Wine & Design

Check out all these cute wine racks!

LOOPSEY Wine Rack
Dennis Lin - Cru Wine Rack
Plywood Wine Rack
Wine Knot - Wine Rack

More Etsy Finds

Look what I just bought on Etsy! I Love it!!!! I purchased this Ingraham Daisy Wall Clock from Etsy seller One More Smile. It's going in the kitchen!

Also check out these mugs from Etsy shop Vintage Tea. They are still available at only $8.95!

Lightseed Hanging Candleholder

Lightseed Hanging Candleholder

Create a warm, inviting atmosphere with these Light Seed Candleholders. Hang them from the ceiling, insert the tealight and you've got a new décor for your home. Buy more than one and you can create your own light display. Cable and one tealight are included. Comes in a display box. Available in four colors: Blue, Pink, Brick and Green. Please note that you may find black dirt on the piece that you receive; this is caused by the soil from the stoneware on matte color during the heating process and is natural for this product.

On Sale! $9.99 each

My Weekend Adventure

So this past weekend I took a letterpress and book-binding workshop at Albertine Press. We started off Saturday working with lead type. I can't believe people used to use this type for making newspapers back in the day, it's very tedious work.




Our first project was to bring in a quote and arrange it with type anyway we liked. Shelley Barandes, who runs Albertine Press, showed us all the tricks on how to work with type and how to use her press. The press looked scary at first, but once you get the hang of if it it's a breeze. Also be sure to check out the Albertine Press Etsy shop.

Sunday was the book-binding part of the workshop, led by Angela Liguori. I had always wanted to learn about book-binding, but was a little intimidated by the whole process. I have to say when you see someone doing it it's so much easier to learn! Angela brought in beautiful papers, with which each person in the class made a soft-cover book and a hard-cover book. Later on she showed us some examples of other work she's made - absolutely stunning! Check out her Etsy shop.

Etsy Find

*sold

$15.00
Milk Glass Snack Set from Etsy shop Blue Sky Days

One box set for a total of 4 cups and 4 matching plates.
Very 1950's with milk glass and retro leaf pattern in those classic color combination of turquoise and pink.
Still in their original box and in perfect condition.

Freebie Friday!

"1950 Laxative Ad: Perfect happiness is just a dump away."
Image from Found in Mom's Basement

Enjoy these good for you freebies

Nature Made: 14-Day Sample of Liquid Softgel Calcium (US)
Nature Made: 14-Day Sample of Liquid Softgel B-Complex (US)
Nature Made: 14-Day Sample of Liquid Softgel Vitamin C (US)
Konsyl: Free Shaker Cup with Samples (US)
New Ultra XCID™ Antacid (US)
Prilosec OTC (US)
Fiber One® Caramel Delight (US)
Free Bayer Easy Care Pedometer If you're a bayer easy care member enter your membership number. If you aren't, register on the right side of the page (US)

Emily Barletta

Check out the gorgeous work of Emily Barletta, drools...

Albertine Press

I signed up for a letterpress/bookbinding workshop this weekend at the Albertine Press studio in Somerville. I can't wait!

Erica Bazile

Check out these colorful bags from Etsy shop Erica Bazile.

Brooch display

I got creative last weekend and finally made a home for my brooches... well most of them. I think I'm going to have to make more of these, I don't think my brooch obsession is going to end anytime soon.

hoop.dee.do

Check out the new hoop.dee.do embroidery hoop bulletin board, what a cute idea! You can find them at Etsy shop Little Pretty Studio. I love their fabric choices! Also Jennifer, one of the creators, has a cute blog you should check out: Paper and Ink.

Derek's Apartment

I'm a sucker for bright colors! Check out Derek's Los Feliz Apartment.

images from apartment therapy

Button Bouquets

Etsy shop Tumbled Shards makes these gorgeous bouquets using vintage buttons. I can't stop staring at the red button arrangement, what a great way to display old buttons!

Suspect Shoppe

Check out Etsy's Suspect shoppe. It's the artwork of san francisco based artist Mati Rose McDonough. featured in the shoppe are children's book illustrations, doily elephants, tube socked lions, suspicious kittens and mod feathered friends!

Center piece idea ~DIY~

I've had this idea of doing stick center pieces for a long time so I went outside today and collected a variety of dead twigs and weeds. Then I walked over to my local craft store and bought tons of pearls and white floral spray paint. I'm not sure if I will even go with this idea but I think it looks pretty so far...

Wedding

So it's official: I'm in the process of planning for my 5 year wedding anniversary. We never did a fancy wedding, it was a small affair with just close family and friends. So next year I'm going to make up for it with a winter "wedding" for my 5-year anniversary. I'm so excited! I will post a lot more wedding related topics and keep you all updated on all my plans.

New painting

Working on a new painting.

Vintage Mugs

One item that always seems to fly off the shelves on Etsy is vintage mugs and cups from the 1950's to the 70's. As you can see by the cup collections below, people get addicted to collecting small beautiful things. :P

Found on Flickr

ound on Flickr

ound on Flickr

Etsy Shop Charmdesign

You have to check out the gorgeous bags over at Etsy shop Charmdesign.

The Mystic River, Somerville/Medford MA

I took a walk today and I finally remembered to bring my camera. I enjoy walking around the Mystic River every other day. It's so peaceful and filled with so many birds, I walked under a hawk today and I saw a cute woodpecker.

I'm so lucky I found my apartment! Can you imagine seeing all this water and nature out your window while being so close to the city?

An Engineer's Guide to Cats

Echo Design

Echo recently began reintroducing a select number of their most popular scarf designs dating back to the 1940s.Vintage detailing includes hand rolled hems and the original Echo logo from the time period in which the design originated.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Have a good weekend everyone!
Hopefully it won't rain to much here in Boston, I want to get out of the house and do something. My apartment is clean and I want to keep it that way for a few days. :P

MMM More Yellow

I found this cute yellow room on Apartment Therapy. Click here to check out more of Gregory & Emily's Home.