Someday I’m going to need a house with many, many rooms in order to accommodate the massive light fixture collection I hope to acquire! My latest crush is on the Hicks Pendant. In my mind’s eye this one would be headed for the bathroom or a nice, longish hallway where I could line up a few in a row. Lovely!
Check out Activate.
Apparently vitamins lose their potency while sitting in water – who knew? Activate physically separates the two until the instant you open the bottle. That’s the moment they’re released from a specially designed moisture-resistant chamber hidden in a compartment in the underside of the cap. As of now there are four flavors available (Vitamin = Fruit punch, Immunity = Orange, Antioxidant = Berry, Energy = Lemon lime) and Activate is only in retail locations on the coasts. Hopefully they’ll spread like wildfire because I’m eager to try the functionality of this packaging out.
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No matter what part of the country you’re from or how you pronounce the word one thing is for sure – gyros are the bomb. (And yeah, I just said “the bomb” without even a hint of irony!) I’m really excited to try this turkey version. Don’t miss the included recipe for homemade pita bread!
: photo and recipe via Love and Olive Oil
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“If your eyes like it, your heart will love it,” says the designer of these rice and feed bags, who employs disabled and disadvantaged villagers in Cambodia to handcraft each colorful piece. Available in laundry bags and wastebasket versions.
I, for one, love them. The cause is just one more reason to buy one. Or ten.
:: via swissmiss
Posted In house and home, storageDavid Stark coordinates the design of private and corporate events in the most gorgeous of ways. He has some big name clients and the mad skills to back everything up with. Take a look at what the man can do with a space.
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Reader Brian Curley sent me the link to his online portfolio and I was really taken with his entry into the AIGA Get Out the Vote competition. The clean, graphical elements really get the point across in a nice way. Check out Brian’s site for more work as well as the AIGA site for other entries into the competition! (Unfortunately, the call for entries was May 1, 2008, so you can’t enter any longer.)
I’m a cake kinda gal at heart and the description of this apple cake being not too sweet, moist and simple definitely caught my attention. Especially since I’m occasionally known to either A.) scrape icing off of my slice and B.) bake a cake and skip the icing altogether. Enjoy!
:: photo and recipe via Pictures of Cake
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I haven’t gone on a picnic in years which is really sad. But I only like them when they’re well-planned and thought out and that takes, well, time. I’m thinking that these little DIY oilcloth placemats that hold both your silverware and napkin might give me the excuse I need to head out to the closest park and share some food with the ants! Check out the full tutorial to make a set of your own.
:: via CasaSugar via make:grow:gather
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I’m really into retro-style kitchenwares lately, so this Cafe Style Coffee for One is right up my alley. The top half is a french press that is capable of brewing both coffee or tea one cup at a time. It’s available in ten different colors, but I’m really digging this aqua version.
:: via Bluelines
Posted In grand design, kitchenI couldn’t leave you all wondering what to drink this evening as you celebrate Cinco de Mayo! Here are a few options to help you get in the spirit.
Red Headed Mexican
Ingredients:
– 1 1/4 oz Jose Cuervo Clasico
– 4 oz Lemon lime soda
(Sprite or 7up)
– Splash of cranberry juice
Combine tequila and lemon-lime soda in a rocks glass with ice. Add splash of cranberry juice. Garnish with lemon or orange peel.
Cinco Herradura Cocktail
Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz Tequila Herradura silver
– 2 oz pineapple juice
– 2 oz cranberry juice
– Splash of lemon-lime soda
Garnish: fresh lime wedge, green, red and white sugar for rimming
Stir the tequila, fruit juices and soda together in a tall glass. Garnish with a fresh lime. Rim a third of a tumbler with lime and dip in green sugar. Rim the adjoining third of the glass with lime and dip in white sugar; rim the last third and drip in red sugar. Pour drink in rimmed glass and serve.
Honey Mango Margarita
Ingredients
– 1 1/2 oz reposado tequila
– 1/2 oz Cointreau
– 1 oz honey
– 1/2 cup mango, sliced
– 1 cup ice
– juice of half lime
– salt for rimming
Mix all ingredients in a blender until smooth. Strain into a margarita glass rimmed with salt (optional).
:: all photos and cocktail recipes via Cocktail Times
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