{scissor variations}

the taste of inspiration

 

 

happy week - ending

 

 

{cookie recipe here}

happy week - ending: what do you like?

as i was bloggle-ing along the other day over at uppercase i noticed a list of blogs on Janine's side bar.

i clicked here + there. i did the whole list. you know how it is.

then i clicked onto this blog. 

i noticed the "about me" on the right side, except it wasn't quite an "about me"....and yet it most certainly was.

 it got me thinking.

what do i like?

This type of list making has no anxiety attached to it. This is not a "Name 10 Things You Like About Yourself" list. This is not a bragging rights list.

This is just a list. A list where you do not have to cross things off. This is a playful list. This is the type of list that should bring a little joy to your Friday.

Who here doesn't like joy? Raise your hand. You may be excused.

Now, where was I?

i like numbers. i like ketchup with my bacon. i like cardigans. i like foreign films. I like reading subtitles. i like david sedaris. i like handbags. i like making lists. i like that my birthday is on the same day as my husband's. i like soft ice cream. i like farmer's markets. i like rain. i like raspberries. i like city and colour. i like warm hats. i like pakora. i like weimaraners. i like Andrew Bird. i like warm socks. i like barefeet. i like letterpress. i like not working in an office. i like cutting out of magazines. i like origami. i like quietness. i like e.e. cummings. i like writing letters. i like gerbera daisies. i like syllables. i like donairs. i like old tin cans. i like driving. i like reading. i like kindness. i like cumulus clouds. i like saying cumulus. i like old jars. i like brooches. i like making my bed. i like listening to margaret atwood speak. i like scissors. i like date books. i like staying at home. i like flea markets. i like typography. i like sheets on the clothesline. i like making homemade soup. i like book stores. i like Halifax. i like magazines. i like slip on shoes. i like unexpected notes. i like gummi bears. i like augusten burroughs. i like water colour paper. i like windy days. i like office supply stores. i like the CBC. i like pillows. i like avocados. i like the word true. i like church rummage sales. i like wondering. i like the Barefoot Contessa. i like flying home. i like taking pictures. i like reading cookbooks. i like old people. i like sweet peas. i like folding clothes. i like talking on the phone with my sister. i like 19 gauge wire. i like turtlenecks. i like the Kronos Quartet. i like thinking. i like James. i like going to movies on a weekday afternoon. i like falafels. i like green. i like green. i like green. i like making things. i like not watching television. i like beautiful paper. i like Nina Simone. i like writing the alphabet in cursive. i like dancing to music from the 80's. i like curry. i like train rides. i like the ocean. i like Portland. i like tomatoes from the garden. i like graph paper. i like old maps. i like baking bread. i like getting up at 5 in the morning. i like parallel parking. i like stripes. i like sunflowers. i like Lunenburg. i like happiness. i like road trips. i like caramel.

what do you like?

{thank you alyssa for the inspiration}

happy week - ending

Bodhi from California models one of our newest quote discs--

"I am large I contain multitudes"  

~ Walt Whitman

It is what all the fashionable lab/dane mixes are sporting these days.

{thanks Bodhi + Kim}

 

happy week - ending

 let me

keep my mind on what matters

which is my work,

which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished...

-mary oliver-

 

happy week - ending

 

{noon on Saturday tastes like this}

 

Avocado Cheddar Sandwich

Take a handful of tomatoes, slice them in half and put them in a small bowl

-roma, cherry, something meaty inside.

Add a splash of good quality balsamic vinegar, a chopped up garlic clove or 2 and a wee drizzle of good olive oil.

Refrigerate overnight or for a few hours before using.

 

Assembly:

 

2 slices dense bread-toasted or untoasted-I use a multigrain sour dough

Spread with grainy mustard (you might prefer mayonnaise)

Add sprouts (sometimes not)

Slices of old cheddar

Slices of avocado (if a bit ripe, I mash it in a bowl first + then spoon it onto the sandwich)

Freshly ground black pepper

Add some slices of your balsamic vinegar marinated tomatoes

A few more sprouts (or lettuce or both)

Enjoy!

happy week - ending

a bouquet of blogs

 

 

 

the small object

sarah.

she makes. she bakes.

Click on the posts she has kindly listed for us all to the left.

If you look at one of her posts, let this be the one.

I am a huge admirer of cleverness, aren't you?

 

rag + bone

I love reading about all things paper: sculpture, design, jewelry. Along with binding beautiful books, Jason has a knack for scoping out interesting design tidbits.  Sadly I was in Rhode Island last summer + completely blanked that the bindery was located there.

I had a hard time typing that out loud.

Pass the Kleenex.

 

once wed

I do not need to plan a wedding.

I do love being inspired though, don’t you?

Couples are thinking outside of the box these days + once wed is sharing.

 

cafe cartolina

Great design sources + photos, like leafing through a magazine.

Also don’t tell anyone, but if you check later in the evening, say after 10 or 11pm, she usually has the next days’ post up…

 

daily poetics

A carefully curated presentation of images + words that evokes instant emotion.

I happened upon this blog quite by accident a few years ago-2005 or 2006?

Although I had been reading the blog for several years, I only discovered her incredible flickr contributions this past fall.

slow to the party on that one, i was.

 

 

...these are a few of my every day side bar favorites.

you know those favorites that you click on + when you see a different picture start to appear on your screen than the one you saw the day before you get a little excited?

 

 

 

happy week - ending

crafting + a new read + chocolate

enough said.

happy week-ending

 

 

 

 

{a pair of scissors + a stack of magazines = weekend happiness}

 

When one has a great deal to put into it
a day has a hundred pockets.
-  Friedrich Nietzsche

 

hope your weekend has lots of pockets to fill

or pockets to leave empty,

whichever you need most.

 

 

happy week- ending

   

 "Take rest; a field that has rested gives a beautiful crop."

~ovid