Our new letterpress tags. Ok, so I can’t afford the kilim inspired rug of my dreams right now… but I sure can adorn all the Valentines Day baked gifts I’ll be giving out with these.
Booze Motive- Audrey Clementine
January 25, 2012 –
Lately I’ve been fine tuning my cocktail hour skills. Probably just so I have an excuse to amass things like beautiful bottles of St. Germain, fine tawny ports and a hand-turned walnut-wood muddler. I’m slowly learning and adapting old timey recipes and creating a few of my own. The stretch of ”clementine season” forged my favorite drink yet. I’m calling it an Audrey Clementine!
1 oz Apricot Brandy
1/2 oz Vodka
1 1/2 oz Patron Citronge
fresh squeezed juice of 1 1/2 Clementines
Twist of peel for garnish
splash of sodawater
…Juice clementines into cocktail shaker, add brandy, vodka & Citronge. Fill shaker with ice & shake vigorously. Strain into a champagne coupe, add garnish, and lastly- beware! These go down easy & quick.
Sorrows to the Universe
January 24, 2012 –
So. Our new dog that I love ate the engagement ring that I loved a couple weeks ago. We did all the right things to get it back if it was going to be found or got back. Such was not to be the case with my perfect edwardian platinum + ruby token given to me by the boy i love. I dealt with it the only way i could. I allowed myself a week to wallow in self-pity and mourn. And then I reminded myself that as much as my heart hurts- the people I love are safe, warm & fed, and that is way more than millions of people on this earth can claim. Who knows- eons from now we might replace it with something similar. In the near future we will replace it with something new that doesn’t dent our savings. I dug up this picture of my ring… sitting on my favorite up in the air somewhere tiny gold lip dish. At least the dog didn’t eat that too!
Happy Chinese New Year
January 23, 2012 –
Today I am remembering my family overseas and my ancestors- (just look at that pic of my beautiful grandmother!). It’s also a fine day to let go any grudges and grievances. Here’s hoping your doors of happiness and good fortune swing wide open for you in the year of the Dragon!
Represent
January 21, 2012 –
Wolf Pack V-day Special
January 20, 2012 –
Just listed this years shop special for that day of cupid’s reckoning… A special priced set of 4 Wolfie Sentiments letterpress cards. You must love at least 4 people right? Or- I dunno, if you are bitterly coal-hearted just send all 4 to yourself & revel in the sinister decadence of choking out sweet sentiments in the world! Nab a set here.
The aftermath
January 4, 2012 –
Began taking down the festive bits today… during holiday wind down does your house also feel like it’s been mauled by a pack of grizzlies at a rudolph audition? I adored the first holiday season in our home. But next year- definitely less glitter and detail. maybe just a house full of soft white feathers, little tussy mussies of greens in julep cups and loads of candles. Now someone hold me to that in 10 months when i am feverishly discussing crafting polka-dotted bear and pelican silhouettes out of yarn and bark or some such notion!
those
December 14, 2011 –
Twining of history, connections to items, those frozen semblances… recently resounding in my head- “I have scars on my hands from touching certain people.” -JD Salinger
Color Motive
December 12, 2011 –
This color motive brought to you by the letter V (in honor of my niece!). We took her plethora of broken crayon bits & made these recycled discs of rainbow coloring fun. She called them color-butter cups (since they come out in the shape of a Reese’s PB cup).