Thursday's Randoms

These sprinkle spoons from my favorite baking blog - Sweetapolita, are filling me with happiness and giddiness reminiscent of my childhood days.  She seriously always has the coolest ideas, especially for her kids.  I just love how fun and exciting these look!

Tiffany pinned Ralph Lauren's pool today and it's got me yearning for a vacation right about now.  Last night I brought up the fact that I'm dying to go to Mexico sometime soon and this photo (even though it looks nothing like Mexico) just reinforces that desire.  I love how RL's pool looks just like a pond or part of a river.  Must be nice, right?

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This guy was totally in my dream last night - talking to another animal that does not exist.  It was so strange - and I have no idea what he was saying to me but he talked to me alright.  It was an altogether strange dream that did not leave me feeling that good upon waking up, but a dream is a dream and nothing more.  Although they say..."To see a rabbit in your dream signifies luck, magical power, and success. You have a positive outlook on life....If the rabbit is hopping in your dream, then it indicates fertility. You will be surrounded by children."  Interesting, right?!

I'm loving the simplicity of these teardrop-shaped terrariums.  Etsy shop TallPoppyGardens has some great stuff you should check out!  

How incredible is this?  You can snatch one up today on Fab.com (if you need an invite, let me know!).  Even if it is originally for a Norwegian magazine article about a mass murderer...it's still a cool print.  


How are your week's going? Sorry I've been a little silent.  That changes today! 

What's been inspiring you this week?  

Terrariums

Today I have someone very exciting to introduce to you - my sweet friend Maggie!  Mags is pretty awesome.  She takes amazing photographs, cooks, gardens, listens to great music and she's super funny (not to mention plenty of other things).  Being the generous person she is, she is sharing amazing images with us while I'm off enjoying my pre-birthday vacation.  Oh yeah, did I mention I was going on vacation?  I'm heading to Florida today for a 4-day stint in Clearwater.  We're taking advantage of family property with my sister-in-law and her boyfriend and it's going to be awesome.  Then we come back and boom, it's my birthday on Monday!  Okay, back to the point of the post...

How amazing are these terrariums?  With inspiration from Chicago (and Brooklyn) store Sprout Home, Maggie started creating little worlds throughout her home in glass jars.  Living in Chicago can be tough on plants if you aren't lucky enough to have direct sunlight - so the first round of experimentation didn't go so well.  So instead of starting over completely with the real things, she took to the non-living.  Above, you can see terrariums full of bird feathers, rocks and pebbles, a bee hive, books, skulls.

"I just wanted to try and take back control over these worlds that you get to create.  It's almost like photographing, where you get to frame things yourself.  That's what I do when I photograph, you frame stuff and it becomes this whole other world."

So awesome.  Thanks for sharing these, Maggie!  There will be more Maggie awesomeness tomorrow and Thursday.  Be sure to look out for garden + farmers market posts!

* All images by Maggie Faircloth Gresham

And the gift ideas begin...

It's December, which means it's officially time to start Christmas shopping.  Since we're flying to Kansas for the celebration, I plan on doing all of my shopping online.  What about you?  I'm sure I'll still get out and try to hunt down some goodies, but I just don't have the desire or the space this year to shop til I drop.  Although, Badge could beg to differ. 

Anywho, on to the first amazing find:

These are some amazing terrariums that I would love to have.  Aren't they cute?!

I found them at the A+R store, which is chock full of amazing finds. 

Yes, I'll take them all.  Even the hand.  If only I was filthy rich!