a scoop (or two)

If you're in the East Village, get a scoop (or two) at Van Leewen with amazing

natural ingredients like coconut chocolate (above).  I love their wallpaper too. 

Shower invitation and tags

Here's a photo from Merideth's baby shower earlier this summer with the invitation and favor tags I designed. The mason jars as favors were such a fun idea!

keeping it pretty....

with hanging flower baskets on the (not so pretty) Second Avenue subway line construction fencing.

moving out....

and moving on. The time has come to move out of my very little apartment. I'm looking forward to all that is to come...

for a dad who likes to garden....

Metropolitan Museum Button Display

I've had this crafting project on my mind for years and I'm so happy with the final result! With many trips to the Metropolitan Museum of Art under my belt, I've collected quite a few entrance buttons. I finally have them on display using an Ikea shadow box frame.

food rules

I'm a big fan of Maira Kalman's illustrations,
so Michael Pollan's book "Food Rules" is a real visual treat...

a country thank you card

A special card for my fabulous weekend in New Hampshire.

a dressy card

I really can't believe my sweet goddaughter is turning 4! She loves wearing beautiful 

dresses (all the time), so I knew just what to put on her card.

scenes from the 'shire

 I was lucky to spend a long, lazy holiday weekend in the White Mountains of New Hampshire 

visiting my good friend Julia.

 

We made some fun campfires, 

and delicious meals,  

 

and went to some of my favorite local places.

Mount Washington Hotel

We got to enjoy the last blooms of lavender season, 

and the lupines. 

It was a great sunny break from the city.

Country Living Cottages in NYC

Country Living Magazine recently installed some lovely country cottages in lower Manhattan for their House of the Year event. They are proof that good things come in small packages, as they were all very small (but well designed) spaces.

shower invitation

Merideth and Trey are a great couple welcoming a little baby boy into the world very soon! They wanted a sophisticated but fun invitation for their brunch shower this summer.

And some fun goody bag tags (with bakery thread) too!

surprise baby shower invitation

Here are the invitations I did for my friend Emily's Shower. The big event was a lot of fun, we can't wait to meet the new baby. I think its a girl, but I'll have to wait and see!

sympathy card

baby shower card

For this baby shower, here is a card I designed for my friend Emily.

For her wedding back in 2007 I designed two little birds for her invitation. Here is a tag that went on their wine bottle favors. It's fun to see these two birds moving through life together...