Spring Print Giveaway!

Spring Print Giveaway Spring Print GiveawayI’m *so* excited for today’s spring print giveaway, friends! A few months ago, I introduced you to Elizabeth and her amazing shop Cherry Laurel Studio! The design and letterpress studio features greeting cards, prints and gifts — everything from birthdays to graduations to parenthood to sympathy to even thank-yous. I love that everything is printed by hand in Georgia!

Today, Elizabeth is giving this pretty spring print to one lucky reader! The print features a wonderful quote from Audrey Hepburn (“To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow“), in both script and hand-styled type, and the quote is surrounded by a mix of ferns and other plants. Plus, I love how the green paper just screams spring, don’t you?

As Elizabeth says of the print: “Audrey Hepburn and gardening are a perfect match—and this print, a quote of hers framed by ferns and botanika, is perfect for gardening season or those times when we are simply wistfully thinking and dreaming of spring.”

Spring Print Giveaway!
We’ll be using Gleam this time around for entering. For your chance to win, simply visit Cherry Laurel Studio, and leave a comment below telling us where you’d display this pretty print. See above for LOTS of extra chances to win. A winner will be chosen at random on Wednesday, May 30th, so you’ve got two weeks to enter. Have fun, friends! xoxo

Update: Congrats to winner Nancy!! Thanks so much!

Ooh, These Beautiful Pies Are Magical

Beautiful Pies Beautiful PiesDon’t mind me, friends, I’m just enjoying the wonder and splendor that are these beautiful pies this morning! Aren’t they truly a work of art? Lauren Ko lives in Seattle, and she started making these creations just a year ago. Yes!! A YEAR AGO!! Can you believe that?

“I come from a family of eaters and phenomenal home cooks, so it feels a bit like I’ve been cooking and baking my whole life,” she says.

Beautiful PiesHer Instagram is filled to the brim with her delicious creations, and I’m particularly fond of Starry Nut, her take on the Van Gogh classic Starry Night!

Beautiful PiesLauren also says she’s forever brainstorming new color combos, and, boy, does it show! I’m loving all the color that’s bursting from these photos, aren’t you? Which pie is your favorite? Aren’t you hungry just looking at these photos?? xoxo

Cute City Totes

City Totes City Totes City TotesHow awesome are these city totes from Brooklyn artist Claudia Pearson?? She designed these adorable bags based on her own drawings of landmarks and iconic spots in various cities across the United States!

I love how each bag seems to capture the heart of what makes a city so special. The Bean in Chicago! The beach in Miami! The fish market in Seattle! The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco! There’s something for everyone, which is one of the things I love about visiting big cities! I also love that there are memories tied to each place I’ve visited, you know?

Which city tote is your favorite, friends? What wonderful city have you had adventures in lately?? I’m just daydreaming over here in the cold Midwest winter!! xoxo

P.S. More city-centric goodies: Posters and tattoos!

These Food Puns Are Deliciously Hilarious

Food Puns Food PunsHere’s something I know my friend Lexi will really appreciate: Food puns!

At the suggestion of his son, artist Chris Durso began The Foodnites States of America, and, YES, the project is just as intriguing and wonderful as it sounds. Durso created some of the 50 states using food, like using peas for Mississippi and Swiss cheese for Wisconsin. I love them, but I sure do wish there was one for Illinois!

Food Puns Food PunsHow fun is that? And the best part is that you can also purchase posters, which would make a cool collection of all the states you’ve ever visited! Do you have a favorite one, friends?? xoxo

[Via Mental Floss]

 

Found: Gorgeous Trash Can Flowers

Lewis Miller Trash Can Flowers Lewis Miller Trash Can FlowersOne man’s trash is another man’s treasure — literally! For Lewis Miller, a floral designer in New York City, that seems to be the motto he lives by every day as he works to beautify the bustling city streets one block at a time. Just feast your eyes on his gorgeous trash can flowers! They’re part of his Flower Flashes series in which he turns otherwise grungy garbage cans into elegant floral arrangements. It’s almost as if he waves his artistic magic wand and “Poof!” An ordinary street corner is alive and awash in bright, cheery colors!

“I am in the business of fantasy and flowers, and it’s my job to transform key moments in my clients’ lives into joyful, everlasting memories,” he says. “I wanted to recreate a similar feeling for the everyday city-dwellers and tourists of New York City.”

How beautiful is that, friends? What a way to brighten people’s lives as they go about the daily grind. I can just imagine being stressed out while rolling down the street, looking up and seeing these pretty flowers! Ahhh, instant calm!

Lewis Miller Trash Can FlowersYou can see more of Lee Miller’s work here, including other flower arrangements he’s done throughout the city! xoxo

[Via My Modern Met]