Ho about these stainless steel sippy sups!? Love them.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Canteens
How about these new canteens? What great colors! You can choose your art icon and your lettering color and style.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 1, 2008
I'm Inspired...
By Holly at Decor8. Here is my virtual Savannah dining room. I was that girl.. I lived in a row house in Savannah, my first house, and my first restoration.
Chandelier (via D*S), Jcrew Shirt, Candelabra, Jonathan Adler Rug, CB2 Chair and Brocade Home Table
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
My Favorite Flank Steak
Marinade:
1 small can of Chilpotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (in Mexican section)
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Clove Garlic
Blend together the above ingredients in a small Cusinart or blender. Prick flank steak with a fork about 20x on each side. Put in shallow dish and cover with marinade. Marinate for an hour or so. When ready to grill, wipe off marinade, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill about 6 min. per side for Medium-Rare. Slice the flank steak at an angle for less chewy meat.
Beware: Marinade is hurt-your-self spicy. Once you grill the steak it is mild, but don't rub your eyes after making this marinade!
I usually serve this with tortillas, cheese, refried black beans, rice, lime and cilantro. Leftovers are great on sandwiches!
1 small can of Chilpotle Peppers in Adobo Sauce (in Mexican section)
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
1 Clove Garlic
Blend together the above ingredients in a small Cusinart or blender. Prick flank steak with a fork about 20x on each side. Put in shallow dish and cover with marinade. Marinate for an hour or so. When ready to grill, wipe off marinade, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill about 6 min. per side for Medium-Rare. Slice the flank steak at an angle for less chewy meat.
Beware: Marinade is hurt-your-self spicy. Once you grill the steak it is mild, but don't rub your eyes after making this marinade!
I usually serve this with tortillas, cheese, refried black beans, rice, lime and cilantro. Leftovers are great on sandwiches!
Hostess with the Mostess
Our plates are featured today on the Hostess with the Mostess blog! Check it out!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Passion for Personalized
I believe that the stationery you write on and the gifts you give are expressions of your individual style. One of the biggest trends today is personalization. Even as we snap up cheap goods at big box stores we are all looking for ways to individualize our worlds. We like to surround ourselves with custom products that are one-of-a-kind. My business is founded on this idea. I’m not the only one that believes that personalization is hot! In the photo above check out some great products that you can customize.
Clockwise from top left:
PhotoStamps, custom printed M&Ms, custom cookies from Rolling Pin Productions, Kleenex box with your photo, and Ann Roth custom espadrilles.
Custom shoes! How cool are those? I did the custom M&M thing for a trade show, pink and purple, with a catchy phrase on them. They were a total hit. I can tell you from experience that the cookies are yummy, Susan at Rolling Pin took my art and did custom cookies for my son’s birthday. I also created photo stamps for my nieces and nephews for Christmas in 2005, they loved them.
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Mock-tail
Being in the "family way" my thirst for sauvignon blanc has been curtailed. I do have a glass now and again, but mostly don't even want it. I don't like to drink juice, it's too sweet. So my drink of choice has been fizzy water with lime. It's more festive than regular water, kind of a mock-tail, if you will. I've been powering through the Perrier. Which made me think... I need to get a soda maker. We had one growing up. You pour in water, twist on a co2 cartridge, and ta-da, fizzy water. I'm going to ask our very cool kitchen store, Relish, to carry the canister and the cartridges. I love the pastel canisters from isi.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
More Dish
I've had a request for more scoop from the Country Living event in Chicago, so here you go, Holly! The first segment was Country Living Editor-in-Chief, Nancy Soriano interviewing Barbara Baekgaard, co-founder of Vera Bradley. Barbara started 25 years ago in her Ft. Wayne, IN basement. $500 and a trip to Jo-Ann's fabric and they were off and running. Vera Bradley now ships 1 Million items A DAY from their 250,000 sq. ft. warehouse. That's a lot of quilted accessory love spread 'round the world. I want to be like Barbara when I grow up. She was so composed and entertaining. There was a mini Vera Bradley journal at each person's place. I'm amazed at how current they are able to keep their patterns. My journal was a brown and blue paisley. It's the only Vera Bradley I own. It's generally "not my bag" (ha!), but I can appreciate their designs.
But wait... there's more! The second panel was the Ladies Who Launch group. I was speaking "back stage" to two of the women who are partners in TWIST.new.brand.venture. They were describing what they do and when I still looked lost, they filled me in on one of their former high profile clients. Remember on Blow Out (Bravo), how badly behaved Jonathan was towards his branding/product launch people? It was TWIST! We all got a kick out of that. They seemed very on the ball and I sure would be nice to them if they were helping me. Especially since his products are in a ka-jillion Sephoras and on QVC.
Next up was our panel, stay tuned for more details on the 2007 featured entrepreneurs.
