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Marine Serre’s Celebrity-Loved Crescent Moon Print is Giving Us Hope For Life After the Pandemic

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Mark O
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A favorite of Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Kylie Jenner, and Adele, we’re sure you’ve seen French designer Marine Serre’s crescent moon print all over social media. And the CORE Fall/Winter 2021, is all about upcycling and reconnecting with the family. The new collection is three years in the making and you’ll want to dress yourself and your family in it. It also gives hope for brighter times ahead, post pandemic.

Serre recycled yarns and regenerated fabrics for three years before creating the new collection which is both contemporary and eco-conscious. Marine Serre Fall 2021 features the brand’s signature crescent moon prints as well as patchwork leather jackets, printed jeans. silk scarves, teddy coats, and bed linen dresses.

The collection is meant for everyday tasks with an emphasis on life post-pandemic like walking the dog, grocery shopping, and jogging. The company’s website for the new collection features photographic depictions of models of all ages doing all sorts of everyday tasks that were part of our lives before the pandemic.

“Fashion has always been about a dream, and I don’t like that. Here, fashion is the last thing you see. What you see first are the people,” Serre told Vogue when describing the photographic depictions of the CORE collection.

Alex Chinneck’s Buildings Blend Art, Theater, and Architecture

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Amanda B
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You’ll have to take a double look at British sculptor Alex Chinneck’s buildings to make sure they’re real. Houses that melt, mansions that levitate, upside-down towers, and buildings that unzip are just some of the many reality-defying creations by the sculptor. Chinneck’s work is the very definition of mind-bending and they’re as creative as they are humorous.

“I try to make the everyday world that surrounds us momentarily extraordinary, weaving fantasy into familiarity. My work attempts to playfully challenge perceptions of possibility, refusing to let physics get in the way of imagination”, the sculptor told Bored Panda about his creations.

His work comes together through collaborations with those in the fields of architecture, construction, theater, and engineering. While the goal is to make things look easy and almost digitalized, getting to the finished product takes a lot of work. And as he emphasizes on his Instagram, his work is “Real. Not renders”.

In addition to buildings, the artist is known for his other surrealist projects which include tying grandfather clocks, brooms, and British post boxes into knots and a parked car on a tarmac wave.

His work is truly one of a kind and we’ve never seen buildings quite like these before.

Beautify Your Home While Supporting Black-Owned Businesses with These Glassware Brands

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Elizabeth N
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February is Black History month and we can’t think of a better way to show your support than buying from Black-owned businesses. These Black-owned glassware shops have some gorgeous, unique pieces that will make your home even more beautiful. So this month, shop with a purpose and support causes you’re passionate about. It’s time to decorate your home with glassware from these shops.

Estelle Colored Glass

Founded by Stephanie Summerson Hall this collection of hand-blown colored stemware and cake stands add a burst of color to your kitchenware. You’ll want to sip on a bottle of wine in these cheerful glasses.

Made By Rheal

Made By Rheal has gorgeous, colorful marble trays and coasters that are crafted from American-made glass. They’ll bring some personality to any side table.

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Laguna Candles

While Laguna Candles is a candle brand, their soy candles come in gorgeous, hand-blown glass containers. What’s even better is when you’re done with the candles, you can reuse the jars to store your makeup, jewelry, or keys.

SustainAble Home Goods

SutstainAble Home Goods is an Atlanta-based shop with everything you could possibly need from decanters and drinking glasses to flower vases and glass vessels. The mission of owner LaToya Tucciarone, who partners with artisan entrepreneurs, is to create sustainable communities.

Creative Dried, Pressed Flowers DIY Projects for Your Valentine’s Day Flowers

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Kate B
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With Valentine’s Day coming up this weekend, chances are you’re going to receive at least one bouquet of flowers. While we love getting flowers, we always wish we could hold onto them for longer and with these DIY projects, you can! These projects use dried, pressed flowers so you can keep your flowers for years to come instead of throwing them away.

Pressed Flowers Tray

Create a tray or plate with pressed flowers and ribbons. Glue the flowers and ribbons with craft glue and top the final project with découpage glue or clear resin.

Flower Soaks

We’re familiar with rose petal baths and you can create your own fragrant soak with dried roses, essential oils, and pink Himalayan salt. When making the vials, drop water onto the blossoms to stick them to the glass, then fill, cork, and seal them with labels.

Pressed Flower Box

Turn a regular glass or wood box into something special by adding pressed flowers. Lie the flowers flat and one at a time, put craft glue on them. When you’re done, top glass boxes with découpage glue or clear resin and wood boxes with protective coats.

