new vintage finds

It may come as no surprise, but I have been scouting out some new yellow pieces for my kitchen and have found some pretty fun things!

1960's yellow rock's glasses with gold rim

I have absolutely no use for rocks glasses, but they were just so cute, I had to have them. They were found at the Guild Shop in Montrose.


A fun yellow tray with removable trays

This was a lovely gift from my friend Sarah. It was found on etsy, but I completely forgot to save the seller's information. (Hey Sarah, do you remember?)

Plastic Ice Bucket

I'm having a party in a couple of weeks and wanted a cute ice bucket to keep the champagne chilled. This was found at Retropolis in the Heights.

little miss cupcake!

This past Saturday was White Linen Night in the Heights. All of the shops, galleries, and restaurants had specials and sales.

There was also a HUGE craft show (that I totally should have done, and it never crossed my mind!) Although, the weather was SO hot, that I don't know if it would have been worth it. It was a good sunny, 100% humidity, 100 degree kind of day--aka. miserable--and all of the vendors did not look like they were having too much fun.

Because of the heat, there were free water bottles everywhere. They really pushed staying hydrated. I was very thankful for that.

It was also a fun night because I got to spend it with my good friend, Katie. We've known each other since elementary school, but didn't really become friends until middle school. With both of our crazy schedules, it's hard for us to find time to see each other.

White Linen Night was the perfect Girls Night!



And check this out. Cupcake trailers!

This is all just another reason why my neighborhood totally rocks!

BOGO!

Back to school sale! The entire emilee rose shop is buy one get one free!

Start shopping!

never too much aqua...

As some of you may have read via twitter, I painted my living room two weekend's ago. Even though I have no idea how long I will live in this house, I thought it would be worth it to improve the "mood" in my house. It is now very bright and chipper.

My dad pointed out that it even makes the room feel cooler. It's all in our head, but the ice blue does remind me of non 100 degree temperatures.

kickin' it old school treasury

I just received a lovely message from mud and twig about their newest treasury featuring emilee rose! Check it out here.

app for font nerds

Test your font skills with The Font Game. Being a designer, I am haunted by mentally naming fonts everywhere I go. At the movies, in magazines, while driving looking at billboards.

Some would call this a curse. Others would call this a great skill for playing this game.

You can get it here. I can't wait to play!

in the kitchen with emilee: easy veggie chili

This is by far the easiest meal to create and it makes a TON, so it is also good to freeze and save for later. And you could use fresh ingredients, using the cans makes this super fast and easy.



Ingredients:
1 small can of corn
1 can of black beans
1 can of kidney beans
1 can of Rotel (I use the original, but you can choose any flavor that you like!)
1 bag of Morning Star Farms Grillers Crumbles (faux ground beef- the texture is just like ground beef--from what I remember--but it way more healthy!)
1 bottle of beer (I use Shiner, because that is what I like to keep in my fridge)
2 large carrots
2 tbs canola oil
1 tbs chili powder (or to your liking)
1 tsp cumin (or to your liking)

Directions:

Bring small pot of water to a boil to cook the carrots. Peel and slice the carrots and drop them in the pot to cook while you are preparing the rest.

Open and drain you beans and corn and put aside.

Drain carrots.

In a large pot (big enough for about 6 cups of chili) heat the canola oil. Pour in the Grillers Crumbles and cook them until they brown (just like ground beef). Once the Crumbles look done, dump in your beans, corn, carrots, Rotel, and bottle of beer. Stir. Add spices and let simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Just a note about the spices- the Rotel already has spices in it, but I prefer my chili to be nice and spicy! If you like a more mild flavor, you might cutting the extra spices in half.

And that's it! I like to eat my chili over crushed Saltines with a little dollop of sour cream and cheese.

Bon appetite!