February 2012
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Picture Perfect: Valentine's Day Surprise!
- Sutton
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Mad About... POUND jewelry
So I just wanted to take a moment to introduce POUND jewelry to you, dear readers. POUND jewelry is the love child of Linda, Becca, and Mia Kannapell, and myself. Together we have taken our unique skills as individuals and put them together to form this family-run jewelry business. So please excuse this shameless plug for a moment, because regardless of whether I was a part of this company or...
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A Home: DIY Vintage Kitchen
I love a kitchen with well placed vintage accents— bright or pastel colors on a white backdrop is my absolute favorite. I adore big farmhouse sinks with beautiful curtains hung above, even more perfect if there is a freshly made pie cooling in the window sill.
1. Retro Kitchen 2. Norwegian Kitchen 3. Cape Race 4. Little Round Table 5. Bright Yellow Kitchen
We don’t use paper towels...
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Eye Candy: Band Posters
I’m sure it’s the graphic designer in me, but regardless, I’m obsessed with band posters. I love the illustrations, color, typography, witty content, and of course that they promote my favorite bands. If my husband would let me, I’d have band posters framed all over the house.
There are so many amazing ones, it was really hard to pick just 4. When you have some time you...
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Tunes >> Six for Saturday 2.4.12
1. Electric Guest - This Head I Hold (Los Angeles, CA)
2. Metronomy - The Look (Two Inch Punch Rework) (London, England)
3. SOKO - First Love Never Die (Los Angeles, CA)
4. Of Monsters and Men - Little Talks (Reykjavik, Iceland)
5. Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (Los Angeles, CA)
6. SWIM DEEP - King City (Birmingham, UK)
- BK
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Taste Love: Truffle Salt
If you’ve never eaten a dish with some form of truffles, your taste buds are sorely missing out, poor things. Truffles are rare, edible mushrooms that are considered a delicacy in most parts of the world. Tasting like pungent garlic and earthy mushrooms had a love baby, they add a level of flavor like nothing else I have ever had the pleasure of eating. Usually they are shaved,...
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Mama Bear: Butternut Squash Grilled Cheese
I tried out the first recipe from the book I received for Christmas “Deceptively Delicious: Simple Secrets to Get Your Kids Eating Good Food” and it was a massive success! I started out with the Butternut Squash Grilled Cheese sandwich.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup of butternut squash puree*
1 tablespoon of butter (The recipe in the book called for...
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Mad About... Baby Animals
Baby animals. Need I say more?
I just can’t get enough of these adorable little creatures. It doesn’t matter what type of animal it is, if it’s a baby, it’s cute. Skunk? Gross. Baby skunk? Adorable!
It reminds me of the time my sister and I found a nest of baby rats in our garage. They were pink and adorable, and my sister and I ran to our mom, asking if we could keep...
January 2012
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Sulla Mode: Silk Shirts (for girls)
Do you remember when AC Slater wore silk shirts with high-waisted, pleated black pants on Saved By The Bell? Gag me! He was the reason so many guys wore silk shirts back in the day. Him! I don’t know about you guys, but I couldn’t have been happier when this trend faded and guys only wore silk ties.
Over the last several seasons, silk shirts have re-emerged for the fairer sex. Thank...
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Tunes: Sunday Sexiness for You & Yours 1.29.12
1.The Bamboos - Wilhelm Scream ft. Megan Washington (James Blake Cover) (Melbourne, AUS)
2. Emily Wells - Take it Easy (Manhattan, NY)
- BK
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Tunes >> Six for Saturday 1.28.12
1. Active Child - Hanging On (Los Angeles, CA)
2. Goldroom - Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
3. Capital Cities - Breathe ft. Tupac Shakur (Pink Floyd Cover) (Los Angeles, CA)
4. Gotye - Somebody I Used to Know ft. Kimbra (4FRNT Remix) (Los Angeles, CA)
5. Tourist. - Placid Acid (Brighton, ENG)
6. Porcelain Raft - Drifting In and Out
- BK
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Sulla Mode: A Love Affair with Ballet Flats
As much as I love boots for winter, sometimes a girl needs to change it up a bit. And that’s when I break out my flats. (Actually, who am I kidding? I love flats anytime of the year.) They go with almost everything, they are flattering on all legs, and they are super comfortable. They achieve all this and still manage to be effortlessly chic.
