Thursday Loves

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I love everything about this image.  Can we road trip in California, stat?  No? Instead, we'll be road tripping through Indiana next week to visit awesome friends in Chicago (long overdue).  We'll be cruising in a car, not a van, with a baby who probably won't be into it whatsoever.  Wish us luck...

How amazing do these raspberry & lime sangria popsicles look? Yes, please!!

This also makes me want to road trip in California, and camp by the sea.  Such a beautiful, hand-crafted teepee from Orourke Shop.

I love Georgia's new prints in her Etsy shop, The Big Harumph.  We have several throughout the house and this one and this one are hanging in Wyatt's nursery.  Now through the end of the month, receive 20% off your purchase when you become a Facebook fan!

This dining hall evokes a lot of memories of mine, spending weeks in the summer at camp in the mountains.  It will be so exciting to send my boy to a summer camp. This place looks pretty amazing, Great Camp Sagamore via Martha Stewart.

Hope your weeks have been lovely - it's almost Friday! 

House Call

Friends, I'm so excited about today's post!  Yesterday, I discovered via Facebook that my incredible sister-in-law had a feature on Apartment Therapy!  I still can't get over it all, I'm so proud!

A couple of years ago, I got news from my brother that they bought a house.  I was so happy for them and their new purchase, but even happier when I realized just how much they loved it.  I heard the details - about how it was a commercial property converted by artists they knew, about how there was a gigantic basement that could be converted to a music venue.  Shipping containers hang out in the backyard, full of leftover materials from the artists who converted the house.  Lockers for kitchen cabinets!  Tons of amazing details for two very creative people.  It was perfect.

Then I got to visit.  My mind was blown!  The house itself is incredible but with their creative touch, it was magical.  It's the perfect house for Halloween and Christmas parties (I know this because I've been to both).  It's the perfect house for intimate shows (I know this because my husband's former band played a show in their living room a few years back).  It's the perfect house for crazy loud rock shows (I have yet to be able to attend a show at the Track House - their very apt moniker - but I have seen pictures and heard good things) and for family get-togethers.  Needless to say, it's pretty awesome.

What's most awesome to me is that it's always struck me (and a lot of others) as a house that belongs in Dwell or on Apartment Therapy or some other amazing publication/website.  And now it's on A.T. and I'm thrilled!

Also, I wanted to pass along some good information to all of you.  Georgia's Etsy shop, The Big Harumph, has free shipping for all Facebook fans for a limited time!!  Click the link to like The Big Harumph on Facebook to get the coupon code.  Hooray!

Last, be sure to check out photos from this beautiful wedding on Style Me Pretty.  I love that her prints show up everywhere, but I especially love that they're being used in weddings.  It makes my heart flutter :)

Mad for triangles

Triangles, triangles, triangles! I can't seem to get enough of them - they're popping up everywhere and have been for awhile now.  Isn't it amazing how such a simple, standard shape can look so neat in so many different ways?  From quilts, to jewelry to clothing - it's a design trend that I can't get enough of.

I'm seriously lusting after the mod triangle walls - how fun would it be to stencil a room in this pattern?

PS - My lovely sister-in-law's shop The Big Harumph will be giving away two prints to a lucky fan on Facebook when she reaches 250 fans.  Why not 'like' her shop on Facebook for a chance to win?!

From left to right, top to bottom ::
1. Brandi Strickland print  2. The Polka Dot Magpie necklace  3.  Christina Pires dress  4.  No Milk Today ring  5.  Rock Pile Bindery Datebook  6.  Merriweather Council Bunting  7.  Carson Too Quilt  8.  Carson Too Cards  9.   Alice Nightingale Blouse  10.  Leah Duncan Pillow  11.  A Lovely, Little Shop Necklace  12.  Voz Clothing & Art Brooches  13.  Polymorphia Print   14.  Crave Jewelry Design Earrings  15.  Olive Leaf Stencils Mod Triangle Pattern  16.  Yonpli Mosaics Jewelry Box  17.  Timberline Treasures Pouches  18.  A Lovely, Little Shop Necklace  19.  Olive Leaf Stencils Woven Pattern  20.  Voz Clothing & Art Bangle

And the winner is....

Thank you to everyone who participated in our first giveaway!  It was so much fun to meet new readers/commenters and I hope to get the chance to host a giveaway sometime very soon.  Also, a big huge thank you to the ever awesome Georgia for offering up her fantastic prints!

So without further ado, the winner is......Carissa from The Lovely Dove!

Carissa, send me your details and I'll get these prints in the mail right away.

Thank you everyone for playing!

Our first Giveaway!

I am pleased as pie to announce that Mo Pie, Please is hosting our very first giveaway!

Today's giveaway is from my favorite Etsy store, The Big Harumph.  Georgia, the artist behind the quirky linocut prints and greeting cards, is offering up this gorgeous print in robin's egg blue from her shop.  

For a chance to win, please visit The Big Harumph and let me know what your favorite item in the shop is, become a follower of Mo Pie, Please (if you are already just say so)  and leave a comment below.  The winner will be chosen at random on Monday, December 6th.  Good luck!  

*So.handmade.it.hurts* 

***UPDATE***

The winner will also receive this print as a bonus!

The Big Harumph

I am in love with this print.  It's perfect for hanging in the kitchen or dining room, right?  

Georgia's work just keeps getting better and better...take a visit!

The Big Harumph, continued

Isn't Georgia great?  My step-sister is totally awesome and you should buy all of her work.  It's all hand-cut and one-of-a-kind, and made with 100% love. Here's some more examples of her talent.  Go check her out, she's featured on the front page of Etsy all the time!

Georgia also plays beautiful music.  Check it out here.

The Big Harumph.

Guess who's shop was featured on the front page of Etsy!  My stepsister Georgia's! 

How amazing is all of this stuff!  Everything sold at The Big Harumph is made from hand-drawn, hand-carved linoleum block and then inked and printed by hand.  In fact, everything is "so hand made it hurts".  I love it.  Georgia is so talented it's unbelievable.  Not only at this awesome art but she is one hell of a talented musician and an awesome Spanish teacher.  I'm so proud to call her family! 

Go check her store out - she's got some seriously clever and hilarious stuff on there.  It took a lot of will power to resist posting it all on here!