Archive for May, 2009

links for 2009-05-29

DIY: Seedling Kit Favors – Project Wedding
Adorable idea for a wedding… or a baby shower
(tags: crafts, favors)

before & after: the bark

Memphis asked to be in the photo today to help you gauge the appropriate size of the current bark pile. It’s actually been that way since Wednesday night at 7:30, but my left arm/shoulder was too sore to hold a camera steady to take the picture. The four cubic yards of bark is in the [...]

do you netflix?

I was one of the early users of NetFlix way back in the day… and after a couple years of being too busy to watch movies at home, I quit. Then I met Mr. M, and suddenly watching movies became a normal everyday occurance, as did late fees and outrageous rental fees at the video [...]

bags with a statement

I love tote bags with a fun statement… like this “SAVE MY POLE” bag from Marc Jacobs ($79 at RueLaLa today or $110 on bluefly).

Or these lovely abbreviation totes by kate spade ($175) … making a statement by barely saying a thing.

You can also try to make a statement when you shop… with something [...]

The monster garden

After we laid down the white garden liner in our backyard, our weekend schedules got a little out of whack, and we kept delaying and delaying the purchase of the mulch for the beds. In the meantime, our tightly covered garden started growing mounds like this one above.
I thought they were just monster weeds… until [...]

bark bark

Don’t mind my absence today… I’m trying to build some muscle and landscape at the same time by moving this freshly dumped pile of bark into the backyard. In the meantime… how many wheelbarrow loads of bark do you think we have here??? (It’s a small wheelbarrow…. nothing huge)
Go ahead and guess and see if [...]