Archive   |   July, 2010

blogwatch: where we’ve been clicking this week

Posted by in surfing

fresca

If Thursday’s popsicle roundup didn’t cool you down enough, Epicurious shares a Pineapple ginger agua fresca we are dying to try over copious amounts of crushed ice.

More amazing summer vegetable dish magic from Aliye and the Beachgreens blog: corn and zucchini saute with garlic infused olive oil.

We’re fans of the FDA war-era food posters, and their message can be so relevant in todays times. See a massive archive of them online here, at the beans are bullets exhibition by Cory Bernat, at good potato. Some gorgeous images we’d love to hang on our walls!

The most fabulous wedding ever? Maybe so, at Design*Sponge. It’s definitely one we would have liked to crash!

Swedish indoor/outdoor rugs. Yes, please. Via Remodelista.

If you were too busy distracted by Don Draper and crew to notice who designed Sterling’s desk, CasaSugar can tell you how to get the look: Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce. Loving the new office, by the way!

Eat your anime with manga farming, Tokyo artist Koshi Kawachi’s newest work. It’s our favorite category of cuisine: adorably delicious!

Thanks to Greta at Picnics in the Park, planning a pulled together party in mere hours is totally doable (and fabulous)!

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sales that make us happy

Posted by in shopping, surfing

container store

Crate & Barrel’s Marimekko Sale ends this weekend. Take 20% off select patters through August 1.

Enjoy free shipping on all West Elm bedding through August 2 and take 20% off all window panels and hardware through August 23 in stores and online.

For a limited time, Pottery Barn is offering up to 20% off their best-selling bedding collections in stores and online.

Shop the final days of the July sale at Kate’s Paperie to receive up to 90% off while supplies last.

Stop by Design Within Reach now to grab an additional 20% off all already reduced bathroom and outdoor clearance items while supplies last. If you’re near Seattle, enjoy 60-75% off at DWR Kirkland’s floor sample sale.

Get organizing with The Container Store’s Organized Home Sale ending August 1. Last weekend to snag a $25 Store More giftcard at one of their home organizing demonstrations!

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creative ways to document baby’s first year

Posted by in living with kids

candyland
spacemila

If you haven’t already, I highly suggest you visit Mila’s Daydreams, the adorable blog where uber-creative mom Adele Enersen crafts whimsical dreamscapes around her daughter Mila as she sleeps. What a great way to record an infant’s first year! Over at Young House Love, the Youngsters have been recording their daughter Clara’s growth through colorful weekly updates with numbered onesies in their Flickr stream. I love clicking through and seeing her progress – those first months are so fleeting! They grow up so fast and these inspiring documentaries are motivators for me to put effort into creatively recording my little one’s first years, whenever he or she decides to arrive in the distant future. What do you think, readers? Have any crafty techniques to share? – Sarah C.

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post off: would you wallpaper your ceiling?

Posted by in decorating

country living

I’m not a wallpaper hater. In fact, in the right space and in the right pattern, I actually kind of love it. That said, I’m still on the fence about the idea of wallpapering a ceiling. While the image of former Country Living editor Nancy Soriano’s living room is beautiful, I can’t help but wonder how hard it is to strip wallpaper from a ceiling when you’re ready for a change, not to mention hanging it in the first place. Ouch! In the end though, I guess my objections are more from a practicality standpoint than design. Given the right pattern in the right room (and a different husband who wouldn’t look at me like I’d gone bonkers), I’d probably give it a go, so long as someone else did the hanging. What do you think about the trend? Love it? Hate it? Already been there, done that and have pictures to share? — Sarah L.

image from Countryliving.com

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container store chic: the brocade desktop file

Posted by in organizing, working

BrocadeDesktopFile

I have a feeling that having the brocade desktop file from the Container Store would change my life. I could finally put away all my files, organize my home office and stop my husband from nagging about my piles of clutter that I leave everywhere. A little peace of mind for $20 – not bad! If you’re feeling extra ambitious, a matching garbage can, pencil holder , and letter tray can be ordered separately. — Katie D.

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