Pretty Patio
Since we spend so much time out there in the summer — I’ve been thinking a lot about investing in making our patio more comfy and cute. I recently noticed that there’s a lot of lovely outdoor furniture at CB2! Since most of it is on sale right now, I thought it would be a good time to post what’s catching my eye. I love the nod to decades past and my favorites are the gala gold lounge chair, the maya wood outdoor chair, the la rêve day beds and sectionals, the caprice outdoor chaise lounge, the pod hanging chair, the smoke grey and brass dining table, the midas gold dining chairs, the sophia black dining chairs, the brass bistro table, the acapulco black egg chair, the brava dining lounge chair, the lucinda mint stacking chair, the wire terracotta planters, the isla white planters, and the ixtapa loveseat. That blue swirling tile is so good! More HERE.
Lovely Things #7
Hello! YAY! Another Lovely Things post comes together. I’m clearly feeling pretty summery over here and I feel like a lot of these things would be nice wedding gifts or birthday gifts for Cancers and Leos. My birthday is coming up and I’m trying to resist the melancholy, but I suppose that’s probably futile. I’m pushing it back by being really enamored with what people are making right now and having fun doing deep dives into handmade magic rabbit holes. I hope you like my finds, too! See MORE LOVELY THINGS. ♥
Stone fruit is coming, so I’m thinking about this Peach Maple Soda recipe.
I’m pretty cuckoo over Trine’s hanging ceramic rainbows.
Jane is making so many lovely things! Her linen pillows are just one.
All these tasseled linen throw blankets are so pretty and perfect for summer nights.
I think one of these stained glass panels might be my birthday present to myself this year.
Love this sweet patio daybed and it’s currently on sale for 20% off.
These silver knot heels are super cute for summer parties and events. And the flats!
Ooooof… I cannot stop staring at this Venus dinnerware. So beautiful!
Yum. A lavender sea salt rimmed margarita sound AMAZING. And ROSE!
These matte blush mugs are my current favorite to sip my morning coffee from.
I’s like a whole set of these handmade oak and leather dining chairs — or just one.
I’m in love with this handmade ceramic chess set.
This sculptural gold mirrored pendant light is absolutely gorgeous.
STUNNING. I love this handmade bleached maple and handprinted paper lamp.
This simple ivory one piece swimsuit is a classic that will look good with jeans and skirts.
If you have deep pockets, my birthday is June 26 and I love this quilt. Just sayin’.
Still feeling this marble and blush wallpaper.
Piles of cheerful, pretty printed pillows make me really happy.
I love this silver vintage alarm clock! And its beige-y pink buddy.
A perfect black linen summer dress! Just add tights and a cardigan for fall.
These beautiful sculptural brass statement earrings are so elegant.
I imagine this citrus and wood fragrance smelling like heaven on a warm breeze.
I’ll be over here — drooling over this dreamy brass and glass ring.
Pretty storage time — love these marble boxes and dishes.
So cool. These wall-mounted kitty houses would be a sweet alternative to a boring cat tree.
PDX Event: Sundaze Collective
SUNDAZE COLLECTIVE • Sun, JUNE 4 • 11AM to 5PM • 403 SW 10th Ave • INSTAGRAM
YAY! The super awesome Sundaze Collective market is back for us to shop this Sunday at The Cleaners at Ace Hotel! This month, 16 fantastic local designers and shops will be setting up their spaces with all manner of things both beautiful and useful and, more importantly, happy-making. Look for the new faces of talented local folks making their Sundaze debut this month AND a those wunderkinds you look forward to Sundazing with on the regular. Grab a coffee and head over to stroll around this cheery event. You’ll find lots of beauties in clothing, bags, accessories, jewels, apothecary, ceramics, rugs, textiles, wall hangings, home goods, stuff for the kiddies and babes, great vintage, delicious homemade jams, and beautiful garden bouquets. AND… you can get your tarot cards read to see what’s in store for your summer! ♥
➔ ♥ JUNE 4 SUNDAZE PARTICIPATING SHOPS + DESIGNERS: THE YO! STORE • ASHLEY HARDY CERAMICS • ALEXA STARK • MINOUX JEWELRY • BOET • OKO • DEA DIA • AUDREY BROWN STUDIO • MACHETE • FRANKIE & COCO • RED LUCK VINTAGE • PLUM TREE JAM • BOSQUE DESIGN • CHARMING THE MOON • BON BELKI • GARDEN RIOT FLOWERS
Each month brings a rotating selection of incredibly talented local merchants to fill The Cleaners space — thanks to some stellar coordinating by lovely Sarah Radcliffe from The Yo! Store! If you don’t live in Portland, make it part of your travel plans and meet some of our finest locals. MORE INFO.
THE YO! STORE: Sarah’s amazing Portland shop offers gorgeous jewels, bags, stellar home goods, wonderful apothecary goods, the cutest stuff for babies and kids, and ace vintage clothing pieces that work beautifully when paired with modern designs or layered with more standout vintage. Location: 935 NW 19TH AVE MORE THE YO! STORE.
ASHLEY HARDY CERAMICS: Ashley makes stunning, wheel-thrown ceramic pieces. Modern, sculptural and functional vases, pots, mugs and art objects. MORE ASHLEY HARDY CERAMICS.
MINOUX JEWELRY: Kristen makes elegant, classic jewelry from recycled sterling silver, bronze and gold that look amazing dressed up or down. MORE MINOUX.
FRANKIE & COCO: Maya’s bags, accessories and housewares are handcrafted from start to finish. She uses quality materials with fun, colorful prints and sometimes utilizes vintage elements. The line is named after her kiddos who help keep her inspired and creating. MORE FRANKIE & COCO.
AUDREY BROWN STUDIO: Audrey is a local womenswear designer who has worked with local companies for years and is now building up her own line. Expect to see cute jumpers, tops, and dresses for summer! MORE AUDREY BROWN STUDIO.
GARDEN RIOT FLOWERS: Zoë van Baaren was a professional photographer in NY, but has loved getting dirt under her nails since she was a child. She and her family found their home in Portland and now she makes beautiful floral arrangements from unique flowers like clematis, romantic roses, strawberry spinach, tamarillo berries, and glorious sprigs of plum basil. MORE GARDEN RIOT FLOWERS.
DEA DIA: Jessica created her Dea Dia jewelry line in 2011 and now has a beautiful little Portland brick-and-mortar shop and studio on N. Albina. Her handcrafted jewelry, hair accessories, and wall hangings are modern and rustic. The shop has clothing, home goods, ceramics, apothecary, and works from other independent designers. Stop by Dea Dia at 4523 N. Albina Ave. MORE DEA DIA.
RED LUCK VINTAGE: Isa sells a fun, cheerfully curated vintage shop with great clothing, shoes, and accessories. MORE RED LUCK VINTAGE.
OKO: Lisa’s lovely little shop specializes in vintage and antique jewelry, rare and one-of-a-kind found objects from Eastern Europe and elsewhere, as well as select ceramics, books and homewares. MORE OKO.
BOSQUE DESIGN: Lauren Hackett designs timeless, sculptural modern furniture and home goods with an eye for detail and geometry. With a background in architecture and sculpture, Hackett uses solid wood, metals, and glass to create pieces to last. MORE BOSQUE DESIGN.
BOET: Emily makes beautiful, sculptural jewelry and art objects with hand-crocheted fiber and vintage brass chain. MORE BOET.
MACHETE: Anna makes stunning one-of-a-kind jewels using beautiful natural gemstones and minerals. She uses 100% conflict-free and ethically produced stones. MORE MACHETE.
ALEXA STARK: Alexa designs clothing with a firm foundation in sustainability, repurposing, minimal waste and quality fabrics. MORE ALEXA STARK.
BON BELKI: Sweet baby clothes for lucky babies. Hand knits and the sweetest cotton and linen pieces. MORE BON BELKI.
CHARMING THE MOON + TAROT: Jewelie has a little online shop and she also makes pure plant fragrances, body oils, chakra sprays, room sprays, candles, and soaps — some infused with the power of crystals and stones. And tarot, too! MORE CHARMING THE MOON.
PLUM TREE JAM: Miranda makes her delicious jams from our phenomenal bounty of delicious NW berries. She leaves out the pectin to make her jams more soft-set and spreadable. Sunshine in a jar! MORE PLUM TREE JAM.
June 4, July 2, Aug 6, Sept 3, Oct 1, Nov 5 and Dec 3
➔SUBMISSIONS FOR FUTURE SUNDAZE VENDORS WELCOME!
If you want to get in on the fun or know someone who should, just contact Sarah Radcliffe {sundazecollectivepdx@gmail.com} to submit the relevant details about your designs or your little shop that you’d like to showcase at an upcoming Sundaze Collective event.
FOLLOW @SUNDAZECOLLECTIVE ON INSTAGRAM
Mighty Vintage: Educational Posters
I found so many amazing things at Mighty Vintage, but I’m particularly drawn to Timea’s fantastic selection of vintage educational posters. I love the Poppies Botanical Poster, the Water Lily Botanical Chart, the Primrose Botanical Chart, the Heather Botanical Poster, the Knitting School Chart, the Gekko Zoology Chart, and the Butterfly School Chart. I’d love to hang a few of them around my house. There’s just so much wonderful stuff in this little shop. Timea has a great eye for special pieces, colors, and clean lines. Looking around the rest of the shop, the Candy-colored Aluminum Cups, the Mini Moon Globe, the Brass Cat Ring Holder, the Hand-carved Owl Bookends, and the White and Copper Pendant Light all caught my eye. More HERE.
