natural beauty

Simple, organic, raw, natural, beautiful. Amethyst cluster necklace. Your own slice of Earth from the inside of a Brazilian Amethyst cathedral. I love these! Hemline now has a couple in stock. Coming real soon to my online shop.

Wylde vision

Caitlin Wylde that is

bundles of random found treasures

isn't the wide world web wonderful 

one's inspiration leads to another's and so on and so on

I was led to this wonderful work that seems to be inspired by found objects of and not of nature

which happens to be some of my favorite things as well

her work appears well thought out and beautifully put together
yet rustic and natural and random art of showcasing your findings

along with her use of aged canvas that resemble flags to create things like the tepee above

more found here and visit her beautiful home here

I seriously recommend you have a look for yourself

Poor man's linen

I love burlap. My hubby just salvaged like 60 or more coffee bean sacks that are in excellent condition. We have a growing list of ideas of what we can create using them. Cushioned and tufted headboard, dog bed, bar stool seat, wall covering, curtains(I wonder if they offer privacy at night with the lights on???). Personally, I like the part of the sack with words best. Who knows what their new life will be...we will have to wait and see.

Click on images to view my source for each and for other inspiration!

I like the idea but I am imagining a curvy wood frame and a tufted cushion...?

painted on

Have a look at this article for more on burlap.

A tiny market...and I mean tiny!

Coming soon...Bayou Bohemian will include a tiny market place where everything is vintage, recycled or handmade. Maybe even all three combined. Focusing on salvaged, repurposed and reclaimed odds and ends for your home, garden and body. Always embracing nature. Where one might find recycled copper jewelry or fun feather accessories as well as therapeutic-grade essential oils and essential waters made from our local bald Cypress trees. Also reclaimed wood furniture pieces and rusted iron found objects, for example.

Open when its open or by appointment! A funky, down-to-earth, out-of-the-box box of tin, reclaimed wood and windows. A bit random, a lot unconventional and always evolving.

feather accessories

recycled copper earrings

bayou bebez pants from comfy old t-shirts

Also available here and here!

Primitive lovelyness

via thehermitage

Natural, wild, organic architecture...my absolute favorite! This place is wonderful I only wish I could see more of this home of the trees. When discussing building our own home I always express my interest in using raw un-milled trees. Maybe not with such whimsy but definitely for structural support.

I am left intrigued by what exactly is going on here. Are those mud walls in the back? Is it actually built in a tree or just using trees in their natural state? It is quite lovely and simply amazing, regardless!

Shop update!

Yay! I have finally had the chance to create, photograph and upload a recent inspiration...Bayou Bebez. A ever growing collection of comfortable, handmade, organic, vintage and/or recylced pants for baby! Most of these pictured have a vintage scrap for a back (or front) pocket and I hand stamped the name on recycled canvas cloth.

made from repurposed old painters cloth

made of organic cotton

the very 1st pair

from abstract terry cloth

Click here to visit my etsy store.

Wild Things

Dandi Maestre’s Jewelry

Wild, primitive, and beautiful. I am inspired by her use of raw elements of nature. Being slightly manipulated yet making a bold creative statement. I sit here wanting to walk the banks of the bayou to gather seeds and driftwood to create adornments with raw nature fit for the tribes chief.










As featured on Ecouterre
For more of Dandi Maestre click here!

Conceptions as if from my own heart

gaiaconceptions.etsy.com

I LOVE everything about what this woman does with cloth. I would love to be at that place with clothing design. I am passionate about natural fibers and dyes. In the past I have worked with hemp/cotton and non-invasive dyes but I have yet to experiment with natural dyes like tea, coffee, berries and leaves. A technique I hold close to my heart.

I have several designs in the works using hemp and organic cotton. Comfortable, free moving fold waist pants, dresses inspired by life of times past, simple and feminine tunics, baby pants (bayou bebez). Most of them hand dyed. As I slowly complete my creations I will (eventually) photograph and upload to my etsy store. Today I am working on the baby pants, bayou bebez, using organic cotton and scraps from vintage cloth.

Working with cloth takes a lot of time and space especially when making and manipulating your own patterns. Plus, you need lots of room to spread out and arrange a straight grain on your fabric before cutting. Currently, I am limited on time and space (mostly space because if I had it I could stop and start a project without taking up ALL of our home then time would not be of concern) so I keep these ever returning inspirations and ideas close to my heart while I (try to) remain patient. For my time will soon come.

Enjoy more pictures of gaiaconceptions designs and visit her on etsy!