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i made tea

Fresh brewed tea + juice of one lemon + sweetener = the perfect end of Summer sip.

  
 
 

cupcake i knew and loved

It's gone now, but I still have my memories.*
 

*Strawberry cake with swiss buttercream and "disco dust" from here.

 

the scoop

Bigger is better.

 

that look

This is how Clive looks right before he starts whining for attention. This cat's meows are crazy. He sounds more like he's yelling than anything else. So funny. (Here's a pic of him mid-whine.) And despite the fact that he turned ten this past June, he still looks like a kitten to me. Do cat years work the same way as dog years. Is it seven or nine you're supposed to multiply their age by? Ahh well, I can never remember.

 

fruit detail

 

favorite tools of an interior dreamer

When it comes to decorating my house there is one constant -- change. I love to rearrange rooms or at least re-imagine them. I don't change the things that I feel I've gotten right like paint color (usually) or big ticket items like furniture. But when it comes to accessories (an ever increasing category in my case) I swap them around like pieces on a chess board -- always hoping to make the right move. When I get it right, I'm like a little kid. Oh, the joy! I love it. I'll walk by the arrangement over and over just to admire the perfectness of the thing. 

In addition to constant imagining, editing, arranging and book/blog/magazine browsing that I do there are two things that I find are absolutely necessary to this process. What, you ask, are these magic tools? Inspiration (do what you love and love what you do no matter how big or small) ) and my trusty measuring tape, of course!

 
 

last minute crisp

Before we added the topping we combined the following: two or three (I forget) peaches that were mere seconds from going bad, strawberries leftover from breakfast and a handful of dried tart cherries. Delish!
 

birthdayishness

+ a cake from my favorite bakery (a surprise from Mark)
+ a shiny new table (seen in second photo. another surprise from Mark)
+ spending time with good friends
+ delicious cupcakes (not pictured)
+ flowers from a friend's garden (pictured below)