Meet the Designer Behind Some of Lady Gaga’s Most Otherworldly Creations

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Mark O
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If you’re a fan of Lady Gaga’s outrageous, over-the-top looks, you have to meet Johannes Warnke, the designer behind some of her best outfits. The designer’s colorful, textured creations are featured in Gaga’s music video for “911”. A recent graduate of Central Saint Martins, Warnke is already a favorite among stylists and pop stars.

Like many designers, Warnke’s interest in fashion started at an early age. “I played with Barbies and made clothes for them, cut out paper figures from magazines and dressed them differently every day, playing with different shapes and colors,” he told Vogue. The designer is also trained in modern dance, so his clothes move with the body even though they’re structured. 

His creations have an otherworldly quality, an element that transports space and time. And while his designs are elaborate, he takes sustainability very seriously, dying his textiles by hand and using materials with a low environmental impact. Most of his creations are zero-waste because he drapes the garments without getting rid of the fabrics.

Warnke’s next project—functional design products and collaborations with dance and theater. “Already there are functional elements within my collection, so I can see myself expanding on that,” he told Vogue. 

Meet Katherine Plumb: The Designer Behind the Checkered Prints All Over Instagram

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Amanda B
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While you probably haven’t heard of Katherine Plumb, we’re pretty sure you’ve seen her work all over Instagram. The London-born, Stockholm-based textile artist, creates prints that are bright and cheerful. She’s even teamed up with online retailers like Lisa Says Gah! for a limited-edition capsule collection with her fun prints. But it’s Plumb’s checkered print that’s become super trendy.

The artist actually started screen-printing by accident after playing around with cutout paper shapes and stencils when she started working on a pattern. In some of her designs, you can even see that she uses these methods as her graphic shapes are slightly off. On occasion she reworks them digitally to play around with the scale and colors.

She told Popsugar that she’s influenced by interior design books, for which she likes to get an idea of how her work would look in different homes and throughout different areas of history, and up and coming fashion brands like LF Markey, Pêche, and Carnations London, which she recently collaborated with.

Katherine’s designs are funky and whimsical and they can be seen on anything from shirts and iPhone cases to pillow cases and towels. She even has a face mask, which we are dying to get our hands—or shall we say our face on.

Snowy Day? Here are Five Crafts to Keep You Busy

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Elizabeth N
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With the temperatures dropping all we want to do is stay inside wrapped in a cozy blanket with a hot drink in our hands by the fire. If you’re sick of binge-watching the latest shows and want to get your hands on something more stimulating, why not try some arts and crafts? Trust us when we say we’re not talking about kids’ crafts—these adult ones are challenging enough to keep your attention and they’re sophisticated enough to display throughout your home this winter.

Wine Cork Vase

With all the corks you have lying around your home from the festivities, make a wine cork vase. Just use an old vase and glue them to the vase.

Snowflake Cross Stitch

There are tons of free cross stitch patterns on the internet, and this snowflake one is perfect for beginners.

Glittery Mason Jar Snow Globes

By now you’ve probably taken your Christmas tree down, but these cute snow globes are a great way to show some holiday spirit long past Christmas. All you need for this craft is a mason jar with a lid, glue, a glue gun, glitter, and a miniature Christmas tree.

Let it Snow Sign

Embrace the beauty of the snow and make this cute, rustic wood sign for your mantel or shelf. It comes together with a wood slab, white acrylic craft paint, and a paint brush.

Wintertime Terrarium

To create your wintertime terrarium just fill the glass container with succulents, fake snow, pine trees, mini snowman, and woodland animals.

These Home Décor Ideas are Inspired By 2021 Fashion Trends

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Kate B
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When something becomes popular in fashion, it’s only a matter of time before it becomes trendy in home décor. Home décor is heavily influenced by fashion and this year, home décor trends are coming straight from what we saw on the runways with prints and patterns taking center stage. Here are three trends you’ll be seeing in homes as well as in wardrobes in 2021.

Squiggles

This fun, carefree pattern takes us back to the ’90s when those turquoise and purple squiggly cups were all the rage. While we first saw squiggles appear on dresses and earrings, now the pattern can be found on candles, towels, mirrors, and side tables.

Checkerboard

This grungy pattern first became popular with Vans, but in recent years, it has adorned coats, sweaters, and pants. Now, rugs, teapots, and blankets can be seen with this fun pattern. Instead of just the classic black and white, we are seeing the pattern in bright colors and optical illusions.

Fringe

What’s more fun than a fringe jacket? Fringe blankets, rugs, and pillows! Fringe fits in perfectly with boho, natural décor making it easy to incorporate into your home.

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