blog break = inspiration hunt...

Happy Monday all!  I will be taking a break this week from blogging.  My baby (my computer) is heading to the spa - aka the apple genius bar for a few days.  In the mean time be sure to hang out with my good friends Jess, and Michelle. They will take good care of you!  Also check out the latest review of Confessions of a first timer from the fab Daisy Janie!  Thanks Jan!  Back soon with images from my inspiration hunt I am embarking on this week while I am unplugged!  :)

hello!! I'm back!

Hi!  I got so much done last week for SURTEX!  It is all starting to come together!  Exciting!  That means more time for inspiration right here! :)  Let's start with a salute to the sunshine shall we?!  This is a piece I did awhile back (like when I first started this blog way back when), and I still love it the same!  Hope it makes your Monday happy!

Spring Break...well sorta...

Hi!!  Hooray for spring!  I wish I could report that I was really taking a much needed break, but no rest for the weary around here!  I am taking this week off from the blog while I put it in overdrive prepping for SURTEX.  I'll be back next week with lots of goodies to share.  In the meantime, rest assured that I am sitting outside drawing away in this wonderful sunny weather!

à bientôt mes amis!

spring flowers...

In my book daylight savings time means it is officially spring. So let's celebrate on this monday with PEONIES and TULIPS!! Two of my all time favorites! Enjoy!both images via jenny's photostream

image via MayaLee photography

image via something to see

via Michael Justus

image via me!

image via virgina

image via ruben

bloom where you're planted - issue #07

ok. So I know I am supposed to be blooming where I'm planted.... but this plant may have to be repotted.  A trip to Austin, TX to be in a wedding reminded me why I love this music, margarita, tex-mex, artsy, outdoorsy, hippie, young professionals kind out town.  Good thing my roots are shallow right now...

[caption id="attachment_1523" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="drinks outside in february? yes please, may i have another?"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1527" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="almost time for Hannah to tie the knot!"][/caption]

bloom where you're planed issue #06

here's how I am blooming this week...

*  checking out a new workspace

*  having dinner with girlfriends old and new

*  taking a day trip to visit extended family

*  bonding with my new local market

Have you been picked up and dropped suddenly into a new home?  Are you making the best of it everyday?  I want to hear your stories!  Email me and tell me your story, and you'll be featured here!

bloom where you're planted - issue #05...

Finally took a moment to say aaahhhh and went to the spa.  It was a long time coming truly.  The reason this is how I am blooming this week is because I allowed myself to be vulnerable (gasp) an made a new friend.  If you are ever in Atlanta, go to the bliss spa in midtown and ask for Mary!  ;-)

bloom where you are planted - issue #04...

keeping commitments to myself (new home, new communities)...

found:  cute coffee shop...



found:  yoga home...



found:  hair salon...

[caption id="attachment_1035" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="before and after..."][/caption]

and my brother's awesome socks for good measure...

Bloom where you're planted - issue #03...

This weekend I realized that in my transition to the south I have neglected a really important part of my life.  During my time living in Seattle, yoga became a huge part of my life.  I've missed my studio and instructors so much that I allowed this feeling of loss to paralyze me from finding a new yoga community.

[caption id="attachment_815" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="ready to reunite with my yoga flow..."][/caption]

Well, that's it!  I am going to stop feeling sorrow for the loss of my old routine and fulfill this essential part of my life!  This week I will be visiting three studios one of which I will make my new yoga home.

bloom where you're planted - issue#02...

reasons i'm CHOOSING to bloom where i'm planted...

southern snow "storms"...

new fish friends at the GA Aquarium...

new friends...

(hey, isn't that that awesome artist jess gonacha swift?  :0)  )

first time seeing Bono and the Edge...

close to family...

lazy southern sundays...

hanging with good old best buds...

exploring new streets...

Bloom where you're planted - issue #01

Happy new year to you all!!  I hope your holidays were wonderful.  I love this time of year.  I love the optimism and hope that is in the air.  As many of you know, travel is a big part of my life.  Some of you may know that I have recently moved from Seattle to Atlanta.  Yes back to the old south once again (I grew up here).  This move has really challenged me in many ways.  While discussing these challenges with a good friend, she said to me you just have to bloom where you're planted!  After a few weeks of trying to figure out every excuse I could give her so that I could continue to whine - I've decided that she is right.  So I thought I would share all of my adventures of my time in Atlanta with you.  Each monday, you will get the good, the inspiring, and anything else I may encounter in this reclaimed home of mine.

Love your city, or learning to love where you are planted?  I invite you to use this space to share your stories.  Please drop me a line info@khristianahowell.com.

Why wilt when you can CHOOSE to bloom?!!  I hope you enjoy...

Rediscovering the High Museum of Art - Atlanta, GA

[caption id="attachment_542" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Morris Lewis"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_544" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Vik Muniz portrait"][/caption]

This portrait is amazing!  Comprised of junk found around the favelas (slums) of Rio de Janeiro then taken from above with a bird's eye lens.

[caption id="attachment_541" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="John Portman"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_539" align="aligncenter" width="359" caption="the reader, Gerhard Richter"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_540" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Gerhard Richter"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_543" align="aligncenter" width="360" caption="Tony Smith"][/caption]