it's been awhile

It's been awhile.  Things have been busy.  While that is pretty fantastic, it unfortunately pushes the blogging further down the ladder.  Luckily, there's Instagram (totally awesome there is an online option, here) which is fairly addicting... but a nice visual, current documentation of the everyday happenings.  

Here are a few snippets of some work that's been going on. 

Sam Penner // The Peak of Tres Chic

 

 

 

Nicely Noted

new work to update the Presmer website

recent finished project // LeSueur Interiors

Beets Cafe

The Westin at The Domain // for White Lodging [bacon bourbon brownie deliciousness]

grilled cheese

My friend Amanda wrote recently, and encouraged me to enter this contest.  I've never been one for the grilled cheese, generally speaking, but of course decided I had nothing to lose and only a good snack to gain.

Last year, The {amazing & talented} Ashely Rodriguez won last year (see video here)... a high bar to live up to. 

In my state of delirium on a Sunday afternoon concocting this and entering online, I didn't give the sandwich a proper name.... but I at least have a photo.

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Inside this crusty baguette is a little Brie, some Bucherondin (a nice chevre), a drizzle of honey, a few walnuts, and sprinkle of lavender, grey sea salt and some fresh cracked pepper.

Busy. Messy. Kind of awesome.

Kinfolk

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Kinfolk :: dinner series, Austin.


It was so nice to have print come to life.

home sweet home

hello, life-one-month-later.

it's been busy.  and really awesome.

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I just got home [after taking part in a fun, but beast of a shoot] to find some "welcome home!" goodies from HOPE on the kitchen table.  It's this kind of thoughtfulness that makes me want to wear some sort of ridiculous t-shirt that says "my boyfriend is cuter than your boyfriend."

So I wilted some greens and poached that blue-ish egg.

It was glorious.  And I am grateful.

monday blues

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What I wouldn't do for some of my grandmother's buttermilk blueberry pancakes right now...

last days of cold

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As you endure any final days of chilly, I highly recommend this lunch :: wilted greens and roasted cauliflower & chevre.

{assuming you may have been to the market lately...}

// Warm up your winter greens you already wilted, with some of the cauliflower you've already roasted. Toast some stale bread you otherwise would have pitched, grab a hunk of good cheese, dress up your plate with a drizzle of olive oil, and a sprinkle of good salt, freshly cracked pepper and any kind of nut.

nicely noted

I was pleasantly surprised the other weekend with a request from my sweet neighbor, Perry, who has just launched her new business :: Nicely Noted.  Do check it out.  If you're a card/type/paper snob, who also refuses to let the art of the hand written note slip away, Nicely Noted is be you new best friend.  Because not only do you indulge as the recipient of a small monthly package, but you can so conveniently then spread the love to the ones you love.... you can read about it here, and decide for yourself.  :)

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