Happy Holidays!

It's been an action-packed few weeks with the Santa Crawl, holiday shopping, the Clear Cap Winter Wonderland, shoveling and Christmas Eve arriving tomorrow. Not much time in there to blog. So, I shall wish you a happy holiday season and I'll see you in 2009.

Psst...you know what I love? Early Christmas presents to/for myself. Thanks for these, Meesh:

Stadium-cloth Shipley coat from J.Crew

Born Shilo Shearling boot

Happy Happy Happy...

...1 year anniversary, CBD crew!

You need a picture that shows Kristi too like this one...

Critter Crazed Web Wares

I'm critter crazy today. It started with this:("Wise guy, eh?")

and then this:

("I go out walkin' after midnight, out in the moonlight...")

Before you know it I was in a rabid frenzy digging up critters. Fortunately for me, I found Sharon Montrose and her candid pics on Etsy. Most of her subjects are residents at a small zoo in Cali and she has me ooh-ing and aww-ing...

Visit Sharon online at:
www.sharonmontrose.blogspot.com
www.sharonmontrose.com
www.dogphotobooth.com

We're off to welcome the weekend

It's Friday and I'm ready for the weekend though very little relaxing will take place I'm sure.  Wine tasting at Bacchus & Venus tonight (featuring FBD Catering) followed by a performance by Rak's band, Maxwell at good ol' Bar of America.  

Tomorrow we'll be brunching babes for Robyn's shower before hightailing it to Reno for holiday gift and party dress shopping. 

I'm hoping for another Fat Kid Sunday as my recipes to try have been piling up.  Throw in some holiday decorating, party planning and jingle caroling and it'll be a great 3 days.  

Illustration courtesy of Fountaine Anderson

Burning the days away...

I have a severe weakness for package design. I could roam aisles for hours just to identify and leer at unique products wrappings. I will often times wll purchase items simply to be able to admire them at my leisure. To get my fix when out of the stores, I frequent the The Dieline.com, an entire site dedicated to the art of packaging. Ahhh...

Yesterday in flipping through the pages, I landed upon the coolest calendar I have ever seen courtesy of Ukranian artist Yurko Gutsulyak. Each day of the year is a match and both sides of the stand feature a striking surface. Day comes to a end, strike and watch it burn. I have a feeling this would be extremely therapeutic for those days you just want to forget...and definitely appeals to the pyro side of me. ;)

Calendar made o' matches

Coolest calendar runner-up (and equally therapeutic):

Bubble Calendar

Web Wares for Wittle Wones

Miss Robyn is about 6 weeks from her due date and as her belly continues to grow and the arrival of Cash/Mason/Parker/Esteban Hyams nears, I can't seem to divert my attention from baby goods.

I first spotted Studio Mela aka dazeychic on We Heart It. Her So Very Happy print graced my computer background, my Gtalk avatar, good ol' Yes, Please! and anywhere else I could put it.

In visiting her site over the past few weeks, I could help but think about fantastic her prints would be hanging in a nursery or child's bedroom.

Visit Studio Mela via these routes:
Etsy
Blog

So excited to see one more little face join this lovely bunch:

Peter Pennoyer's Places

I gaze about architect Peter Pennoyer's works in awe. His crafting and blending of classicism and tradition are stunning to the eye and inspire me to hold tight to my dreams as they may pay off in this way.

Fat Kid Sunday

Two fat kids pulled out cookbooks early Sunday morning before eating breakfast. This resultedin a roughly 4 hour cook-off that ended with 3 bloated bodies sprawled out on the floor and one big kitchen mess.

The menu:

Steamed Shrimp Dumplings

Potato & Sauerkraut Pierogies

Naan

Pea & Potato Samosas

White Chicken Chili with Cheddar Cornbread