shoppe local

we've opened! shoppe local, a new storefront at 813 w 50th st. (right next to blackbird cafe, heidi's and patina).

shoppe local features local artists, designers and products exclusively, including clothing, jewelry, produce and foodstuffs, screenprints, gifts and housewares.

we are very excited to have opened our doors this week, please stop by and pick up a bag of organic honeycrisp apples or a box of honeycomb from ames farms, a one-of-a-kind statement necklace by natalie lucas, a print by katie lombardo or lovely mpls, a sweet pair of baby shoes from ivory & moss, some yummy lotion from heim made, a diffuser from sunleaf naturals, a robot dude by william dohman, a wall clock from pilot design, or a skirt from calpurnia peach (and much, much more!)

shoppe local
813 w 50th st.
minneapolis, mn 55419
612.827.3071
mon.-sat. 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.
sun. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

blog and site with a complete vendor list coming soon!

house hat

i've got house on the brain, just like lizzy stewart's bear. i might have to have him live with me in mine.

looking ahead

autumn is always a busy time of year, but this fall is proving to be the busiest yet. we've finally got the shoppe open (photos coming up next) but there's still lots to do, xmas set-ups, and by this time next week i'll be a homeowner, ripping up carpet, painting and moving moving moving. plus, we're still looking for someone to rent our apartment dec. 1 (do you know someone who wants to live in uptown, mpls?) it felt wonderful to sleep in this weekend and i'm practicing breathing, stretching and staying enthusiastic for the weeks to come!

these are the days

time to start the great calendar search. alicia bock's calendars are very lovely. can't decide: paris or polaroids?





[via ashlie j]

let there be light!

take a look at this room filled with lightbulbs for a wedding at the gramercy park hotel! spectacular!

[via 100 layer cake]

painted floors

love this painted honeycomb pattern on the floor at the bedford post inn, richard gere's bed and breakfast and yoga studio. lovely idea for my new sunporch, perhaps?

[via aesthetic outburst]

lovely wall paper

terrific wallpaper roundup in at's daily email today. sm probably won't let me wallpaper anything in our new house, let alone spend this much money on wallpaper, but maybe i could frame a big piece for a non-permanent compromise?

julia rothman for hygge & west and lizzie allen.

want! even though the sun here is starting to hide more often... shwood eyewear

[via d*s]

pour one out for the homie

one week ago today i lost a very dear friend. stella turned cat haters into stella lovers. she is missed.

local local local

i'm involved in an exciting venture featuring local designers and artists. looking for local (mn) housewares, gifts and all around cool (not crafty) stuff to wholesale - let's talk quality, people! any ideas? send them my way. pinkshirtsandcarwrecks [at] gmail [dot] com.

[image from here]

amanda hughen

amanda hughen's work is darn lovely. like vibrating blossoming explosions. you can quote me.

[via coco+kelley]

kris's doors

beautiful photos from kris's color stripes. see her palettes here.

more for the wishlist

gorgeous gentleman shirt bangle (and petty much everything else in the shop) by yellowgoat

love this tibetan double terminated quartz bullet pendant on a super long chain (that has, alas, sold) from another feather. also: tiny golden spoon earrings

i want i want i want

been looking for this kaj franck for arabia treasure at the thrift stores (a girl can dream, right?) since i passed a few up in chicago last year. can't justify $78 when we're saving for a down payment, but oh how i wish...

snap it up at lucky little dot's etsy shop.

[via abbey at aesthetic outburst]

volksfaden fabric

i love the collage headers volksfaden uses to showcase their fabric collections.

[via the style-files]

tape font

so cool! bouwe van der molen taped up a poem's worth of these letters "to the window of an old villa on a busy road." that's like a poem in itself.

[via the d*s guest blog]

rune guneriussen

p h e n o m e n a l.

rune guneriussen.

[via of paper and things]

sunday evening

pesto


2 c. basil
3 big cloves garlic
1/3 c. pine nuts
1/2 c. extra virgin olive oil
1/3 parmesan or romano cheese
sea salt and cracked pepper

pulse basil and pine nuts in blender. add garlic and pulse. add oil in a steady stream while blending, stop to scrape down sides. add cheese (but not if you're freezing it) and pulse. season to taste.

late great

don hewitt, r.i.p. invented television news as we know it. what a personality!

collaboration

lots of youtubing this week. still excited for where the wild things are. counting down to oct. 16.

[via altruism in the morning]