EXTRA EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Tablesetting competition!

(taken from Rosana's post on her blog about the contest)

Okay, I can barely even type this, I'm so excited. And I'll ellaborate more later, but I just found out that my favorite local (Seattle) based tablewares design firm, Rosana Inc., is putting on their 3rd annual Tablesetting design competition.

Here's the link to Rosana's blog (Which I just found today and am peeing my pants over), and the rules for the contest. I'll be submitting mine, but must take some careful consideration as to the theme and execution, and will most definitely be enlisting the help of my super secret decor mavens: my florist sister, Kate,

(seen here with the ever precious Riley)

and everyone's favorite gay, Adam, aka Poods.

(Which you remember from my recent project of redoing Paul's office...stay tuned for another update and post on that)

I'll punch your lights out. If you don't give me coffee.

Funny but true, if I'm in a grumpy morning mood, (which only happens on mornings where I wake up, so that's only 100% of the time really), I need a steaming cup with cream and sugar.

And now I can have a mug that says that, without necessitating me either:

1. talking to you

2. punching you in the face

Thanks, Karich Design.

mmmmmmmmmmmm......

Since Seattle has decided to stick with Winter until Summer finally pushes through, I'm sticking with warm tea and comforting blueberry bread this morning. Here you'll see two of my favorite things: a mug from a tea set that Ziggs (my college friend) got me for a birthday a couple years ago, and my tea pot given to me by my dad for Chirstmas this past year. I love them so much.

The mug is the perfect thinness to drink from, and I love watching the tea infuse into the hot water.

What you can't see in this picture is my fabulous hour glass, which is actually a 35 minute glass, but who's counting.....(sorry, bad pun).

That precious find was from Revival Home and Garden, in Georgetown, here in Seattle. (Leah at Revival has become a new design and decor friend of mine, and you can check out her store and blog here: http://www.revivalhomeandgarden.com/)

I like 'em thin!

My coffee cups, not my men!

I am sitting here drinking room temp tea (just the way I like it) out of this coffee mug from Target (it's white, plain, but I like it). However the thickness of the mug is so thick that sometimes I end up spilling or dribbling! YUCK! (not the way I like it!)

I find that women prefer thinner edges and men prefer thicker edges.....at least in my non-scientific sample which consists of me, Paul (the BF), my sister, her husband, my mom and her husband, and my dad.

What do you think? Thin, thick, or just don't care, skip the mug and hit me up with the IV?

(we all have those days!)

And if you're like me, love the thin ones, and are in the market, might I suggest the best darn thing since sliced bread - in the mug world that is. http://www.rosannainc.com/

Here's my latest obsession from Rosanna:

(Initally Yours from RosannaInc., a local Seattle tablewares maven)

Of course I would get the S for me and the P for Paul and the E for Emily...the list could go on. I just LOVE them.

I also have already received this fabulous set, but have yet to break it out (special occassions only, you know):

(Rococo Noir tea set from RosannaInc.)

I have the tea pot, as well as the cream and sugar set. Paul's wonderful parents, Marija and Piotr got this for me for Christmas this past year, and I could not be happier with it!

Me thinks it's time for a girls night! HA! (*shuffles off* time to plan a girls night in!)