halloween sheets

i didn't do much halloween crafting this year but i did make these sheets for my bed. they're just a plain white queen sheet set from walmart that i embellished with halloween fabric and ribbon. i just did the 2 pillowcases and the flat sheet. sorry about the quality of the pix.

quickie card #2

here's another quickie birthday card i made. i tried to think outside the circle, plus it was diwali, so it came out kinda indian.

dining room

check out this cute dining room makeover by the designer guys, a canadian design show. i am so in love with that missoni-esque lampshade.

lady in red

turns out chris de burgh was right all along: men just love a lady in red.



Psychologist Daniela Niesta from University of Rochester.

Happy Diwali

Today is Diwali - The Festival of Lights. It is India's biggest, funnest, and sparkliest holiday of the year!



I posted an explanation of the holiday last year, so for 2008 - I'd just like to wish you all a very Happy Diwali, full of boundless Light, Love, and Happiness!

lucky b@#$%

umm, yeah...if i were way thinner and rockin' this jacket.

eat your food!

there's hungry relatives in india!

my mom left for a 6 month trip to india this past saturday and like all returning relatives who come back from abroad she had to take back some pretty cool gifts. some people still take laptops, cellphones, digital cameras, but they have all that. all my family wanted was american food. so next to her clothes and medicines my mom had a serious stash of these 4 food items.



my aunts adore the single serve crystal lights, and their cooks love the mashed potatoes b/c they can make a delicious indian bread way easier this way, the kids and teens go seriously nuts for brownies, and the matriarch of my family - my 84 yr old aunt - will have nothing less than jello no bake cheesecake :)

strange medicine

check out Coke Wisdom O'Neal's new art print 1 and 2 over at 20x200. he photographs people's medicine cabinets and says, "...if you told me a little about your beliefs, age and politics, I could make a pretty good guess as to what you have in your cabinet."

i know it's really obvious but don't you think this would still look cool hanging in a modern bathroom?

apples to apples

did you know that cortlands are great for pies, red delicious are great in the lunchbox, and granny smith's are great on a cheese plate? no? well then you should check out epicurious' primer on fall's best fruit - great pix, descriptions, and recipes. and to tote them awesome apples how 'bout this bag from patina.

doggie design

isn't this gift wrap cute for the animal lover in your life? i'd probably skip the doggie treat embellishment though...

contrasting displays

white on dark. dark on white. all pretty.



images from better homes and gardens.

numbered baskets

spotted them in my latest CB catalog - but didn't find them online - so i'm thinking they'd make a great diy project. just get some cute baskets and decoupage numbers or letters on - or if you're a gemini with commitment issues like me - affix said labels with this instead.

eeeeewwww

check out this kinda gross but mostly cute idea for a halloween treat made from black licorce. click the pic so you can read the poem. i bet little boys would l-o-v-e this.



it's from the share photos section of the bhg website.

currently coveting

these beautiful craft books. there are so many out there right now but these are my top 5. i had a chance to check 'em out at my local barnes and noble and they are awesome - beautiful ideas with great illustrations and instructions - just top notch stuff. if you're interested u can check out my amazon list for more details.







that last one i just added b/c i saw her on martha stewart and she was amazing.

4 tuesdays from now

will be election night - pretty scary stuff if you ask me. but you still have time to order these table topics for your election night party. they're advertised as being "designed to jump start fun, non-partisan conversations..."



sure, why not? sometimes a dinner party needs a brawl - just to mix it up a little.

pink and gray

images from style at home.

yard sale re-do

while yard sale-ing last weekend i picked up this mini album for .25 - and since i'm currently not into sponge bob - i recovered it with some scrapbook paper and i think it looks kinda chic.

milestone

just got back from my first trip to the dentist EVER! wasn't too bad!

this soap

is supposedly really great for the skin. it was developed by a doctor, and was featured on martha.

goodwill hunting

after lunch i also stopped by my local goodwill and spent forever looking at these 70's dining chairs for just $12 each. again thinking about glossy white paint and cool fabric - something like these or this or this. but they were wobbly and i'm not sure how to fix a wobble.



they also had this cool set for $300 - not really my style - a little too severe - but i thought for the right person - probably a good buy. and of course these were as sturdy as could be b/c i did not want them.

can u believe

i just had lunch at an indian buffet and just had this one plate - no seconds!

i am trying to watch what i eat and i had been talking to myself about todays lunch since last night -- trying to psych myself up to stay on my "new way of eating" plan. i'm actually pretty proud of myself. small victories as they say.



clockwise - lemon rice, palak paneer with corn (spinach with farmers cheese, and corn), malai paneer (cream tomato sauce with farmers cheese), and my fave! - butter chicken (chicken in cream tomato sauce).

actually now that i think about it - that's alot of cream - but still, i would have normally had another plate....

square and white feels right

halloween pillows

check out these new pillows i made from a set of coordinated halloween dishtowels. each pillow has one orange polka dot side and one striped side. have you started your halloween decorating yet?

$7 stash

i love the neighborhood fall festivals and tag sales! this is what i found over the weekend:


2 for $1 white wintry looking candleholders


$2 brass(?) tray which i'm probably going to spray paint


6 terra cotta pots for $3


and my find of the day were these $1 cafe curtains. its about 5 yds. of fabric with a pretty 6" border that i think would make a really cute embellishment for some pillowcases or a beautiful detail on the sleeve of a white cotton kurta.