Serious Shopping: Saturday

Oh boy - have you seen the SATURDAY line from Kate Spade? Housewares, Clothing, Bags, Shoes, Paper Goods and more - at prices that don't scare me! I already ordered a new bag.........

Seattle Visit

I recently had the privilege of visiting a very dear friend out in Seattle. I only had four days to see this fantastic city, and we made the best of it! I couldn't get over how lush and beautiful the pacific northwest is - such amazing trees and modest, carefully maintained bungalows and well designed townhouses and condos. I would absolutely live there if it wasn't so far from friends and family.

Before I left I hunted around for some suggestions of what to see and do, and this guide from the Tea & Cookies blog helped tremendously!

View from the Space Needle!

I loved the Dale Chihuly exhibit - like being in Wonderland!

You can get a discounted ticket if you purchase for both the Space Needle and the Chihuly exhibit.
They're both worth it!

The famous Public Market of course.

Dinner at the Walrus and Carpenter - Shellfish heaven. This is one of those great restaurants that you wish you could linger all night....

(Barbie Wigs!) Excellent junk shopping in the Snohomish area, bought a lot of adorable vintage hankies.
(#havingallergiesinstyle)

View of the Space Needle at Volunteer Park

Ballard Farmer's Market - veggies for dinner!

Lovely long walk through Discovery Park

Drinks and pinball at the Unicorn (early before the party crowd got going).

Relaxing Ferry Ride to Bainbridge Island

Super fun Underground Tour, Seattle has a fascinating, strange history.

And of course, amazing coffee from Vivace!

Quivver Shop: Closed

I started Quivver two years ago on Valentine's day, and have had a blast making and selling my arrows, but alas - things change and I'm having a hard time making time to get any finished!

I've got some new activities and projects I'd like to focus on and I didn't want to leave folks hanging - whenever will she refill the shop? It's better I'm honest with myself and acknowledge that it's time to close up and move on.

A HUGE thank you to anyone who purchased an arrow or threw me a mention!

design by conran at jcp

I am in LOVE with these two lamps over at the design by conran shop at jcpenny's! I love the shapes, the wood accents and they're white! I ave no idea what the quality standards are, but I might just have to buy one and see!

They've also just launched a Jonathan Adler shop as well, though I wasn't as excited about the line as I thought I would be...

"Beep" Floor Lamp

"Beep" Table Lamp

Union Square Donuts on WBUR!

My friends over at Union Square Donuts are on WBUR's YouTube Channel - Congrats to Dawnielle, Heather and Josh!!! And Megan, and other girl I don't  know!

One month and you guys are doing awesome!

My Bedroom Retreat Contest Entry

So I've thrown my hat into the ring on Apartment Therapy - I've entered the My Bedroom Retreat contest! Help a girl out and throw a "favorite" my way? Pretty Please???? I'll vote for you!

Bow Ties!

You'd think by now I'd be an ace at documenting my little projects for this blog, but sometimes I'm too focused on what I'm doing and forget to take cute pictures and am forced to take iphone snaps in a restaurant under poor lighting. when will I learn?

Anyway, I made these three adorable cotton bow ties for a dear friend's birthday. Based on the excellent (and free!) David pattern from BurdaStyle, with a few modifications, they came out great!

Since I didn't know my friend's exact neck size I wanted and adjustable tie, but I couldn't find the exact hardware the pattern called for, so I used Vest Buckles which worked out just fine and were easy to sew on. I also only interfaced the bow section of the tie, not the neck piece which made them much easier to turn inside out and I figured that portion was under the shirt collar anyway.

(Sorry for the crappy phone pics!)

Donuts! Get Some!

For all you local Boston area folks - don't forget to head over to Union Square Donuts, opening today in Union Square, Cambridge. Started by some dear friends and masterful kitchen wizards - you won't be disappointed! 201 Somerville Ave!!

Mr. Printables

Sometimes I can't tell if I'm late to the party with all the amazing things out there on the web, so forgive me if everyone already knows about Mr. Printables - but if you haven't - it's an awesome website and blog where you can download (and print and maybe frame) SUPER cute educational posters and paper toys!

Ikea PS on SF Girl by Bay

Hey there now, a nice little post on Ikea PS cabinets over on SF Girl by Bay, including a pic of my 'lil old studio!

I actually have two of these cabinets, (the low and high) and I have to agree that they are great for the price. I really wanted the white ones, but they weren't available when I bought them. I always thought I'd repaint them - something like this, from the Ikea Livet Hemma blog: