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An Eye For Detail
www.libbywilkie-aneyefordetail.com
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Seeing the world around us in COLOR and postings inspirations found in the details of design.
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FRIDAY FLOWERS: IN THE GARDEN

The latest from out and around the garden... and playing with some filters! Larkspur. Some of the gardens around here had the most beautiful "fields" of larkspur. At first I wasnt sure what i...

20 h ago

HOW TO MAKE A COLLAGE FOR YOUR BLOG

Actually, this is NOT just for blogs; anyone can make a collage of pictures and images. Since the demise of Picnik, many bloggers, in particular, have been searching for a good substitute program. &#...

2 days ago

NEW YORK: ONE MORE TIME AROUND!

Our weekend in New York. I had just a few hours on Saturday before I had to be at the Javits Center to set up our booth for Surtex. So where did I head? What was first on my list? Paper Presentation!...

3 days ago

FRIDAY FLOWERS: HYDRANGEA LOVE

Yes maam... its true love! I A D OR E hydrangeas. We "inherited" one pink and one white when we moved here. Here is the pink one during the last month: P.S. I had wanted to add some neat fram...

25 may 12

NEW YORK CITY FROM A (DISTANT) SHORE!

As you may have gathered, I was in New York City for four days last weekend. After a ten hour drive we arrived in Weehawken, New Jersey. Yes, thats right. We stayed in Weehawken, just across the Huds...

23 may 12

RENT-FREE HOUSING!

For the birds, that is. We offered this very cute house, unfurnished, at 8 1/2 McDowell Square (we are at #8). It was vacant for about a week. We had lookers... some seemed "the right sort" a...

18 may 12

SHOPPING AT FURNITURELAND SOUTH

Here it is. Yes, this is REALLY what you see when you drive up to Furnitureland South. The place is huge. If youve been to the Atlanta Mart, or over to Maison et Objet, or maybe the New York Gift Sho...

15 may 12

SHOPPING AT FURNITURELAND SOUTH: TOMORROW

I had planned to do a post and show you what we saw and bought from Furnitureland South But then Mothers Day, preparation for Surtex, the last episode of Desperate Housewives, and lesser known events...

14 may 12

FRIDAY FLOWERS

Its Friday! almost... And time to take a look at some of the flowers in and around my house this week. My lovely pink roses: these are fading, and now, after the rain, the bush is just about bare. Su...

11 may 12

YOU WILL LOVE SOMERSAULTS! (LATEST FABULOUS FIND..)

I guarantee you will love these! Somersaults Snacks These are my personal favorites! Crunchy. Salty. Chewy. Addictive.... Whole Foods had had a ton of these, but theyve been sold out for weeks now. S...

09 may 12

AT THE BEACH

Close..... Closer...... Up Close..... We went to the beach for a 2 night mini-vacation. To Wrightsville Beach in North Carolina. A much needed vacation. And yes, it was lovely. These guys were willin...

04 may 12

PART III: ROCKS AND LANDSCAPING

Off we went in search of stones to line the garden area and roadway. This is THE place to find any kind of stone. Piles and piles and flats and pallets of rocks.... And heres the pallet that arrived,...

01 may 12

OUR SOUTH SIDE GARDEN RENOVATION

We bought our house in the middle of a hot, hot, hot Southern summer. What did we know? We had never lived south of the Mason Dixon Line; in fact, we had lived well north of it. So we landed in this ...

30 apr 12

FRIDAY FLOWERS: CLEMATIS

Finally, I have a clematis that is happy in my garden! I tried to grow this Clematis Jackmanii several times up north. But it just never worked... I would get a year, maybe two years, of stunted grow...

27 apr 12

EYE CANDY FROM FENDI

Just a little something for your summer evenings out! Oh, I wish.... At $2,500.00 (yes, you read that right: Twenty-Five Hundred), I will have to settle for oogling these on line or at Barneys. Too ...

25 apr 12

LETS TALK KITCHEN FAUCETS

Kitchen faucets can be very tricky. We all have preferences, just as we all become accustomed to certain features. Some people like hot and cold water separate handles. Some like spray/aerators separ...

23 apr 12

FOUND: TODAY

I fell for this cute guy today. It was at HomeGoods in Durham. This was the "small" size, but in the end I opted for the "large" size. At dinner, with the candle lit! It makes a nice ...

20 apr 12

PROVENCE RUGS IN THE NEWS....AND A GIVEAWAY

Lets try this again. My original post, with the link to the story in Chapel Hill Magazine, was lost. It was lost as I was trying to revise the link to the story...but because I was away all last week...

16 apr 12

PROVENCE RUGS IN THE NEWS!!!

Well, there have been some major glitches with the story on PROVENCE RUGS!! And now I cant even get the link to work, so you will have to copy and paste: http://www.chapelhillmagazine. com/articles/fr...

11 apr 12

SPRAY PAINT TO THE RESCUE!

Project #1: I had a VERY ordinary white trellis that had been sitting (very patiently!) against the house, waiting for me to decide what to do with it. Add some fun color, right? I tested a coral/ro...

09 apr 12

ITS A PINK SPRING!

It seems theres a lot of PINK around this spring. And just in time for Easter. These were all taken in the last few weeks in my garden. Yes indeed, I am happy Spring is here!

06 apr 12

DAY TRIP TO MEBANE, N.C.

It was a beautiful day and a perfect time for a road trip. The purpose was to go to Mebane and buy some Annie Sloan Chalk Paints. I know many of you are familiar with these (you are the reason Im now...

04 apr 12

CUTE FUN SHOES!

Marc Jacobs "Jelly Flats". Buy them here.!! How cute are these? If youre into whimsical and not-to-serious, take a look at the "mouse flats". Im thinking the orange just might MAKE m...

03 apr 12

WHAT IM READING: "THE LANTERN"

Take a look on my sidebar and you will see I follow Deborah Lawrensons blog. Deborah is a British novelist and journalist living in the Luberon. And finally, finally I have read her novel: The Lante...

02 apr 12

ARE YOU READY FOR THE NEW FACEBOOK TIMELINE?

I, for one, am not ready. I dont want to change my page! But, alas, tomorrow is THE DAY. Facebook will change all accounts over to the new "Timeline" format. And that means you need a "Co...

29 mar 12

PANTONE PASTRIES BY EMILIE GRIOTTES

These are fabulous! They are stunning! French food blogger, Emilie Griottes, developed these edible color chips for the French food magazine Fricote. Colorful tartelettes a la Pantone. Who would ha...

27 mar 12

SO MANY WAYS TO WEAR A SCARF!

If youve ever tried to find a new way to wear those scarves you love, look no further! Heres a wonderful, easy to follow guide to help you. Some really good ideas here! To get you started Ive include...

22 mar 12

IM BACK!

Its been a while. Where did the week go? Was it really a week? Did I lose track of time, or what? I was attending to some personal business...some difficult personal business that was all consuming. ...

20 mar 12

FRIDAY FLOWERS: SIGNS OF SPRING

Lots of new growth around here! I will try to track these babies as they grow... maybe show you new images every few weeks. In the meantime, I may not be blogging on a regular basis for the near futu...

09 mar 12

NEWEST HOUZZ IDEABOOK

"SEEING YELLOW" My latest ideabook over on Houzz is all about yellow. Ive always loved yellow and couldnt be happier that its back in style.. Here is my introduction to the "Seeing Yello...

07 mar 12

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