Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Scarlet & Violet...







Stunning floral design via London's Scarlet & Violet...

More views from Finderskeepers Market...






















Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Saturday, April 14, 2012

David Scott's Outside the Box...

Well — the cover certainly caught my interest.
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via Pointed Leaf Press

Spring Green...



Loved this POC in the September '11 Veranda.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Mascarpone Pizza...

We all have our favorite homemade pizza recipe.  A certain crust.  A certain sauce.  Want to try something new?  Prepare your favorite crust and spread with a  mixture of mascarpone and ricotta on the base — then top with your tomato sauce.  Sprinkle with mozzerella, parsley, and onion.  Season lightly with salt and pepper.  Bake pizza then top with a mixture of more mascarpone, cream, and lemon zest.  Top it off with smoked salmon, chives, watercress, olive oil, and capers.  Sorry, I rarely measure.
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Image and recipe adapted from My Grill by Pete Evans.  This is a variation on the recipe that won the best pizza award in Australia in 2008.

Ben Soleimani...




Ben Soleimani has turned his family's four-genertation rug dynasty into a  worldwide empire — and now his genre-defying designs are available through Restoration Hardware.  The collections consist of one stunning rug after another.  A few of my favorites are shown here: Satta, Hanna, and Miya.
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"By the time I was eight-years-old I knew every kind of weave there is and where the rug was made just from lookin at it..." — Ben Soleimani