Banquet Journal

the suzani

and speaking of mushrooms

"green stain fungus" (chlorociboria aeruginascens) ...of particular interest is that the mycelium - the part of the fungus that grows in the substrate and forms the bulk of its mass - stains the...

love times twenty-five

    cy needed to bring twenty-five valentines to his school today, so we decided to make some mushrooms (which besides using the hole punch,  held his patience until about number twelve...)

alexander mcqueen 1969 - 2010

  when i last was in new york six (or seven?)  eight (!) years ago we ended up in the then new mcqueen store, and i was totally blown away. you can tell from these images he was a bloody genius...

horizon

frieda maria

sweet styling from frieda mellema and maria weijer of frieda maria...

the hollings

         thrifted, this copy of watty piper's children of other lands, with amazing illustrations by lucille w. and h.c. holling.

made by joel

did you see this lovely dollhouse at made by joel? i'm now itching to make some little chairs... (found via jow at belle heir)  

collage collage

          these days one of my favourite spots to bring cy and gala is collage collage. erin has created a perfect gem for the small set, with many many temptations for us parental types too. (and...

the optimist creed

also happened upon in the murky depths of the hard drive was this, written by christian larson in 1912: The Optimist CreedPromise YourselfTo be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of min...