Lilie Green: this is your brain on cake

This winter I enrolled myself in a course on blogging, because I figured that after more or less nine years of posting haphazardly, without rhyme nor reason, a little more structure couldn't hurt. This week's homework: break out the scissors and get collage-ing. An inspiration/mood board that captures the feelings, ideas, colors, and me-ness I want Lilie Green: The Blog to represent.

So this is what the inside of my brain looks like. Japanese-y, tooth-achingly frou frou, PINK, and alarmingly preoccupied with cake.

Some details:
This illustration reminds me of my favorite blogging voice, with her love of books about kissing

I've been carrying around this comic strip for years; it's just perfect, you know?

Random but true: I LOVE the thumbing-your-nose gesture. It is cute and bad-ass and universal in meaning. (Julia Stiles does it with aplomb in the choreography for this dance.)

And for extra credit: a mini, portable board in my daily planner.

27 comments:

Vineeta said...

I love these mood boards- they look SO happy! And I loved what you wrote here- I feel that way too- about posting so randomly for so long & now wanting to do something about it all.
I love your blog by the way- its beautifully designed

Lana {lanalou style} said...

I LOVE your board, the colours, the pics, everything! Your blog layout is great too.

Art Wall Katie said...

I love your description: Japanese-y, tooth-achingly frou frou, PINK, and alarmingly preoccupied with cake.

Ana Burmester Baptista said...

It's just great! Love it to pieces and the cartoon is just mad! What's that small bottle you have there?

Lilie said...

Thanks ladies! I can't wait to see your boards too -- isn't this fun? :)

Milk Woman (love that name!), the bottle is the Peach scent from Demeter fragrances.

Merissa Revestir said...

The inspiration board looks fab! So girly and fun :) I love Japanese-y stuff too! ♥ Glad to meet you and your blog through BYW :)

MelanieO said...

Love, love, love it!!! Fabulous!!

Ashley CF said...

Luv the cultured mix of stuff here! So vibrant and girly with an edge. :p

Chau,
Ashley

Amy said...

Nice mix and some great surprises! Lots of personality!!!!

Juliette said...

oh this is perfect! great job! one of the best so far! (well, i think =)

Wini said...

Hi Lilie, I love your mood boards, so fun and colourful..!! :) Wini (BYW)

Steffi said...

This is lovely! Full of colour, life and joy!

Apothecary Fox said...

Extra credit!! That made me laugh, love it. I really loved your board and the different medium you used. And ofcourse the colours. Really creative and totally reflective of your personality and loves from what I can gather. Sweet!

frauheuberg said...

...i love it,too...make so much fun to look and to discover "all these little tiny extras"...thanks for sharing...love the comic...real life...;)...cheers ines

Shay said...

Great board.Full of life and laughter.
BYW,
Shay

Renee said...

Fabulous collage!!!! I love, love, love it!
Not only are we fellow BYW classmates, but we share a cake obsession as well. I just wrote a blog last week about how much I love cake.

Renee

annie said...

What fun! You really capture the fun with your colors & images. Nice.

Lana {lanalou style} said...

Lilie, I love your jewllery too, so did a little feature on my blog today, hope you like it!

http://lanaloustyle.blogspot.com/2010/02/eye-candy.html

Unknown said...

I love the girlie fun coming through and the drawn tea cup!

Leslie said...

Lilie -you have such a pretty blog and a really refined aesthetic -very impressive!!!
You board is so fun and I love the diverse pieces that you seemed to effortlessly put together in such an inspiring and colorful way...I also love the peep of that Japanese collage book -I am a fan of it too.

Blogging Masterclass said...

Okay this is amazing. Lilie! I am so proud of you for marrying all of these pieces together and yet they work. This shows me that you have a very open view of the world, are flexible, love to explore, delight in the details, love color... it's great, really!

Mitzi Curi said...

I love your inspiration boards. I'm enjoying the BYW class too, and plan to get my homework finished tonight. Good job with the extra credit project, too. You've raised the bar for the rest of us.....

Miss B said...

So fun and happy and your blog tagline KILLS me!

xo,

Miss B.

Paperklip said...

Lilie, my favourite so far as I work my way through everyone's inspirational work. Thank you for the colours!

Kristi said...

Love your inspiration board! The colors are beautiful. ♥

sideoats + scribbles said...

Love this!!!! But now I must go seek out some cake...!!! :)

tiffany said...

Your inspiration board is fantastic!! And I LOVE that you made a mini one for your planner! I've got to do that!

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