Portland Farm Share: Helsing Junction Farms
It’s May, so that means we’re counting down the days until our Helsing Junction Farms organic farm share starts. The start of our farm share feels like the start of summer and a clean slate for healthy eating. 20 weeks of joy that always starts with sweet strawberries, cherries, pretty pink radishes, turnips, bok choy, and tender lettuces and ends with delicious winter squash, pears, beets, and more yummy greens. It’s such a dream! All our beautiful, organic produce for 4 and a half months comes from Annie and Sue’s amazing 42 acre farm. They are two inspiring, hardworking ladies who have been at it for over 25 years and employ a lot of women in their team. It always feels great to support women in agriculture and, for me, it feels especially so during the current political climate.
A SWEET DEAL: Get $20 off your Helsing Junction Farms order with code: HONEY17
DELIVERY: PORTLAND • VANCOUVER • SEATTLE • TACOMA • OLYMPIA • MORE LOCATIONS
WHAT WE’RE GETTING FOR 2017:
We are a household of 2 people who like to eat out at least a couple times a week, so we could probably be very happy with the Mini Share from Helsing Junction Farms. However, we also love to eat piles of veggies, cook big batches of meals to freeze, and I am known around our house of being very enthusiastic and greedy about fruit, so we get the Medium Share and the Fruit Share. The Medium Share is substantial for 2 people and is meant for 2 to 3 people. This year, we are adding the fantastic Flower Share back into our week, and we are giving the Canning Share and the Storage Share a whirl on top. I’m really interested in doing some big batches of pickled veggies and this three part Canning Share even includes the pickling dill and garlic, recipes, and instructions! So nice. The Storage Share is exciting because it comes near the end of the farm share season in week #17 and it will be nice to have a bunch of root veggies, squash, and apples leading into darker fall days and that time before the holidays start to ramp up. READ ABOUT SHARES.
SOME FAVORITE MEALS:
Last year we made a lot of delicious things with our farm shares — we had the Medium Share, the Fruit Share, and the Handcrafted Cheese Share. Aside from making simple yummy daily meals, there were some standouts: the roasted cherry rose ice cream, the roasted lavender peach ice cream, a few watermelon cucumber basil feta salads, the huge green bean radicchio herb and feta salads, many snacks of perfect radishes and french butter, ricotta toast with berries or sugar snap peas, whole roasted fava beans, grilled halloumi with berries and herbs, slicing open a bright yellow melon to find sweet blush pink fruit inside, easy and impressive cast iron pan frittatas, veggie pizzas on the grill, roasted maple delicata squash rings, apple and pear crisps, grilled lavender jack cheese sandwiches, pureed cauliflower pear soup, and pear cardamom muffins to name a few.
SHARE OPTIONS: MINI SHARE (1-2 people) • MEDIUM SHARE (2-3 people) • LARGE SHARE (3-4 people) • HEALING SHARE (2-3 people, no nightshades) • CHEF SHARE (for restaurants) • PALEO SHARE (low-glycemic index) • JUICE SHARE (for juicers!) • FLOWER SHARE (so beautiful!) • BULK SHARE (strawbs, basil, potatoes) • STORAGE SHARE (winter squash, root veggies, potatoes, apples) • CANNING SHARE (green beans, beets, cukes, dill, garlic) • FRUIT SHARE (magic) • SAUERKRAUT SHARE (raw w/probiotics) • YOGURT SHARE (from happy cows) • HANDCRAFTED CHEESE SHARE (sheep, goat, cow) • MORE INFO
HOW WE ROLL:
If you have been wanting to sign up for a farm share, I really encourage you to do it. This is the best farm farm we’ve ever supported because of the options, the care to detail, the quality, the communication, the people, and the variety in every box. It takes a combination of meal planning and spontaneity to find your rhythm, but it’s fun and inspires you to look at more recipes (the massive Helsing Junction Farms recipe database will be up on the new site soon!!) and to get creative while eating fresh, organic, healthy food. I definitely feel healthier, have more energy, and lose a few pounds that I need to shed, but feel like I’m eating yummy stuff ALL DAY LONG. We’ve had farms in the past that gave us unrealistic quantities of things we liked, but could never finish before they were gone. We eat everything in our farm share from HJF and always have the option of putting our share on hold up to twice a year if we know we are going to be out of town or too busy to get through our box (you get a double share at a later date of your choice). There are also opportunities throughout the summer and fall to purchase bulk shares of fruits (jam!) and veggies, and delicious extras from Sue and Annie’s farm buddies. SEE SHARE OPTIONS + SIGN UP. Don’t forget to use the $20 off code (HONEY17)!
Feel free to ask me any questions! I recommend following the ladies at @helsingfarmcsa on Instagram and HelsingFarmCSA on Facebook. It’s really nice to see their planting progress, farm fun, upcoming music events, and yummy harvests. Also, once you sign up for a share, you get newsletter updates regularly and emails letting you know what will be in your box that week.
➔ FOLLOW THE HELSING JUNCTION FARM CREW + WEEKLY SHARES:
INSTAGRAM • FACEBOOK • TWITTER • GET A FARM SHARE
