DIY Acorn Garland by Rachel Denbow
I get excited when I see DIY ideas for garland because they can often be adapted for gift packaging.
In place of ribbon or twine, how fun to wrap a gift with one of these? They’re festive around the house, and on your gifts! Click through on the images to learn how each garland is made.
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DIY Halloween Mail by Lovely Indeed
It’s a snail mail lovefest kind of day. And why not? Don’t the ones we love deserve to hear from us in a way that shows care and effort went into the hellos we’re sending? You can be sure I kick myself over such things more often than I’d like to.
That’s where people like Chelsea Costa help to make this world a better place. When she gets crafty, our creative juices get energized. I mean look, she’s sending a freaking party to a mailbox! Complete with tootsie rolls, candy pumpkins and homemade spooky skull garland.
DIY Spooky Skull Garland by Lovely Indeed
Visit Lovely Indeed to see what went into Chelsea’s DIY Halloween mail and get inspired to send your own party by post. What would yours include?
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Are the leaves changing where you are? I’ve seen some yellows and oranges here in the Bay Area lately.
As we ease into fall, surely you know someone who delights in bringing the seasonal changes indoors too. Help them get their fix with these pumpkins by post from Terrain—one of our favorite shops for anything garden-inspired.
Velvet-Wrapped Pumpkins from Terrain
And because they made me smile, what do you think of these fuzzy velvet-wrapped pumpkins?
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Campfires, marshmallows…and peaches.
I love it when something captures the best of a season so beautifully. This video is summer wrapped up in a neat little package. Meet you at the campfire…
S’meaches by Claire Thomas
Claire Thomas shares good food, gorgeous photos, and mouthwatering videos on her site The Kitchy Kitchen.
Seasonal Produce Calendar Posters by Chasing Delicious
You know what? It’s berry season!
You know what else? These Seasonal Produce Calendars are really terrific. Every foodie, aspiring foodie, and fresh-food lover who wouldn’t dare call themselves a foodie, needs these on their kitchen walls.
Created by Russell van Kraayenburg, he’s a self-described food-crazed writer, photographer, and creative director obsessed with deliciousness. Russell’s also the author of Chasing Delicious, an educational and beautiful blog that encourages people to prepare foods from scratch using all natural seasonal ingredients.
Seasonal Fruit Calendar by Chasing Delicious
Chasing Delicious emphasizes eating seasonally for flavor and nutritional benefits but also explains one other perk—the Thanksgiving effect—that I especially enjoyed reading about:
My favorite part about abiding by an ingredient’s natural availability is what I like to call the Thanksgiving-effect. Most of us only eat those famous turkey-day dishes on thanksgiving because the meal, and each particular dish, is more special that way. Approaching fruits and vegetables with the same zealous attention to seasonal availability makes that tiny dewberry window in May all the more special.
(Read more from Russell’s Kitchen 101 post.)
The posters are printed on heavy weight paper with room for framing and can be purchased at a great price individually or as a set of three.
And with that, I do believe it’s time to whip up a Basil Mint Cake for us to share and a Watermelon Swash for me. Right now. Hello June and happy weekend!
(h/t Sodapopgirl)
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