too sweet to eat

I have a major thing for old typewriters and one of the things I miss most here in the UK is my gorgeous old portable, currently in storage in my auntie's basement. Love letters, poems, and even to-do lists, they all just look cooler when manually punched out in faded ink.

Four years ago, a couple of art school grads set up the most incredible stationary-ish shop on Main Street: the Regional Assembly. New mom Christina actually tipped me off to this - the store hosts a monthly letter writing club - complete with paper and vintage typewriters for use, free of charge. It just keeps getting better! They also have a gallery devoted to handmade/self published books. So let's add this up: a shop full of my favourite things (letterpressed cards + vintage office supplies like file cabinets and CANCELLED stamps + buttons + self published literature + closet sized reading room) that's situated on my favourite street, in my favourite city. If you added in a shelf full of Persephone books, I might walk in one day and think I had died and found my way to heaven.

but anyway, all this to say, when I set my eyes upon this typewriter cake at Design*Sponge this morning I was pretty sure that it was the COOLEST THING EVER. And when I read on to learn that it was created in honour of the Regional Assembly of Text's fourth birthday, I was convinced.

for my american friends

We could have used this a couple months ago. Noted for Thanksgiving future.

How to carve a turkey!

or, if I feel really ambitious...

perhaps it'll be doughnuts instead :)

cookin up christmas

Perhaps it's because Christmas is 'just around the corner' (or the high street would have us believe) and because we are going uber minimal on gifts this year due to flights affected by summer fuel costs and future house buying. Maybe it's because I'm working at home and our recent health kick means there's nothing to snack on... whatever the case, I'm feeling domestic-creative, thinking of homemade presents and and junk food simultaneously. It's led me to tracking down some really nice looking and easy-to-give recipes.

I'm all the way over here in the uk, so I don't mind if you steal my ideas ;)

+ chocolate truffles

+ almond roca

+ mini jam jar pies