Marimekko Continued

Stephen from Thrice-Told Tales sent me a link to a packaging blog featuring Marimekko packaging for Avon. It's everywhere! And I love it!

She's baaaack...

Zooey's back in my life, still with those gorgeous bangs. She's on the cover of my favorite magazine, Domino. If I'm still thinking about it after all this time, does it mean I should just bite the bullet?

Find the kitty...

Atty's latest hiding spot.

Lucy

Oh Daily Puppy, how you melt my heart. Meet Lucy the Weimaraner. Click here for more pics.

The Floatplane Notebooks

I've been on a bit of a reading hiatus, which is very unlike me. But I'm back in action. I finished The Floatplane Notebooks last night. 170 pages in one sitting! The novel spans 150 years and is told by different characters. Lots of great family stories. I felt like I was listening to my Great Aunt Ruth tell old stories about her youth in western Kentucky. 

Sometimes it snows in Boston

Pictures from New Years Eve in Boston. There were about 8 inches of snow on the ground. It was really beautiful and REALLY cold!

You could spit on the Massachusetts State House from the rooftop. But of course it would have frozen before it landed anywhere!

Tap the Rockies! 

Coors is always better with snow to keep it cool.

Ahh Beacon Hill. 

With my new camera, I can write on pictures, just like Ashton Kutcher!

More Holiday Cards...

Turns out, Mrs. Q had the Quigliasco holiday card from 2007 hanging on the Christmas tree. I loved making those cards but as mentioned before, postage for square envelopes can be quite pricey. These cards were very easy to make especially with the help of my favorite product: Zots. They are little adhesive circles that make gluing paper together so easy, and mess-free!

Rodey

My second favorite pup Rodey (Jefe's parents' dog).

Holiday Cards

I decided to make holiday cards this year. I made them last year too and was sure this time to learn from my mistakes... who knew that square envelopes require more postage???

This year I tried to make it simple and PaperSource was of course my go-to.

I got lime-green cards, two stamps, dark-green ink and some red stick-on sparkly things per Steph's suggestion. Not the most creative or detailed, but not half-bad either, if I do say so myself.

More Yellow and Grey

Remember the ole' Yellow and Grey post? I was walking through Arhaus in the Mall the other day and ran across this gorgeous thing. It was so yummy I made my Dad wait while I sat in it for a minute.

More Macaroni...

Katherine + New Camera for Christmas = Finally pictures of Macaroni! 

Turns out that Goldendoodles are smart like Poodles and ADD like Golden Retreivers and Macaroni is no exception. He knows how to sit, but he sure wont stay there for too long! Apparently Dee and Bill were watching a show on Animal Planet last night about Poodles and Mac couldn't keep his eyes off the television. How wild is that?

Happy New Year!

Macaroni

I didn't exactly do a good job of posting over the Thanksgiving break. I did however, spend a lot of time with my parents' new puppy Macaroni! He's an adorable Goldendoodle. I'll try to find some good pictures to post, but in the mean time, he looks a lot like this...

He's such an angel! 

Marimekko

I recently went to my first Marimekko store while visiting KT and Nicky in NYC. A dream come true. The wall of fabric was just as gorgeous as the photo above. If you aren't familiar with Marimekko, you make recognize their very popular print Unikko, seen below.

KT and Nicky used the Ginkgo print (below) to make a piece of wall art that covers a large wall in their new apartment. The best part? The leaves in the print were actually on the ground in NYC while I was there. How apropos! And beautiful.

This cow print (Kevätjuhla) is all over CB2 right now.

And this is my current favorite: Keisarinna. Kind of muted for me. Must be the weather.

Marimekko is a Finnish company founded in 1951. Per wikipedia, Marimekko fabrics were made famous in the United States by Jacqueline Kennedy, who bought eight Marimekko dresses which she wore throughout the 1960 US Presidential campaign.

Perfect.

Yellow and Grey

KT and I have been talking about our love for all things yellow and grey lately. This photo from Design*Sponge really caught my eye. Check out this link to see the rest of the house. I'm in love with the whole thing. Also, Coco + Kelley has an entire Yellow & Grey post!

Ham Man

Nicky sent over these photos of Hamlin the pup. He lives with Merrie and Anne in Maine. Now that's a pup smile that will make your day!

I'm baaaaaack!

Busy season at work is complete so I promise to be better about posting.

I had my own NYC celeb sighting this weekend...

Ivanka Trump on Madison Avenue!

Arghhhhh...

Nat was telling me last night that she has this pirate and parrot mirror hanging in the entrance of her apartment. Amazing. If you stand in front of it just the right way, it looks like you have an eye patch on and a parrot on your shoulder. So clever. You can purchase it online at Design Public.

Bemz - Give your IKEA sofa a new life.

Wow. That KT, I tell you what. She moves to NYC and is EVEN MORE in the know (if that was even possible). She just showed me this fantastic site, www.bemz.com, where you can customize your IKEA furniture. And who hasn't wanted to do that before? And why didn't I think of it?

So of course now I want to customize the Tullsta chair in our bedroom to look like this:

There are so many fabric options!

Jack-O-Lanterns

Here are some fun jack-o-lantern patterns that are especially festive considering Halloween's close proximity to the election.

Design*Sponge

KT introduced me to a blog called Design*Sponge. It's kind of everything I wish this blog were. I love the 'Before and After' section. I like Olga's before and after table, it looks like something that anyone could do with the right supplies and couple hours on a Saturday. Those are my kind of projects.