But all that said, sometimes it’s hard...
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Eye Candy: What I'm Reading, Watching, & Cooking
1. Hawke just celebrated his 2nd birthday earlier this week (Happy Birthday sweet boy!!!) Among the amazing gifts he received, from our kind friends, he got tons of books. We spend hours upon hours reading everyday. We are still reading through all the new books, but so far Boogie Monster (pictured above) is his favorite. Its about a Boogie Monster who comes from the Planet Boogie on a mission...
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Mad About: Badger Balm
I am obsessed with chapstick. Yeah, I am one of those people who have become addicted. My boyfriend doesn’t use it because he knows that once you start using, you can’t stop. I’m ok with my addiction though. I’d rather have sweet tasting, soft lips than dry, cracked lips. (Oddly enough, Nick’s lips are perfectly kissable. He must have bionic lips to make it...
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A Home: Mad Men Inspired Decor
In 2 months we will finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief. In just 2 months we will remember that truly good television really does exist, hidden somewhere underneath the Real Lives of Kardashians and plastic Housewives. In 2 months we will be sucked back into a deliciously rich storyline that keeps the viewer distracted at work, trying to make predictions for the next episode. In 2...
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Eye Candy: Beach Love
1. Cloud beach; 2. Hearts; 3. Magic castle; 4. Truth; 5. Sandbox
As I’m leaving for my dream vacation on Sunday, my thoughts are given to fantasizing about the rolling blue sea. Truth be told, the beach is my favorite place on earth. There’s just something about the vastness of the water, the delicious salt air, and the brilliant colors at sunset that just sets my soul at ease. ...
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Kamera: Photo a Day
This past weekend I replaced my very, very old Blackberry with an iPhone. Yes, I did purchase an iPhone when they came out for Verizon last year, however due to it falling into some water (3 weeks after getting it), I had to switch back to my previous Blackberry. We had insurance on all our phones, but “somehow” Verizon cancelled the insurance on all our phones when we got iPhones...
Puppy Love: Miss Lola
I couldn’t miss the opportunity to introduce my new baby girl, Lola. I just got her during our little sabbatical and she is absolutely the new love of my life. Albeit she is also the waker of my dreams, chewer of my shoes, and distractor of my work, but she is worth every little annoyance. As an unmarried, childless, working woman, I had very little responsibilities at home before this...
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Mad About: The Pursuit of Glowing Skin
I remember numerous occasions throughout my teen and young adult years when my mother advised me with great wisdom to start taking care of my skin at an early age. She urged me to use certain cleansers, creams, sunscreens, and serums to delay and minimize the inevitable decline that time sucks out of our youthful, supple skin. The decline that makes women start to look like deflated balloons and...
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Eye Candy: Horse Love
I have been obsessed with horses ever since I was a girl. Growing up, my best friend’s family had a farm and lots of horses. I started riding horses all the time, and eventually my mom bought me one of their horses. I was in heaven. My best friend and I would jump on our horses and be gone all day exploring the countryside around their house. We would gallop through the woods and jump...
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Mad About: Picture Perfect Moments
Ever wish you had your own personal photographer to capture the perfect-ness of a moment in time? I call those “picture perfect” moments and I live for those seconds in time.
- Sutton
source:
1 Walking 2 Sunglasses 3 Head dress 4 In a field
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Girl Crush: Zooey Deschanel
Who me? Yep, who’s cuter, quirkier, or just downright more awesome than Miss Deschanel? Who? Exactly.
Don’t you just want to put her in your pocket? If you don’t, you will after hearing this one… (Joe Gordon-Levitt can climb in there too.)
HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU FABULOUS PEOPLE!
-Kelly
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Sulla Mode: The Lovely Jewels of DANNIJO
I can’t get enough of DANNIJO. Their awesome jewelry line is fun, fresh, and loud. From chains to bibs to friendship bracelets and collars, these girls have it covered. All of their many pieces are handmade in NYC.
DANNIJO is the brainchild of sisters Danielle and Jodi Snyder. I first met the sweet sisters in high school and I have loved watching them grow their company into the fashion...
