couldawouldapica

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via my personal artist

letterpressed escort cards.

not for the faint of budget.

but hey, if you're gonna go all out with a wedding paper suite, do it up big time and letterpress all the things.

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i wish i could letterpress all the things, but for our festivities, we'll only be full-out letterpressing the invites. everything else will be flat printed (on beautifully thick paper of course!)

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these little designs are both adorable though.

tangerine dream

yesterday pantone announced its color of the year

via pantone.com

according to their press release, tangerine tango 'marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow to form a high-visibility, magnetic hue that emanates heat and energy'

who couldn't use some emanating heat in december?

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i'm excited about their selection this year (better than honeysuckle!)

one of the first posts i did was all about orange, and since i don't want to repeat what's been done here, i put together this ode to tangerine with a focus on a few cold weather items instead of all summer stuff.

by couldawouldapica on polyvore

these beautiful pieces are all well outside my price range (and admittedly, some are a bit more orange than i wanted), but it's still fun to look.

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know what else?

as luck would have it, tangerines and other small citrus items are in season right now.*

how delightfully serendipitous of nature + pantone to coordinate like that.

whole foods has a great post (including recipes) about the different types of citrus in season now (satsumas, tangelos, clementines)

if you're feeling more ambitious, you could try this recipe for clementine macarons from creature comforts

clementine macarons image via creature comforts

or what about a clementine cosmo made with fresh squeezed juice?

or a tangelo tonic?

via kelly oshiro events

there's a lot of possibilities to please the palate and punch up your wardrobe.

have fun with it

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*not in dc, but in regions where these fruits grow.

unique new york

you like that sweater? different, right? i'm super into it.

been feeling graphic patterns lately (in both home and body decor) and this hood-less sweatshirt fits my mood perfectly.

i found it via of a kind, a company and website dedicated to supporting up-and-coming artists and designers. that sweatshirt? made by jesse kamm.

it's a cool idea since the artists get exposure and if you purchase something, you'll have a special piece that probably very few others will. read more about the company and how it got started here (i dig a good 'about' section) and find other work by the designers featured on their site here.

there's so much cool stuff, it's kinda crazy.

via reytan.de

this non-functioning (but fashionable) watch bracelet caught my eye too. it's by denise julia reytan.

i mean, idk about you, but if i want to know what time it is, i reach for my cell. adding this bracelet to your stack of bangles or rockin it as a solo piece is a fun way to hop on the timepiece train without making the full commitment to wearing a watch.

(is it really a huge commitment to wear a watch? no. i just have never been a watch-wearing woman.)

have fun poking around of a kind.

i know i will