HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!

Enjoy your day!!

Photo courtesy of crumbs.com. Red velvet - Sarah's favorite!

Adventures in Window Shopping

I took these pictures about a month ago and just love them. The window display's at Anthropologie are always so creative and inviting. What I liked just as much as the window was the wall behind the counter - the same flowers clustered together. As I looked closer I realized they were made out of the tops of plastic bottles that were painted. This is a great way to reuse some of your old plastic water bottles!


Anthropologie - Rockefeller Center, Manhattan

How did we get here?

In honor of Tara Frey's new book Blogging for Bliss, Artsy Mama is hosting a blog book release today! To see a list of who is attending this party visit www.artsymama.com.

Here is the story of how we came into the blog world.

When we started Taylor Aiden 2 years ago, our web-site did not have all of the information that we wanted to share. We decided to do the blog for updates on new products, fabrics, and general happenings in our lives. The blog has progressed, changed, gone on loooong vacations but has now evolved into something that we will continue even when we have our web-site completely finished (we are still working on that). I do have to say that I enjoy it more and more each day. It took time though getting used to sharing what felt like so much information and finding exactly what I wanted to write about.

My sister and I both post things individually on our blog and so there are days I go on and see something totally new - it’s just like visiting someone else’s page! I also enjoy going back and reading old entries. It reminds me of looking through a photo album and it is so much fun.

Another thing I love is reading other blogs and finding people who are happy doing the same thing you are: creating!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Capturing the Moment

When woken up at 5:30 am on a Saturday morning by very loud neighbors what do you do?

Well, I got up and walked to the Brooklyn Bridge to take pictures. The morning, while everyone else is still sleeping, is my most favorite time to shoot. I took mostly black and whites for my black and white wall (project in progress). The sun was rising just over the Manhattan Bridge when I got there, perfect timing!

Here are just a few of the shots:

Notice, no one was on the bridge yet - brilliant!!

The sun was rising over the Manhattan Bridge.

P.S. Although I love shooting digital (I am a HUGE fan of instant gratification) there is something to be said about film. I loved that when I got my prints developed (1 hour of course) there were pictures from my birthday that I had completely forgotten about.

Pickles!!

Kirby cucumbers are in season right now and they make great pickles! It's a very easy recipe, all you need is fresh dill, dill seed, vinegar, water, garlic and coarse salt.

Cut and wash the cucumbers, you can do 1/2" rounds or spears, whichever you prefer. Put the cut cucumbers in a colander and cover with coarse salt. Place the colander in a bowl and let sit in the refrigerator for one hour.

Bring 2 cups vinegar, 3 cups water, 1 tablespoon dill seed and 4 cloves of garlic to a boil. Simmer for 4 minutes and then let cool 10 minutes. In the meantime rinse the cucumbers well and pat dry. T0ss with fresh chopped dill.

Once the liquid has cooled combine with cucumbers and let cool another 30 minutes.

Place in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for one week before eating.

Et voila, bon appetit!