December 2011
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Taste Love: Frog Hollow Tavern
For my last night in town my mom and stepfather treated me to a delicious Southern night out at Frog Hollow Tavern in Augusta, GA. The farm to table concept is nothing new in foodie cities, but chef Sean A. White’s vision is an oasis in a sea of old school standbys. Located in the gentrified center of downtown Augusta, Frog Hollow takes its moniker from the historic area in which...
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Mad About... Thymes Frasier Fir Reed Diffuser
Hi, my name is Thymes Frasier Fir Reed Diffuser, have we met? If not, you should take me home now and enjoy my crisp wintery wonderfulness.
No, but seriously, have you heard of this stuff? It’s amazing. Its lovely green, citrus, and wood notes will make you swoon. It adds a festive, warming element to your home that works for both the holidays and the entire winter season.
In the weeks...
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Sulla Mode: Simple Shoes. Get them while you can!
It is with great heartbreak and sadness that I write this post as a farewell to one of my most loved staples of my comfy, thrown-together wardrobe. I have had a love affair with Simples for about 7 years now when my hubby bought me my first pairs for a super awesome “Christmas of Shoes.” He gifted me multiple pairs of these super heady kicks made of 100% organic and recycled...
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A Home: Modern Fire
A twist on the traditional source for heat. Cool whites and grays set off the warm tones of natural heat.
(L to R, clockwise: 1; 2; 3; 4)
My favorite is no. 4. I love the new take on the old wood stove.
-R.M.
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Taste Love: Molly's Delicious Holiday Party
Recently, I joined a book club with several fabulous women in Atlanta. Some of the girls I have known since I moved to Atlanta six and a half years ago, others I met at the first meeting I attended. Regardless of how long I’ve known each, it’s a great group of ladies and I’m happy to have the chance to hang with them at least once every thirty days.
Each month, we choose a book...
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Mad About: Log Bowls
Over the years of honing my decorative skills I have become obsessed with having pretty bowls placed strategically around my home. As a total right-brainer, I am one of those mixes of people who crave organization, but sometimes lack the wherewithal to create an orderly system for small objects and, more often than not, the motivation to put them in an out-of-the-way place. Bowls are the...
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A Home: Lounging
Lounge: lie, sit, or stand in a relaxed or lazy way
- Sutton
(1 vine wall, 2 sunset views, 3 sunshine bright couch, 4 sky lights)
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Holiday Gift Guide /// $0-$20
1. Hand Embroidered Arrow Earrings 2. Letterpress Hotdog Thank You Card Set 3. Lattice & Hearts Pie Top Cutter 4. Handmade Green Tea Castile Soap
1. Super Stretchy Aztec Bottle Sweater 2. Wild Man Beard Conditioner 3. Star Wars Coffee Mug 4. Bacon Salt Set
1. Octopus Plush Toy with Mustache 2. Lonely Cardinal Raw Edge T-Shirt 3. Rocky Color Wood Cone 4....
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Easy Like Sunday Morning: 12.18.11 (part one)
The Sun
Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills, or the rumpled sea, and is gone— and how it slides again out of the blackness, every morning, on the other side of the world, like a red flower streaming upward on its heavenly oils, say, on a morning in early...
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Taste Love: Seasonal Cocktails
- Sutton
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Holiday Gift Guide /// $21-$50
1. Suede Peeled Paint Cosmetics Bag 2. Porcupine Quill Earrings 3. The Creature Eco Orb Kit 4. Not Your Mom’s Dinner Party Table Topics
1. Travel Dopp Kit Made From Repurposed Bike Tires 2. Cardboard Buck Jr. Trophy 3. Leatherman Juice C2 Pocket Multi-Tool 4. Block Headwear Gloves with Thumb and Finger Slit
1. Eco-Friendly Bamboo Mosaic Puzzle 2. Desktop...
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Sulla Mode: Winter Night Style
A look I am loving for winter nights: blazers, delicate/sequined shirts, skinny jeans, and very high heels. For girls (like me) that don’t dress up often, it’s the perfect combination of ladylike and tomboy. Though it isn’t quite dressy enough for all winter evening occasions, it fits for many. Think NYE concert, dinner and drinks with friends, and non-office holiday functions.
