white space is nice space. ♥

France

2011-03-28T20:42:00.008-05:00

can't stop thinking about southern France...
I ♥ you, France

handmade envelopes & gift box

2011-03-28T07:50:00.003-05:00

by the adorable melissa esplin from ISLY, i am always running into the problem of not having the right size gift box around the house. download her tutorial here, and then visit ISLY.

"Cure for the Common Font"

2011-03-28T06:45:00.005-05:00

A web designer's introduction to typeface selection - Frank Chimero, Stephen Cole, Jason Santa Maria & Tiffany Wardle talk about making better decisions about type. If you're like me and can listen to talk radio & books on tape while working, put on your headphones and listen to this at work - click below to view slides & listen.

Open publication - Free publishing - More fonts

you can also listen to the full audio & view slides at typographica.org - via imprint

martha stewart's pizza? yes, please

2011-03-27T18:00:00.007-05:00

ok. it's sunday evening. it's snowing. it's cold. it's gray. how about totally homemade pizza? Mr. Blake (thanks to his metalhead years flippin' pizzas at various restaurants) makes the best pizza dough in the universe. (these are from craft fairy Martha Stewart)

roasted vegetable & ricotta

shrimp & pesto

tomato basil

all recipes posted here >>

more dyed clothespin

2011-03-27T17:45:00.003-05:00

don't buy it, make 'em! (says the girl who ain't got time to MAKE anything herself these days). Ugh. So cute. You could make your own & even add magnets on the back for extra usages. Oh, and ain't the packaging idea super pimp? Love! by Olive Manna via Papersnitch via Pinterest

Wüsthof Santoku knife

2011-03-27T17:22:00.005-05:00

i have wanted REAL knives FOR YEARS. A few years ago, my dear lovely mother in law (she is a sweetheart!) bought us a nice set by Wolfgang Puck and they're wonderful but nothing really CUTS and FEELS like a Wüsthof Santoku knife... sigh... :(

how it turned out...

2011-03-27T17:15:00.003-05:00

not as pretty as what's her face's but pretty darn yummy. Don't think I could live without my cast iron cookware. It makes my eggs taste like they were made at a country truck stop in Texas, fried by some big haired waitress with big boobs named Patty, served with (tough) love and a southern twang. I loooove my cast iron. Wonder what I'll make for dinner. I'm in the mood to cook something complicated.

updates to come,

XOXO

else

today's breakfast

2011-03-27T08:19:00.003-05:00

(if the sick 3 year old allows me) i'm going to make myself hasbrowns & eggs for breakfast today. i will report if it turns out yummy. pic from bitsofwonderland

slim six layer dip

2011-03-27T08:13:00.002-05:00

maybe I should make this dip instead today - from the Food Network via Pinterest

what a dress!

2011-03-27T08:05:00.002-05:00

i wish i had somewhere pretty to wear this dress to. sigh. via pinterest.

stripe lust

2011-03-26T20:22:00.002-05:00

i'm obsessed with stripes via push the movement

bookshelf: scary or amazing?

2011-03-26T20:15:00.002-05:00

via storage glee

bookshelf love

2011-03-26T20:10:00.002-05:00

Ren, i lied before: THIS is the bookshelf I want in our basement. Bookmark this post. Make me this shelf this summer. Thank you. Via storage glee

pesto lasagna

2011-03-26T19:56:00.003-05:00

thinking about making this tomorrow. grab the recipe at The Italian Dish via Pinterest

clothes lust

2011-03-26T19:51:00.002-05:00

via sidebyside via Pinterest

storage glee

2011-03-26T08:11:00.003-05:00

storage glee is a website I'm obsessing with lately but storage glee (the emotion) is what I felt when I saw this idea posted there (seriously, i wept). Vintage printer drawers turned jewelry storage? Oh, hit me. Total ♥.

house warming bucket gift

2011-03-26T08:00:00.002-05:00

super cool idea by queen Martha Stewart - an awesome alternative to the predictable plate of cookies or candle as a welcoming gift.

book page rose tutorial

2011-03-26T07:55:00.002-05:00

same as the one below, i just wanted to document the book page one for later usage. full tutorial by stephanie lynn found here and here.

paper rose tutorial

2011-03-26T07:48:00.002-05:00

i never get sick of paper crafts - this one brought to you by the letter E (for Else), via creature comforts, via tammy mitchell

mounted mason jar storage

2011-03-26T07:43:00.002-05:00

more ideas for my studio - mounted mason jars, made with sections of wall molding from a thrift store and hose clamps. via weeping cherries

happy birthday, Else Cake Blake Bear

2011-03-26T07:32:00.004-05:00

happy frigging birthday to me!

being old sucks but getting hugs is awesome.

words that don't exist in the English language

2011-03-26T07:13:00.004-05:00

one word in Portuguese I really wish we had is "SAUDADE" - a deep emotional state of nostalgic longing for something or someone that one was fond of and which is lost (wiki definition). It's how I feel about my home country of Brazil sometimes, especially during the holidays: extreme "saudade". Sigh. Well, here are a few other interesting words that apparently don't exist in English.

via emmacherry

put those old crayons & pencils to good use

2011-03-25T07:01:00.003-05:00

crayon monogrammed wall art! by two peas in a bucket and by dollar store craft via Pinterest

seriously organized closet

2011-03-25T06:55:00.001-05:00

i think i may have soiled my pants a bit... this is too awesome - from the container store

when everything has a home

2011-03-25T06:44:00.003-05:00

Else's dream: to have her studio neatly organized where her tools & resources are all visible & easy to reach. Like this:

via The Nest