Monday Maven: The Girls of {Mimi & Muff} and a GIVEAWAY!!!!

UPDATE:

Congrats to Joy Thurman and Jules Allsbrook for winning the GIVEAWAY! 

If y'all will, just shoot me an email to give me your mailing address! :))

Happy Monday everyone! 

Today, I am honored to have the fabulous girls of Mimi & Muff as the second post in my new Monday Mavens series. 

Sara and Molly, two dear friends of mine, have combined their artistic talents, love of coastal climates, and bubbly personalities to create a gorgeous line of textiles and prints that have been produced into phone cases, beach bags, sarongs, tunics, and now stationary.

I am delighted to share more of their amazing line today! 

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The girls recently moved into their own office space in Atlanta and shared a few peeks into their showroom for you guys to see! 

I could hang out here all day!!! 

What led you two to begin your business together?

Sara: Molly and I have always wanted to have a creative business together!  My background is in Fabric Design, and Molly's is in Fashion.  Molly and could not compete with "high fashion", and we also wanted to create something more cohesive to our lifestyle.  We both love the beach, so a resort line was perfect! 

What inspires you to create? Do you have any favorite textiles? 

Sara: I love Henri Matisse right now!  He has an exhibit, The Cut-Outs, opening October 12th at the MOMA.  We are dying to go!  I also loves Marimekko.  Big, bold, colorful patterns are my favorite to design!  I never appreciated the Marimekko look until I studied abroad in Japan, the number 1 country for fabric design.

Molly:  I worked for Trina Turk's corporate office in New York.  Trina Turk's business sense and style has has rubbed off on Mimi and Muff because of my experience there.  I love working a market!  I also lived in Charleston, where beach clothes count for half your wardrobe.  My knowledge in beach wear helped us design our patterns for production.

You can see more fun photos of the M&M girls out and about on their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/mimiandmuff

And you should totally follow them on Instagram:

@mimiandmuff 

Their product line is SO CUTE!!! I am obsessed with every color in every pattern in every piece. 

Hmmmm.....Christmas list, anyone?!?!

You may remember my mention of them here:

http://bellissimoandbella.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-talented-friends.html

Be sure and check out their fantastic website here:

http://mimi-muff.myshopify.com

Now that you're dreaming of strolling sandy beaches in your very own Mimi & Muff attire, GUESS WHAT!?!?!

IT'S:

Sara and Molly are treating two of my lucky readers to a piece of their gorgeous textile line!

First up, a Blue House Bag in the Golden Isles Print! :)))))

It holds all the necessities....towel, sunscreen, magazines, water bottle...and a lot more. 

And secondly, a beautiful Sarong in the aqua Golden Isles Print!! 

It is so soft, and so versatile.

Simple way to go from beach to lunch! 

Here are a few more of their delicious items in the line:

You guys know the drill....comment below, as many times as you would like and I will chose a winner at random after the giveaway closes at midnight on Tuesday (tomorrow).

Best of luck!!! 

xoxox

Monday Maven: The Girls of {Mimi & Muff} and a GIVEAWAY!!!!

UPDATE:

Congrats to Joy Thurman and Jules Allsbrook for winning the GIVEAWAY! 

If y'all will, just shoot me an email to give me your mailing address! :))

Happy Monday everyone! 

Today, I am honored to have the fabulous girls of Mimi & Muff as the second post in my new Monday Mavens series. 

Sara and Molly, two dear friends of mine, have combined their artistic talents, love of coastal climates, and bubbly personalities to create a gorgeous line of textiles and prints that have been produced into phone cases, beach bags, sarongs, tunics, and now stationary.

I am delighted to share more of their amazing line today! 

_____________________________________

The girls recently moved into their own office space in Atlanta and shared a few peeks into their showroom for you guys to see! 

I could hang out here all day!!! 

What led you two to begin your business together?

Sara: Molly and I have always wanted to have a creative business together!  My background is in Fabric Design, and Molly's is in Fashion.  Molly and could not compete with "high fashion", and we also wanted to create something more cohesive to our lifestyle.  We both love the beach, so a resort line was perfect! 

What inspires you to create? Do you have any favorite textiles? 

Sara: I love Henri Matisse right now!  He has an exhibit, The Cut-Outs, opening October 12th at the MOMA.  We are dying to go!  I also loves Marimekko.  Big, bold, colorful patterns are my favorite to design!  I never appreciated the Marimekko look until I studied abroad in Japan, the number 1 country for fabric design.

Molly:  I worked for Trina Turk's corporate office in New York.  Trina Turk's business sense and style has has rubbed off on Mimi and Muff because of my experience there.  I love working a market!  I also lived in Charleston, where beach clothes count for half your wardrobe.  My knowledge in beach wear helped us design our patterns for production.

You can see more fun photos of the M&M girls out and about on their Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/mimiandmuff

And you should totally follow them on Instagram:

@mimiandmuff 

Their product line is SO CUTE!!! I am obsessed with every color in every pattern in every piece. 

Hmmmm.....Christmas list, anyone?!?!

You may remember my mention of them here:

http://bellissimoandbella.blogspot.com/2014/04/my-talented-friends.html

Be sure and check out their fantastic website here:

http://mimi-muff.myshopify.com

Now that you're dreaming of strolling sandy beaches in your very own Mimi & Muff attire, GUESS WHAT!?!?!

IT'S:

Sara and Molly are treating two of my lucky readers to a piece of their gorgeous textile line!

