For the Love of Patterns

It's no secret that I love color and pattern.  As much as a try to pull "basics" into my wardrobe and home decor,  I always gravitate towards bright color and pattern.   Typically this is in the form of stripes or polka dots but I prefer not to limit myself.  I really love a good graphic pattern.

This brings me to my latest discovery, Pattern Cooler.  It is an awesome resource that lets you build your own patterns for use in websites, blogs etc.  Pattern Cooler gives you the basic pattern and you choose the colors and then the scale of the pattern.  Simple PNGs are free to download and high-res files are just $5 to download.

Check out some of the ones I generated just playing around.

Edible Sparkles!

While recently doing some holiday baking, a friend mentioned she had picked up some "sparkles" meaning "sprinkles" and we laughed BUT, little did I know that there actually was such a thing as edible glitter!

While searching for an edible marker to put the finishing touches on some holiday cookies, I came across this: 

While it may not look like much, look how lovely glittery stars make this cupcake:

I think its too late to pick up some of this glitter for holiday baking but it's definitely going on my list for next year.

Street Style Kids

Dear Mr. Sartorialist,

Thanks for finding another 12 year old more stylish than me. I'll keep working.

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