Things have been pretty chaotic around here recently, made especially so with the endless DIY wedding projects we’ve been working on. I don’t know what crazy frame of mind we were in when we decided to take all of it on, but here we are finding, baking, printing, and constructing everything from our invites, to lighting, to our decorations (w/ the help of dear friends & family, of course!)
Since we’re paying for it ourselves, we are trying to stay on a very tight budget.. So when any possible creative freebies come along, we don’t hesitate. We decided to pass on a professional florist and keep things simple with a mix of Georgia wild flowers and a couple of our personal favorites. Instead of buying 100 + vases, we decided to take what Brooklyn itself was offering.. free glass bottles from the 1900-1950s! Want to find out how? Keep reading..
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I saw one of Lítill’s beautiful terrariums in Dwell Magazine last month and had to learn more.. I found out that minimal watering and little sunlight really make these florish, so now I’m convinced that this is the perfect house plant replacement. Plus, they’re really cute! For more info visit their site here.
This is the sort of thing that I would love to be able to see get made, b/c I’m sure it’s a pretty amazing process. I don’t know much about it (the site I saw this on was all in Italian, and the translation made no sense!), but I think it’s by (or in collaboration with) A + A Cooren Design Studio.
via designerblog.it
I was looking all over the internet the other day, trying to find an underwater light that was not a pool light- finally found it! In case you have the same problem, this should save you some time. Good for ponds. $125
Agnieszka Bar created these broken but unbreakable glass tumblers for those of us who have to continually buy $1.00 Ikea glasses because they drop them so often.
I’m not very squeamish when it comes to spiders and other such creepy crawlers, but I do still love this Cornered glass designed by James Laurie.
We’re getting married in August, so here’s a little idea in case everyone wants to pool together.. a model of the human nervous system enclosed in glass and steel!
Well, not really. But each fragrance by Alexa Lixfeld does have it’s own scent, distinguished by a different colored concrete lid.
This beer (and burlap koozie!) was made as a promotional piece for Carrots Boutique in San Francisco. Designed by Pereira & O’Dell, it was created as part of an in-store event, with the hopes of bringing in more male customers. Cheers to cute beer accessories!
Victorian era father & son duo Leopold and Rudolf Blashka created these amazing glass model specimens in their Dresden workshop. They also supplied the Harvard Museum of Natural History with several thousand glass flowers .
I can think of more than one place these vintage inspired lights could go in my apartment. I especially love the antique looking bulbs.
from Anthropologie
I was surprised to find out that Listerine used to resemble a bottle of Chanel perfume back in the day. Who knew?
More vintage Listerine below:
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Hands down, best packaging I’ve ever seen on hanging, cured meats.
By Silver
Made in Germany, 5 1/8 in diameter. Taylor has been making instruments since 1851. I found this here.
