good morning! i’m reporting from savannah, georgia this morning where ac and i are enjoying the sunny weather and scouting locations for our wedding. i’ll be sharing some photos of our trip soon, but i wanted to welcome one of my favorite artists, matte stephens, to the d*s guest blog this morning. if you’re new to design*sponge via good morning america, our guest blog is a section of the site where we welcome artists, writers and designers to share their voices with us for a week. this week matte will be sharing posts about some of his favorite writers, all while traveling from birmingham, alabama to their new home in portland, oregon. matte is kicking things off today with several posts about southern artists so click here to check them out.

[want to find out more about matte stephens? click here and here to see sneak peeks of matte's birmingham home and click here to hear his podcast with legendary designer irving harper]