One of our favorite architectural photographers and bloggers, Blayne Beacham of This Photographer’s Life, also happens to be a very talented fine artist, and she’s putting on a super show with The Artist Trifecta gallery next week on Thursday, July 29. We think of it as an incredible opportunity to see an artful new perspective from former photojournalist—and current member of the Beacham & Company Realtors team—Beacham, who is now represented at The Artist Trifecta after winning top honors in a stiff competition against other photographers earlier this month: a 12-hour scavenger hunt challenging creativity, dexterity and technical ability.

A featured photograph from the artist's Wonderland series.

The opening reception on Thursday will represent her first private show and display the “Dress Up” series, comprising black-and-white photos of full-length dresses, crumpled and drifting elegantly through black water, that have been a year in the making. Works from “Wonderland,” the series that won her the title at The Artist Trifecta’s July 9 event, will also be on display through August 14. Be on the lookout for how ingeniously these works meld together. Books and prints of the featured works will be available for purchase, as well.

"Air," a work from Beacham's Dress Up series

If that’s not enough of a draw, a dozen rare and priceless works by Salvador Dalí will also be on display during this private preview. Interested guests must e-mail art@artisttrifecta.com or call the gallery at (404) 388-8757 to R.S.V.P.

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Our sister publication, At Home in Arkansas, launched a fabulous new blog series this week with interior designer Tobi Fairley, a Little Rock-based, highly-in-demand talent who also happened to make Traditional Home magazine’s list of top 20 young designers in 2009. We’re just as big fans of Fairley’s work here in Atlanta, so naturally, we’re smitten with her blog, The Traveling Designer with Tobi Fairley, from its very first post. In it, she reveals her favorite New York City destinations and inspirations. The photo below, featuring the Kelly Wearstler-designed Café BG at Bergdorf Goodman, is just one such example. Be sure to click on to see more and subscribe to read more of Tobi’s weekly dispatches!

Read more at the At Home in Arkansas blog.

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Flowers have a way of always putting a smile on my smile, so I was excited to come across these beautiful images on Once Wed and couldn’t resist sharing. The arrangements are unique, unfussy and have an ultra-sweet touch to them. They consist of dahlias, Queen Anne’s lace, stock, lycanthus and daisies.  

What seasonal blooms have you been using in your flower arrangements this summer?

 

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I’m a big fan of Rifle Paper Co. and was excited to see them serving up beautiful new Heirloom Recipe Card Boxes. Available in two designs, the boxes are crafted over a 3-month period from salvaged woods such as sweet gum and laurel oak. Also conveniently included are dividers and adorable recipe cards. What a perfect gift for the foodie in your life! Or if you’re someone like me who has written recipes scattered all over the kitchen it’s a great (and gorgeous) way to get organized. But there’s only a limited stock, so be sure to place your order soon!

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Anyone who knows me can tell you I like to cook. My kitchen cabinets are overflowing with more gadgets and tools than any college student could ever need, and I am the only student I know that has a fully stocked pantry. So when I see kitchen stuff I like, I have to have it. That’s exactly what happened when I stumbled upon this Elements of Style blog about Bake It Pretty’s selection of fun and fabulous cupcake wrappers.

I have already gotten together a wish list of things I need in preparation for my fall project of hosting a Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale. Stemming from too many hours of watching the Food Network and a desire to do some good with my spare time, I realized that the combination of hungry fans on a football Saturday and a great cause would be a recipe for fundraising success. All of the money raised in the bake sale will go toward Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, which is fighting to end childhood hunger in America by 2015. The program joins together the efforts of community groups, activists and food programs to catch children who are struggling with hunger, bringing them healthy and nourishing foods to the places they live, learn and play.

Here are a few of my must-haves before this fall:

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I absolutely love these playful yet classic cookie cutter shapes from Bake It Pretty. I can just imagine how much fun it will be to decorate these cookies with icing!

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Essential to any bake sale, cupcakes get a makeover with these designer cupcake wrappers.

What do hungry fans like more than sugary sweets? Sugary sweets that say things like “War Eagle” or “Go Dawgs.” I love the idea of being able to personalize my cookies to say just about anything using this Message-in-a-Cookie Cutter from Williams-Sonoma.

Also from Williams-Sonoma, this Apple Pocket Pie Mold makes perfect apple pies portable.

To learn more about Share Our Strength and its efforts to end childhood hunger in America, or to find out how to host your own Great American Bake Sale, click here.

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