broken*saucer

when G asked me to marry him, nearly one year ago, he knew I'd want to pick out my own ring. He bought an inexpensive silver ring that had six intertwined pieces - a puzzle ring. six pieces because he couldn't find a ring with eight for the eight years we had been together, and a puzzle ring because "everyone is so puzzled as to why I haven't asked you yet." yeah, a bit cheesy, but aren't all romantic things a little cheesy? the problem was, the ring was huge. it didn't even fit my thumb. and since I wanted a ring on my finger "right now!!" we went to the store and exchanged it for one that fit. they didn't have the puzzle ring he bought me in my size and they actually had a pretty terrible selection overall so we left with a rather plain, temporary ring that was still a little too big. I just have small hands. now, I could have picked any engagement ring I wanted (within reason of course) but I'm not a diamond solitaire kind of girl, I f...

when I was a kid, we had a cat that loved to eat curling ribbon. he was just fascinated by the shine and color and he seemed to be able to smell it from another room, while napping (!). he would find it, knaw it right off the package it came on and soon, rather than a curly wrapped gift under the christmas tree there would be a saliva covered package adorned with little nubs of curling ribbon. so we stopped using it completely. since then my mom and I only use real ribbon on our gifts which has the bonus of being eco-friendly because every year, we can reuse the ribbon. what's better than reusable ribbon? no ribbon and reusable "paper." I just stumbled upon this furoshiki gift wrapping instructional video here . originally from the Japanese Ministry of the Environment here . this pairs my love of fabric and japanese things with my love of pretty, and eco-friendly wrapped gifts. and then of course there is cheating: I am a crazy freak about reusable bags. Sure I have my ca...

maybe it's just winter and it was a wicked 22 degrees this morning when I left the house (an anomaly in seattle) but I have been obsessed with lovely things felt! how cute is this pillow? { Etsy how-to } and this gorgeous little wreath... { how-to on design*sponge } it's a gorgeous bracelet/cuff, and it doubles as a coffee sleeve (in case you forgot your mug *smile*) Megan Auman on Etsy...

...buy for xmas presents (for my man and others). Everyone is doing these lovely wish lists, but I'm struggling to find just the right gift for anyone. magno radio . why? because it looks vintage but connects to modern conveniences (mp3) and it has a lovely little g on it (my man's initial). { anthropologie } Matteo Cibic's Domsai terrariums I have no explanation. Retrowerk piston watch . It's what he wants but we can't afford it. mega doily by ladies and gentlemen first seen on design*sponge {for me *grin*}