tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91519276640816308592023-11-16T09:31:10.326-07:00MeadowrueA blog about all things design related.Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-67097037168318995692012-02-13T19:14:00.000-07:002012-02-13T19:14:31.713-07:00We have moved on...<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Meadow Rue officially has it's own domain! And...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">wait for it...</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">There's a pretty little tutorial waiting for you on the other side! So, go check it out:</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://www.meadow-rue.com/">www.meadow-rue.com </a></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All previous Meadow Rue posts are located there, and in the coming weeks the site will have lots of amazing functionality. </div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're jumping for joy!</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl07yoUdr3mwqdOMg4Q4KUAnboaeXAGv3nVRWax3ETDG0x2TAKsAYt1kSnx7CJwBLjna53aY08fUh0ALKHW0zhoVtu57zdZpjeFmc0V3uLZTPKjE4tSmkhsPrGTf2dEAavvQ-iy9BVeCrj/s1600/modeled2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl07yoUdr3mwqdOMg4Q4KUAnboaeXAGv3nVRWax3ETDG0x2TAKsAYt1kSnx7CJwBLjna53aY08fUh0ALKHW0zhoVtu57zdZpjeFmc0V3uLZTPKjE4tSmkhsPrGTf2dEAavvQ-iy9BVeCrj/s320/modeled2.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-87968880464322964812012-02-12T12:53:00.000-07:002012-02-12T12:53:11.542-07:00Growing PainsWe're moving on up!<div><br />
</div><div>In the coming days, you will see Meadow Rue on its very own website. This involves things like domain names, web hosts, and my very technology-averse self having a near panic attack.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Stay tuned!</div><div><br />
</div><div>P.S. <a href="http://meadowrueblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/heatwave-and-sky-high-shoulder-pads.html">The thrifted fuschia dress with sky-high shoulder pads</a> is finished! Tutorial to come very soon...</div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-56306287205638194092012-02-07T14:52:00.000-07:002012-02-07T14:52:33.592-07:0034 days and counting<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have 34 days to make a vintage/modern garment. That's 34 days to prioritize (i.e. neglect school work and possibly sleep) what has become an already quite hectic schedule.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All to create a modern version of this beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyyAjnv4cCGaqbhcxxKeQNUQ8Z_9diJ9sTlWqZ27zHeRAmTHDg6-Qwk1J6_7sYOK8FG46tTxuxvoNE43PcYO-781x2NAIoDS_3HvHNfq424zG5OmKE9qVvB84pFn85fpzq2zAOMACIJ5H/s1600/jumper+dress+pattern.tiff" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgyyAjnv4cCGaqbhcxxKeQNUQ8Z_9diJ9sTlWqZ27zHeRAmTHDg6-Qwk1J6_7sYOK8FG46tTxuxvoNE43PcYO-781x2NAIoDS_3HvHNfq424zG5OmKE9qVvB84pFn85fpzq2zAOMACIJ5H/s400/jumper+dress+pattern.tiff" width="331" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.indygojunction.com/marketing/PDF/SlipOnJumper_epattern.pdf">Source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Is it terrible that I love this dress the way it is? The <a href="http://www.indygojunction.com/marketing/PDF/SlipOnJumper_epattern.pdf">pattern</a> I will be modernizing, is a little...ahem...cryptic. Certain details will be changed, embellishments added, and considering the deflation of dress sizes, I will most likely be buying twice the material it calls for. This booty certainly was not a size 6 in the 1958.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who wants to partake? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click on the picture below for more information!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/vintage-modern-design-challenge-inspiration-from-amy#read-on"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSLgK-aPWyDvp-jMFgX3ECHaE1_n59SUMWI0cC0ZbIFPQaR-inrU5jvYj2JNK5hmeGngKGc9msk5_PPDhfuUOmkFe3cBFza9lUFgXy8ectbV0MLq6iy5stBy93L7fZMnIgt26mHvtmmzb/s400/design+challenge.png" width="400" /></a></div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-54898874636270445372012-02-06T11:08:00.000-07:002012-02-06T11:08:52.218-07:00Yes, please!