Happy Fourth of July! It’s been awhile. Greg and I have been busy with lots of celebrations lately — I love it! Holidays, birthdays, showers and graduations! After today’s holiday, we’ll attend a Friday wedding, and I’ll co-host a bridal shower the following weekend. You can count on a few pretty photos from that soirée! …
A huge congratulations to all of this spring’s graduates, especially the doctors! I’m so proud of my friend Rebecca, who graduated from medical school, and my sister-in-law Michela, who graduated from optometry school! I made this myopic panda card for Michela, as she adores all things pop up (and all things cute!). The funny thing …
I don’t know many people who wouldn’t appreciate a Starbucks (or insert-your-favorite-coffee-shop) gift card! Even those of us who don’t like black coffee can find plenty of sugary things to enjoy in the ubiquitous coffee shop. But gift card giving sometimes feels a little impersonal, so this time around I added a flowery felt sleeve …
I finally made a sea shell shadow box to match my feather and egg shadow box! I love the look of old nature illustrations, and was drawn to interesting arrangements like these. Though the average sea shell craft is a little too kitschy to match our decor, I thought a symmetric pattern with some of …
Greg and I did a little experimenting with Smitten Kitchen’s recent crepe cake recipe over the weekend. It calls for banana crepes layered with a sweetened cream cheese and yogurt mixture topped with butterscotch and walnuts. And, because everyone loves it, we made a last minute decision to add Nutella to half the layers. Yummm. …
There comes a time in every man’s life when he must replace the as-is Ikea dining chairs he bought secondhand on Craigslist with something a little more, I don’t know, stylish? Sophisticated? Less self-assembled? That day has finally come courtesy of a set of six bentwood chairs Jennifer found on Craigslist. Ever since our epic …
Just thought I’d share this Easter gift I made for my grandmother, who has spent far too much time in the hospital recently. I often send sweets, but I know she gets a lot of sugary treats from the rest of my family. Instead, I decorated a wooden cross in hopes that the cheer it …
I often wait until the last minute to decorate for holidays (and generally don’t care […]
I love party favors. They’re often one of the first things brides cut from wedding budgets […]
There’s something about the weathered texture and classic muted red that I love in salvaged brick. Growing up, we always had plenty of it around due to the stockpile my dad accumulated from the neighborhood chimneys toppled by the Northridge earthquake. This Valentine’s Day I stole a brick from the remnants of that stockpile to …