A Giveaway to Dine For

December 1, 2009 karly hand

As Erin mentioned yesterday, next week we will be posting our world famous holiday gift guide. Yep, 5 full days of non-stop recommended shopping action. It's going to be massive. In preparation for our extravaganza, I suggest you take note of the two shopping rules I live by: 1. Never shop on an empty stomach and 2. Always get something for yourself. In preparation for the e-commerce bloodbath, The Inglenook Decor is making sure you can check rules one and two off your to-do list. The lovely ladies that run Inglenook contacted Erin and I offering up holiday plates for your dining, self keeping and overall holiday pleasure.

You dudes know the drill: swoon, comment, and maybe maybe win. La random number generator will pick a winner next monday and I'll contact you via email on Tuesday.

The winner gets his or her choice of either of these two lovely holiday plate sets:

Option 1: Haute Holiday Dessert Plates, set of four* plates in a lovely gift box

*sorry, I had originally posted that there were nine plates but I was mistaken... the plates are 9" wide and come in a set of 4 :)

Option 2: Four Calling Bird Dessert Plates with 24 karat GOLD!!!!!! Have I reminded you lately how I love gold? Le sigh! These babies come in a set of four.

If you just can't wait until we post our guide next week to get your holiday shop on, perhaps you could cross a few names off your list with any of these gems from the Inglenook (note, these items are NOT part of the give away, I just feel like showing them to you. So there)

Clockwise from top:

Gold Leaf Metal Birds Nest With Silver Spoon, $26.00

Amelie Luster Glasses, Set of 6, $36.50

Brown Shanghai Links Needlepoint Pillow, $53.50

Avocado Bamboo Pillow, $77.50

Ok everyone, start your engines... Pick a plate set and leave a comment and hopefully all your holiday wishes will come true.

Kiss My Uxus

December 1, 2009 erin

Hey there, blog buddies! Did you survive the holidays unscathed? Maybe a little too much whipped cream and gravy? Perhaps a few blisters on your feet from waiting a million hours in line at Best Buy on Black Friday? I myself had a lovely, shopping free holiday filled with family and an utter lack of technology, including no phone service or internet. Them there's some kind of pioneer days. We even survived baby Ike's first long trip with only a few major tantrums. Unfortunately, I contracted a nasty case of super sickitis from hotboxing The Hunny's germs while riding in the car for six hours. Gah, mouth breathing is so gross. So today's post will be short on words and long on pictures of Uxus Design's renovation of a 18th century warehouse in Amsterdam, which was recently awarded Best Residential Interior for 2008. I'm curious what you all think of the rustic luxe with a taxidermy twist look.

uxus amsterdam loft

Well, what do you think, my pretties? Do you feel at home with the rustic/industrial/apothecary/mod look?

Sorry I'm not my usual semi witty self, but never fear! Karly has a sweet giveaway cooking for tomorrow, and I shall return Thursday with something flashy fly. I hope. Oh, and next week we'll be featuring our annual gift guide, so tune in starting on Monday for some great finds.

But for now, I just want to curl up into that bed and go sleepy night night.

Total Eclipse of the Art

November 29, 2009 karly hand

Happy Monday everyone! I trust that you have all recovered from your tryptophan hangovers and are ready to send faxes, return calls and kill time on my blog for the next few days. You're excited, right? Hmmmm, maybe not. Me neither. The turkey and vodka overload I've suffered for the last few days is still weighing heavy on my heart and impairing most of my motor skills. Meanwhile, Erin survived her round trip drive with Ike but did manage to pick up a nasty cold so she's out for the count today. To illustrate how we're both feeling, and to pay homage to our little recovering bloggers bust obsession, I bring you many pictures and few words about artist Nick van Woert.