holly's plate

i've been searching high and low for some new coasters for the coffee table and i think i've found some! from green chair press i present the sherlock holmes letterpress printed coasters. watson would be so pleased!

i thought i'd still do baby products on fridays, since that's all i seem to be looking at these days. there's some really fantastic stuff out there!
this is the latest piece i've been drooling over. it's called the abc sampler quilt by sferra. it's gorgeous in person—so soft and crisp at the same time. the letters are embroidered and have a great illustration-like quality to them. i really...

i spotted these sinfully wonderful mugs by trixiedelicious over my maternity leave (while on bedrest, actually) and thought they were so, so clever. if i worked in an office, i'd totally get these—one for every day of the week (if you work weekends...

we live in a high rise, as i'm sure most of you know, and every year on july 4 we have the best view in town. the windows in the living room and the nursery look over lenox square mall, which is where they shoot off the fireworks each year.
here are the boys enjoying their first fourth from the safety of the living room floor. two minutes after this photo we decided to wake them up to show them the fireworks. that was, um, how do you say—a total mistake. note to self: never wake a...