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"We&amp;#039;ve had the pleasure of working with Sweet Paul editor and prop stylist, Paul Lowe, on our most recent Easter decorating feature as well as last May&amp;#039;s Easy Organizing: Celebrations story \u2014 and his adorable Norwegian accent is only part of his charm.  Paul, who was a florist in Oslo before making the jump to styling, and finally moving to New York five years ago, is a well-spring of creativity \u2014 he puts out four issues a year of Sweet Paul, his online mag, and hopes to make it six soon. &amp;quot;Readers say it&amp;#039;s as &amp;#039;if Anthropologie made Martha Stewart Living,&amp;#039;&amp;quot; says Paul. &amp;quot;But I just wanted to make [a magazine] that would not be like anything else out there. Something more playful with crafts that you don&amp;#039;t have to be a technician to put together.&amp;quot; Well, he&amp;#039;s doing an excellent job. What we heart most about the Summer 2011 issue: the Cheater&amp;#039;s Decoupage story (spoiler alert: spray adhesive does the trick); an impressive how-to on using natural dyes (from blueberries to saffron, coffee, and more); and the magazine&amp;#039;s always scrumptious-looking food stories, including the best summer cakes cover story and a salads story so lovely it could double as wall art (Paul has published more than 20 cookbooks \u2014 and it shows). And we&amp;#039;re going to take it as a compliment that he titled this month&amp;#039;s round-up of &amp;quot;gorg-wanna&amp;quot; handmade items &amp;quot;Home Style.&amp;quot; Since his home is his creative laboratory, Paul says it can &amp;quot;sometimes get a little messed up \u2014 those natural dyes got everywhere!&amp;quot; But he loves mining his own trash bin for inspiration. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m heavy into recycling. You don&amp;#039;t need to go out and buy something expensive \u2014 you can make something stylish out of something very ordinary, like a box or a tin can,&amp;quot; says Paul, noting that he was especially proud of this recent story in which he turned cardboard boxes into toys for kids. When he does buy supplies, he says his go-to source is Etsy.com. &amp;quot;Usually, you can find stuff there that&amp;#039;s even cheaper than Michaels.&amp;quot;  But how does he come up with so many fresh decorating and entertaining ideas (the latest issue of Sweet Paul is a jam-packed 144 pages)? &amp;quot;I look at a lot of blogs and other magazines, but an idea can come from anything \u2014 if I&amp;#039;m in a shop and see something or if I go to a museum,&amp;quot; he says. &amp;quot;Most of my ideas come to me when I&amp;#039;m in the bathtub. I think really well there, so always having a pad and pen next to the bathtub helps!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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