target

this sunday target and eugenia kim are launching this new collection and i can't even wait to get my hands on this turquoise one! i don't usually wear hats, but at target prices and with those stripes, i don't think i will be able to resist.

save the dates

this is the coolest save the date ever. i wonder what they will come up with for the wedding!

cupcakes

how cute are these cupcake baking cups?!? they would look so cute with vanilla frosting on a vintage cake stand

photos

how great are these photos?? i particularly love the last one of shakespeare and company bookstore in paris

{ photos via steeped }

basque

i have a tendency to get a little obsessive about certain things - parties, paper, dachshunds, stripes, pink, anglophilia, francophilia (is this real? do you have it too?). last night i rediscovered artiga, the basque linen company that i have spent many days lusting over at american rag. and so for the last hour or so (instead of working, of course) i have been drooling over their website and making a list of everything that i need. i should probably consider a trip to biarritz so i can see everything in person and cut down on shipping costs...

{ artiga catalog }

{ espadrilles }

{ folding stool }

{ bread bag }

{ tablecloth }

{ i cannot find that surfboard bag anywhere online, has anybody seen it? }

{ umbrella }

penmanship

i am really obsessed with this new stationery and font so everyone in my life should be prepared to receive notes on this for a while

online here: walnut paperie

biscuits

anytime we have buttermilk in the house we jump at the chance to make these biscuits. they are so yummy and fluffy - and if b doesn't feel like being in the kitchen i can even make them myself. they are the best right out of the oven with raspberry butter, which we usually make ourselves (below), but i bought some from surfas this week and it was amazing. we had them for dessert and again for breakfast...

Biscuits
1c unbleached all-purpose flour
1c cake flour
2 tsp baking powder
2 tbl turbinado sugar
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp kosher salt
8 tbl cold butter
¾ c cold buttermilk

Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a food processor, combine all dry ingredients. Pulse to aerate. Cut cold butter into ½ inch cubes and scatter over the flour mixture. Pulse 12 times. The mixture should look like cornmeal. You should still be able to see pea sized pieces of butter. Dump the mixture into a medium sized bowl and add buttermilk. Mix swiftly until just combined. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop biscuits onto a baking sheet. Do this quickly so as to keep the mixture as cold as possible. Bake for 15 minutes.

from sunday suppers

Butter

mix equal parts room temperature unsalted butter with bonne maman raspberry jam