Colour Graffitti

I saw this pic in today's Telegraph and had to post it. Imagine tricking out your house like this! Would the neighbours mind?

Beats Christmas lights in my book!

The Churchill Arms in London, courtesy of the Telegraph.

Favourite Online Magazines

There are so many terrific online magazines now. Sadly, it makes you wonder how paper magazines exist.

Here are some fabulous craft, design, food and lifestyle mags and here are my top choices. All of these magazines have supporting blogs that are good to read too. Check them out and support them!

Covet Garden is a Canadian Magazine and blog that features a home of an artist/artisan/arts worker/designer every issue. It includes projects and recipes, really great finds and I especially like the pages about where the artist tells about their current reads, tunes and inspirations. Plus it is Canadian!

Sweet Paul is based out of New York. It is food based but has some crafty projects. It seemed for a while they had many activities based on children. The photography is terrific. Great party ideas. Very party centric actually. They also sell this magazine in paper at Anthropologie for $20 if you want to pay for it.

rue is a fashion/interior design/travel magazine. They have the biggest budget of all the magazines I read because they often travel to different locations to view homes. rue is not as hipster as my other reads but they do have neat finds. This mag also has d.i.y. projects and recipes, a necessity to all my online reading.

Leaf is a terrific gardening/design magazine from the States. While I haven't gone through all the back issues they have terrific outdoor projects. If you have a yard, or like to entertain, this is a must read. Or if you are like me and live in an apartment, it is nice to dream.

91 Magazine is based out of the U.K. and is full of retro, vintage. crafty, magazine with some food. It is a rather new publication and is pretty girlie. Actually that is the best word to describe this mag: pretty. Fun to browse through and has a good blog.

NEET is also a new find to me. Indie, hipster fashion and handmade crafts along with some music reviews and interviews. If you read Bust or Nylon and shop at etsy, you'll like NEET. Plus there are tons of back issues (all the way to 2009!) so you are bound to find something you'll like.

Pretty Packs for Plants

This year I was going to invest in a garden allotment here in town. Unfortunately, due to my employment status and the price ($75!!! then you have to plant too!!!), I am looking at plants and gardens from a distance.

Now look at the packaging on these lovelies (and there are SO MANY more from the Hudson Valley Seed Library. Wonder if we can get these seeds in Canada? Can seeds cross the border?

This is my favourite! Commie Tomato Seeds!!! LOL!!!

I mean, seriously, how CUTE is this? And what the heck is a Cheese Pumpkin?!?!

Trout Lettuce. Who knew?

Makes you curious doesn't it?