Simple Pleasures

Making music — whether it's playing an instrument, singing, or even humming while doing the dishes — is an ever renewable pleasure.


(lovely photo of Audrey Hepburn from fred baby on flickr, via Artemis Lives on we heart it)

Gingerbread Architecture

Some of the fun entries in the Swedish Museum of Architecture's annual gingerbread house contest. Love this. From Below the Clouds, via the ispot.

P.S. Have a look at the amazing gingerbread rendition of the Cathedral of Siena, created by automatism reader Mari's talented friend Mary in just 72 (sleepless) hours for a competition at the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco. Not surprisingly, she won first place!

Advent Calendar: 15

A pretty way to decorate hall stairs — fresh pine boughs, white poinsettias and ribbon.


(photo from my archive of Domino Deco Files)