Category: take five

take five

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Some favorites:

1. Ben Barretto weavings via Pinterest
2. a pretty rose wedding cake (paired with my wedding invitation!) via Bella Figura (photo by Caroline Joy Photography)
3. love this wallpaper via Pinterest
4. a nice post on the pressures of social media on SF Girl By Bay
5. an over budget rug I want for our nursery

Weekend Event Picks for Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill: It’s Third Friday in Durham // Enjoy music, art, food, camping & crafts at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival all weekend long in Chatham County // Closing weekend of Activated Art at the Ackland, performances Friday and Saturday night // Last chance to take your kids to the NC Science Festival at Marbles Museum // Bet you didn’t know storytelling was a competitive sport…hear 8 previous winners compete at the Monti GrandSLAM Friday night // Live & Local Earth Day music festival Saturday in Raleigh // 10th annual Great Grapes Wine & Food Festival on Saturday // Go green at the free Durham Earth Day festival Sunday afternoon

Have a great weekend!

—Ellie

take five

takefive

Some favorites:

1. Making a wall mural on Little Green Notebook (photo by Seth Smoot, styling by Kendra Smoot, for Cup of Jo)
2. sea glass mobile (would be a fun DIY!)
3. a delicious salad recipe on Recipe Girl
4. painted dresser by Knack
5. vintage Kodak logo

Have a great weekend!

—Ellie

take five

takefive

Some favorites:
1. new collection from Whitney Deal
2. wallpaper, found via seamless creative
3. frozen mint chocolate minitarts by a couple cooks
4. a pretty bedroom via poppytalk from the Jan/Feb ’13 issue of Real Living Magazine
5. business cards on BP&O by Studio Brave and Elise Lampe via seamless creative

Weekend Event Picks for Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill: Want to make your weekend count? Join HK on J in Raleigh Saturday morning, and march to end poverty // It’s sketch week at the NC Comedy Arts Festival, the largest comedy festival in the South // double feature horror films at the Carolina Theater on Friday // Last weekend to see Iris Gottlieb’s pen and ink drawings of bugs, bones, and birds at The Carrack // last weekend to see Modern Masters at the Nasher // The Ackland opened More Love: Art, Politics, and Sharing Since the 1990s last weekend, “one of the biggest and most challenging shows of the year” according to the Indy

Have a great weekend!

—Ellie

take five

takefive

Inspring me this week:

1. Ingvild & Olaf’s home (with that pretty blue wall) on Space for Inspiration via  Sköna Hem
2. paintings by Michelle Armas via Let it Be
3. Anastasia Marie’s simple packaging
4. little welcome booklets on Lover.ly from Elizabeth Messina and Gigi Press
5. SF Girl by Bay’s dining room

Stuff to do in Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill this weekend: Cocoa Cinnamon opens officially next week, but they are also open until 10pm tonight and from 9am-8pm tomorrow // Aesop’s Fables performed at the Arts Center on Saturday // Home Movie Day at the Center for Documentary Studies, in which your 8mm, Super8mm or 16mm films will be projected // “Dinosaur Saints & Humble Robots,” a magic puppet bus tour // Strange Beauty Film Festival // Food Truck Rodeo on Sunday // it’s Triangle Restaurant Week

Have a good weekend!

—Ellie