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Today I Love: An Uncommon Commonality

I'm a fan of Neville Trickett over on Flickr (his paper pattern and Japanese illustration scans make my heart swoon), but this weekend was the first time I visited his blog, and subsequently fell in love.

 
 
{image diptychs by Neville}

There is something about the way Neville sees and then translates his inspirations into pairings of images that really captivates me.  I'm particularly smitten with his image collection of clothing hangtags and works by photographer Arther Elgort.  You can see more on his blog, and peruse his flickr collections here.  xo Ez

Inspiration Daily: 10. 06. 09

Harmonic Reaction by Aegis Avant Garde

Inspired By: Stylist Atlanta Bartlett

The beautiful dreamy interiors styled by Atlanta Bartlett are perfect eye-candy for my day.  I'm especially fond of the vintage teacups repurposed as catchalls for jewelry and other mini treasures.  See more of her work right here.  xox Ez

One Good Thing: Polaroid Notecards

I am head-over-heels in love with these new Polaroid Notecards from Chronicle Books.  The selection of 20 Polaroid cards was curated by the incomparable Jenifer Altman, and I can wait to get my hands on a set of these lovelies.  xox Ez

+ Chronicle Books' blog

+ Jenifer Altman's:  blog . portfolio . flickr

Inspired By: Lucas Allen

Hello dearies...I'm away from my computer for the day so in the meantime I hope you will enjoy the work of always-fabulous photographer Lucas Allen.  Hope to see you tomorrow.  xox Ez

Inspired By: Winter Whisper

I'm completely smitten with the gorgeous photography of Winter Whisper on flickr.  Each one is such a lovely glimpse into a magical world that is beyond description.  You can see more of her images in her flickr album right here.  xox Ez

Inspired By: Photographer Alana Davis

 I just went out to see 500 Days of Summer with Marichelle and Melissa the other night.  It was great...and I'm now obsessed with the soundtrack (which I highly recommend).  If you'd like...take a little listen to the album over on Lala.com (you can listen to whole thing - thanks to Marichelle for the tip).  I especially recommend: Us (Remastered) by Regina Spektor, Sweet Disposition by The Temper Trap, and Hero by Regina Spektor (but they are all great) while you browse through the gorgeous photographic work of Alana Davis.  It makes for a lovely combination.

I hope you are having a beautifully inspired September day.  xox Ez

Fancy This: Photos from Marichelle's Yard

Hello lovelies!  As promised I'm back with some of the photos that I took in Marichelle's yard earlier this week.  Taking photos is (almost always) incredibly relaxing and energizing for me, so it was nice to have the chance to pull my camera out again and capture a few little glimpses of the beauty of this area.  New Jersey's plant life is incredible... I guess it isn't called the "The Garden State" for nothing!

This a random vine that is growing across one of Marichelle's fences.  Does anyone recognize it?  I'd love to know what it's called.

A pretty Echinacea flower that Marichelle planted, and some fancy grass that I can't remember the name of.  Clearly I am not a plant expert...just an admirer.

A bright and cherry little rose bush greets you near Marichelle's front door.  Also welcoming you up the front walkway are two beautiful Hydrangea trees.  Gorgeous!

An eggplant!  Can you believe Marichelle grew this herself...and claims to have no prior gardening experience!  As someone who can't even keep a cactus alive, I'm awestruck!

Thanks everyone for letting me share a few of my photos with you today...and thanks again Marichelle for letting me bumble my way around your beautiful yard!  I had so much fun!  xox Ez

Fancy This: Photos from The Cherry Blossom Girl

I simply love the mood of these gorgeous photos by The Cherry Blossom Girl (found in her post titled Apple on a Stick). 