First up, a Blue House Bag in the Golden Isles Print! :)))))

It holds all the necessities....towel, sunscreen, magazines, water bottle...and a lot more. 

And secondly, a beautiful Sarong in the aqua Golden Isles Print!! 

It is so soft, and so versatile.

Simple way to go from beach to lunch! 

Here are a few more of their delicious items in the line:

You guys know the drill....comment below, as many times as you would like and I will chose a winner at random after the giveaway closes at midnight on Tuesday (tomorrow).

Best of luck!!! 

xoxox

Green Thumb? Meh.

Give me a house, and the inside will be whipped into shape in no time. 

The outside, however? 

Not so much.

My mama loves tending to her plants. And she has quite a green thumb. 

I, unfortunately, didn't inherit this.

Actually, it probably has more to do with her amount of patience with things, and me, well, not being very patient. :)

Even without gardening skills, we've managed to landscape our yard and miraculously 98% of what we planted not only lived, but thrived! 

Woo-hoo! 

Early last Spring, before Henry arrived, David and I spent a lot of time planning our flower beds. We headed to the nursery, and bought our plants, and had them all planted by our fabo yard guy. 

Check out the post here.

It's super fun to reflect on the BEFORE

Because here's the AFTER

Our crepe myrtles and hydrangea just took off. 

The crepe myrtles will grow to be slightly taller than the gutters, and the hydrangea, well, there may be no stopping them. See the middle bush, behind the bench? That center hydrangea stalk is a good foot taller than me. 

After it rains, those gorgeous oak leaf hydrangea blooms are so heavy, they drag the ground.

I have to stop myself from cutting them all and having humongo arrangements all over our house.  

That one stalk is just reaching for the sky! 

Tucked under the crepe myrtles are holly bushes, boxwoods, artemesia, and loripedlum. They'll take a few years to fill in, but they're still doing great.

The boxwoods and ivy in the front pots still like their home! 

Like the outside, I love having plants inside too. 

Sadly, I end up having to toss them...either from neglect, or they were in the wrong spot, or we went on vacation. 

I have managed to keep a few alive though.

My sister in law trepidatiously gave me this Maiden Hair fern. With due reason too...Maiden Hair's are notoriously known for being uber finicky. 

After a month, I am proud to say, it's alive and twice the size that it was when she gave it to me! 

Orchids and I have a maja love/hate relationship. To me, they're gorgeous. I. Love. Them.

But try as I may, once the blooms fall, our relationship is over. Generally, they last a few months for me. And my often trips to Ikea usually produce a new one. 

I seriously can't kill this guy.

Not that I've tried, but he just wilts and I water him.

I highly recommend potato vine for anyone who needs a plant to literally tell you it needs water. 

It's been almost a year in October, and he's still doing good! 

Ikea always gets me with the plants. And this succulent is testament to the pressure I felt to find a plant to come home with me. 

Two and a half years later, he's still living!

I just wait until the soil looks dry, and water it again. 

Same with this guy.

He wilts. I water. 

Do you guys have luck keeping plants alive? 

Green Thumb? Meh.

Give me a house, and the inside will be whipped into shape in no time. 

The outside, however? 

Not so much.

My mama loves tending to her plants. And she has quite a green thumb. 

I, unfortunately, didn't inherit this.

Actually, it probably has more to do with her amount of patience with things, and me, well, not being very patient. :)

Even without gardening skills, we've managed to landscape our yard and miraculously 98% of what we planted not only lived, but thrived! 

Woo-hoo! 

Early last Spring, before Henry arrived, David and I spent a lot of time planning our flower beds. We headed to the nursery, and bought our plants, and had them all planted by our fabo yard guy. 

Check out the post here.

It's super fun to reflect on the BEFORE

Because here's the AFTER

Our crepe myrtles and hydrangea just took off. 

The crepe myrtles will grow to be slightly taller than the gutters, and the hydrangea, well, there may be no stopping them. See the middle bush, behind the bench? That center hydrangea stalk is a good foot taller than me. 

After it rains, those gorgeous oak leaf hydrangea blooms are so heavy, they drag the ground.

I have to stop myself from cutting them all and having humongo arrangements all over our house.  

That one stalk is just reaching for the sky! 

Tucked under the crepe myrtles are holly bushes, boxwoods, artemesia, and loripedlum. They'll take a few years to fill in, but they're still doing great.

The boxwoods and ivy in the front pots still like their home! 

Like the outside, I love having plants inside too. 

Sadly, I end up having to toss them...either from neglect, or they were in the wrong spot, or we went on vacation. 

I have managed to keep a few alive though.

My sister in law trepidatiously gave me this Maiden Hair fern. With due reason too...Maiden Hair's are notoriously known for being uber finicky. 

After a month, I am proud to say, it's alive and twice the size that it was when she gave it to me! 

Orchids and I have a maja love/hate relationship. To me, they're gorgeous. I. Love. Them.

But try as I may, once the blooms fall, our relationship is over. Generally, they last a few months for me. And my often trips to Ikea usually produce a new one. 

I seriously can't kill this guy.

Not that I've tried, but he just wilts and I water him.

I highly recommend potato vine for anyone who needs a plant to literally tell you it needs water. 

It's been almost a year in October, and he's still doing good! 

Ikea always gets me with the plants. And this succulent is testament to the pressure I felt to find a plant to come home with me. 

Two and a half years later, he's still living!

I just wait until the soil looks dry, and water it again. 

Same with this guy.

He wilts. I water. 

Do you guys have luck keeping plants alive?