Paper Source Houston is OPEN!  It’s in Highland Village on Westheimer..Pardon the photos by phone a.k.a. “lazy summer blogging,” but I thought y’all might enjoy a peek inside. 

I have always just loved their “bee” logo! I made a quick tour yesterday and it was inspiring.  How could it not be..look at the rows and rows of gorgeous paper…paper and ribbon are just below fabric on my list of favorite things in the world..such a product of creativity and source of beauty!

And they are creative in many areas, not just with paper, look at this use of doors behind their “card wall”..so cute!

Oh and look what’s is right next door to Paper Source’s Houston location…

That’s right…Sprinkles Cupcake bar..I did not go in..but it sure looks fun!

Have you ever had a Sprinkles cupcake?? How about this place?  I actually saw mention on google homepage this morning that cupcakes are going “out of style?”  funny thought..what do you think? are you over cupcakes..how did I get from Paper Source to Cupcakes?! ha!

Oh and thanks for the Lego love and empathy on the last post!

Living near Houston, the shopping is endless..in fact overwhelming at times and the budget furniture deals abound.  For instance, look what i happened across on Thursday while shopping with a client to furnish a COMMERCIAL space..That’s right, Big Furniture Deals..my new favorite saying..classy right?!

And where do we go for “BIG ACCESSORY DEALS??  B.A.D….yes, Super Marshalls..where everyone now officially hates me…three carts maybe four carts later, we had to beg someone to check us out…but it was all worth it because i found the big leaf…which so reminds me of THIS image below from Cottage living (or maybe it was in Southern Living but it is the Coastal Living editor’s home???  Design Sponge via the Newlywed Diaries blog..read more about it there)….Please correct me in the comments if you know more about the sourcing…The large, organic  look of these pressed leaves has stuck with me..just adore it..come to find out..the blog above reports they are POSTERS from www.allposters.com  I can’t find them on their site but they have some great botanicals…it just confirms that large makes such an impact.

I am sure many of you remember this now…I totally thought of this when I saw the leaf in Marshalls…maybe I am nuts..luckily my client’s wife was game…

anyway, the big leaf coupled with inexpensive leather and a few manly, Texas-y items (like kilim pillows, cowhide rug, HUGE framed Texas map that is black and white and large iron scrolly console, chunky corbel lamp with grasscloth shade) HOPEFULLY will translate into a nice coastal Texas, masculine feel for this office..stay tuned to see more from this project and more BDF!;;

Must update! I found the image below via a link to Apartment Therapy on the previous Cavallini post (thanks Debbie!) and that image shows the envelope “sheet”…notice in the lower right hand corner.

This reminds me of the article in Southern Living that showed an enlarged envelope used as art..LOVE IT..I am sure many of you remember this article and image!

I love everything about how he styled this…Over the weekend, I saw a green jar at Marshall’s just like this one !  And simple black frame…you could do this with your own old envelope or if you don’t have time for this project just frame the Cavallini envelope! So easy and bold..very graphic!

I’ve known about this wonderful Cavallini ”wrapping paper” for a while…it’s more like a poster..I’ve seen it on Paper Souce and Kate’s Paperie as well.  Then a sweet client sent me a piece of it  (map of London) after I admired her map of Paris.  These prints or posters are such a nice size 20 x 28 and are printed on a nice weight paper.  Talk about cheap art…they are $4.50 on Kate’s Paperie and I found them even cheaper this weekend at Honey’s Home + Style  in Waco, Texas.  Honey’s has an awesome selection of these papers and a inspirational display of how to use as well… Matted and framed they could be a really large and an awesome and inexpensive way to fill a wall.  But at Honey’s they put them directly on the wall like wallpaper, layered and it looked awesome!  My friend Camille bought some too (yes we were on our girls weekend..more on that later) and I want her to mix in some of her old french dictionary pages and maybe add an old empty frame or two here and there for an amazing wall!

I love the red map above..imagine that over a robin’s egg blue dresser! I think I am definitely going to be using some of these in my boy’s room when I put them together in one space. And this is just a smattering of what is available..they also make a huge Union Jack flag print  and enlarged letter envelopes with wonderful  handwriting… so graphic and just large and fab!

Oh and I just might have a few to sell at a fun upcoming event in Houston..so if you live locally stay tuned for more information!