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so doing this...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.burdastyle.com/blog/vintage-modern-design-challenge-inspiration-from-amy#read-on"><img border="0" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKkZzkzzbgKToJlWclGu66SrwpNngH7hJ8P2cI3eRIzQTq4Z0i4vWr6F3ToVfv808u2dnWWtHXcWDZXE_ig1CU5oFsaFIxJidbb7nCdkyeh12BbHMA64QSF45ZWeSvghw0Jao6HCekpw5/s400/design+challenge.png" width="400" /></a></div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-88355182515722478552012-02-03T13:13:00.001-07:002012-02-03T13:15:06.275-07:00Snow Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boulder, Colorado has shut down. No school, no work for most, and some mighty treacherous roads. Over a foot of snow fell while the Front Range slept last night, but what a beautiful sight to wake up to!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The funny thing is, growing up in Montana, I still don't remember a single snow day. I also don't remember the name of my second grade teacher, so that's not saying much. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Z-MsSp5todfZ7xOiCv-zbvbB_4b3gnUhx-bfNifk6NhrgwnhZyheJocUq-s9_j2PSPbvIsmKswSHp8r3lxWAY0WimLACsah9vKR9YPnpqi618kVUJ_DJU3THo7np0oNTL2k1IOvUJiYY/s1600/snowybranch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0Z-MsSp5todfZ7xOiCv-zbvbB_4b3gnUhx-bfNifk6NhrgwnhZyheJocUq-s9_j2PSPbvIsmKswSHp8r3lxWAY0WimLACsah9vKR9YPnpqi618kVUJ_DJU3THo7np0oNTL2k1IOvUJiYY/s400/snowybranch.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't say I mind having an excuse to curl up inside a heated apartment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This a multiple mugs of tea sort of day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK42jWIwD5-_LfkMNaow2qW8wPd_azCBUM0U8yCEPib4PxwP1bexicpfAr4JxW0V01XNtc7j_QY58qoDQa8ISQ3sIT_zEycKhvE0oWhnhLI2IftH7NmZIUS5XBvtvDF-QQTzcv3w8o1kbN/s1600/tea1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK42jWIwD5-_LfkMNaow2qW8wPd_azCBUM0U8yCEPib4PxwP1bexicpfAr4JxW0V01XNtc7j_QY58qoDQa8ISQ3sIT_zEycKhvE0oWhnhLI2IftH7NmZIUS5XBvtvDF-QQTzcv3w8o1kbN/s400/tea1.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS_-2cWtvRCC9nSuDVE32ikke08e2hPkfpWWyg1sfo6n3Ot-z_n3feNtbyvcBZpojkL8QsTvOBoWJF7y1HSfhfAZFHhGM6gLKYLoig1HiV5WViz4_rI6D3E-mJwWGG9F_GvnSGnzxb0Qx/s1600/lighpost.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisS_-2cWtvRCC9nSuDVE32ikke08e2hPkfpWWyg1sfo6n3Ot-z_n3feNtbyvcBZpojkL8QsTvOBoWJF7y1HSfhfAZFHhGM6gLKYLoig1HiV5WViz4_rI6D3E-mJwWGG9F_GvnSGnzxb0Qx/s400/lighpost.jpg" width="266" /></span></a></div><br />
<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a 13 inch Beagle, 12 inches of snow is no joke. Our morning entertainment was watching Buckley run like a mad man through a field of untouched snow. He resembled more of a rabbit than he did a canine.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDj0dZQP2_6cij3u4hHIQI04JH2WvzaA1QleEb5_04TIjTgYEwq6r2tCnwgBVrd3w2MUnb2ut0DaifZTHSl67lZ8Dnro4MA1duZGuaDL7ISjRg3AhGQaygpSvHL7NO3phvG-SeUGe7oiY/s1600/buckleyinsnow.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDj0dZQP2_6cij3u4hHIQI04JH2WvzaA1QleEb5_04TIjTgYEwq6r2tCnwgBVrd3w2MUnb2ut0DaifZTHSl67lZ8Dnro4MA1duZGuaDL7ISjRg3AhGQaygpSvHL7NO3phvG-SeUGe7oiY/s400/buckleyinsnow.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After snow tunneling lost its appeal, Buckley proceeded to finally end the slow suffering of his toy Beagle. Was it wrong for me to buy him this toy? I'm getting mixed reviews. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When he violently ripped the last of the stuffed dog's fuzzy ear off, I asked him how he would feel if I chewed his velvety ears off. He gave me a blank look and a head tilt. He's an unfeeling cannibal, I tell you.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6ZUdgIaYikvifhyllAp7wpJk7ttwkaSFpFaEuWEoNj6j_2B-nLB6h6d46csc3-dqdDN2kNkkf2ikRrqxhMg8kmqY6O5-Xdp6bdGwkaGWy_IvBoaCHqg1vJN5Z9i3IVTLaiDhfvi6jeof/s1600/Buckleytoy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ6ZUdgIaYikvifhyllAp7wpJk7ttwkaSFpFaEuWEoNj6j_2B-nLB6h6d46csc3-dqdDN2kNkkf2ikRrqxhMg8kmqY6O5-Xdp6bdGwkaGWy_IvBoaCHqg1vJN5Z9i3IVTLaiDhfvi6jeof/s400/Buckleytoy.