Today's Palette: "Pomegranate Pinks"

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, I chose a palette from the pomegranate I cut for today's snack. Don't you just love the range of ruby reds, pinks and creams? This photo can also be found as day 29 of The 366 Project.

Today's Color Palette: "Nightcap"

Today I chose a photo from my "day 7" of The 366 Project hosted by Kathryn of The Coastal Chick and myself. With wintery weather finally arriving in this part of New England, I wanted to offer a warm and cozy color palette for today.

Cheers!

xoxo
Patti

p.s.
reminder: you can still join the 366 project!

Valentine's Card Swap - 2012

"The only true gift is a portion of yourself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Valentine Gift Tags or Magnets by: By the Book Paper (etsy)

Ah, love... it's that time of year when hearts of pink and red are scattered everywhere you look! Valentine's Day. Okay. It's actually January 10th as I write this, but I've been thinking about Valentine's Day with the release of my new greeting cards! And I've also been thinking of ways to keep the handwritten note in fashion. One way to walk-the-walk is to send at least one piece of "snail-mail" each week of 2012. Another way is to organize a Valentine's Day Card Swap! Yay!!!

Running Heart, Love Vintage Postage by: Verde Studio

So here are the details:
If you'd like to participate in the card swap, email me: eastonplacedesigns [at] me [dot] com by 9:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, January 24 and give me the following information:
-Your Name
-Snail-mail Address
-Email Address best to use for notification
-Would you be willing to mail internationally?
-Would you like more than one Swap Partner?
-Any blog or website you'd like included in my follow-up post

I'll then select a partner for you to swap with and email you the mailing details. I should have things organized by Friday, January 27. You'll have a more than a week to get your Valentine Card in the mail with plenty of time for delivery by February 14. If mailing to an international address, allow a few extra days.

Have fun with this! You don't have to be a "crafty person", nor a professional card maker to participate. Anyone can join the fun. Hand-made cards are fun to receive, so try your talents with a little glue and glitter! Need ideas for something different? Check out Pinterest. And if you really don't want to send a hand-made card of your own, there's always Etsy.

Please leave a remark in the comments below so I know to look for your email and address! And invite your friends to join the fun as well. And while I have your reading attention, let me know if you'd like to receive a card from me at some point this year. I'm still collecting addresses for my "weekly handwritten note" project!

photo & tag by Easton Place Designs

Wishing you all a very Happy Valentine's Day!
xoxo
-Patti

Happy 2012!

Wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year!
Several new product will be gracing the webpages of Easton Place Designs in 2012.
In the new year, let's keep the handwritten note in style! My personal goal is to write at least one handwritten note per week, and mail it the old fashion way... with a stamp. Join me in making 2012 the year of the handwritten correspondence! If you'd like to be a recipient of one of those handwritten notes, feel free to email me your snail-mail address. I'd love to send you a card or note. No spam... just a lovely paper correspondence from me to you!

Happy 2012 friends!

xoxo
Patti

Homemade Menorahs - DIY

It's been a very festive holiday season here at Easton Place Designs. I thought it would be fun to show you some menorahs my youngest son made (with a little tiny help from his Mama). All of the materials were purchased at Home Depot except for the glue-gun which was purchased at a craft shop.

We started with...

Stones, tiles and glass backsplash pieces. Regular metal nuts.

Step one is to take the stones and tiles off their mesh backing removing as much of the adhesive as possible. Next, layout your design on the base plate to make sure things will fit properly. Once you're happy with the design, remove items from your base plate and start adhering the nuts to the "rocks" and square tiles and rebuilding your design, gluing/adhering each piece. The only part I helped my son with was affixing the thinner glass piece to the larger glass base piece. For this I used super glue. All other pieces were fastened using either the hot glue gun or "Strongstik" by Dap.

Here are the final menorahs...

Happy Hanukkah!

 Wishing you all a very happy and festive holiday!