{50% raw}

{http://angelahardison.blogspot.com/}

I came across a some beautiful food photography yesterday on Angela Hardison's blog. Not only are the images inspiring, but so is the resolution that she has made to make up 50% of her diet with raw foods. If this is what 50% raw looks like then sign me up!

 How good do these kale chips look? I found a recipe here accompanied by some more beautiful food photography. Definitely want to try it out as an afternoon snack at work. check out her blog for more meal ideas.

(all images via Angela Hardison)

{diy bunting}

{1. etsy, 2. kiki la ru, 3. ruffled}

After being inspired by the bunting I was seeing all over weddings, parties & etsy shops, I decided to make some for our 25th Birthday dinner party. I ended up becoming obsessed with it and making it for every holiday party of the season.

I purchased all the fabric at the best kept secret in the fabric district, the "loft" at Micheal Levine,- all of the fabric here is $2.50 per pound! I bought the grosgrain ribbon on a 50 yard spool at Target Trim down the street for...wait for it....$7!

Basically if you can cut a triangle and sew a straight line then you are all set to make some for yourself...

After creating a triangle template and cutting out enough triangles to cover my entire living room, I simply sandwiched the triangles between two strips of the grosgrain ribbon. Then sewed straight down the middle of the ribbon- securing the triangles between it.

{photos from our previous house in silverlake}

{valentine's pretzels}

Chocolate covered pretzels are so easy and inexpensive to make. I usually like to use the smaller pretzel sticks from Trader Joe's for chocolate dipped pretzels, but for Valentine's I wanted to do some a little more special.

Large pretzels rods are actually somewhat difficult to find and I ended up finding a tub for them for sale at Staples (yeah, the office supply store).

Cover 3/4 of the pretzel in melted milk chocolate, sprinkle, chill in fridge for about 45 minutes and enjoy!