in the mail this week...trick or treat!

I wanted to send some Halloween wishes to my favorite little trick or treaters. I know Halloween isn't exactly a card mailing holiday but wasn't it fun to get something unexpected in the mail when you were a kid? Well it's still fun!

Cards bought at Enjoy, an urban general store 
All letters hand-addressed & decorated by yours truly
Ready to mail out & waiting for the mail carrier
Fun & whimsical Halloween cards created by Design Design

happy halloween

I thought this was creepily beautiful and oh so Halloween! Enjoy a sweet-filled day today.

I stumbled across this on Design Crush. This amazing sculpture created
by Joshua Harker and you can check out his etsy shop Shhark.

color love today

 Yes, I am on a fall focused kick. I am lovin' the changing colors of my neighbor's tree. 

Each week this Japanese maple is a new beautiful shade.

sandwich smackdown

Chicago has so much great food and my friends and I have an on-going foodie argument- which is better the Hopleaf Ham Sandwich or Lady Gregory's Grill Cheese? Now both of these sandwiches are amazing, flavorful, delicious foodie works of art and we all agree on that. However, we needed to try these side by side and determine which one we thought proved to be the best. It was a close one!

I hope you're drooling over the thought of these delicious eats (I am). I know you're dieing to know who the winner was. By half a point the Hopleaf's ham sandwich was determined the winner by our group of four judges. And we can't wait to do more side by side tasty tastings.

in the mail today

Perfect card to let someone know that they're just "out of sight"! And pretty funny too...memorable card from Egg Press.

love this calendar

This is a great calendar to hang up and enjoy. This southern themed gem created by sideshow press comes in a burlap bag, includes a wood veneer wall plaque and uses this lovely mint | gold | charcoal color palette throughout.  You can buy it exclusively at the garden & gun on-line shop.

all photos kindly used from sideshow press blog.

floor art

I stumbled across this photo on ship & shape. The color palette is so fresh, the pattern looks great and I just love this floor art work. Such a brilliant idea!

photos care of ship & shape blog | painted floor created by Tynan Kerr