Nole Garey

’s Alt Summit in Palm Springs and my mind is full from all the panels, workshops, conversations, and gatherings at the conference. But I wanted to make sure I let you know about a big studio sale happening TOMORROW, Saturday March 30 from 10 am – 4 pm at Common Room Studio! I’m joining my friends Meg and Sarah for a huge studio sale with everything from stationery and art prints to vintage glassware and styling props! I’m also selling some of the plants, furniture, and décor at the studio!

The last time I shared a peek at our backyard, I showed you a few of the improvements we’ve made over the years, like adding a pergola and removing a scary weird staircase that goes up to the storage space above our garage. Jasmine wire trellis | Andrew Renn Design via Houzz // Natural Wood Arch // Pink barn door | Castle & Cubby // Graphic Garden | The Guardian Our backyard is more like a back patio – long and narrow and mostly covered with pavers. We have some jasmine, climbing roses, and autumn clematis vines growing on that side, so we’re hoping to space some of the planks out a bit to allow for space for the vines to grow, similar to this fence from Deuce Cities Henhouse. Since we don’t have a lot of planting space along the southern fence, I’d also love to build narrow planters running along the bottom of the fence where we could grow herbs and veggies.

You’re going to love these eclectic vellum baby shower invitations from Lauren of Blue Eye Brown Eye! Lauren made these invitations for her best friend’s baby shower, incorporating the mama-to-be’s creative style into the invitation design with a fun vellum overlay, modern calligraphy, and a gold tassel to tie everything together (literally! ). From Lauren: When given the opportunity to design my best friend’s baby shower invitations, I took the opportunity to fulfill my design fantasies for her and make them as special (and extra) as possible. The gold tassel is a nod to all of Anna’s amazing travels – she often brings me back a decorative pom pom or tassel from places like Peru or Mexico, so the tassel was my homage to her.

I love coming up with new Easter egg decorating ideas each year, and this year I’m really feeling inspired to experiment with new color palettes and color combinations. Here’s the color palette that I used as my starting point, along with the food coloring dye formulas that I used to dye the eggs: I used a variety of store-bought food coloring to create my dye colors, including standard red, yellow, green, and blue liquid food coloring, pastel gel food coloring, and bright magenta, teal, and orange gel food coloring. Test the dye color with a paper towel before submerging your eggs, but keep in mind that a paper towel will absorb the dye much faster than an egg, so you’ll need to leave the egg in the dye bath for a minute or two if you’re hoping to achieve brighter/more saturated colors.