Sh*t Archies Say

I know there have been a lot of "Sh*t __People___ Say" videos going around lately, but this seriously is the best one!...if you're an architecture major at least. I've seriously watched it about 10 times just to relive the memories of the studio. Ahhhh, the nostalgia. Most of my very best friends today were made in the many long nights in studio bonding over late night Wendy's runs or naps in the hammock lounge...and of course some architecture here and there.

8,000 Crayons

I have a confession to make...I am addicted to Pinterest. I have seen about 1,428 projects that I want to do and about 2,186 things I want to cook/bake. One of the coolest things I have seen is the crayon art. Finally a cool way to get rid of the 8,000 crayons I've collected since I was 3. Yes, 8,000. It looked easy enough to make, so I tried it out last weekend, adding my own little twist. Here's the result...

Isn't it cool? And it only took 5 minutes!

Wine and Pantones

Over the weekend, we took a mini-trip where we explored a few quaint towns on the Delaware River. We stayed overnight at the rustic Indian Rock Inn in Upper Black Eddy, PA, which is right on the river and has been open since 1812!

(Indian Rock Inn)

We wanted to walk along the canal after we left, but alas, the 18* temperature confined us to merely watching the canal as we drove by en route to our next destination, Alba Vineyards, where we picked up our annual supply of wine.

(Alba Vineyards)

We explored downtown Frenchtown, NJ where I visited one of my favorite stores Modern Love which has a collection of modern and vintage trinkets, apparel, and in this case typewriters. We found these awesome Pantone Postcards! Hum-z has been looking for the perfect "thank-you" cards for all of the Christmas gifts we received this year, and these were right up his alley, being a graphic designer and all. I am going to have so much trouble parting with them, since I just want to plaster my wall with all of them. But hey, now I have 100 more reasons to send snail-mail. Who doesn't love snail-mail?

Pantone EXPLOOOOOSION!

Christmas Cookie Bake Fest 2011

Now that the holidays (and excuses for massive over-eating) are behind us, I can finally get back "on track", aka, a track. I didn't make a concrete New Years Resolution, except to be better...at everything...ie: design, my job, learning, cooking, being healthy(er), cleaning, friendship, exploring, blog-posting, impromptu dance-partying, etc.

But, I can't let 2011 go without sharing my cookie baking experience. This is the 2nd year that I have had cookie-bake-fest, which entails me locking myself in my kitchen for 48 hours, and of course making a huge floury, cookie doughy, confectioners sugary mess! It was great, until I had to clean it up. Special thanks to Martha Stewart for her sugar cookie and royal icing recipe.

Look at all those trees!

The setup. Of course I moved into the living room for decorating so I wouldn't miss Sunday football!

127 Cookies Later!

How much is that Paint Can in the Window?

Passed by this store window outside of Anthropologie the other day. Interesting use of paint cans.