Here’s a pretty giveaway by Etsy store Field Trip. Owner Amy is a graphic designer based in Vancouver is generously giving away one poster of your choice from her Peace, Love and Typography Her current collection – Peace, Love and Typography – reflects her love of minimalist design and a life long enjoyment of origami art nurtured by her study of Japanese language and culture. Growing up, Amy loved field trips and decided to name her shop after those fond memories.
And for the readers that cant wait to grab one of amy’s posters, she is offering a 10% off with the code “i love posters” in her etsy shop.
Amy’s Blog: http://www.handmadeevolution.com . Twitter. and Etsy shop.
To enter, check out Amy’s Field Trip and comment on which poster you would like.
Oye! You know you are all super awesome!! On such a busy day of orientation, I only had a few seconds to glance at your emails + comments, but I was so TOUCHED. YOU GALS are AWESOME!! Thanks for being so super supportive and motivating. I love ya!!
So it was a great first day and I am totally up for my new challenge and new job! Which is to help individuals and companies reduce their carbon footprint. You know how much I LOVE being good to the environment.
Ok, now i have to figure out my blogging schedule so it isnt too late in the day for my European and Asian readers. It wont be tomorrow but I am working on it. Hopefully, this weekend, in addition to my Maui round-up.
Anyhooooo, now on to things that might interest you more, like my tabletop designs. monika, charlotta? ps: you know I am going to send you both a hard copy. x
Sooooo…. lovies, here is the first of four tabletops from the feature in Express newspaper last week. This one I created inspired by Paul and my first trip together to turkey and the gorgeous mediterranean waters of bodrum. {photographed by Lawrence Luk and styled by yours truly}.
OHHH and pps: check out my wish list at one of my fav blogs LanaLou Style!!!
so bellas, i am off to check out your blogs and then get some zzzzs.
love you
xoxo
images: lawrence luk, styled by manvi drona-hidalgo
Aloha!
A note about mochatini birthday giveaway last week. I am extending it another day so you still have time to enter. I’ll be accepting entries until the end of the day.
And now, here is a lovely guest blogger, heather thompson. Heather is an artist and designer based out of nashville, TN. Her amazing life involves decorative painting for clients in nashville. If that was enough on her plate, this amazingly talented lady also has an etsy store selling art, clothes, jewelry and more. Her vintage inspired design blog, gathering spriggs is a daily read for me. Take it away heather..
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Greetings Mochatini readers! Its such an honor to be here with you today to share the fabulous Australian homewares shop: Whiteport. Founder, Jennifer McCabe has an impecible design sensibility and even shoots all products in her beach house on the northern shores of Sydney. She also pens the Whiteport blog with inspiring design ideas, images of her home, and product placement ideas. McCabe has a beach cottage sensibility in her own home ,but encourages customers to pursue white as an accent toward any decor: Urban chic, to modern country. I especially love the natural linen furniture and white pitchers and pottery. How about you? What do you love about white, its power as a striking accent or would you do an entire room bathed in white?
visit heathers blog and etsy shop
Hello hello. So as promised here is the first of a few select giveaways to mark mochatini’s anniversary month. the actual date isnt until later on in the month but who says we cant celebrate all month long?
This giveaway is contributed by the bubbly and super talented christina of down and out chic.
She is generously giving away a pair of dangle earrings of YOUR choice. yes you read it right – your choice.
Christina makes such pretty jewelry and each one would be a great accessory to your summer dresses…
As always it is easy to enter. Hop over to her Etsy shop. Pick one that you like, then come back to mochatini and leave a comment here to let us know which of her pretty designs you fancy.
Giveaway open until midnight EST Monday April 19, 2010.
You need to leave me only one comment per entry. But you can increase your chances of winning by :
- joining any or all of my social networks – FB page, and or Twitter.
- blogging about this giveaway on your own blogs.
ps: dont forget to mention the above in your comments.
I will pick a winner randomly and announce it on Tuesday April 20, 2010.
AND AND AND! Christina is also offering down and out chic blog readers a 10% discount on items in her etsy shop through the month of April. Just enter code “reader” on checkout.
Hello dearies. Ready for some more love inspiration? No? Then perhaps a bed of roses and a pretty dress will get you a bit more in the mood.
I love the colors used in the composition as well as the styling of the entire pic. The flirty girly dress has me dreaming of spring time.
emersonmade via alifemorefabulous
And how about this super pretty DIY matchboxes by monika of splendid willow?
her inspiration
and her results!! she made these for her little ones. arent they adorable?
Prefer something a bit more mysterious? check out valentine in a bottle by anthropologie. surprise your hun by write your own heart-felt love notes on tiny scrolls.
and last but not the least. Make your own cookies and let Martha show you how to wrap them in lovely handmade heart-covered paper.
My dolls, as you know I am a huge fan of handmade holiday tabletops. Not only are handmade tables unique, they are also more heartfelt because of the effort that goes into creating the look. In that spirit, I created one for you; a valentine’s day tabletop with a simple red and white palette.
My local fabric store had sale on valentine’s day prints and I bought a yard of a cute white cotton one with red hearts. I paired it with two other fabrics; a solid red which I used as a runner, and the other a red pinstripe as the tablecloth. The dinner plates, pearl napkin rings, votives and wine glasses are from pier 1 also all on sale. The silverware is from william sonoma. I designed and printed the bird notecards that can double as menus with lil love notes on the back. The entire look was created in under 90$ including the tulips. Hope you like. xo
images styled and photographed by manvi drona-hidalgo
Just looking at this box of chocolate truffles is driving me nuts. I have to have one or five. Or make 25 using this recipe.
image: notebook
A very pretty giveaway for you my lovelies. A hand sewn navy and pink brooch by color me conscious. The lady behind Color me conscious is Lee, a french teacher by day and jewelry designer by night. You must take a look at her “RED” collection that she created to honor heart disease awareness and prevention. A portion of all sales will be donated to The American Heart Association.
Giveaway open until Monday February 8, 2010. To enter the giveaway, simply leave a comment on this post expressing your interest and what you like best about this pretty brooch
You need to leave me only one comment per entry. But you can increase your chances of winning by :
- joining any or all of my social networks – FB page, and or Twitter.
- blogging about this giveaway on your own blogs.
ps: dont forget to mention the above in your comments.
Winner will be announced on Tuesday February 9, 2010. Good Luck!
image: color me conscious
Remember the narrow and almost flat pantry that my huz was DIY-ing last week? He finished painting it yesterday and I couldnt wait to share the pictures with you.
First, let me give a bit of info. This space is right next to the space that would have lead into the basement. The previous owners sealed it off and we use it as a makeshift pantry. The main issue with the space is the slope of the ceiling. Since this is where the stairs to the basement should have been, and is directly under the stairs to the second level, the ceiling is very low. So, it made it really difficult for my huz (who cannot really go in more than a step) and me to find anything in there. To make thing a little easier on us, we had used the ikea bygel rails, s-hooks and caddys to store pantry items that we use everyday, on a wall just outside this space. It was only half effective, and made the space look ugly and cluttered.
The wall that we hung the rails is about 2 feet side. The depth for the shelves in the pantry is 6″.
Here are some before and afters.
I forgot to take a full before shot, but here is the project in stage one. The railings that you see on the left wall are similar to the ones we had on the project wall.
and here are the after pics -
The doors to the right of the pantry, also DIY-ed by the huz recently, lead to the laundry and utility area.
So… whaddaya think?
Interested in knowing more about materials used, instructions, costs etc? Well.. my husband very sweetly agreed to do a guest post for us on this project. Isnt that nice of him? Coming soon!
And as a bonus, a pic of our dining room 
