wandering

Yes, the poop stories are true. As well as most of the things that you read in newspapers or on expat blogs. And I could leave my life here in a second if given the opportunity to relocate in New York or anywhere near the beach. But every time I take a walk across the pont des Arts, or come home with a couple of warm pains au chocolat before my family wakes up, I know in my heart and in my soul, Paris will always be my home.

I am most excited today to announce the launch of my collaboration with Bel Kai designs for the Shutter Sisters Capture Collection, the Wandering necklace, now available for purchase.

Whitney and I both envisioned this necklace, which includes three of my personal Polaroid photos, as a way to wander through the streets of Paris, and to be inspired by the unique beauty of the city. Each necklace is sold with a Polaroid postcard (professionally printed on 4.3 x 5.5 inches heavy paper) to whisk you away and take you even further in your journey to the city of light.

As always, the generous Bel Kai designs is giving away one necklace. Please, share with us an image of the place that inspires you, that you call home, and leave a comment here before tomorrow Monday 23rd midnight PST to be entered in a random drawing for a necklace of your very own.

Update on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by Irene Nam

Thank you all so much for your kind words and for sharing images of the places you call home. And congratulations to Nicci, the winner of the Wandering necklace!

Comments

[68beats(maggie)]

This is so inspiring and beautiful!
I'd want to share a photo of the place that I'm always finding myself in. It's been that way since I was a kid.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/34288115@N03/4903961389/

[melissa]

gorgeous. always inspired by your artistry, irene. thank you. and my homes? you named them...new york city and the ocean. these two places are in my bones and cells.

[Malin]

Oh, I would love that beautiful necklace as a gift for a friend who used to live in Paris.

[yvonne]

Lovely shop ~ bel kai designs!
Please drop my name in the hat for your giveaway and thank you!
My kitchen inspires me with the colors and textures afforded me in the baking and cooking done there.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29289907@N02/4919297177/in/photostream/

[Aia]

what a lovely collelction! i've never been, but always have had a drawing to the town of paris. maybe one day i will visit.

here's my home:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aclamp/4919330791

[elk]

a wonderful collaboration of feeling and artistry..i have never been there but these would be the next best thing!!

i do a lot of dreaming right here...inspiration comes often...it is a wandering spot:
http://redorgrayblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2010/07/w-k-e-n.html

[Patti G]

A sandy shore - anywhere. Be it the Lake Michigan shoreline, the Pacific, Atlantic or the Gulf, I love having my toes in the sand listening to the sound of the waves.....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/22639132@N04/4919995196/

[Jennifer]

This past weekend I spent out of town hiking, taking photographs and meeting a beautiful Flickr friend. It was the first time I'd ever spent the night away from my husband and son, and although I had a gorgeous time, they are home:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cardboardsea/4663959899/

[spread your wings]

I love your necklace and would be thrilled to win it.
I am inspired most when I am out in nature . I feel at peace in the midst of the woods - God's beautiful world all around me. But it's when I look close I see things that inspire.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/4001235005/in/set-72157622333235090/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/autumnsun/4570148062/in/set-72157623972467774/

[Michel]

what a beautiful necklace. wonderful gift of wandering. I love it.
I am from saskatchewan, this is where my heart lives.
http://michelfeist.squarespace.com/wishful-thinking/2010/7/1/i-heart-saskie.html

[Jennifer]

I feel inspired at my cottage...it is our haven...our little place of heaven.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23134155@N07/4920346602/

[kaley]

the beach, little mountain, the forest. home. *sigh*

[Sherralee]

I'm most at home when living/cruising/sailing on my sailboat. The Florida Keys call to me...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/44927762@N08/4882623175/in/set-72157622877991138/

[Liz]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lilybeth29/4400798572/in/set-72157601159455456/

up on mt. hood

[southbeachmom]

My husband and I both grew up in Miami Beach. It was a big adventure for our children the first time we took them to the beach. The beach and breeze of the ocean is where our home is.

[Becky]

Great timing, I had just posted a picture covering this very topic:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/reno_gang/4897747776/

[shirley]

Oh, such a beautiful necklace and we are so lucky to have the opportunity to win one!

I was fortunate to visit the coast of Italy last month. It still calms me to look at pictures of the beauty there.
http://www.shirleybehindthelens.com/2010/08/next-stop-manarola-cinque-terre.html

[georgia]

oh, this necklace is so fabulous.

i don't have the most amazing scenery around me.
i live in the midwest of the usa.
but i have a place i visit almost yearly that inspires me...
the gulf of mexico, where my husband's parents live.
this is the spot on the beach i always claim for the time that i am there.
and i often sit in this chair and just take in the simple beauty:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4835842299/

as far as what is around me, i have some things that are peaceful to see as i drive around...
like the farm land that surrounds me.
this is always one of my favorite scenes,
especially around this time of year:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28567264@N05/4229749029/in/set-72157623001282393/

[Sar Jones]

Anywhere my kids are is home to me....

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ICjaG5VfrTc/TDYWQrlewmI/AAAAAAAABPI/sbl5nJ0Ufdc/s1600/Caleb+at+beach+on+log_low+res.jpg

[Christine]

Although I have yet to visit India this is where my heart resides and would one day love to make my home....in the mean time, a lovely necklace would do the trick!
Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!
Christine

http://www2.hiren.info/desktopwallpapers/natural/tajmahal_india.jpg

[kristin]

it is beautiful irene.
i dream of paris as i am sure many do and your pola images make this even more dreamy.

[The Paper Mama]

I feel at home anywhere Mike is...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thepapermama/4921079561/

[Jade Sheldon]

Sitting amongst the trees with my sweetie is where I feel most at home. We do live in Oregon after all :)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmsheldon/4901453379/

[Janette]

I grew up along the coast in Virginia, but California has been home for 20 years, and I've come to love the mountains as much as the sea. Still, the ocean is a source of inspiration and renewal to me. I think of it often, even when visiting the Sierra Nevada. A beautiful glow can remind me of certain moonlit walks along the Atlantic that I took decades ago:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcanare/3175042924/

[Jenny Rebecca]

What a beautiful necklace!


This is the view from the kitchen window at my parents' cabin in Clark, CO. Our home is in Florida, but my stepfather grew up in Steamboat Springs, just down from Clark. We grew up visiting Steamboat Springs every other summer so it has grown to be a place of comfort and homecoming to me as well.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fanglord2/3983348445/in/set-72157622521153444/

[Marga Marion]

The necklace is absolutely beautiful! I love the inspiration!
This is where I call home! This is where all my worries and stresses release and I get to pretend that I live in a fairy tale.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53277568@N02/4922641714/

[elflyn]

The necklace is just stunning.

Home is definitely where the heart is.....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25976646@N07/4730033592/

Thank you for the opportunity.