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Glimpses of Shop Interiors & Spaces / Inspiring Instagrams

July 23, 2013

Emerson Merrick Floral Pop-Up at Steven Alan in Tribecca

One of the amazing things about Instagram is the ability to catch glimpses of places in locales you haven’t yet or may never travel to. I’ve collected a handful of photos of spaces that others have shared that are inspiring me recently: Here is a peek at Amy Merrick’s pop-up flower shop . . .

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Leave a Comment · Dream Business, inspiration, shop

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow – My Reflections on Kindred, Pt. 2

February 15, 2013

So, what were the gory details you ask? Well, there’s too much, and it’s too complicated to get into fully.  Let’s just say the rug was simply pulled out from under me, and everyone else involved without being allowed or given the opportunity to restructure. A company came to me brandishing a . . .

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1 Comment · Dream Business, Opening Up A Boutique

Fashioning Pattern

September 10, 2012

Textile Design, Michelle Smith, Fabric

I remember the first Harper's Bazaar I bought when I was a teenager. I was instantly in love with the visual storytelling through photography, the fabrics, the clothes. Many of the imagery was shot by photographers Patrick Demarchelier and Richard Avedon and to say that their work through this . . .

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Leave a Comment · Dream Business, Fashion, Home, inspiration, Organization, Pattern & Licensing, textiles, Trade Show

The Papered Parlour, Block Printing Wallpaper Classes

February 15, 2012

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It’s no secret that I love textiles and patterns and spend much of my time creating them. In college I took a number of printmaking classes and really enjoyed the hands-on process of applying ink to paper. It is satisfying, especially in this age of computer generated everything, to actually roll . . .

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Dream Business: A Flower Shop

February 1, 2012

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I always say to my husband that an ideal business scenario for me would be to come up with the idea of a shop: to envision it, go through the logistics of opening it, design and furnish it, market it and then sell it to someone who would love to manage the day to day of it. Since I’m always . . .

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Feminine Modern is the blog of entrepreneur Michelle Smith. She works professionally as a photographer, food and prop stylist, and illustrator. She owns the store Gather Goods Co. in Raleigh, She's worked with West Elm, 3M, Design*Sponge, Meredith Publications, Fons & Porter and Spoonflower among other well-known brands. A garden & DIY lover, she is the photographer of the book Modern Terrarium Studio.

Passionate about shining a spotlight on maker entrepreneurs, she is also the owner of Gather, a maker-focused gift shop and classroom in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. She founded The Rock & Shop Market in 2004 (an event she organized for ten years). The market featured thousands of maker entrepreneurs alongside bands, djs and food trucks and was the first of its kind in North Carolina.

Her husband Ben, a scientist by day, is an entrepreneur too who concocts recipes by night with his business The Apothecary's Kitchen. They live in Raleigh, North Carolina with their elementary school-aged daughter, a prolific doodler who wants to be an artist, a singer, a robot scientist and a teacher when she grows up.

Orange Cake Recipe - Food Photography by Michelle Smith

Orange Cake Recipe

Gingerbread Layer Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

Gingerbread Layer Cake with Eggnog Cream Cheese Frosting

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