tying the knot

i love this circa 1901 18K gold knot band! erie basin has a very well edited collection of jewels online here. i can't wait to go check out the brick and mortar store in red hook! i am starting to get ideas for my wedding band to go with my engagement ring...

have a great holiday weekend!

a sunny rain

the rain is never ending! this down pour was during sunset...

more scanned bits...

so i obsessively started scanning my bits and baubles the other day. so here are some of my favorites...

staying organized and inspired

i am trying to stay organized and inspired... so i have started an archive/library of all of my magazine tears...i made the labels by scanning a wallpaper sample, then printing on sticker paper, and then using simple stamps to make the labels. so now i can easily access past inspiration.

summer snaps

here are some snap shots of summer in skyview, (in pomona, ny) and a sunset here in park slope, brooklyn...

scanned... old corsages

here is a part of a project that i started working on recently...more to come!

baking... trios

another baking day...trios... thumb print cookies filled with orange marmalade, raspberry, and strawberry jam.

today...

experimenting & finding inspiration...

home-made dog toy

teddy loves his new home-made toy...braids of unbleached canvas knotted... voila... a dog toy that isn't made in china with plastic and glue, and it has lasted for more than a day so far!

a birthday weeked!

a busy weekend full of birthday festivities for jonah...
starting with a home-cooked birthday meal on thursday, which included moscow mule cocktails. here is the simple mix:

• Ice cubes
• 1/4 cup vodka
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1/2 cup chilled ginger beer
• 1 lime wedge
• recipe from bon appetit here
  

and for a quick and simple dessert we had ice cream cookie sandwiches from bierkraft, topped with kitty chocolates. bierkraft is amazing, and we dangerously live a block away.friday night's festivities began in bayridge at schnitzel haus with friends. we all over indulged with german beers and sausages & schnitzels... yum yum.
and the evening ended with a homemade strawberry cream cake and champagne... on a side note, i just remembered that we got teddy last year around jonah's birthday... it has been so much fun having this little guy around...

inspired by... stitched illustrations by stephen campbell

i love the simplicity of these stitched illustrations by stephen campbell...images from www.art-dept.com

and more libert print love... from A.P.C.

chic liberty print accessories from A.P.C. ...

more liberty print love... from bonpoint

more liberty print love from bonpoint...

iosselliani stacking rings

i love the eclectic look of these rings from iosselliani

an apple a day...

more baking due to time off work... this time we had a surplus of apples, so why not make apple muffins...i found this recipe but tweaked it by adding more apples and cinnamon and topping them with apple slices...and being low on muffin papers inspired me to use parchment squares, which work great. tips on parchment squares here.the muffins are tasty... but nothing compares to the apple ugly muffins from the now closed back door bakery in silver lake back home. as i was waiting for the muffins to bake jonah started to make homemade marinara sauce for dinner...