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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Newlywed
Matching Pyrex cup and saucer on sale for $10.80.
Matching Pyrex cup and saucer on sale for $10.80.
Lot of vintage skeleton keys. Not for sure what I would do with them, but they are fancy and mysterious looking.
Beautiful Kentucky souvenir plate from one of my favorite Etsy stores, White Elephant Vintage.
HELLO SUMMER! Festive vintage shirt perfect for vacation.
Lovely vintage wedding photo. Not for sure what I would do with it, maybe a scrapbooking project? I just think it is gorgeous.
In LOVE with these amber apothecary jars.
We are so excited here about the coming of Spring that we have already been filling pots with soil and little seedlings. Last weekend, during our trip to Chicago, we stopped by Ikea in a nearby suburb, where we picked up the table and chairs. They are the perfect size for an apartment porch and they fold up nicely for storage. I’ve decided that the color theme is going to be yellow, since there is nothing really yellow in the apartment. I’m looking for some really cute chair cushions.
Oh, the pink vase is from Ikea, as well. It holds beautiful pink ranunculuses, my favorite!
Recently took a trip to Chicago (my first!) where I was able to visit Anthropologie and take a few snapshots. This is one of my favorite stores where I always find inspiration for a future project.
I personally love the hot air balloon stitching on the tea towel to the left.
They always have such a unique collection of pulls and handles.
This is what I want my dish shop to be like! I purchased the nesting teacups (right) to plant herbs in.
A nice and colorful collection of aprons.
Dish Shop inspiration, take two.
Vintage pink teacup and saucer set from VintageLakeHouse.
Green depression glass dessert dishes from peacockmodern.
Johnson Brothers small bowls in “Windsor Ware” pattern from garagesale.
Some of my favorite yellow items. I think it is the color of the season!
Great yellow skirt from J Crew… and on sale!
I’m judging this book by its cover. But I’m sure it has good context as well!
Ballet flats designed for bad weather.
Yellow vintage Pyrex bowl.
Four dinner plates and four saucers all in the popular Corelle Gold Butterfly pattern. Great kitchen set with a vintage flare!
Two salad plates in the “Early Summer” pattern, made in Japan. I love the retro design and bright colors.
Pyrex Green Verde Divided Casserole Dish. This is a lesser known pattern that I found. It actually took me a little while to find information on the pattern, since most of the Verde dishes are solid green. This dish has an olive/berry pattern on its lid. Great color!
One of the most challenging tasks I found as a winter bride was choosing my wedding flowers. For me, the flowers were the most important decorative aspect of my wedding day. Luckily, I found a local florist who worked with me in selecting blooms that not only I liked, but were also available in December.
I was attracted to the idea of having large, billowy blooms for my wedding, like peonies and english roses. Although english roses were not available in December, we were extremely lucky to find light pink and berry peonies. These were the largest flowers in my bouquet.
Setting off the peonies were one of my favorite flowers, ranunculuses. These flowers are small in bloom, and have tissue paper-like petals that delicately blossom. Also featured were freesia, white hydrangea, lisianthus, and pink roses. Eucalyptus leaves were the base of the bouquet, and gave it a natural, garden look.
The bridesmaid bouquets were nosegays designed to be miniatures of the bridal bouquet. They lacked the greenery and were instead tied with wide cream ribbons. I wanted to bridesmaid bouquets to be bright and cheerful, a perfect accent to the backdrop of their black, cocktail length dresses.
I chose to use cream and pink flowers as an alternative for a winter wedding. A lot of winter brides feel that they are limited to the winter palette of reds and whites. I had a friend who got married in December as well and used berries and truffle colors. Her wedding took place in the evening and was candlelit.
The creams and pinks worked well for my afternoon wedding (it took place 3:30). The venue for the ceremony has large arched windows that naturally lit the sanctuary. The flowers only complimented the bright church.
The flowers really complemented the bridesmaid dresses. I was reluctant at first to choose black bridesmaid dresses. Some family members commented that the wedding would look like a funeral. So I really had to play up color with the flowers. My advice to brides is that black bridesmaid dresses work very well for any wedding. The girls appreciated buying a dress that they could wear again (black, cocktail length). Also, they matched the guys in their black tuxes perfectly.
What is funny is that I always pictured getting married in the spring or summer. But in truth, I think that having a winter wedding suited both my and the groom’s style. Winter weddings have a tendency to be quieter and cozier.
Perfect for two! This is one of my husband’s favorite meals. It’s easy, delicious, and if the two of you want to spend time in the kitchen, he can do the chopping while you do the cooking. After prepwork, the dish goes straight in the oven. This recipe is very creative and forgiving… I usually throw the ingredients together without measuring anything.
Start heating your water, add the spaghetti when boiling. Add salt and stir occasionally.
Wash the eggplant and slice it 1/4 inches thick. While you’re slicing, go ahead and cut up the garlic into little bitty pieces.
Prepare two bowls: a small bowl of two whisked eggs; a medium bowl of flour, and tablespoons of basical and oregano
Take each slice of eggplant, drench it in the eggs, then lay in flour.
Heat olive oil in skillet until HOT add eggplant slices just until there is one layer. Do not overlap. This means you will be frying the eggplant in series. Sometimes I mix the olive oil with canola oil, because I like to use a lot of oil and olive oil gets expensive.
When spaghetti is drained and eggplant is fried, move to the next step: baking.
Pour drained spaghetti in baking dish. Lay eggplants over the spaghetti. Then add your diced garlic. Pour the spaghetti sauce over the pasta/veggies and sprinkle with cheese.
Make sure your oven is at 400, and put the dish in for 20-25 minutes.
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