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK42jWIwD5-_LfkMNaow2qW8wPd_azCBUM0U8yCEPib4PxwP1bexicpfAr4JxW0V01XNtc7j_QY58qoDQa8ISQ3sIT_zEycKhvE0oWhnhLI2IftH7NmZIUS5XBvtvDF-QQTzcv3w8o1kbN/s1600/tea1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm supposed to fly to Denver tonight to spend the weekend in Vegas with my family. I'm hoping that positive thinking will be enough to get my plane off the ground. Wish me luck!</span></div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-29881668299472121332012-01-31T16:06:00.001-07:002012-01-31T16:09:02.430-07:00Increase Your Pasta Sauce Consumption ASAP!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spent yesterday afternoon with a dear friend. We chatted...she showed me her fancy new camera...I inhaled every snack she so thoughtfully set out. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Times; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Update: Remember this lovely <a href="http://meadowrueblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/heatwave-and-sky-high-shoulder-pads.html">thrifting find</a>? It works like a charm! It should come in super handy for drying prints.<span id="goog_1104696512"></span><span id="goog_1104696513"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a></span></div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-88945593324756658442012-01-29T12:35:00.001-07:002012-01-29T12:41:35.388-07:00Heatwave and Sky High Shoulder Pads<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm fairly certain I bought the two ugliest items thrifting today. I'm 100% certain that I love the color orange way too much. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you go the thrift store looking quite homeless, you will receive a lot of flack from the cashier about whether you actually donated a bag of stuff in order to get your 20% discount. When you go back later that night, freshly showered, to pick up some records for a friend you'll be treated like the Duchess of Wales. Thrifting twice in one day is a new low. </span>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9151927664081630859.post-3007740991175022552012-01-27T23:52:00.001-07:002012-01-29T12:39:45.420-07:00Inspired<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lately, this strange thing has been happening to me. I've been thinking in colors instead of words, prints and patterns flutter in and out of my mind, and I've scribbled a to-create list longer than there are hours in the day.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In short, I'm inspired...and I don't want it to stop. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I blame Pinterest.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few of my favorites this week:</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Such simple, beautiful prints from Jenny Pennywood.</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So refreshing to see a living room that actually looks lived in...because in the heat of July, my gloves will still be sitting on that rattan ottoman.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZzrabS5RORrb1pQ2S47r9Ju7oXz6XtxX-vaMiGbLZqh1WmJdLu21lKI0nx-NSaaqbUdNNjFchTXb3xjukeMCbRY8SZ0ws40ud3yckiKoY4PaFolXW62jfijn-dPUUavEtltTGZKLxEwxt/s400/bluesandgreys.jpg" width="266" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.oldbrandnewblog.com/2010/12/navajo-rug.html">Source</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">House plants that don't gross me out. Lovely.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeVsc9Kyj0-WAeqztgmIpTTSYbJUIjYKvo5FwUDoeZTl8n6vR7ZV9QLIHa-jz96Pa6F5rBZ_7mQhjN0eL4KY1x5faL0s4m1r7-jdx16_9OHTVwSRdmDOU-bgbiJl7E7GKDRhLe1sW1gHy/s1600/modernclean.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeVsc9Kyj0-WAeqztgmIpTTSYbJUIjYKvo5FwUDoeZTl8n6vR7ZV9QLIHa-jz96Pa6F5rBZ_7mQhjN0eL4KY1x5faL0s4m1r7-jdx16_9OHTVwSRdmDOU-bgbiJl7E7GKDRhLe1sW1gHy/s400/modernclean.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.designsponge.com/2012/01/sneak-peek-jason-gnewikow-jeff-madalena.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">Source</span></a></div>Alliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13394413955202833901noreply@blogger.com0