At Home with Kim Vallee

ENTERTAINING, HOLIDAY decorations | November 13, 2009

Holiday Card Display Ideas

Hanging Holiday cards looks better than putting them on a shelf. It allow you to be more creative. You could install clothesline against the wall, hang your cards on a handrail, transform a pot rack or use a paper chandelier. Pottery Barn added to their catalog the Wakefield Chandelier. It is a three tiered iron chandelier [...]

COOKING tools, DINING | August 10, 2009

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Cooking and Fun Housewares Design

Some quick links to start the week. + First Sunday Suppers shows us how to preserve lemons, a must in Moroccan cuisine. You can find their twist on the lemon chicken tagine. Their recipe has preserved lemons, green olives and golden raisins. + An original moving announcement from FPO (for print only). The recipient can cut the [...]

KIDS + BABY, KIDS party | March 14, 2008

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Sweet letterpress birthday cards for young children | etsy watch

Lisa Zuraw of sweetbeets produces the most adorable birthday cards. Lisa finds the inspiration for drawing her original illustrations by watching her children play. Her cards focus on infants and preschoolers from what I have seen. Sweetbeets’ cards are eco-friendly. They are printed using vegetable-based inks on 100% post-consumer recycled paper. Her technique leaves a crisp [...]