The STUFF Sisters
S. Sloane Simmons and Casey Simmons
Sisters and business partners sharing life's stuff....
I wrote recently that I am pretty smitten with Instagram. Here is my second Instagram photo blog. These images are from our summer vacation to the beach in Florida. Sorry it took a while. My life kind of ran amok recently.
I wrote recently that I am pretty smitten with Instagram. Here is my second Instagram photo blog. These images are from our summer vacation to the beach in Florida. Sorry it took a while. My life kind of ran amok recently.
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Below you will find evidence that I have an amazingly smart, witty and loving family. It is also evidence that they are crazy.
Below you will find evidence that I have an amazingly smart and witty family. It is also evidence that they are crazy. Warning: You may not want to be drinking hot coffee when you get to the end.
Cast of Characters:
Cathryn Simmons – my mother – who co-owns a local soap company.
Sloane Simmons – my sister – and co-owner of STUFF (with me).
Lori Buntin – artist at STUFF and co-owner of the soap company.
Harl Van Deursen – my brother in-law – Sloane’s husband and our tech guru at STUFF.
Dakota Van Deursen – my nephew – Sloane’s and Harl’s son.
Me.
I am sure this all for the betterment of my life.
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I am totally hooked on Instagram. I am a visual person. I guess that is pretty obvious to anyone who has been to STUFF or has ever met me. So, I believe Instagram was made for…
I am totally hooked on Instagram. I am a visual person. I guess that is pretty obvious to anyone who has been to STUFF or has ever met me. So, I believe Instagram was made for ME. And all my visual friends…which is pretty much everyone I know.
Earlier today I was experiencing the Friday blahs, and I thought, “I don’t feel like working. I just want to sit around and play with Instagram.” Here is where the big fat idea bulb went off….
This is my first Instagram image blog. I have this ingenius plan to post them anytime I feel like being inspired at my own store. Enjoy.
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I want this skirt…
I tore this image from a magazine last week. Sadly, I don’t remember which magazine, so I can’t give credit to them for featuring this nifty room.
I tore this image from a magazine last week. Sadly, I don’t remember which magazine, so I can’t give credit to them for featuring this nifty room. I pulled it because I really like the wave painting.
I would have wanted the bench to face the painting, but often that doesn’t work in homes. I often have that challenge in my home.
I would like to own a piece of this artist’s work. Maybe I will come across the artist one day.
Meanwhile, I will just have to enjoy having this in one of my many scrapbooks.
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Our mother has a gentle, giant dog named Lily. She sent me this photo recently with the title “Lilypads”. This is what my daughter was spending her time with Nana doing, “decorating” Lily.
Lily is such a good sport. I love my family.
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When you tear out TWO pages from the SAME magazine for an item you like, should it go to the top of your wish list?
When you tear out TWO pages from the SAME magazine for an item you like, should it go to the top of your wish list?
What was humorous to me was that I was going to write a blog about seeing this lovely piece in more than one magazine in the same month, when I realized that I had pulled it from the same magazine twice.
It doesn’t make it any less lovely or deserving. I think Elle Decor was right on target with the double billing. Maybe it means I need two?
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I tore this page from the February issue of Spaces magazine. This room is too formal for my lifestyle and taste, but that color. Ohhhhhhh, that saturated color.
I think the turquoise matted framed art is brilliant. And, if you look closely the whole wall is framed in wood and acts like a giant second headboard. Again, brilliant. Because that incredible color would become cloying if the whole room was saturated. To me it is the perfect amount of infused color.
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I like interior walls filled with art. I just rearranged the art in my own home. I created new collections that reflect some of the styles in this one-page article.
I like interior walls filled with art. I just rearranged the art in my own home. I created new collections that reflect some of the styles in this one-page article.
I really like the simplicity of the limited color palette in this next photo, but it is safe to say I don’t collect art in one color palette; it is quite the opposite, I must admit.
I will try and take some photos in my home soon.
Note: These pages are from Elle Decor magazine, March 2010.
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Last night we said goodbye to sweet Emma. She passed peacefully surrounded by family with her head on my lap and my daughter’s arms wrapped around her. The room was full of our loving family. I am heartbroken today. So is my daughter.
