elephantine

abstraction.

(Art from Etsy: AnikaEaster and d. rock photography.)

new beginnings with old things

(I've been favoring vintage goodies at Etsy lately, like this fan and this pyramid puzzle.)

...and the reason for that is that we found a house to rent! I'll post photos after we get moved in & all set up. That is, if I can pull off the decor I have floating around in my head.

cali

(Santa Barbara Home Tour at Martha Stewart.)

the best kind of pecan

(Noferin is releasing their new line of limited edition Pecanpals characters May 5th – the Natural Wood Series. Their previous line sold out practically in an instant, and I'm guessing these cuties will, too.)

too pretty to eat, the sequel

(Yum, yum, yum. Martha Stewart Cupcakes.)

I know, I know. I've been bad about consistently updating the blog this last week – my excuse is that the boyfriend & I have been busy trying to find a new place to live. Yesterday, en route to a house for rent, we spotted a cute black and white cat – with only one eye and three legs. Sounds a little scary, but it wasn't: he was super soft, sweet, and looked like he was winking at us.

sweeeet as candy

(Candystore Collective, via Oh Joy.)

too pretty to eat

(Oh la la. Fancy cupcake liners from Cupcake Social.)

sunday

(Vases from Crate & Barrel.)

For dinner tonight I made these crispy black bean tacos, which were super easy and delicious. For dessert? Chocolate tofu mousse. (Trust me, it doesn't taste at all like tofu.) The recipe I have is from my parents, but here's a similar version.

enigmatic

(Nude. The zipper work on the left reminds me of Project Runway's Jeffrey Sebelia.)

On my daily walk to the bus stop, I'll sometimes see odd things strewn across the front yard of a nearby house. Once there was a couple dozen plastic rings – but not just any plastic rings. Neon spider plastic rings. The other day there were several pairs of jean shorts lying there. Each time I see something, it appears to be an accident, as if fallen out of a half-zippered backpack.

home is where the heart is

(I love the interior of this house. Simple but warm. Via Desire to Inspire.)

wednesday delight

(Um, yum! Drooling over these chocolate caramel crackers and this blood orange tart. Thanks for the link to Smitten Kitchen, emilia!)

(Also, I accidentally posted this as "Smitten Kitten" the first time around. I've got cats on the brain, evidently.)

in need of assistance

Tweenbots is a cool little story about New Yorkers helping a small robot along its way. See? People like helping people! Er... I mean... people like helping robots?

Anyway, I found this part of the write-up funny:

Often, people would ignore the instructions to aim the Tweenbot in the “right” direction, if that direction meant sending the robot into a perilous situation. One man turned the robot back in the direction from which it had just come, saying out loud to the Tweenbot, "You can’t go that way, it’s toward the road.”

little blue and yellow dresses

(Pretty, pretty. Vanessa Bruno at Net-A-Porter.)

sweet dreams

(Origami pillows! Via Design Milk.)

p.s.

Makes me wish I saved more of my old notes: Dear Gretchen, a book featuring graphs, charts, and other goodness analyzing Gretchen's childhood letters.

nom nom nom

The Pioneer Woman Cooks is fast becoming one of my favorite resources for recipes – step-by-step photography and a little humor are always pluses in my book.

earn your stripes

(Mmm, stripes. Via The Sartorialist.)

a hint of whimsy

(Necklace and tank from Anthropologie.)

the darndest things

(Shots from the Shorpy Photo Archive, via SeeSaw Designs.)

Yesterday I overheard a young boy say this to his father: "Let's go to the store and buy some dead shark to eat."

...who's the prettiest of them all?

(Illustrations by Amy Blackwell.)

not easy being green

I've been wanting some little succulents, like these from greenware design. If I got any, though, Rufus the cat would likely destroy them. At 4 a.m. this morning, he was chewing on his favorite plastic plant in the bedroom, knocked it off the bookshelf, and shattered the vase. Then, for good measure, he started pawing at my jewelry. So much for that...

media

(Light and airy from Oak.)

Recently I've been reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, listening to a lot of Grizzly Bear, and watching every episode of Freaks and Geeks and oldish movies like Goldfinger and newish movies like Synecdoche, New York. I reccomend it all.