Paper Nest

Becky and Ben

Joy'l — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:46:26 +0000

{All wedding photos taken by the crazy talented Jill DeVries.}

Shower/Bachelorette Invite

Joy'l — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:41:36 +0000

Volmod

Joy'l — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 21:15:01 +0000

Volmod’s owner and designer, Jeff Blandford, is creating some really great pottery in some very colorful palettes. He has opened up a shop (pictured above) in Saugatuck. Volmod also has an etsy shop incase you can’t make the trip to the lakeshore.

{photo credit http://www.flickr.com/photos/volmod/3732019893/}

Big Red

Joy'l — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:00:20 +0000

My summer isn’t complete without several walks out to Big Red. If you’re traveling to Holland this summer don’t miss it. Drive up to the small gate house and tell them you’d like to walk out to Big Red and they’ll give you a parking pass. Enjoy!

Matt and Kristin

Joy'l — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:43:48 +0000

{Top two photos credit of Telltale Photography}

The wild wild west (aka the north east)

Joy'l — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:00:26 +0000

So in the last 24 hours I have captured the animal kingdom that we live in. I grew up in the country and didn’t see any of these creatures and I move to the city and this is what I get. The only little creature not featured here is our little chipmunk who sits in my feeder when the squirrel is taking a break to digest. As you can tell by the large cage we’re trying to catch our woodchuck who thought it’d be great to show up on our back porch and eat all of my plants. Anyone have a suggestion on how to catch him? The squirrel and chipmunk will be next in line. They’re busting my bird seed budget. Want some entertainment out your window? I’d be happy to drop them off at your door step.

The Ultimate Shoulder Accessory

Joy'l — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:16:20 +0000

I’m dreaming of toting one of these lovelies around on my shoulder… I’ve had the pleasure of running into Orla’s bags at Lamb in the past. Every time I have to pick one up and swing it over my shoulder just to try it on.

{All images taken from Orla Kiely.com}

Paul and Abby

Joy'l — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:00:03 +0000

A save the date design for Paul and Abby. I just adore the photo taken by Kelly Sweet Photography. Stay tuned for their wedding invite collection…

free desktop wallpaper

Joy'l — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:21:49 +0000

Enjoy a free desktop wallpaper on me.

If you really love this after staring at it on your desktop purchase a note card set for a friend at my etsy shop.

Eye Candy

Joy'l — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:10:14 +0000

Give your eyes some candy. Visit Chihuly at Frederik Meijer Gardens.

Design Roots

Joy'l — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 12:36:31 +0000

Recently I’ve been thinking about my design roots as I’m tending my perennials and designing my container gardens. My love and passion for design came from my days working in a green house with perennials and herbs back when I was a kid. The colors and textures of the plants stimulated my imagination and senses. I loved the transformation of taking the plants from their pots in the greenhouse and planting them into the earths palette and discovering them in a whole new way, as art. My parents dug out a small spot in our backyard for my own corner garden. I would bring home the scraps from cuttings and landscapes we had cleaned out that day and I started to design my own garden, mixing textures, colors, heights, depths and smells. Because of my garden obsession I snap a lot of photos of flowers. I came across them recently and was inspired to design note card sets which I just posted to my etsy shop. During our recent trip to the Northwest I snapped away at wildflowers as we hiked trails in Oregon. Here are two new card designs which were just added to my shop today. Enjoy!

new additions to my etsy shop

Joy'l — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:36:23 +0000

I’ve added new note cards to my etsy store! Stop in and visit.