Archive for the ‘wedding’ Category

Our first women artists event was this past weekend and it was a big success! We had a great turn out and I had a fantastic day hanging out with these talented ladies. Thank you Frances, Llubav and Sarah! Here are some photos from the day:

Frances’ beautiful Pearl Collection on our table.

Sarah+Llubav. Hot mamas!

Llubav’s felt lovlieness in our window. Sarah’s gorgeous cake & new cookbook (due out in June) are in the background.

Sarah’s divine golden chocolate/espresso cupcakes and earl grey tea cookies. They look perfect on Frances’ plates.

Frances’ pieces can display ring pillows too! Llubav designed the one with the large flower just for us. Call the shop to order.

One of our brides, Libby, admiring some of the Frances Palmer pieces she registered for!

One more shot of the table. You can glimpse one of Frances’ amazing handmade vases.

Joanne with her cousin Mary and a pie plate by Frances, flower pin by Llubav

Me with my mom (who made off with Frances’ pie plate at the end of the event).

We will be hosting more events this spring/summer. Look for a book signing in June!

We are hosting our first ever women artists event on April 4, from 1-4pm. If you are in the neighborhood, stop on by! Frances Palmer (http://www.abitareshop.com/2008/11/07/women-artists-frances-palmer/), Llubav Choy Duerr and my lovely friend Sarah Magid will all be here in the shop sharing their talents with us! Sarah worked for years in fashion (for companies such as J.Crew, Coach, Liz Claiborne, Frye and Henri Bendel) and now she applies her creativity and amazing fashion sense to organic baked goods. And she has a cookbook coming out in June! Here is a sneak peek at the cover:

Sarah made our wedding ‘cake’ last summer which was actually 100 plus organic chocolate twinkies covered in gold frosting, she calls them ‘goldees’. Love!

And her cake creations are always so beautiful, creative and delicious.

We recently started carrying Llubav Choy Duerr’s work in the shop and I couldn’t be more excited. As Joanne blogged a couple of weeks ago, Llubav made some adorable sachets out of felt with her signature handmade flowers just for us! They look & smell amazing.
(http://www.abitareshop.com/2009/02/10/valentine-alert-what-every-girl-needs/)
We also have a selection of Llubav’s handmade felt flower pins. I got this black mum which Llubav described as ‘Chanel-esque’. I absolutely love it!


Llubav started out life in Peru, has lived in Mexico and Virginia and now resides here in Brooklyn. She studied at FIT and worked at Hable Construction for seven years. Now she is concentrating on her own handmade creations which include our sachets, the gorgeous flower pins, hair pins, stationery and wedding ring pillows (among other things). Here are some images of her beautiful custom ring pillows.


And check out the flag garlands and ADORABLE felt ornaments. I can’t wait to get these in at Christmas!


You can check out more about Llubav by visiting her new website: www.llubav.com. And she will be at our shop on April 4th for our first ever women artists event. Stop by for a drink! 1-4pm.

We just received these whimsical boy shorts sachets filled with french lavender. Handmade by Llubav Choy Duerr from wool felt in jelly bean colors or white iridescent linen. Guaranteed to make her smile!($26)

Felt flower sachets ($26), rose pin ($50)

Thanks to everyone for being patient while we were closed last saturday for my wedding. It was exciting, exhilarating and SO MUCH FUN! Here is my favorite photo so far. More to come….

abitare has caught wedding fever. People are ordering from our two new wedding registries every day and we have stacks of pretty wedding gifts filling our office just waiting to be picked up. And Joanne just created a beautiful wedding window to go along with the season!

Check out our homemade clothespin bride and groom! (kit available from http://www.thesmallobject.com/products/clothespinDollKit.html).

And one of our real brides, Carly. If you are looking for Carly’s registry you can click here.

We recently started a wedding registry here at abitare! And so far we have 2 lovely couples registered with us. Here are Rich & Caroline picking up a gift from us last week! If you are interested in registering with abitare for your wedding, give us a call at 718.797.3555 or email us at info@abitareshop.com.
(Visit Rich & Caroline’s registry here. )

Hand + Cole wedding plans are really moving along. I’m now fully into picking linens, glasses, and flowers. One little touch I’ve decided on for the tables…we just got these handmade stone place card holders in the store. I love the whimsical, organic look. I am going to use them for the place cards and then give them away to each guest. They can also be used as a photo holder!

10 wedding (or engagement) gifts for under $100!

[clockwise from left: burl wood frame $75, glass decanter (made in France) $55, porcelain sea urchin votives $15/each, Stelton vacuum jug $89, John Derian tray $90, porcelain lover vase in red $62, set of 2 champagne flutes (with wooden gift box) $100, stainless steel 'pescher' trivet $82, Jasper Morrison wine glasses $7/each, stainless steel bread basket $87]

So, on my trip to Denmark this summer I got engaged! Matthew & I kept it to ourselves for awhile but have now started the planning in earnest.
We have the date and the place. June 21, 2008. Here:

And our friend Sarah is going to make our cake. Check out her organic creations on her website:

http://www.sarahmagid.com/

I love this one called chocolate love blossom….

Next on the list: invitations…