Happy 2013!

Wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year. We look forward to another great year of pursuing that almighty spark of inspiration and challenging new projects full of creativity, good design and collaboration. Here's to 2013, CHEERS!

10) Botanical Wall Calendar

9) Desk Calendar

8) Wall Art Calendar

7) Invitations

6) Academic Wall Calendar

5) Holiday Invitations

4) Zoo Calendar

3) Diary

2) Architectural Blank Card

1) Wall Calendar

2013) Greeting Card

 

These are a few of our favorite things...

Just in time for the Holidays, well at least with a weekend to spare, here's our gift to you! In a season of beauty here are some visually beautiful things. SMMS Design wishes you a very happy holiday and hope you give with generosity and receive with gratitude!

Snowflake                                 Gingerbread House                                     Winter Wonderland                            Hipster Trees

Art and Dreams

Friend of Mae Skidmore, Laura Baran lost her beautiful brother Jeff to suicide and founded Arts & Dreams as an antidote to hopelessness. "I created Arts & Dreams workshops with my friend Patricia Geremia to inspire and empower children. We have since branched out to work with teens and adults as well. In an Arts & Dreams workshop we make art that encourages us to feel enthusiastic about our worth and our place in the world. I share my experience with depression and losing my brother Jeff to hopelessness in 2000. In his goodbye letter, Jeff wrote that it wasn’t the depression that felt the worst, it was the hopelessness. I wanted to prevent this from happening to others." This is a relevant post this week as the horrible tragedy in Connecticut is in all our hearts and thoughts.

An Arts & Dreams workshop is 2 hours of expressive art projects, partnered with meaningful discussion about how to love and accept yourself. They teach practical tools like affirmations, breathing exercises, and mirror work. And we make art - paintings, drawings, collage, and more. Tonight's Holiday Affirmation Painting Party was one of Arts and Dreams successful events. SMMS is proud to promote another female partnership. Please visit Art & Dreams' Blog for more information on upcoming events.

Laura Baran is an award-winning professional painter (Society of Illustrators, New York) who earned a BFA with honors from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention - New York City Chapter.
Patricia Geremia is a certified Reiki healer and professional photographer, and an event planner and fundraiser. She completed coursework towards an undergraduate degree at Hunter College in New York and has served as a youth mentor in NYC since 1995.  Her line of photo greeting cards and prints is called PatriciaG Photos.

So sweet En Suite

SMMS Design recently consulted on the addition of an en suite bathroom to a master bedroom. At first look, it did not seem as if the master bedroom had enough space for a bathroom. The entrance to the room was one of the obstacles. We moved the doorway leading into the bedroom over a foot which made room for the toilet area. 

The vintage inspired hexagonal Italian marble tile and true vintage pedestal tub are the highlights of this space. Every morning the sun dances off the white marble to create patterns on the surfaces of the bathroom!

Another happy SMMS client indeed. A big thank you to Catskill Coydog Carpentry who completed every aspect of the vision and a special thanks to Smita, lead designer at SMMS, who encouraged the use of natural woods, for which the homeowners are thankful.