Hello! I hope you are enjoying your weekend. It has been a beautiful spring holiday weekend here in Victoria. Clear blue skies and cherry blossoms everywhere! Today I spent three hours on the beach w...
Hello, I hope you have been enjoying March and the subtle season changes that have begun. Everything seems to be blossoming in my neighborhood! Even with spring break on for the kids I have managed t...
Hello, I wanted to share a book with you today that I was asked to review, Mastering the Art of Fabric Printing and Design by Laurie Wisburn. This book is going on a blog tour and I am honoured to be...
Hello again, I wanted to post more of the details on the New York workshop that I will be co-teaching. Just in case a couple of you may be in the New York area and want to spend the weekend with me l...
Hello Friends, Sorry to have been away so long. I have been a busy bee behind the scenes here. Lots to share with you in the coming weeks! I wanted to stop in to post my Color Me Pretty photographs f...
Hello and Happy Holidays, I wanted to post the photographs from my most recent Color Me Pretty column on decor8. I used a fresh palette of mint green, aqua and a little orange red. I was inspired by ...
Hello, I have been having a lot of fun with my iPhone 4 camera these days and I wanted to share a few of my photos with you. Since I take my iPhone everywhere, I find myself using the camera in it mo...
Hello, I am back here after a much needed break. I apologize for being away so long. There was a move in late summer that led to new schools, a new home, and well, a major adjustment. I did not reali...
Hello, I got back last week from a wonderful trip to San Francisco and Los Angeles. This summer I moved out of Los Angeles so it was a treat to go back to my former home town! I met my good friend Ho...
Hello, Here are just a few of the pile of photographs I have recently taken in my mom's garden on Vancouver Island. She is an artist and plants are her medium these days. I picked a little bouqu...
Hello and Happy August, I am sorry I have been away for so long but I have had many changes to deal with! I had lots of travel which included Japan as you know. I also got our house ready to sell and...
Hello, Stopping by to post my Color Me Pretty photographs. If you have any questions about the items in the photographs please do not hesitate to ask. I also provided some links in my column on decor...
Hello, I had the pleasure of contributing to this gorgeous publication by Matthew Mead. This "book-azine" is available for purchase here. It is filled with many ideas, projects and recipes ...
Hello, Please come visit me on decor8 today for this month's Color Me Pretty. It is all about green because I have spent too much time in my garden lately! See you back here soon, xoleslie
Hello, Here are some random purple and yellow flower photographs to hopefully brighten your day. I will start working on a new color story for you this week and tend to my wild little garden. Everyth...
Hello, Happy June to you. Here are my photos from last weeks Color Me Pretty column in case you missed it. I have been traveling the last week and a half so I have some catch up to do around here! Fo...
Hello, I have a new Color Me Pretty column up on decor8, come join me there if you have time. Happy Monday, I will see you back here soon. xoleslie
Hello, Some blossoms for you. I took these photos around my home in Los Angeles, on Vancouver Island and near the airport in Vancouver. I do think about Japan when I see flowering fruit trees and I a...
Hello, I want to thank Somerset Life for featuring me three times in the latest issue. There is a color story, an article on Japanese washi tape and a creative living idea. I am thrilled to contribut...
Hello, I wanted to share the photographs I took for my Color Me Pretty column. In case you missed it, I was inspired by a recent photo shoot on the Anthropologie website and thought it would be fun t...
Hello, I am at Decor8 today for my Color Me Pretty column. Come over and visit me there if you have a chance. Have a great weekend and I will see you back here next week. xoleslie
Hello, I hope you all had a nice weekend. I wanted to share with you a few pages out of Holly Becker and Joanna Copestick's book, Decorate. I had the honor of having parts of my home photograph...
Hello Friends, Sorry for my long absence! A flu bug and then travel had me away from here longer than expected. I have lots and lots of posts in the making, so I am warning you, I hope you don't...
Hello, I wanted to stop in and post my Color Me Pretty photographs for you. I just wrapped up my teaching at Blogging Your Way and will be back around here more now. We had a fabulous bunch of studen...
Hello, Thank you for all the compassion you expressed on my last post. I am always amazed at how the world feels smaller and we are all here together. A walk in a garden inspired a color story that ...
Hello Friends, I am at a loss for words except my heart aches and yet, I have hope. Japan is a dear place for me. I am half Japanese and have always felt totally connected to the people, the culture...
Hello Friends, Hopefully spring is starting to peek around the corner at you. If not, I am sending you a few clear blue visual notes. xoleslie
I am working on another color story for you but I wanted to drop by and say a quick hello. xoleslie
Just wanted to say thank you to the wonderful people at Stampington for including me in their most recent Somerset Life magazine. The six page article is one of my favorite color stories on peacock b...
Hello and happy February to you. Holly, Thorsten and I will be teaching the Blogging Your Way E-course beginning in a couple weeks. I took this class when Holly ran it the first time back in April 20...
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