The Coffee Table Book

Lori Andrews I...

By Lori Andrews

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Like most of my flickr friends, I am addicted to making blurb books.
My latest is a 54 page (landscape orientation) hardcover book filled with my favorite Interior design projects. I have ordered two, but I know I will probably order 10 more. :)
It took me this long in my career to have enough photos of my clients beautiful homes. There are plenty of gorgeous projects that I have not even had a chance to photograph!
I am working on new projects of course so who knows, maybe next year I will come out with a new volume.

Moccasin love

I have preferred moccasins over slippers for years. My first and favorite pair came as gift from my brother. He was working in Northern BC at the time doing wildlife biology work on government lands and native reserves. Somehow he managed to find an elder woman who was still making the moccasins completely by hand the old fashioned way. Of course when they arrived in the mail the moccasins were overwhelmingly permeated with a deep smoky smell as that is part of the tanning process. They were so beautiful with just a small amount of beadwork. they fit like a glove to. I wore them constantly indoors and out on quick errands. Needless to say I wore right through them in just 6 months.
I loved those moccasins. I have tried through various government agencies to contact that woman or someone like her, but it is becoming harder and harder to find someone making them in the old way. I like the ones I'm wearing in this photo. My mom bought them for me in Saskatchewan. They are "authentic native moccasins" and very warm with this fur lining. Still I hope one day to get another pair as good as those first ones. Just thinking of them conjures up the strong smokey smell and buttery feel. Anyhow, fur lined moccasins are just the thing when the temperatures dip. :)

JPG chair challenge

yay! One of my photos was chosen as a winner in JPG magazines most recent photo challenge. (the orange chair photo)
It's fun to win.

Flickr Moments

The best thing about flickr? The friends you make. Flickr helped me reconnect with awesome friends in my own city and even better helped me make new friends from all over the world.
Without flickr, Ken and I would likely never have traveled to Berlin and even if we had there is no way we could have experienced the city so easily without our flickr friends Matt and Jördis.
Without flickr, I highly doubt Ken and I would have travelled to San Francisco twice in only 2 years. Pilar, Emdot, Jody and so many other awsome Californians keep bringing us back.
And let me tell you about Victoria! We travelled to California and stayed in Victoria's amazing "by the bay" apartment without ever meeting our friend "in the flesh". Seriously, that is the true flickr moment. I just love her and I know she will come to visit soon.
The friends you meet on flickr are of the highest quality. Trustworthy, creative and amazingly open.

Like Kathya who came to stay a few days with us this fall. Oh my gosh we had fun. so much fun. teehee. When you meet your flickr friends for the first time, you quickly realize that you have known them for like evah!

This March I will go and visit Anna Beth Chao in Lousiana! I can't wait. Oh and Next summer Ken and I will travel to Norway and spend some quality nature time with our good friend Astrid and we will finally get to meet Solve!

I love flickr and flickr moments. oh and film. I love that too.

Bath Time

Ken and I love to take baths. I like to joke that the reason we bought the house was because of the tub. Well that and the shower with 7 different shower heads.
Ken and I have a saying. "The couple that bathes together, stays together."
Ok we don't really say that. But we do love our baths.