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Holiday Gift Guide /// $51-$75
1. The Green Petal Recycled Plastic & Resin Necklace 2. Orvis Ruffle-Edge Buttoned Wrap 3. Dipped Rope Bracelet 4. Wooden Bottle Display Crate & Bottles
1. Malin+Goetz Dark Rum Candle 2. Tanner Goods Leather Sunglass Case 3. Hand Carved Mustache Comb 4. Orvis Monogrammed Leather Pocket Journal
1. Kid-Sized Wooden Banjo 2. Felt Food Breakfast & Dinner Set ...
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A Home: Creative Holiday Trees
While many of us have ample room in our home for a Christmas tree, not everyone does. But just because you don’t have the room for a massive Griswald tree, doesn’t mean you can’t deck your halls with some festive decor. Here are some creative trees, just the right size for any home big or small: 1. A tree made using an old book… beautiful and eco-friendly! 2. Pinecone trees…...
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Holiday Gift Guide /// $75-150
1. Gold & Turquoise Leaf Necklace 2. Eco Indian Throw 3. Good Luck Necklace 4. Istanbul Vase
1. Cottage Dolls House 2. Snow White Tutu Dress 3. Fun Ride Deluxe 4. Adjustable Easel
1. Beacon Boots 2. Homebrewer kit 3. Bike Pouch
Stay tuned for more of our gift guide countdown in the coming weeks. Don’t forget, all of our recommended gifts are made in...
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Eye Candy: Holiday Sparkle
Clockwise from bottom left: Icing everywhere; Park pretty; Vineyard holiday; Tree bling; Clock tower twinkle
Let’s face it, the holidays can certainly be stressful. Between the mall traffic, gift-giving, office parties, and forced family time, it’s often easy to forget that magical feeling this time of year can bring. For me, it’s as easy as a sea of twinkling lights to send...
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Mad About: Baby Wit, for the Coolest Baby in Town
From the day I found out I was pregnant with Jack Townes I knew that I had a unique little spirit blossoming in my belly. As I’m sure many mothers do, I imagined that my child would be an individual unlike any person the world had ever met. I knew he was going to enter the world with a personality that would set him apart from others, that would shine on rainy days and bring happiness to...
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Sulla Mode: Sweet Sweaters
After the initial sadness of saying good-bye to my flip-flops passes after temperatures drop, I get excited for cold weather layering. Time to dust off our old faithful cold weather wardrobe piece: the sweater.
Sweaters are so versatile. They can be worn with or without an outer layer and can easily be worn over other layering pieces to be removed when inside temps escalate. I adore them. I...
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A Home: Haute Holiday Decor
1.Chevron Christmas; 2.New-school Menorah
As we go full speed ahead into what is often the most decorative of all seasons, I thought it would be nice to share some alternative versions of the traditional trimmings we see year after year. Wouldn’t you, our quirky, crafty, classy, individual reader, like to eschew the conventional colors and tableau of the holiday season while still...
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Color Candy: Holiday Spread
Who knew that a little red and green would go so far?
(L to R clockwise: Peppermints; Poinsettias; Lights; Cookies; Holly leaves)
Wishing you the very best December and final month of 2011. May your senses be overloaded as much as your hearts.
- R.M.
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Holiday Gift Guide /// $150+
Cowboy Boots by Justin $164.99
Xipilli // Jewled Princess necklace from POUND $225
*Dainty Dish reader coupon code: 20% off entire purchase from POUND Jewelry with coupon code DDGG11
Three Bud Vases $150
Sarong $150
Backyard Tipi $275
Iglooplay Tea Pods $565-$1,150
Rustic Wagon $249
Karaoke Machine $155
iVictrola for iPad $150
Leather iPad Case $190
Creekbank Tripod...
November 2011
24 posts
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Sulla Mode: Dress Up? But Baby It's Cold Outside
I have never been very good at dressing up for the various wintertime events that pop up everywhere this time of year. I’ve got the whole cool, cozy “anything goes with boots” thing locked down, but getting fancy in the cold is a skill I lack. Whether it be a swanky New Year’s shindig or an early January wedding, I always feel clueless on how to dress so that I look...
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A Home: Rustic Decor
The Taurus in me loves to be surrounded by things of an earthly nature. I can imagine myself walking over that amazing floor made using cross section slices of trees, then sealed making the wood soft, yet sturdy. I adore the idea of using a vintage galvanized wash tub as the sink in a bathroom or kitchen. You can find these on Ebay and Etsy. They are also great to use during the summer months as...