Red & Violet

After seeing the Seeing Red piece from yesterday's post, my friend Lizzy sent over a link to these amazing images. How right she was that red & violet make a lovely pair. A little styling, a great eye, & beautiful flowers help, too:)

[for MSW, photographed by Ditte Isager; prop styled by Randi Brookman Harris; flowers by Naomi Demañana]

L&H on the Bride's Guide

Yesterday, the Bride's Guide (the blog on Martha Stewart Weddings) featured our Zig Zag invitation on its seeing red round up. I love the idea of using red in a wedding, too. To soften this strong color, I'd mix it with a pale green or sorbet tones. Or mix country red plaid with vintage brass or aluminum pieces and then add in something more tailored glass or china.

Thanks, Carolyn Veith Kreinke & MSW!

[inspiration board courtesy of Martha Stewart Weddings]

Snickers

These new Snickers ads from BBDO New York made me laugh out loud this weekend. Click to watch.



[Videos courtesy of BBDO and Creativity.]

Bonus Post: Ralph Lauren for the US Olympics

I love sports and celebrating all things sports. So every two years, I get giddy about the Olympic games. I may not know all the athletes, or the sports for that matter, but I genuinely love & get excited about competition and the quest for that podium. One of my favorite features of the Olympics is getting to know the athletes and their stories. NBC is good at running feel-good pieces right before an athlete takes the ice or the starting line. And I'm all about it. Sure, there may be some visual fluff & voice-over melodrama, but I like knowing a bit more about where the athlete came from, how she trains and what makes her so good. It's fascinating.

And I usually don't watch morning tv shows, but I've been tuning into the Today Show to get some Olympic inside scoop this week and have been loving the official US Olympic gear that Ralph Lauren has put out for this year's games. Meredith Viera was wearing this hat this morning - so cute. And I've seen several athletes in the sweaters. Finally, the winter Olympic gear looks good. (Bye bye, berets.) Go Ralph. Go USA!

Check out the full US Olympic line by Ralph Lauren here.

From the Desk Fridays: Wooden Things

Tomorrow, one of our dearest friends is leaving the big city (and his big job) to head up north to Maine for a three-month intensive furniture-making program. I am beyond inspired by his passion and his guts. And for months now, every time I see something made out of wood, I think of him. So here - as a little ode to him on his last day in Brooklyn - are some of the wooden things I've been eyeing around the web. Go get em, M!

[Left to right, top to bottom: Enfield Meetinghouse Bench, Wood Tape Dispenser, Handsome Wooden Porthole Mirror, Magnetic Wooden Tongs, Lone Star on Walnut Quilt Block, Bottle Opener, Teak Trivet, Fish Cutting Boards, Tablo Table, Hardwood Push Pins]

Snow Day!

I woke up to heaps of snow outside our window yesterday morning. If it's going to be cold, it might as well be snowing. It is so beautiful. For at least a day, that is. After that, it gets pretty nasty. The clean snow turns to dirty slush, the street drains clog, the corners become icy swimming pools. But yesterday was beautiful.


John's work closed early yesterday, so when he got home, we clicked into our x-country skis right outside our doorstep and skied whole way to Prospect Park - about a mile - on the sidewalk & in the street. It was amazing. We got some looks & some smiles. But I didn't care. We were skiing in the street! Once we got to the park, it was a winter wonderland of people off of work - sledding, skiing, walking, building snowmen. It was magical. And the best Wednesday I've ever had.



And above, Prospect Park this morning - still very snowy, snowmen still standing, sun shining. I hope it lasts.

L&H on New York Magazine's Shop-O-Matic

Our Thank You Swirls Note Cards and our Purple Mermaid Note Cards (thanks Lizzy for pointing those out!) were chosen as part of Oh Joy!'s picks on nymag.com's Shop-O-Matic! Do you know this column? It's great for window or real shopping. As if you needed an easier way or more motivation to do that. But it is very well-curated. And I love that they have gotten some guest editors like Joy in there now, too! Great idea, nymag! And thanks to Oh Joy! for including us in your round up!