Sweet. All from this inspiring well.

Big Sur

Hi friends and haaaappy new year! Elijah and I escaped to Big Sur to start off the new year in nature (with zero cell reception) and each other! I took these shots with some expired polaroid film and look at what I got. Pretty neat huh? I wasn't sure if I liked the results at first but the more I study them the more I think that there is something esoteric and rather beautiful to be found in these warped faded photos. I hope you like them too. More Big Sur here!

Now tell me about your new year so far! Any resolutions? Laughs? Love? Nature? Any grand stories?

What do you think of my new blog title? I felt it right to give Tigers to Lilies a fresh look for 2012. Please let me know what you think*

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

here's to a beautiful 2012
xxxx

(photo by Corinne Day)

* * * Merry Happy Christmas * * *

How was your holiday? Dreamy? In grand company? Delectable food and eggnog perhaps? Full of love? Full of presents? Full of nature? Shooting stars? Pray do tell...I want to hear about it!

Mine was wonderful: the farm, Elijah + family. I'd like to escape to Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, Finland or Iceland sometime just to experience a Christmas there. Maybe next year.

***Take note of the beautiful photos of Iceland from here.

Yelena Yumchuk for IMPROVD

pretty breathtaking...

xx Wreath D.I.Y. xx

1.) gather some floral wire and good scissors, bay leaves, berries, and some wildflowers
(bay leaves are super elegant and very easy to work with)

2.) if you don't feel like making your own frame out of sticks and wire, go to a craft store and buy a discounted fake wreath. when you get home, cut off the plastic garland and voila! your very own cool solid frame! (I think I got mine for $3 at Michaels)

3.) start using the floral wire to wrap bunches of bay around your frame
(I highly recommend getting green floral wire so that it blends in with the rest of the greens)

4.) keep attaching bay leaves until desired look!

5.) why not make yourself a floral bay leaf crown as well? attach some flowers to it too!

6.) pretty and pretty easy! it's a win-win

7.) start making little versions of the wreath using scrap pieces and throw them around wine bottles, candles, window latches, etc...
(the floral wire doubled over and braided around itself should make a sturdy enough frame for these wee ones)

8.) wanna know what is cool about these to-do wreaths? you can hang them in your kitchen well after the holidays because the bay will start to dry out and then you can use it to cook with! brilliant (and it makes for a lovely gift for a cook or simply for a friend who likes a bit of wild in the house)*

...and lastly, of course, I couldn't let V.V. escape without a bay leaf wreath of her own!

* hope you're inspired to make one too and if you have any questions, simply email me *
xx

Protea!

I'm really into these protea. SO pretty. A soft pink with what seems like a dipping of the tips of the petals in a watercolor bath of a purple-ish/black. GO get some! Seriously!

(For some reason they feel Christmas-y in a woodsy feminine way, no?)

*p.s. the beautiful red card is from Spencer Studio...of course!*