Sites I love

I recently came across 2 websites that whenever I visit them, they just make me smile. I love to entertain and enjoy looking at beautiful photos of party decor and accessories. When I found the site HOSTESS {with the mostess} I was in entertaining heaven.

This modern party website offers clever entertaining ideas, party themes, and fabulous gift ideas…all so pleasing to the eye for the modern day hostess.

Check out their Entertaining 101 section for ways to throw an eco-friendly party

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Another site I love is Wallflour. For someone like me whose hobby is eating, I love knowing that someone else enjoys all aspects of food as much as I do. Just the home page design alone is enough to make my mouth water.

The personal voice from creator Camille makes you feel like you’ve been invited to an intimate dinner party. And for those good in the kitchen, you can dive in and try out the recipes. Or like myself who is better at imagining than actually making the dish, your taste buds will be awakened by curiosity.

Bon Appetit!

RubyLove in Green

Our latest press comes from a great website called the Green Girl Guide that showcases companies that regularly make conscious choices socially and environmentally. The Green Girls scour the globe for the hottest earth friendly places and things in Beauty, Fashion and Lifestyle and call them out on GreenGirlGuide.com.

Rubylove’s “Love Life” Organic Reflection-Tees was mentioned in a story featuring Organic Cotton Message Tees. Read on:

GREEN GIRL LOVES: Organic Cotton Message Tees

April 13 2008
Studded or slashed, hip-length or cropped, with sleeves that range from dolman to deconstructed, t-shirts are ubiquitous. And though the bitchy message tee seems to have gone the way of that mesh number you rocked before you were old enough to know better, there are a few words of wisdom inked on organic cotton that we Green Girls are proud to wear. First up? The “vote” shirt from be present, a Colorado-based yoga clothing company that cleverly integrates the symbol for the wisdom-inspiring crown chakra into the “o.” (Because if you don’t get wise and vote, we don’t have a chance in hell. Inference is ours, not theirs.) And then there are the positive vibes we get from wearing “choose happiness” from Tees For Change, which donates to the American Forests’ Global ReLeaf, or “love life” from RubyLove Reflection-Tees, which prints their block letters backwards so you’re reminded of the affirmation every time you pass a mirror. And, not to get all gushy on you or anything, but the hearts-from-a-smokestack image from RE:VOLVE gives us hope for the future—without any words at all.

But the mother of all t-shirt innovation award has to be handed to Loomstate, which partners with Barneys New York this spring to launch the first-ever national t-shirt recycling program. Starting April 13th you can drop off your old tee at any Barneys location nationwide and get 20% off any Loomstate duds sold in the store. Loomstate will then “re-fashion” the tees to create a new, limited edition t-shirt collection that bows at Barneys for Holiday 2008 and donates to One Percent for the Planet.

Messaging aside, it’s a good thing to think about organic or recycled cotton when looking for a new shirt this season, considering it takes two-thirds of a pound of pesticide to manufacture a regular cotton t-shirt. And now that organic versions feature just as many bells, whistles and sassy sayings as their conventional cousins, well, why the hell not?

- Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff

Sweets good for your heart

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. And I’ve got the perfect little bite of heaven that not only you’ll fall in love with, you’ll also be doing your heart some good!

Ococoa is started by a young entrpreneur, Diana Malouf, with a passion for chocolate, imagination, and self expression. She uses only fresh, hand-picked ingredients and flavorful combinations and textures to make her line of butter cups, barks, and chocolate covered fruits.

Throughout her years of making and sharing her chocolate creations, she has learned that if chocolate is a guilty pleasure, then it should be worth the guilt and provide the pleasure.

I love her unique line of butter cups, with flavors such as Sunflower Honey Butter, Sesame Fig, and Almond Cherry…mmm! They taste as good as they sound. And you also get health benefits from the variety of nuts which research has shown to help lower the risk of heart disease, a great source of protein, and rich in fiber, antioxidants, and vitamin E.

Visit ococoa.com for these delectable creations. Diana has offered a 10% off discount for RubyLove customers in the month of February. You’ll receive an email with the coupon code and instructions when you make any purchase from myrubylove.com this month.

Enjoy!

Sugar and Spice

Does anyone send hand written cards anymore? I know, I’m guilty of this myself, now that I’m always on the computer and often send out and ecard with a funny song attached. But when I saw these cards in a recent posting on Daily Candy I was inspired to send a handwritten card that I know will warm someone’s heart.

The line is called Recipe Cards Patisserie Cards . A patisserie is a French bakery that specializes in pastries and sweets. The company was started by Heejo Seok, a New York graphic designer who loves to travel, to eat, and has a sweet tooth for the small and finer things in life. Unlike the traditional greeting cards, this collection resembles the old fashioned recipe cards, bringing you a personal touch and warmth like freshly baked treats. Each recipe includes a little something special, like a dusting of “pure love”, or cups of non-fat hugs and kisses.

Visit Patisserie Cards and savor some sweet thoughts!