Archive for the ‘Blues’ Category

November 28th, 2012 No Comments

weddings & celebrations: cupcakes as favors

Whether you are planning a large wedding or a small holiday party, cupcakes and mini cupcakes are always a welcome sweet! They can be decorated so many different ways. Martha Stewart’s Cupcakes book has 175 ideas for decorating cupcakes, like these monogram cupcakes above (visit coppergifts.com for cupcake cutters and supplies and shopsweetlulu.com for cupcake stands). But you can always visit your favorite local bakery and ask what kind of cupcake designs they offer for weddings or holidays. They usually have a portfolio of designs they can do, or have done for clients, that aren’t always made on a daily … Read more

November 27th, 2012 No Comments

tabletop: incorporate felt for a wintery feel

This table setting starts with basic elements that most everyone has- a white tablecloth, silverware, clear glass tumblers, white plates… but add in blue felt placemats and white felt favor wrappers with blue ribbon and they make it feel more like a welcoming winter table setting. Combine with our Feathered Dessert Plate from Jars and this is a perfect holiday setting in our blue, silver and white color palette. All tabletop products are available from our shop and for the holidays are 20% off with free shipping! Use code Holiday12 and the percentage … Read more

November 26th, 2012 No Comments

this week’s color palette: blues, silver & white

A few weeks ago I wrote about the color palette of my beach house- which is all blues and whites. So needless to say decorating for Christmas in blues, silver and white is a favorite color palette of mine. Whether you have a real tree or a faux tree this palette is soothing and wintery and can go country or city chic. I have a faux white Christmas tree that I love to decorate in blue and silver, but we also get a real tree too every year and decorate that in our heirloom wooden and traditional ornaments.  I’ve been … Read more

November 23rd, 2012 No Comments

Bright Holiday! jewel tones for gifts or home

Whether you are searching for bright jewel tones to wear or for your home, Ralph Lauren has some bright ideas for your holiday shopping. The Canvas Ricky Tote, $995 for her or the Suede O Ring Belt,$295 for him are great gift ideas. Want to brighten a bedroom or paint a focus wall a jewel tone this winter? Try Ralph Lauren Paints. Below are a few suggestions from his Lifestyle Colors Collections.

November 21st, 2012 4 Comments

Lynn’s wedding anniversary (& some photos!)

Today is my wedding anniversary. I thought I’d share with you our wedding photos that appeared in Martha Stewart Weddings and were photographed by Holger Thoss (so many years ago!). Our wedding was in NYC at Christ Church on 60th and Park Avenue at 12:35pm (because it’s good luck to have the second hand on the ‘up-swing’). After the ceremony, together with our guests we were led by  bagpipes up Park Avenue four blocks to the Hotel Plaza Athenee for an afternoon cocktail party with a live jazz band. It was a very small wedding, about 70 people. … Read more

November 20th, 2012 No Comments

hors d’oeuvres- serve them up in style

Last minute guests? Treat yourself to some stylish servers, bowls & spoons for your dips, veggies and cocktail munchies this holiday season.  I love to use our felt placemats on the table instead of a tray to add color and  place my servers and bowls on these (they also work great as trivets if you are serving something hot). Then I fill our stainless steel hors d’oeuvres bowl with veggies or nuts and I usually fill some individual matte and shiny bowls with dips, peanuts, dried fruit etc. so there is plenty to snack on with cocktails. To … Read more

November 19th, 2012 No Comments

this week’s color palette: jewel tones

Did you happen to see the November issue of Town & Country? It had a gorgeous story on jewels, photographed by Carlton Davis. I loved the photography and styling. He set the jewels on a Monopoly game board and creatively used the playing pieces, cards & dice. Simply Beautiful.

October 12th, 2012 No Comments

count your steps: decal numbers for stairs

A fun idea for your stairs, especially if you have young children, is to add wall decal numbers to the risers of your stairs. This is much easier than painting on a stencil and they are easily removable. I usually use the company Wall Words for any decal project I do. For this one I used “Garamond” type in 2.5 inches in height and the color I chose was “Wedgewood Blue”. When I entered the custom order I just made sure to put enough spaces in between the numbers so I would be sure to have enough room to … Read more

October 11th, 2012 No Comments

beach house color palette

Throughout the beach house I used Benjamin Moore’s, Blue Note, Westcott Navy, Seafoam, Ice Mist, Ocean Air, Gossamer Blue, Jamestown Blue, Rendezvous Bay and Calypso Blue. The formal dining/living/family room is painted in blue note- it’s warm and cozy and the black flat screen tv disappears against it. You almost feel like you are in a movie theatre. The casual breakfast room is painted in decorator’s white but the painter dropped about 2 drops of blue note into the white to make a beautiful blue gray. The hallways are painted in sea foam. The kitchen and … Read more

October 10th, 2012 No Comments

vintage tabletop pieces make great hostess gifts

Vintage pieces are always great to pick up at flea markets or antique markets either as gifts or for the upcoming holidays. If you don’t have time to hit the markets my shop has a few pieces like napkin rings, sugar spoon sets with mother of pearl spoons etc.. These make wonderful hostess gifts too if you are invited to someone else’s home for the holidays. Felt placemats are also a nice gift. My shop carries them in this blue you see pictured above or in a dark charcoal gray. We also carry felt trivets, bags and … Read more