You know, there are so many reasons & ways to celebrate strong women on this International Women’s Day… We could talk about women leaders through history, strong women who are doing great things today and ways that we women could continue becoming stronger leaders. However, since I’m still marinating in the buzz over last night’s [...]

Filed under: Art, Design, Events, Inspiration, Pop Culture, TV, Trends on March 8th, 2010 | No Comments »

This year, my husband and I have been enjoying more of the Winter Olympic games than ever before. I don’t know why we’re so into the games this year, but each evening this past weekend was spent enjoying the opening ceremonies, men’s luge competition, women’s mogul skiing and freestyle short program pairs figure skating {my [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Events, Inspiration, TV on February 15th, 2010 | No Comments »

We’re thrilled to share a third installment of guest posts by our favorite cold weather friend, Tracey Smith. You can read her first guest post here and the second here. As you may know, Tracey is lucky enough to reside in the great snowy state of Colorado, which is where she finds inspiration for today’s [...]

Filed under: Art, Events, Exhibits, Inspiration, Nature, Travel on February 11th, 2010 | No Comments »

Ok, you caught me - I’m a Saints fan. And not a newcomer/fair weather one either, no siree. As a New Orleans native, born and bred on Cajun cuisine, I’ve cheered along the Saints. Although, I must admit I’m a bigger fan of college football (LSU… woo hoo!) than professional, this has certainly been an [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Events, Inspiration, TV on February 8th, 2010 | No Comments »

You may recall the recent “Tea at Two” event hosted by the infamous Eddie Ross & Artaissance’s parent company, Larson-Juhl. What you may not have known was that Larson-Juhl & Artaissance also partnered with Eddie to host a very memorable “blogger dinner” a few evenings before the tea/art and framing workshop. That dinner was such [...]

Filed under: Blogs, Events, Pop Culture, Style, Trends on January 20th, 2010 | Comments Off

Uber popular celebrity blogger, interior designer & lifestyle guru, Eddie Ross will be in Atlanta this weekend & has teamed up with Artaissance & Larson-Juhl to present Tea at Two: An Art & Framing Workshop.
Taking place at Larson-Juhl’s home base, Eddie will wow guests with a fun, informative presentation that takes the guesswork out of [...]

Filed under: Arrangements, Art, Artaissance, Ask An Expert, Blogs, Design, Events, Framing, How To, Inspiration, Installations, Interiors, Interview, Pop Culture, Style, Trends on January 7th, 2010 | No Comments »

Artaissance artist Kay Carlson is a Wisconsin native who moved to the San Francisco area in 1971. Her paintings feature the vineyards in Napa Valley and boats in Marin County.
Kay will be having an open house at her studio in the Industrial Center Building on Friday night, December 4th from 7 to 9. This is [...]

Filed under: Art, Artaissance, Artists, Events, Exhibits on December 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »

If you’re like me, one of the first signals that the holiday season has truly begun is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. I remember sitting dangerously close to the TV screen, eyes glued to the floats, balloons and performers all coming together to make something magical.

This year, Macy’s will unveil several new character balloons including [...]

Filed under: Art, Design, Events, Holiday, Pop Culture, TV on November 24th, 2009 | No Comments »

The highlight of the recent 20th anniversary celebration of the great fall of the Berlin wall was actually encompassed by art. That’s right, art. Over 1,000, eight foot tall styrofoam blocks were decorated by young artists from Berlin and all over the world - each creating a Berlin wall-themed domino.
All 1,000 dominoes were lined up, [...]

Filed under: Art, Events on November 16th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

It’s coming….again. The anniversary. The anniversary of one of the most tragic days in America’s history - September 11, 2001 - a day that will always be remembered with a heavy heart.
Three years ago, on the 5th anniversary of 9/11, I was on a morning flight from Atlanta to NYC. At the airport, I could feel the tension in [...]

Filed under: Art, Events, Exhibits, Inspiration, Museums on August 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments »