September 5, 2012

Click and Grow

It’s well known that my thumbs have a bit of a blackish hue to them. I can give sustained life to notoriously difficult things like African violets and orchids, but also have a knack for growing massive tomato plants than bear no fruit and kill succulents with a sideways glance. Maybe Click and Grow is the answer to my problems, because it doesn’t get much easier than growing plants without watering or fertilizer. Nope, that’s not a typo. You just pop in some batteries, fill up the water tank, and do nothing. Sounds like my kind of gardening! Choose from several varieties of herbs, vegetables, and flowers.

Posted In house and home, technology
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September 5, 2012

Rocking Bowls

Rocking Bowls would definitely put a punch of fun into the tailgating and watch party get togethers that accompany each and every autumn. These fun, well designed vessels are by Yaakov Kaufman and available in several colors (and PS: totally affordable).

Posted In house and home, kitchen
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September 4, 2012

Candles Burning Bright

Clockwise from top left: French Oak Filled Candle from Restoration Hardware, Le Feu de L’Eau Candle from Pretty Mommy, Pure & Good Candle Jar from Anthropologie, Luxury Grapefruit Candle from Jo Malone, Whipped Cream & Pear Illume Boulangerie Candle from Anthropologie, Grapefruit Orange Candle from Stone Hale Co., Mojito Candle from Malin + Goetz, F.S.C. Barber Candle from Creatures of Comfort

Oklahoma is so freakin’ hot every summer that once I turn on the AC in May it rarely gets turned off before late September. It’s that bad. But the thing is, when a house is closed up and relying on circulated air like that it starts to get a funk about it. You know what I’m talking about, right? Something needs to be done and that something is candles. I’m really picky when it comes to what smells I can tolerate (Thanks, Mom!), and think spending a little extra definitely pays off. What are your go-tos?

Posted In accessories, house and home, round up
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September 3, 2012

Coast to Coast

PHOTOS: Josef Hoflehner

I’m taking today off to celebrate the end of summer (in theory) and Labor Day, but bright and early tomorrow I’ll be heading off to NYC to reveal the outcome of the HP Designer Matchup necklace you voted on creating! I can’t wait to see what everyone thinks and report back next week. Straight from New York I’ll be jetting cross country to San Francisco to attend Mighty Summit with some amazing women in media. It’s going to be a jam-packed week, but I have posts scheduled for you every day like normal. See you soon!

Posted In holidays, travel
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August 31, 2012

Happy Weekend

01/ A beautifully designed transparent motorcycle gas tank.
02/ The Candy Wrapper Archive!
03/ A fun street jewelry installation.
04/ Dogs with Napoleon Complexes… dressed as Napoleon.
05/ A line of furniture held together with nothing more than rope!
06/ The Dipr may change your relationship with cookies and milk forever.
07/ Stunning long exposure photographs of fireworks.
08/ And these long exposures of moths in flight.
09/ Musical icons mosaic portraits made from their own CDs!
10/ Design nerd flashcards.

Posted In create, furniture, grand design, graphics, happy weekend, house and home, mixed media, online, photography, street
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August 29, 2012

Luxe Liquors

It shouldn’t shock you too terribly much to know that I shop for wine and liquor much like I shop for household products – according to how well-designed the packaging is of course!

Clockwise from top left: Lovejoy Vodka, Art in the Age Root/Snap/Rhuby, Reyka Vodka, CORZO Tequila, Master of Malt’s Drink by the Dram, Junior’s Midnight Moon Moonshine, Elements of Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky, Kings County Whiskey, Bully Boy Distillers

Posted In cocktails, create, package, round up
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August 27, 2012

Do a Little DIY

Confession time, I hoard DIY tutorials like a chipmunk. They’re bookmarked or thrown into an unlabeled folder on my desktop all willy nilly. Eventually (this is a process) I move them to another folder deeper on my hard drive that’s categorized. This Type -A-personality-meets-total-disarray is not a good system, but I have the best time going through it all and today I’m going to share a few of my recent favorite projects with you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted In make it, round up
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August 27, 2012

Bold Type Beach Towels

Summer’s end is just around the bend, but there’s still the last hurrah of Labor Day to see to. I’m digging these big, bold type beach towels from Piccadilly for Opening Ceremony. Designers Peter Miles and Leigh Johnson found their typographic inspiration in the signs of New York’s food markets, and I got a laugh out of imagining the people laying on the towels for sale as the items advertised!

Posted In outdoors
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