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new design. check it. meghan didn't change a thing i sent her throughout the whole process. that is incredible, folks.



peace out.

McCafé für mich

While Austria is teeming with delicious pastries, tarts and breads, they are seriously lacking in the cookie department. A chocolate chip cookie is an All-American treat. You can find Linzer Augen cookies here, you know these:



as they are native to Austria, but that ain't cutting it für mich. They're expensy too.

Something Europe does have, that I'm not sure we have in America (at least I know we don't have them in Texas), is McDonald's McCafé. Don't judge by the 'Mc' name. It's quite nice. Check out this chic Mickey D's café:



with Starbucks-like concoctions:



And, look what I found here:



You betcha. And, they are usually fresh out of the oven. Oh, they are good. Mama likes.

And, I like being able to satisfy my cookie need with just one (or two) warm, fresh ones.

Because, you know, when I bake anything myself at home like I did this weekend:



...well, it's not good. {Arranging a cookie pyramid for the photoshoot is kinda fun.} I ate two of these Oatmeal Creme Pies within an hour and I felt a bit sugar sick. Then I ate another. Yeah, so easy to pop...can't stop.

So, McCafé it is. Dankeschön. Wiedersehen.

I'm Lovin' it!

When I designed Jill's blog header of her twin boys, she liked 'the logo' so much, she made birthday party thank you cards with it.

And I was just perusing her blog and saw that she (or her husband? :)) carved that thing into a pumpkin for Halloween! Wondeyness, Bell Family! That is impressive.

{images from Jill}

{Jill, surely you carved a into the back? Pumpkin copyright infringement is serious sh!t.}

In Less Than a Month...

I will be enjoying the following things:

Most importantly:


with a side of this:


oh, and loving up them:


and these bimbos:


Riding in an actual car:


which comes with some of this:


sleeping in a real cozy bed higher off the ground than 5 cm:


Hitting up some of this


and the likes of this


with these sistas and a mutha


oh, and let's not forget these little people:


and this guy. (elsie's predecessor)


and streets full of this.


I'm excited.

Interior Inspiration

When Kristen came to me for a blog design for her family's furniture shop, I thought "ooh..interior design + blog design = fun time".

And, luckily, Kristen was loving the idea of a striped fabric upholstered Louis XVI style chair as well. My kind of girl.

{Lonny Magazine}

{Cottage Living?}

{House Beautiful}

And, when designing Kate's Cocktails & Cupcakes, I used interior design for some inspiration as well...this time for the color palette:

{Amanda Nisbet Design as seen in Traditional Home}

Mixing my two loves is quite nice. It's been really nice getting to work with all these like-minded girls too. It's actually a little sad when our daily e-mails come to an end after the design is done.