For years, I've been wanting to see the nursery owned by Athropologie that's a short drive from where I grew up in PA. Tomorrow, I get to go! And it's for my baby shower:) So cool! Just look at this quick snapshot from their website (above). If that's a taste of what's to come, I love it already. Well, I loved it from owned by Anthropologie, really. I hope to have some pics to share on Monday. So stay tuned.
John turned some of our cucumbers into pickles. And they. are. delish!! 
The vegetable garden out back is exploding. Above is our harvest from yesterday. We have been giving a bunch away, but yesterday, we had so many cucumbers that John decided to try pickling half of them. If they taste as good as they look, I'll be sure to post.
And a couple weeks ago, we had a zucchini - or a zucchini baby as we called it:) 
It's 80 thousand degrees outside & I'm thinking about the holidays. This freaks me out every year. How it can it really be time already?! But before you know it, you're going to walk into your drug store with flip flops, a tank top & spf 50 on your face, and find yourself surrounded by aisle upon aisle of red & green glittered cards & candy. Maybe even a dancing Santa if you're lucky. And overhead, you'll hear "thumpety, thump, thump, thumpety, thump, thump, look at Frosty gooooooo." Ahhh, Frosty, what I wouldn't give to feel like you right now.
Because John is Swedish & is going to teach our little one how to speak the language, I've been drawn to Swedish design & culture more than ever. (I even chimed in to sing Happy Birthday in Swedish to our friend last week. Big step!) I came across these little booties on Swedishness over the weekend & my heart melted. I know its whole little body will be teeny tiny, but for some reason, the itty bitty feet & things to cover them really get me.
[photos courtesy of Swedishness]
I've always loved how patterns come together in quilts - the way they butt up against each other, stopping suddenly, yet create a flow to the entire piece. For years, we've been collecting our letterpress misprints in large bins to reuse for projects. Mostly, I use them for gift tags, quick cards and thank you notes for online orders. Lately, I've been pulling my favorite patterns & loosely scattering them about the work table to consider for paper quilts. I love the idea of framing several small paper quilts - maybe in antique frames - and then clustering them on a wall. I also love the idea of a huge one - like 3' x 3' - in a simple clean frame - to act as a real focal piece. Because these would take a good amount of time, I think I need to start before the baby comes! (Just add it to the list!) And maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to make some for a monthly project.
I spotted these linens by EmersonMade in the current Bon Appetit. What a simple & sweet idea. Another great engagement, house warming or host gift.
