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Sunday Bouquet: Rosey Posey

StyleCarrot — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:41 +0000

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Beauty Break: Wild Bloom Vert

StyleCarrot — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:30:01 +0000

I just think this bottle and photograph are really pretty. It’s Banana Republic’s new fragrance Wildbloom Vert.

For those of you who do perfume speak (which is similar to your husband’s wine ramblings), it contains lush, saturated, green violet leaves enlivened with sparkling fruit sensations of crisp pear and pink lady apple, soft transparent blooms of peach wrapped in gardenia and magnolia, plus raw textured teak and sandalwood, for a touch of musk.

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Sunday Bouquet: Origami Everlasting

StyleCarrot — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:45 +0000

via etsy

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Sunday Bouquet: I’m Not Really Feeling Blue

StyleCarrot — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 13:00:42 +0000

via 3.bp.blogspot on pinterest

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Sunday Bouquet: Stark in a Milk Carton

StyleCarrot — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 13:00:08 +0000

Something sparse, in a stark white milk carton, for winter.

Photographed by Trine Thosen.

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Sunday Bouquet: White Hyacinths (and a Star)

StyleCarrot — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:00:58 +0000

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Sunday Bouquet: Minimal in Yellow

StyleCarrot — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:30:46 +0000

China mums, ranunculus, lisianthus, billy balls.
Rue Magazine

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Alpacas are Adorable: Truro Agricultural Fair 2011

StyleCarrot — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 15:26:07 +0000

The 3rd annual Truro Agricultural Fair drew a huge crowd last weekend on the Outer Cape. From pie-eating contests and three-legged races, to the Barnyard Beauty Contest (you vote with locally grown beans) and the fiddlers on the bandstand, to the abundance of ripe tomatoes and an early crop of pumpkins, this country-like gathering was a rocking scene for this otherwise quiet beach town.

The alpacas were so cute. Super soft too. They look like a cross between a poodle and a camel, but somehow much more appealing.

Who knew there were so many roosters and hens in Truro? The fowl far outnumbered the other animals in the Barnyard Beauty Contest.

There were only a few bunnies this year. These guys are cuddly. The goose is a bit bedraggled.

The kids’ pie eating contest. Girls took 1st and 2nd place.

See you next year!

Photos of animals, fish, and flowers from the first Truro Agricultural Fair in 2009.

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Covet: Pigeon Toe Ceramics Porcelain Disc Chimes

StyleCarrot — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:41:07 +0000

I’ve been a fan of Portland, Oregon studio Pigeon Toe Ceramics since its advent in 2009, but my love has been renewed with these charming wind chimes.

Designer Lisa Jones strings hand-thrown, glazed porcelain discs on deerskin cords (available in six different colors) or a more monochromatic natural jute twine.The irregularly rounded forms and gentle clinking sounds are welcome departures from more intrusive, metal chimes that echo on otherwise peaceful summer eves.

(Disc Chimes, $44 for 4 discs; $70 for 8.)

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Flowers: Quiet Moment

StyleCarrot — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:11:45 +0000

Roses from the garden in a clear Alvar Aalto vase in a corner of our dining room on Cape Cod.

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