now I know that St. Patrick's Day isn't normally known as a gift giving holiday, but I figure the money I would spend on holiday libations will more than cover the cost of the book.<br /><br />It's called <i>Past & Present: 24 Favorite Moments in Decorative Arts History and 24 Modern DIY Projects Inspired by Them</i> (how's that for a title). <a href="http://www.designsponge.com/author/amya" target="_blank">Amy Azzarito of Design Sponge</a> wrote it and I need it.<br /><br />Basically she picks 24 artists and designers (like <a href="http://www.eddieross.com/" target="_blank">Eddie Ross</a> and <a href="http://www.toddoldham.com/" target="_blank">Todd Oldhman</a>)to create a DIY project inspired by her all time favorite moments in decorative history. Genius. And a DIYer's idea of a good time. <i>Total side note:</i> does anyone else remember watching Todd Oldham and Cindy Crawford on MTV's House of Style way long ago? I just dated myself for sure. And outed myself as someone who watches entirely too much tv. Moving on.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mYZIPRpWqAeGODM_wnkr81c0OVEqI9mkL2vq1TSIrcN_RFDuCEGYUvK3QK0_ugEgiVSVmN6Q6dlZjFQBzQV4eYGpisPWAcUeLajZ7vnzFXtP-wbCx3505mtK2aexed3M9faoapSo9L_7/s1600/pastandpresentcover.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7mYZIPRpWqAeGODM_wnkr81c0OVEqI9mkL2vq1TSIrcN_RFDuCEGYUvK3QK0_ugEgiVSVmN6Q6dlZjFQBzQV4eYGpisPWAcUeLajZ7vnzFXtP-wbCx3505mtK2aexed3M9faoapSo9L_7/s640/pastandpresentcover.jpeg" width="534" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Past_and_Present-9781617690204.html" target="_blank">Past & Present</a></td></tr></tbody></table>The book comes out March 5th in stores, or you can <a href="http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Past_and_Present-9781617690204.html" target="_blank">preorder here</a>. I can't wait! Even the cover has me all giddy.<br /><br />Read any good books lately?

past & present - book joy

Merry Monday to all! I hope your weekend was full of giggles and cocktails. I enjoyed both, as well as a very high pitched game of floor wre...

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