Vintage Cocktails

We spotted this  book at Anthropologie the other day. The typography is gorgeous and the photos make me drool. Picking it up today for a special friend who loves the craft of the cocktail.

Recipe Card

This project will require some thoughtful planning and time, but the result will be a memorable and unique recipe card.

{+} First things first. You should probably make the recipe you plan to share, unless you already have the ingredients in your pantry.

{+} Group your items to be photographed and remember to vary object heights for composition and use similar materials and colors.

{+} Upload photo onto your computer and use Photoshop or Illustrator to "write" down ingredients. If you don't have these programs or anything similar, print out the picture, glue on some handwritten labels or write on the photo directly, then scan it back in.

{+} Once the photo has been printed, add your recipe to the back. Voilà, let them be impressed!

See the recipe for Wassail Punch, ingredients in the photograph above at design*sponge

Get Crafty

Check out all these fun DIY projects (and loads more) over at Scissor Variations.

{+} Felt Shingle Tree

{+} Sequin Styrofoam Balls

{+} Totschke Magnets

Casual Chic

"An American in London" - casual and completely at ease.
via The Sartorialist 

Snake Print for Linh

From now until.....hmmm....April, I will post things that would make perfect gifts for me. And if you happen to like them for yourself too, well then it's all good. Along the way, I will of course, will be revealing intimate facts about myself through blatant materialism.

For Linh Series #1: I was born in the Chinese calendar year of the snake. Below: Midwestern Can Snake by Dan Furderburgh for The Working Proof. Fifteen percent of the gross sale of this print goes to benefit "Transportation Alternatives," advocates for bicycling, walking and public transit. {$40, edition of 75, as of today, 68 remaining} via design*sponge