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| Me, in all my tartan glory. |
Greetings,
For those of y'all who are regular readers - you'll know that we do things big and plaid here each year on April 6th. The date was chosen as "National Tartan Day" for those of us of Scottish descent to celebrate our highland heritage. If you hear bagpipes in the distance, it might just be me!
And as usual, I've decided to embrace the day and post a flurry of my favourite plaid images - enjoy . . .
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| Polo/Ralph Lauren |
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Barrie Benson, from Domino Magazine
(photo credit - Laura Resin) |
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| SMW Design, Holiday 2008 |
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"Plaid is the New Black" featuring my home and some good friends |
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My Own Bedroom.
(photo credit - Nicolas Smith) |
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| The Draper's Kitchen, from Mad Men. |
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| The late Alexander McQueen and Sarah Jessica Parker. |
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| And the now, ubiquitous image of tartan sheep. |
You might also enjoy "National Tartan Day" posts from previous years. Here's
2010 and
2009.
Cheers,
Scot
Comments
You're looking terrific! Gorgeous and fun post, Scot!
Enjoy your day!
xo
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
I am working on a tartan guest room and will try to join in on NTD fun next year.
Vicki - thank you!
Sue - thanks for reading - and yes, please join in the fun next year!
Luciane - I find new images of the sheep every year. I LOVE them . . . lol.
For the coming year I will start collecting images like you and Delores very very well done.
Hubby will get a hoot out of the sheep(looking for a sheep farm in Western North Carolina Mountains)
Love that photo of the inside of the camper. I took that photo from Romancing the Plaid book. Isn't it amazing? The husband and wife team of ANTA did that to take to a fabric trade show. Enjoy your special day.
~Delores
PS: I linked back to you in my post, just in case my readers needed more of a tartan fix! haha
xo,
cristin
Favorites from this post: You, in all your tartan glory, SJP & A. McQueen, your holiday tables, and of course, the tartan sheep! Thank you for sharing one and all. It's always a delight to visit here.
I've added a link to this post on my Tartan Day Tea to spread the word of Tartan Day.
Happy Tartan Day! ~ Sarah
Happy Tartan Day!
Happy day, Catherine
So many lovely images. I especially love the one of you guys laughing & all the ones of your home.
I need to figure out a way to work tartan into our beach/nautical decor here. And how can I convince my Polish husband to wear a kilt? lol
I adore these vibrant colors, the spirit and your wonderful home! What's not to love? All those strong male legs....
My living room is strong enough to hold a tartan plaid or two....I'll think about it for winters to come!
Great inspiration!
thanks for the inspiration!
Slainte! Jennifer
//Christopher
Babs
cheers
debra
Cheers,
Scot
I'm a few days behind, but Tartan happy none the less! With my Scotland roots this is something I realize I have not been embracing enough!
Your bedroom - drop dead amazing. And, that Tartan party from Rue is begging to be recreated. Hmmmm....it's never too early to start planning one!
May you have a perfectly plaid weekend!
xo Elizabeth
What wonderful examples.
Love that tented Airstream, and the sheep are just precious.
I just remembered the tartan wall-covering I installed in a small bathroom years ago. I'll send you a picture.
Cheers,
Claudia
I find your overuse of the treasured tartan pattern both self-serving (in that it allows one to wear virtually any color shoe, sock or cravat) and exploitative to Scottish heritage here and across the pond - nay, the globe. Would you be so quick to celebrate your Scot-ness if the tartan were replaced with, say, a mas of orange and green jumbo dots against a turquoise and magenta background of horizontal stripes? I thought not.
You and your one-T'ed name should be ashamed of yourselves!
P.S. I tried to sign up for a new account so I could use the screen name "TartanThunder" for this post, but it was taken...