hot! and spicy!
on Jul 31, 2009 in accessories & homewares etsy you gotta eat cooking recipes spices i just stumbled upon this great etsy shop and can’t believe how genius this is! purpose design puts together these attractive, and really practical spice kits in sweet little magnetic tins, and ships them out to you in tubes! they will customi...

tag sale l.a. !
on Jul 31, 2009 in accessories & homewares home furnishings "los angeles" "tag sale" in case you’re in los angeles this weekend…don’t miss the this tag sale!  The Designer Tag Sale is an interior designer yard sale/tag sale organized by interior designer Vanessa De Vargas and design editor Vanessa Kogevinas. Hosted...

Friday Food Files With Molly Watson: Boats & Salmon.
on Jul 31, 2009 in guest blogs you gotta eat "molly watson" alaska salmon I’ve been traveling. Traveling north. Learning about salmon.The absolute hands-down highlight of my trip was a morning spent on the Myrmidon, a bright blue, neat-as-a-pin, fiberglass bow-picker salmon gill-netting boat out of Cordova, Alaska. T...

oh, and happy, happy friday.
on Jul 31, 2009 in photography "flickr pool" lifeguard sfgirlbybay i hope y’all get in some quality fun in the sun. have a great weekend, and i’ll see you back on monday! p.s. so sorry for the site outtage today!! glad to be back up and running!! [ photo courtesy of Dennis&Grace via the sfgirlbybay...

locale lovelies.
on Jul 31, 2009 in craftiness/diy inspiration "gift bags" "kirei nest" thanks so much to Nicole of the blog Kirei Nest for including me in her round up of locale lovelies - some great gift ideas for out of town guests. take a look at her locale lovelies posts for some fun san francisco gift bag ideas, as well as some gr...

keeping calm.
on Jul 30, 2009 in accessories & homewares etsy 'keep calm & carry on' 'rae dunn' ceramics the phrase is everywhere and the posters keep on and on. all i can figure is that when times are tough, it’s just a phrase that resonates with everyone. and now, ceramic artist rae dunn has created her own little homage to the poignant sentimen...

inspirational amy.
on Jul 30, 2009 in accessories & homewares inspiration "amy butler" bedding fabric i realized yesterday when i posted about ‘surf style‘ that i hadn’t checked up on what textile designer amy butler has been up to in a while. i love her website for it’s fresh, clean look, and i love they way she mixes her bri...

blissful inspiration
on Jul 30, 2009 in inspiration photography "mrs. french" "national parks" bliss good morning!  it’s me, mrs. french…I have missed our time together.  I wasn’t able to pop in last week because my family and I were visiting beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Grand Teton National Park.  One of the most beautif...

time out with erin: floor it.
on Jul 29, 2009 in craftiness/diy guest blogs textiles/flooring/walls 'erin loechner' blog "design for mankind" floors lace stencil When I get bored, I usually partake in some sort of decor-related activity, such as rearranging furniture, switching artwork and/or organizing. But lately, I’ve been dreaming of painted floors and have a feeling this pretty pattern may appear b...

poppytalk Road Trip.
on Jul 29, 2009 in if you're going to san francisco photography "poppytalk" roadtrip i took a little road trip on over to poppytalk today! check out jan’s fun summer series road trip ‘09 for a little slice of northern california, and some more summer road trips from future contributors on poppytalk. thanks for having me,...