But wait... there's more! The second panel was the Ladies Who Launch group. I was speaking "back stage" to two of the women who are partners in TWIST.new.brand.venture. They were describing what they do and when I still looked lost, they filled me in on one of their former high profile clients. Remember on Blow Out (Bravo), how badly behaved Jonathan was towards his branding/product launch people? It was TWIST! We all got a kick out of that. They seemed very on the ball and I sure would be nice to them if they were helping me. Especially since his products are in a ka-jillion Sephoras and on QVC.
Next up was our panel, stay tuned for more details on the 2007 featured entrepreneurs.
Tuesday is recipe day!
Here's what we had for dinner last night. Very tasty, and pretty easy.
Grilled Tandori Lamb Chops, Roasted Root Veggies and Red Pepper Sauce
Tandori Lamb
2 cups plain yogurt
Juice of one lemon
2 Tablespoons of Tandori Spice
1-2 lamb chops per person, if they are small use 2-3 chops per person
Roasted Root Veggies
1/4 c Olive Oil
1 teaspoon tumeric
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 leeks, thinly sliced, white and lt. green part only)
1 sweet potato
4-5 parsnips
4-5 carrots
Cut veggies to about 1-2 inch pieces
Red Pepper Sauce
Dump entire contents of one 8-ounce jar of roasted red peppers (including oil) into blender or Cuisnart and blend until saucy.
For lamb, mix together yogurt, lemon juice and tandori spice. Add lamb chops to mixture and marinate 1-3 hours. Scrape off extra marinade and grill over medium heat for about 3 min. per side for medium-rare.
For Veggies, combine oil, tumeric and salt and pepper. Toss in veggies and leeks. Roast in 450 degree oven for about 35 min.
Serve with couscous or orzo.
Grilled Tandori Lamb Chops, Roasted Root Veggies and Red Pepper Sauce
Tandori Lamb
2 cups plain yogurt
Juice of one lemon
2 Tablespoons of Tandori Spice
1-2 lamb chops per person, if they are small use 2-3 chops per person
Roasted Root Veggies
1/4 c Olive Oil
1 teaspoon tumeric
Salt & Pepper to taste
2 leeks, thinly sliced, white and lt. green part only)
1 sweet potato
4-5 parsnips
4-5 carrots
Cut veggies to about 1-2 inch pieces
Red Pepper Sauce
Dump entire contents of one 8-ounce jar of roasted red peppers (including oil) into blender or Cuisnart and blend until saucy.
For lamb, mix together yogurt, lemon juice and tandori spice. Add lamb chops to mixture and marinate 1-3 hours. Scrape off extra marinade and grill over medium heat for about 3 min. per side for medium-rare.
For Veggies, combine oil, tumeric and salt and pepper. Toss in veggies and leeks. Roast in 450 degree oven for about 35 min.
Serve with couscous or orzo.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Country Living
Read on for lots of dish on the Country Living 2007 Women Entrepreneurs annual celebration. I'm just back and my head is still spinning.
The biggest impression I am left with is that there are all kinds of women out there (500 at this event) who want to start their own business. The primary reason seems to be quality of life, not visions of piles of Ben Franklins. Which would be delusional anyway. There was such great energy and optimism, it was energizing and inspiring.
The next best part was getting to meet everyone from Country Living. They were all lovely, from the Editor-in-Chief down to the assistants. I don't know what I expected, but they were not snooty-tooty, New York magazine people. Delightful and very gracious, they entertained us panelists and made us feel welcome.
Oh, right! I forgot to mention that I was there because I was one of the featured Entrepreneurs for 2007. Such a total jaw-dropping honor. People came to hear us talk about our businesses, hope I came across as reasonably pulled together.
The biggest impression I am left with is that there are all kinds of women out there (500 at this event) who want to start their own business. The primary reason seems to be quality of life, not visions of piles of Ben Franklins. Which would be delusional anyway. There was such great energy and optimism, it was energizing and inspiring.
The next best part was getting to meet everyone from Country Living. They were all lovely, from the Editor-in-Chief down to the assistants. I don't know what I expected, but they were not snooty-tooty, New York magazine people. Delightful and very gracious, they entertained us panelists and made us feel welcome.
Oh, right! I forgot to mention that I was there because I was one of the featured Entrepreneurs for 2007. Such a total jaw-dropping honor. People came to hear us talk about our businesses, hope I came across as reasonably pulled together.
Thursday, March 8, 2007
Windy City
Above is the Tibi coat I bought on a crazy Vegas whim last Fall. I finally have a reason to wear it. I'm in Chicago, it feels good to chill my South GA bones a bit. Someone even called me Miss America tonight, must have been the coat, or maybe it was because he wanted to polish my boots.
We ate at a restaurant that was very hip in 2004. It's not as hip, mostly tourists, but still good. Vermillion, it is -are you ready?- Latin/Indian fusion. Think cardamom meets tomatillo who co-mingles with mint. Pretty tasty.
Tomorrow it's off to the Art Institute, Museum of Natural History and The Museum of Contemporary Art if our bodies will carry us that far. Maybe a dip into Nrodstroms, Neiman-Marcus and Bloomingdales is in order too.
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