Working in Paper Land

These are so amazing and detailed. {source}

Happy Holidays

I have been guilt-ridden for my lack of blogging and tweeting lately. I have been busy making things for the holidays (can't post pics yet!) and have also been dealing with a chronic illness that has wiped me out. I am looking forward to a healthy New Year and getting back into the blogosphere!

Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Write a Bike

Cute! I particularly like the tandem couple bike! Check out Write a Bike.

 

{via Little Lovely}

Shameless self-promotion

Hey! You should check out my Etsy shop that I just started! Right now I just have a few baby shower and birthday invitations but will do custom orders and plan to add more things, so keep visiting :)

I whipped this up last night for dinner, and it was so delicious!  Might be a nice addition to your Thanksgiving dinner. I highly recommend.

Ingredients:
6 lb sweet potatoes
1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter, melted
1/2 cup heavy cream, warmed
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Method:

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Prick each potato twice with a fork and bake in a foil-lined shallow baking pan in lower third of oven until very tender, about 1 hour. Remove and cool slightly.

Halve potatoes lengthwise and scoop out warm flesh into a large bowl. Mash potatoes with a potato masher or, for a smoother purée, force through a potato ricer. Stir in butter, cream, syrup, salt, and pepper. 

{from epicurious}

(Note: I just baked the potatoes, mashed them, then added a splash of whip cream, a bit of margarine, and some maple syrup without measuring. Then threw it into a casserole dish to keep warm in the oven while the rest of dinner cooked. It turned out really nice and fluffy!)

Origami Flowers

How gorgeous are these paper flowers by My Bohemian Summer? I loved my own wedding flowers, but I think I would have loved to have had a paper bouquet even more! Plus, these are much nicer to save as a keepsake than dried up old flowers. {via Paper Crave}

Mochimochi Land

Tiny. Cute. Yarn. Love. Check out Mochimochi Land here.

 

 

 

 

 {via Design for Mankind}

Paper Cut for Pa

Spent my Saturday afternoon making this cute little birdie for my Dad's birthday present. Hopefully he likes it as much as I do!

These mini frittatas are super easy and yummy- great for a simple, but impressive brunch. I think the recipe lends itself well to customizing it to your tastes. Enjoy!

Ingredients:
1 cup broccoli florets, chopped
1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped
4 tbsp sun dried tomatoes, finely chopped
7 eggs
3/4 cup milk
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup dijion mustard
salt and pepper
1/2 cup cheese, shredded

(For fewer frittatas, reduce ingredient amounts and just partially fill the empty cups of the muffin tin with water)

Method:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a muffin tin.
2. Divide the broccoli, red onion, and sundried tomatoes equally among the cups.
3. Whisk the eggs with milk, garlic, dijion, salt and pepper.
4. Pour an equal amount of egg mixture into each filled cup.
5. Bake for 15 minutes, then top each cup with some grated cheese, return to oven and bake for an addition 8 to 10 minutes.
6. Let stand for 2 minutes, then run a knife blade around the edge of each frittata before removing from pan. Serve with salad greens or other yummy brunchy foods :)

A few logo projects

Here are a couple of logos I was lucky enough to design for clients at my day job.

Daffodil Place provides support for cancer patients by providing boarding, meal services, emotional and practical support programs, and access to information and in-treatment wellness programs. 

The "One World, One Table" 2010 World Culinary Summit, will host professionals from around the world as they discuss culinary tourism and economic development.

Josh Brill: Flora Fauna Bird Collection

Love these prints by Josh Brill. Check them out here.

Cable and Cotton

I love these adorable string lights from Cable and Cotton. You can choose from pre-selected colour combinations or choose your own colours to create your own unique string!

Marcel the Shell. With shoes on.

A Baby Shower

This weekend I hosted my first baby shower for a dear friend of mine...it also featured another first- my first sewing project- a flag bunting decoration that mom-to-be could use in the nursery afterwards. It was a time consuming project, but I am really happy how it turned out! I also made an easy paper garland (punched circles fed through the sewing machine- so simple!) that I hung from my dining room light fixture, and a diaper cake gift.

Guests could serve themselves bellinis, mimosas, raspberry lemonade, or quench their thirst with water bottles wrapped in custom labels (I wrapped leftover bunting fabric on the bottle tops to hide the ugly blue plastic), and munched on brunch food and yummy cupcakes from Susie's.

It was such a lovely afternoon spent with friends anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new baby!

Origami Jewellery

Origami Jewellery is created by French design friends Claire & Arnaud. I love the simple beauty inspired by the delicate Japanese craft combined with precious metals. I would love to own the crane necklace!

 

{via the daily smudge}

Little owlies for a little peanut

A good friend of mine asked me to create some art for her gender-neutral nursery. We decided on an owl theme (you know I love owls!), and these are the little prints I threw together for her to fit in Ikea frames she already had. The lil peanut is due is a few weeks, hopefully he/she likes them!

And this is the invitation I made for the baby shower:

 {With my busy month, I didn't really have time to be uber creative, and therefore can't take credit for the prints. As you can see I was very much inspired by Lee Arthaus}