I'm loving this post on Little White Whale earlier this week. Gloria has a recipe by Deb from the Smitten Kitchen for make-at-home cheese crackers, a la pepperidge farm goldfish.
Man, I could put away a whole bag of those goldfish crackers when I was little. I bet my sodium count was through the roof the weeks after!
buy here
I went into the Party supply store on 86th and Lexington after work today, and boy is that a place money trap. I wanted to buy all the sprinkles and cupcake liners and they have tons of cookie cutters that would be good for this recipe!
Anyways, I want to try out this recipe this weekend or in the coming weeks. I'll let you know how they turn out!
Mr. Takigayama
Art Hound
I just learned about Art Hound a few months ago and the idea is brilliant.
Kate Singleton is the mind and art matcher behind Art Hound.
For $99, Kate presents 4 pieces of art that match up to your art preferences.
Plus she has a great blog where she shares a plethora of artists that are just fantastic.
[She seems like such a rad person, would love to meet her some day.]
So Genius! Go check her out.
****all images from the Art Hound site**
40 Years Illustration Op-Ed NYTimes
Wow...great great great video article about 40 years of illustration at New York Time's Op-Ed page.
It's 10 minutes, but definitely worth sitting and viewing about how this little page progressed to be so big over the last 40 yrs.
see here
Dose of Cuteness
How could anyone be grumpy after seeing these little guys?
I should make a daily date to check these out after a long day. :)
via ememem
Target in Harlem
Today, Amy + I ventured up to East 116th in Harlem to check out the new and only Target (for now, at least) in Manhattan.
Instead of writing about the craziness that happened inside the store, I shall write about what pleased me to bits.
All of their marketing for the store is ILLUSTRATION! And I am just dying to know what illustrator got this awesome job. They, she, or him did such a swell job on it all!
Does anyone know? I thought that I might have heard about who did it on the illustration blogs I read, but nothings been said. :(
Everything from their printed ads, t-shirts of guys handing out the metro on the morning commute, to poles in the front part of the store, to a fully encapsulated 6 train (check out this article, Target paid $250,000 to cover no.6 trains for 6 weeks!!), all of it is drawn.
And you know the best part, they have a free shuttle that's from the store to 116th and Lex and 125th and Lex.
And of course, you called it, the free shuttle bus is covered in illustration too!
[Yes, that's Amy holding a huge 18 pack of Charmin ;) ]
[Happy and on the Target shuttle bus.]
Good for Target to use illustration!
Merci Registry
Such a brilliant idea!
Launched by Scout Holiday, Merci Registry, allows you to customize your own gift registry. Only bad thing is that it has a fee, but I guess it beats getting a lame-o gift that won't be used.
Check it out!
Future Mantelpiece
Sigh.
Only until I can buy a home or be lucky enough to rent an apartment in NYC that has a mantlepiece as gorgeous as this one, will I be able to recreate my own version of the above.
I fell in love with the oversized gilded frame above the fireplace.
I guess I can dream...
found here on decor8 but from the home of Live Bohemian
Highlight of my week...
...spending a few fun minutes with this handsome guy in a photobooth.
2 heart stopping moments today...
Wedding ideas
I pulled this little mood board together for Kate's & Bret's wedding to get some ideas in the pot for when I do their invitation package.
Maybe they'll like it, maybe they'll hate it.
I just love doing these little projects.
Sorry, I only have a few photo sources for the above. If you know any, please post below :)
here's the few that I know....Rifle Paper Co., Jcrew
Walking on Sunshine
These shoes just might make me ready to walk on sunshine.
via Jcrew
via Jcrew
Katrina & the Waves - Walking on Sunshine: "Katrina & the Waves"
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Make sure to thank someone who was/is in the armed forces.
Engagement Pictures
Remember my post about going back to Cleveland w/ Tom?
While home, Tom took the engagement pictures of my older sister, Kate, and her fiance, Bret, near Lake Erie, OH.
I was his 'assistant' which basically meant I held a lens occasionally, but more just stayed far enough back so that I wasn't in the frame ;)
I love how they turned out and am so proud of Tom's work.
Might you have friends who need pictures, you should contact my boy, Tom.
If you could use a smile, I would read this.
Good people are still out there. :)
Dreaming of Capri
If I could go on an exotic trip this summer, I would go to Capri, Italy.
It looks sublimely gorgeous!
pictures via wayfaring, hotel onda verde, capri.com, Linda Garrison
It looks sublimely gorgeous!
pictures via wayfaring, hotel onda verde, capri.com, Linda Garrison
Spring Treat
I can almost feel Spring. It stopped in New York City a few weeks back, but skipped town soon after. So, I am going to hope for these 'lollies' postcard by Gillian Bates and hope Spring comes back soon.
Be-a-uty!
via JCrew $250
Now this is a gorgeous dress if I say so myself!
Kate, how about these for bridesmaid dresses? (Kate's my recently engaged sister).
Ha, she would never go for this look.
...Maybe this could be my dress rehearsal dress?
Little Surprises
Tom definitely found another way to my heart this weekend.
He surprised me with this little guy, which I blogged about here and here. It melted my heart.
So, on our brunch Sunday, I thought it might be funny if I had a 'birthday' and we put the new cupcake cutie to work.
And yes, they sang to me. (Hey, my 24 1/2 birthday is April 21st, so we weren't completely lying).
Unclip.com Live
Unclip.com went live April 5th. I checked it that day.
Please go check it out and better yet, you should register and share all y'all great fashion advice you have. :)
Tray Day
Heroic Herons Large Tray $8 from Gama-Go.
Nice color choices.