DwellStudio, tops at patterns for bedding and other home accessories, is now offering rugs. Rugs that I want to cover my floor with. (But I’d settle for just this one.)
Posted In floors, house and homeA mix-n-match smorgasbord of sorts. Basically any of these recipes can be paired together with one another for the Big Turkey Dinner or the day after. Or even a month from next Thursday. (That’s December 25th if you don’t have a calendar handy.) Happy menu planning!
Let’s start with the libations. Because as far as I’m concerned, no holiday is tolerable without a few. (Boozy Mulled Cider, Butterbeer, Maple Concord)
Soup is one of my favorite things to make. I plan to subsist on it all winter long. (Apple Soup, Pumpkin + Peanut Butter Soup, Sour Cream Soup)
Then we’ll move on to some hearty bread, it serves as a nice sopping device for the soup. (Bread Baked with Honey + Cream, Brown Molasses Bread, Parmesan Potato Bread)
Now onto a few traditional things, sweet potatoes for one. (Cookie Crusted Sweet Potatoes, Maple Sweet Potato Casserole, Grilled Sweet Potatoes)
And turkey for two, although these are recipes for leftover turkey since it’s easy enough to roast one. (Curried Turkey Salad, Turkey Cranchiladas, Turkey and Sweet Potato Hash)
And now onto the most important part of the meal. Pumpkin. And dessert. (Mini Pumpkin Pies, Pumpkin Custards, Pumpkin Rice Pudding)
Ocean by Brainstorm Print + Design
oh darling, let’s be adventurers by fifi duvie
Harry Had a Bad Feeling by Leah Duncan
I’ve had the chance to befriend a lot of talented people thanks to this blog, one of which has been fellow OKC-dweller Kathleen Shannon. And, well, she’s amazing. Both as a designer and as a friend. (See that Design Crush logo up there? Yeah, she did it.) We happen to share a love of Wes Anderson movies, so when I heard she was designing a wedding invitation inspired by The Life Aquatic I started salivating at the idea. She’s lovely enough to allow me to share it with you first, right here right now. And because no one describes their work better than the artist, I give you the story behind the invitation suite in Kathleen’s own words.
Vanessa contacted me for custom wedding invitations after she stumbled across my portfolio on my blog. She and her fiance George met in Iraq working for the Department of State and love traveling. They are huge Wes Anderson fans, love maps, and giant squids. Sounds odd and quirky – so of course it was right up my alley. They had lots of fun requests – along with a giant squid on the invite they also wanted to include pi (you know, mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of any circle’s circumference to its diameter in Euclidean space), Par Avion written in Persian somewhere, and a map with important places to the couple highlighted. It’s not everyday you get requests like this from a bride and I was more than happy to oblige. Overall, Vanessa and George wanted the invite to spark a bit of curiosity in its recipients and I was up for the design challenge.
The Life Aquatic is one of my favorite movies of all time so I used that as my primary source of inspiration. I wanted the invitation typography to feel like opening credits and the RSVP tag to feel like a baggage claim tag. We utilized a limited color-palette of emerald and aqua with a few pops of orange. I managed to include all the requested elements without making the suite feel too cluttered – I think what we came away with was a layered and positively curious collection.
PS: To see more of Kathleen’s invitation work check out her site!
Posted In invitations, paper goods, weddings
Lately I’m really into necklaces. A major case of necklace lust, if you will. I’m also really into organic feeling, vintage, reclaimed pieces. And Species by the Thousands fits the bill on all counts. All of the pieces feel slightly wicked and used to perfection. {via Shiny Squirrel}
Posted In jewelry, wear it
In a moment of weakness this morning I bought myself these 2011 Astrology Wall Calendar Prints. They’re gorgeous, right? I love the coverage of the soy ink on the recycled paper along with the clean and simple design. It’s a year’s worth of wall art for pennies.
Posted In calendar swap, calendars, paper goods
I’m not quite sure how to classify Ashley Meaders other than quirky-talented-crafter-extraordinaire. (Seriously, check out her About.) She does amazing things with design and crafts at events that make me think she probably has my dream job. Total girl crush going on here.
Posted In crafts, create
I have a desk organizer. It’s nowhere near as pretty as this one from Less&More. Then there’s this pencil holder. And this glove holder. All really clean and well done and on my Christmas List as of now.
I’m in possession of a jewelry stand that is shaped like a branch, and it’s quite possibly one of my favorite possessions. But an actual branch display to hold all of your baubles and bling? One that you can make yourself on the cheap? Priceless.
Posted In make it