food fix. easiest breakfast ever. but non-carbies, beware!

So to me, if I'm being honest, the easiest breakfast ever is coffee. Just coffee. I'm trying *promise* to sneak in a quick bowl of cereal or something during the weekday mornings. El kiddo eats breakfast at school -I am not cruel ;)

Okay, so my next easiest breakfast ever. My boss brought into work some sunflower seed bread from Fresh Market & it was pretty great. Next time I went to the grocery, I scoped out the bakery & found this dried fruit [cranberries, raisins] & seed [sunflower, flax] take-&-bake loaf. For less than $2, it couldn't hurt to try.

El kiddo loves it too and he's very picky about his crusty breads. I love this because I can graze on a slice or two earlier in the weekend morning with my coffee, then el kiddo & I can have a typical "meatier" breakfast or move on to lunch a bit later.

Anyways, the details. The dried fruit & seed loaf shown above is from Kroger. The take-&-bake loaves only require about 20-ish minutes in the oven as all the kneading & rising business has been taken care of, which suits me just fine! Slapped with olive oil style butter & drizzled with honey. Kroger also has this olive loaf take-&-bake that's great too! 

Usually, I'd pick up specialty breads from Fresh Market or Harry's [a local branch of Whole Foods], but I've been lazy lately and haven't felt like driving out to either. So I'm glad that the generic grocer has picked up an option too. Enjoy!

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fleur necklace no 14. black, brown.

fleur necklace no 14. 

black, brown. 

$29 [includes free US shipping]

Black faceted beads are vintage, passed down from grandma's biz.

Textiles are reclaimed from designer fabric sample books.

Find out more HERE>>>.

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fleur no 15. green, cream flower necklace.

fleur necklace no 15. 

green, cream. 

$29 [includes free US shipping]

Cream pearls are vintage, passed down from grandma.

Textiles are reclaimed from designer fabric sample books.

Find out more HERE>>>.

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nivia necklace no 01.

nivia necklace no 01. 

olive. 

$30 [includes free US shipping]

Olive beads are vintage, passed down from grandma.

Find out more HERE>>>.


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rosa necklace no 55. olive, red.

rosa necklace no 55. 

olive, red. 

$33 [includes free US shipping]

 

Olive beads are vintage, passed down from grandma.

Textiles reclaimed from old sample books.

Find out more HERE>>>.


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garters, art panels & coin purses. oh, my!

Design A.D.D, so what's new? But that's not what's stalling my new products. Well, not exactly. The project that I'm working on has had me sidetracked in the bridal sections of craft stores the past couple of days. I keep thinking how fabu that ivory flower up there would look in the center of a garter. Don't you think?!

Anyways. That's a peek into the [obviously] unfinished prototypes for a bridal project. I just bought the true sky-blue chiffon [background] to make the actual flowers in if approved. 

I feel like I'm partaking in a Cinderella story with this one! And aren't the dresses great?! The bridal gown will be in a pale ivory.

Okay. Off I go to get some other things done. None of which will be the garters, art panels, coin purses or guitar and camera strap designs that keep taunting me. One day, right? Right. ;)

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design fix. rockin' art at Inn At The Park, Aberdeen.

for Rezidor Hotel Group via Boutique Design

Very cool. Aberdeen [Scotland] artist, Bob Harper, was commissioned to do at least 7 paintings for the local Inn At The Park Hotel. All of his works are of various musicians and these particular pieces have some tie-in to Scotland.  Apparently, if you look close enough at the paintings, viewers can see snippets of the respective rocker's lyrics hidden within the face. 

[Read the article HERE>>>]

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Happy Pi Day. yes, ima nerd.

Source: imdb.com via Jelle on Pinterest

3.14...always bring back memories of math class in freshman year banished to the rickety portables with unreliable heating & air. Aah, now those were the days- lol. I remember there was a border clumsily taped up by the ceiling showcasing the irrational number as far as space allowed. We had to memorize a portion of it and, of course, the moment after I recited I couldn't go pass 3.14 to save my life.

π = 3.14159265358979323846264338327950288          419716939937510...  [courtesy of Wikipedia, here]

Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Kate on Pinterest

Source: thinkgeek.com via Virginia on Pinterest

Source: eversolovely.com via Patti on Pinterest

And some finds from last year HERE>>>

ooh, and these Pi cookies from Bake at 350.

rosa necklace no 54. pink, two ways.

rosa necklace no 54. 

pink, two ways.

$32 [includes free US shipping]


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beaded necklace no 401. pink, two ways.

beaded necklace no 401. 

pink, two ways.

$18 [includes free US shipping]


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rosa necklace no 53. red, lemon, gold.

rosa necklace no 53. 

red, pale lemon, gold. 

$32 [includes free US shipping]


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babble.

Source: flickr.com via Kat. on Pinterest

So, I hope to be start on some new pieces soon since it's been a while. The remainder of this week should return to some form of normalcy. 

Sunday was bittersweet because it was my kid sister's big 1-0 birthday, but also a going away "celebration". As of today, my mom is an official Floridian once more. But I'll see the two of them soon &, of course get to stop by my dearly missed beach when I visit.

On top of their move, a dear friend went in for some serious surgery yesterday. I'll spare the details, but today's update was good.

I've been trying to keep my mind pretty occupied the past couple of days for obvious reasons, but me handling a needle for any length of time was sooo not on the agenda. Blood, sweat & tears should remain only a figure of speech!

color theory. yellow and gray.

I was flipping through a magazine earlier & came across this Carnegie fabric ad. Simply love the color combos. Not that the combo is new & actually has gone through a recent burst of trendiness [like CB2, HERE], but still...

And for some more eye candy, here are some gorgeous finds over on Pinterest:

Source: moderncharcoal.tumblr.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: flourishdesignandstyle.blogspot.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: thinkrunway.blogspot.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: thedecorista.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: weranda.pl via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: apartmenttherapy.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: curateandlove.blogspot.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: thebridesguide.marthastewartweddings.com via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: via Kat. on Pinterest

Source: thenakedscientists.com via Kat. on Pinterest

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Phew. That's a lot of eye candy.