Glam Gift
A closer view of one of Julia’s bejeweled gifts at her New Year’s cookie swap featured in St. Louis AT HOME magazine. More repurposing (of vintage brooches) at its best!
January 19, 2010
A closer view of one of Julia’s bejeweled gifts at her New Year’s cookie swap featured in St. Louis AT HOME magazine. More repurposing (of vintage brooches) at its best!
Julia went a bit crazy bejeweling take-home gifts for her New Year’s cookie swap featured in St. Louis AT HOME magazine. Here’s a glimpse of just one more beauty out of the 20 or 30 she wrapped for her very
Ahhh, yes! Comfort food . . . Julia’s favorite! This hearty beef braise recipe, also developed and styled by Julia for Sauce magazine, capitalizes on the addition of robust Guinness Stout. Jump to Julia’s blog for the recipe.
Designed around the same time as her lavender farm party for St. Louis AT HOME magazine, this birthday party for both Julia’s mother and grandmother, which also took place on a farm, shared some similar design concepts. After all, “if
And don’t you forget this! There’s no better way to personalize a party than by embedding photographs. One of Julia’s all-time favorite family photos is the one taken on the day of her mom’s graduation from nursing school circa 1953.
Images of the guests of honor even made it onto the take-home gifts – cardboard pots decoupaged with photos and pages of old gardening catalogs, and filled with fresh rosemary, a symbol of remembrance. Thanks to this party detail and
The seeds of this party on a St. Louis-area lavender farm were planted at the start with a very distinctive invitation. Fashioned to look like seed packets with repurposed farm photos, they conveyed all of the party’s vital details while
Even the back of Julia’s seed packet-invitation for this party on the farm was forward-thinking. It set the idyllic tone well in advance by featuring the iconic red barn on the property.
It seemed perfectly natural to Julia to set the table for this farm party smack dab in the middle of a field overlooking the lavender plots. Quirky chandeliers crafted from repurposed tin cans and festooned with lavender and grapevines added another
While setting the dining table in the middle of a field may have been an obvious choice for this farm party, Julia surprised guests with her cleverly landscaped tabletop. She relied on potted lavender plants, moss, rocks, and other natural
Even the place settings at this lavender-themed party were in sync with the green theme. Grapevine wreaths stood in for traditional chargers, while torn burlap was fashioned into an inexpensive table runner. Little lavender bundles were bound in ribbon and
No china chargers at this party! Julia made sure every detail fit the farm theme, down to the rustic grapevine wreath underliners and the herb-infused green salad sitting on top.
Because the natural landscape surrounding this party provided a lot of built-in décor, Julia kept the flower arrangements understated. Loosely-tied bundles of lavender, picked fresh from the farm, were scattered in old pewter vases throughout the barn and on tables
Julia made sure that this party’s menu took a cue from the surrounding lavender fields. After all, Julia tends to go all-out with her party themes! To ease the heat on this summer day, guests started out with sips of
The meal at this lavender fête concluded with a luscious white chocolate-lavender panna cotta, handmade by Julia herself. Served in tiny lidded jars (before desserts-in-a-jar were a thing), it was perfectly in tune with the pastoral lavender farm theme. For
The sign of a good dinner party is when it starts early in the evening and lingers long into the night. Julia had a strong suspicion that the latter might happen at this farm party styled for St. Louis AT
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