April showers are here in the US Northeast and I am really looking forward to May flowers, how about you? Today I take you to Singapore, to find some bright and pretty things to tide us over until we have real flowers to enjoy.
Fleur Avenue seemed an appropriate choice for my post about flowers. Brenda is a lovely Etsy seller who describes her vintage inspired bobby pins as “a summer paradise, exotic fruits, tropical islands,” all of which make me feel warm and sunny... → Read the rest of this article
Emily Anderson
Emily is the author of three books, mother of two small children, wife to one husband, and designer living in New York City. Emily also writes about the creative life, and her pursuit of all things that are good with style on her
blog.
This bracelet really does it for me. It is perfectly exquisite and makes me think of old-fashioned men’s cuffs, but this elegant piece is so much finer. A feather sets it apart from other beaded bracelets.
By The Beaded Lily. (:: And one more because I just can’t resist. ::)
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Erika Jurney
Erika Jurney is the founder of Try Handmade. She
loves the handmade and wants you to love it too.
What if you love the music of Kraftwerk and you just have to have action figures of the guys? Well, that’s something you just can’t buy, so of course you’re going to go make it yourself.
Check this out.
I’ve bought some old Mattel Ken figures (that guy from Barbie, you know) at flea markets, “decapitated” them and sculpted the Kraftwerk heads to apply them onto the bodies.
First of all I sculpted them and then I built moulds and casted them with... → Read the rest of this article
Erika Jurney
Erika Jurney is the founder of Try Handmade. She
loves the handmade and wants you to love it too.
August, the eighth month; a time when there is no longer any denying that what stands just on the other side of these long, hot days is autumn. The year is two-thirds over. And, I loathe to admit, in many locales so is the growing season. Last week the ripening of my tomatoes came on in earnest. Just in time, as a sick and demented cosmic plot twist would have it, for me to leave town for 5 days. While it’s a time, as I mentioned in both On Inheritance and Cooking Up... → Read the rest of this article
Diana Prichard
Diana Prichard is a homegrown and artisan food junkie; owner-operator of the small farm
Olive Hill; and freelance writer living in rural Michigan. You can find more on her work and life at
dianaprichard.com.
There’s nothing like fresh cut flowers. Here in the NYC area, it’s one of our few inexpensive luxuries. A simple bunch costs about $10, and adds instant freshness to any room. Placed in an office, on a kitchen counter, coffee table, or windowsill; flowers, like tulips, are an easy and inexpensive addition to your home. All you need to do is fill a container with water, add flowers, and done. (Small vases are perfect for small spaces, from Anna’s Pots. )
Tulips are... → Read the rest of this article
Jennifer Simoni
Jennifer is a freelance writer, who just launched a new wine tag line found at
Shop TagIt! and on
Etsy. You can follow her incorrigible tag obsession at the
Daily Tag.
