Gatherings e-Magazine
Hello everyone and happy Friday to you! How are you? I'm excited to see a weekend on the horizon because the past few days have been positively jam-packed with work and I can't wait to bask in the glory of a free Saturday. Next week, I'll be in Frankfurt, Germany for the Frankfurter Buchmesse which is a mega event that is focused on print and digital publishing for mainly books. My publishers will be there so I'll have a meeting with them and also I'll be meeting with the press and mingling with my German publisher, Callwey, since they just released my decorating book in Germany called, "Lust Auf Wohnen". In addition to Frankfurt, I'm teaching Blogging Your Way again until November 7th, so I have lots to do but I love it -- my work is my fuel -- it keeps me going. So! That's my update... And speaking of digital publishing, have you heard of Gatherings e-mag produced by blogger Heather Spriggs? Here's a glimpse if you haven't...
As you can see, I focused primarily on the gift wrapping section because I believe in the idea of using what you have at home to create unique presentations like the many shown above. Heather's ideas are very much in line with the current, "Granny Chic" trend so the doilies, mismatched fabrics, vintage papers, buttons, etc. are all things that you can easily find at craft stores, fabric shops, flea markets or your grandmother's attic! The idea is to get clever and be creative - use your imagination to re-purpose things you may have long tucked away into a drawer. Heather's ideas definitely tuned me in to some things that I've not used that I should pull out and apply to some gifts.
I want to add that I had the honor of meeting Heather over the summer in Chicago since she came to my book signing event there at Anthropologie and after, she was part of the group that took me out for a fabulous celebratory dinner hosted by Nicole from Making It Lovely. That was such a nice evening - I really enjoyed being with those ladies and thank you again Heather for your warmth and enthusiasm, it was very nice to meet you. All the best on Gatherings, too! You're off to a great start.
(images: heather spriggs)