Of course everything that Alix does is magic, but there something especially sweet about these shots and I just can't stop thinking about them.  See more from The Cherry Blossom Girl here.  xox Ez

Inspiration Daily: 08. 25. 09

Harri Tweed by Rajan Wadhera

Inspiration Daily: 08. 20 . 09

Attitude by Navid Baraty |  flickr  | portfolio

Inspiration Daily: 08. 13. 09

photographs by Eros Turannos

Mrs. French - Hydrangea

Hi, I am mrs. french and I love to take pictures.  I think I would have to say that my favorite subjects (besides my boys) would have to be the flowers in my neighborhood.  I live in beautiful Portland, Oregon where we are blessed with the most beautiful flowers.  Hydrangea are definitely one of my top 4 flowers to photograph...besides this, I think that if I had to choose a flower that reminds me of the lovely Creature Comforts I would definitely choose the same pretty flower.  Way back, Ez featured one of my photographs, she was one of the first...it was one of my hydrangea pics...since then I find myself thinking of dear Ez every time I add another hydrangea photograph to my collection...

This is a little thank you to Ms. Ez for featuring one of my favorite flowers as seen through my beloved camera and the icing on the cake, asking me to be a guest on her perfect blog...xo mrs. french

Leslie - Creative Idea: Tiled Photographs

A Creative Mint

Lately I love tiling up groups of my photos and then taking a single photograph. Often I find that an image is not so great on its own and looks much better in a group. The new single photo becomes a little document of the colors I was interested in. It is fun to go back in your photo library and group random images with a similar color scheme and then print them out and hang them together. For these four photos, I just tacked the groups to boards using different tapes and pins.

Inspired By: Photographer Lieke

Photographer Lieke {flickr} . {blog}

The self-portrait series taken by photographer Lieke is currently on my inspiration radar.  I love the mood that she evokes not only through her facial expressions and tone of the shots, but through the creative crops and angles of her pieces as well.  Beautiful inspiration!  xox Ez

Inspired By: Meghan Guthrie

Prop Stylist Meghan Guthrie (discovered via Great Full Day)

One Good Thing: Riot Jane Postcards

Aren't these Vintage Goodness Photo Postcards by Riot Jane great?!  I adore the tones and mood of her work...and I'm a forever fan of collecting postcards and mini prints (they are the perfect budget friendly way to indulge in buying art).  See more postcard collections and prints in her shop.  xox Ez

Eye Candy

Hello lovelies!  Did you all have a relaxing weekend?  I was so busy with moving preparations, heading up the games and decor for my sister's baby shower, and helping an injured magpie...that I ran out of time to put together a regular post for you all this morning.  I'm sorry!

To give you something pretty to look at in the meantime (while I'm taking my dogs to the vet for their second round of vaccinations and working on my next post for you all), I put together this little board of eye candy.  I'll be back with more later today.  Until then...xoxo Ez

• Photo from Martin Rusch
• Painted Goldfinch Necklace by Christina Goodman ~ Lori McLean
• Photo by Lisa Cohen
• Photo by Chris Nicholls
• Square Letterpress Frame Mat in Water ~ Sycamore Street Press
• Table Styling by Flush Designs ~ via A Summer Picnic Wedding blog
• Travel Size Toothpaste by Couto ~ Lucky Scent

Inspired By: Photographer Anna Aden

Hello lovelies!  I'm back in California again (we found a place in NJ - hurray) and I'm shifting into high-gear with packing/moving prep (we are planning to start our trek across the country in about 2 weeks).  I will be doing my best to keep everything as "normal" as possible on Creature Comforts in the meantime.  There will be some incredible guest contributors stopping in to help me out too (I'm so excited for you to see what they've created to share with you).  Thanks for all your sweet comments every day!  They really keep me going and give me something to look forward to amidst the madness of packing tape, boxes, etc.  : )

And now...I hope you will enjoy the work of one of my favorite photographers that I discovered via flickr quite some time ago. 
Photographer Anna Aden (also on flickr)

xox Ez

Inspired By: Photographer Brie Williams

Photographer Brie Williams