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Besotted Brand Blog
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A companion blog to the esteemed Besotted Brand. A bit of inspiration and a sneak peek into our studio.
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KIVIK OR BUST

I am driving over 300 miles tomorrow, well 600 if you count the way back to go to the mecca known as Ikea (thats over 4 hours). I have been to 15 furniture stores in my immediate area and the choices...

1 day ago

DOWNPOURS + BUTTERFLY BUSHES

I have been watching the weather like its a bad reality TV show. I have it set on my Iphone for updates every hour, it gives me a sense of control to know what to expect. Today the little cartoon nex...

2 days ago

SMOKE ON THE WATER

We have had a bunch of rogue thunderstorms here (even though its been hotter than Hedes) the result is the pond outside my back door starts to smoke. In a word? Rad. I am trying to anticipate these s...

4 days ago

A CREWED INTEREST

Last night before I went to bed I caught an awful sight--my un-manicured paws.  I cringed, I didnt dare look at my toes, if my hands looked like this bad the toes might have melted my eyeballs.&...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

MEET MY NEW NEIGHBOR

This is one of my new neighbors.  We havent formally met yet, but I am hoping we do soon. I am so smitten with him that I pop out of bed extra early just to walk over and see if hes hanging out ...

23 may 12

DIY I WANT TO DO ONE DAY :: FARM TABLE

I saw this image in a recent issue of Country Living, the table was made from reclaimed wood with free plans from Ana White this is when the wheels in my head started to creak.  Its all straight...

22 may 12

THE ADIRONDACK DEBATE

I am truly excited with all my newly acquired space in our country home, its not huge by any stretch, okay the backyard is bigger than a football field, but the house is modest, a heck of a lot bigge...

21 may 12

JOSIE MARAN ARGAN MATCHMAKER FOUNDATION REVIEW

On my never ending quest to look natural I found myself in the possession of a scientific breakthrough that is akin to magic, no really.  I used some of the ginormous gift certificate to Sephora...

20 may 12

STORK SIGHTING

Every morning when I walk into our new kitchen and grab my cup of extra strong coffee (thanks to my husband), I go out my French doors on to my wood deck and see that our 4 acres of backyard and the ...

18 may 12

THUNDER SHIRT REVIEW

This is a photo of my girl prior to her Thunder shirt. I bought her a Thunder shirt before we left Los Angeles, just in case she got a little anxious on the cross country drive, she actually was a tr...

16 may 12

SEEING IN BLACK & WHITE

I didnt want to write today, because I was afraid if I did it would be fueled with anger and expletives and I dont like to be angry in public nor do I like to cuss if I can help it, most of the time ...

15 may 12

STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT

We moved into our country house on Thursday afternoon, I could not have been more relieved to be able to call anyplace home. We both have been so tired, angst ridden and have had a general case of th...

13 may 12

5 CROSS COUNTRY DRIVE COMFORTS

I am no moving expert and since this is only my first official move cross country (I moved one summer to Boston, but that was more of an extended vacation), I just wanted to throw out some tips I did...

09 may 12

AND THE WINNER IS...

We found a place!  We are moving to the country this Thursday, yup, thats right this city girl is going to be living in a house with a septic tank and well water. Theres an authentic turn of the...

09 may 12

CAROLINA RAIN

We were lucky enough to be able to stay at a sweet home in the little town of Carborro, North Carolina.  The town has an awesome co-op with locally grown produce and meats (sorry to my vegetaria...

07 may 12

GUILT NINJA STRIKES AGAIN

This was taken in Oklahoma, it was more green than I imagined it to be, I suppose I always thought it would be wheat color; I dont know why, its not like I have ever seen an image of Oklahoma from th...

05 may 12

PROGRESS NOT PERFECTION

I once read that when you hear about a celebrity being hospitalized for exhaustion that its a complete fallacy, that it would be near impossible to be hospitalized for exhaustion--I beg to differ. I ...

04 may 12

INSTAGRAM (ISH) PHOTOSHOP ACTIONS

I didnt get to see much of New Mexico, being on the highway going 80 mph and all made it a little difficult for sight seeing. What I did see I was quite taken with. The mountains (or were they hills?...

02 may 12

ROUTE 66

This was right outside our hotel this morning.  Let me write that again, this was right outside our hotel this morning. I wanted to make it clear when I go over the conversation with my husband ...

01 may 12

OBJECTS IN MIRROR ARE CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

We left California today at a little after 12 p.m., I tried to not get too melancholy, but saying good bye to my home was a wee bit tearful.  We left a day early because the timing worked out be...

30 apr 12

LA VIE EN ROSE

One of our homework assignments this week for our Souvenir Foto School was to shoot color.  I went out and looked for something striking and was about to give up when I ran into all this pink.&n...

28 apr 12

HERB RITTS AT THE GETTY

This is one of my favorite photographs by one of my all time favorite photographers. I am so excited that on one of my last days here in the City of Angels I will be able to indulge in a Herb Ritts e...

27 apr 12

PACKING VS. PROCRASTINATION

Miss B.:   Oh look at that pretty light!  Bella, do you want Mommy to take your picture?Bella:  &nbs p;   Sheesh lady, can you not see that I am totally comfortable?...

25 apr 12

BESOTTED BRAND SHOP UPDATE!

I have sent out my last Besotted Brand parcel from the California studio, sigh...With regret, I am going to have to close the shop for the month of May.  I couldnt see any way around it, we are ...

25 apr 12

SMASHBOX BB CREAM REVIEW

Ive had a Sephora gift certificate in my wallet since Christmas.  Yes, of course it was burning a hole in it, I am a hardcore beauty addict, but since leaving my job and starting a new business ...

24 apr 12

COLENIMO

I found Colenimo via Georginas blog, what a find! This is a photograph from one of the designers  lookbooks, its so beautiful you could frame it and call it a day.  I love when branding + p...

24 apr 12

THE JOY OF PACKING

I am trying to find the bright side to packing.  I hate to pack, the only thing I hate more then packing is unpacking. I read once that theres a Four Seasons in Indonesia that will unpack for yo...

23 apr 12

THE VICEROY HOTEL::SANTA MONICA, CA

I thought this little vignette of plates was quite charming.  I dont think I would ever do anything like this in my own home, but I can appreciate the cheeky nature of it.  My style is more...

20 apr 12

THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

Okay, the title should really read, "The Fountain of My Youth", but that didnt sound as alluring.  The real fountain of youth is in St. Augustine, Florida, Ponce De Leon discovered it, r...

19 apr 12 1 person likes this

OCEAN DIAMONDS

Yesterday I made it to the beach, no it was not a pupil free day.  I had a doctors appointment in Santa Monica (a mere 15 blocks from the ocean). I knew it would take forever, it always takes fo...

18 apr 12

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