Really lovely package design for Lovejoy Vodka by ID Branding. There are four labels available, allowing the buyer to fit the design to their mood and taste at any given moment. New designs will be released with time and older ones retired, making each a sort of collector’s item. Love it.
:: via The Dieline
Posted In food, packaging
I’ve never been a big fan of gin, but this watermelon-y Royal 61 looks mighty tasty if I do say so myself.
Ingredients:
– 1 1/2 oz gin
– juice of half lime
– 1 oz creme de cassis
– 1 oz watermelon syrup*
– Champagne
– sugar for rimming (optional)
Mix all ingredients except in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with sugar (optional). Top with Champagne.
* Watermelon Syrup
To make watermelon syrup, mix 4 cups pureed seedless watermelon and 1 cup granulated sugar in a saucepan over medium heat and stir while bringing to a simmer. Adjust the heat to maintain a simmer. Stirring occasionally, simmer until the mixture has reduced by one half in volume and becomes syrupy. Remove from heat to cool and then place in a glass bowl or jar, cover and refrigerate until ready to serve. Keeps 5 days in the refrigerator. Makes 2 cups.
:: photo and cocktail via Cocktail Times
Posted In cocktails
Needless to say, with an iffy stomach I haven’t been able to drink any of my mandatory coffee for the past few days. And it’s killing me! I’m pretty sure I’d at least feel better about it if I had the La Sorrentina coffee machine to gaze upon. What a beautiful example of form meeting function – love the steam nozzle hanging off the back!
Last night I had the first “meal” I’d eaten in almost a week. And now that my appetite is returning I’m craving savory, rather than sweet, foods for a change. These chicken fajitas with crunchy cilantro-lime cabbage, creamy guacamole and roasted tomato salsa look beyond incredible at the moment.
:: photo and recipe via For the Love of Cooking
Posted In recipesI’ve long considered sketchbooks and journals art in their own right. Maybe not always finished pieces, but embryonic thoughts and ideas that came to fruition elsewhere. Jennifer New has taken this idea and compiled 31 list-, chart-, and sketch-filled journals by painters, filmmakers, engineers, designers, and other visual thinkers into Drawing From Life: The Journal as Art.
This silver can vase? I love it. And even though I could just as easily use an empty soup can it’s just not the same! So many uses, so little time.
:: via Better Living Through Design
Posted In accessories, house and home
Thank you for your patience during this time of bronchitis and pleurisy (which I didn’t even know people could still get). I thought i was recovering nicely from my bout with what I thought was a flu bug only to be sidelined again Monday afternoon. After some severe back pain, a doctor’s appointment and some nice chest x-rays I’m happy to report that I’m now on the true road to recovery. Thank god for antibiotics!
:: image via ffffound
Posted In just a note
My stomach is still reeling a bit from the past few days, but this chocolate pudding looks like it would go down quite nicely. That lovely blue cup might help, too!
:: recipe and photo via Seasonal Ontario Food
Posted In recipesWhy just write directly on the envelope or package when these mailing labels from paper + cup are so darn fun? Exactly. And I love how they incorporate your return address so demurely.
This underlay ladder would look incredible down the center of a dining table. So much more functional than using five different trivets!