Favors + Vendor Spotlights :: Linda & Harriett + Frankie’s Olive Oil

In continuation of supporting great local talents, we enlisted one of our absolute favorites for our paper design :: Linda & Harriett. Liz of L&H is one of the most talented stationary designers we’ve come across and we’re lucky enough that she is a local Brooklynite. For years L&H has turned out the most beautiful custom invitations + stock note cards that are whimsical and bright, artistic and unique. Recently, she has taken L&H in a new direction, and will be creating larger projects one at a time (for instance her famous calendar, and the just debuted birthday calendar).
For our paper element we needed the bar signs + labels we talked about, labels for our Frankie’s Olive Oil guest gift, and these beautiful recipe card/books. We told Liz the theme and let her run with it. She started with thick gorgeous paper and began hand dying it for that old, found in your grandmother’s attic warmth. As it turned out tea produced the best results. For a design, she incorporated a stamp she had made from handsome antique wallpaper with a floral print. We could not ask for work that sat better with our display, or was more outstanding on it’s own. It created such nostalgia, we could just see coming across it in a shop on a tiny back road of Florence, or in a kitchen stack in the hills of Tuscany. You can buy her products online here. Thank you Liz !!

Also, as our take home gift (in addition to our recipes) we gave out small bottles of Frankie’s Olive Oil. This is something fun you can do for dinner parties at home. To keep down cost, buy a big bottle and distribute it to much smaller. This particular olive oil is from some of New York’s favorite chefs – The Franks ! who own Frankie’s 457, Frankie’s Clinton Street, two Café Pedlars, and Prime Meats. Their oil is so above and beyond, they began selling it to the public. Since we used it in our dinner, we thought it was a great continuation of the theme. Now when our guests roast veggies, make tomato sauce, or just dip bread, they will be reminded of our fun cocktail party ! Definitely check out a Franks restaurant if you’ve never tasted their delectable meatballs, and you can buy their oil here.

Vendor Spotlight :: Eva Juliet + Beet chip Favors

We had the pleasure of working with the incredibly talented Eva Juliet on the Papers and favors for our last supper with Peter Berley. The menu was a vegetarian feast and so Eve's botanically inspired kitchen drawings were just the right fit. Eva's work is romantic and whimsical and she sells the most beautiful prints online here, you must click over ! Our favorites include this spoon print , and these stunning herb drawings. We asked Eva to create the dinner menu, and a recipe print for all our guests to take home. And as a final treat, Eva designed these beet root bags for our guests, filled with these delicious beet chips, it was the perfect ending to a vegetarian feast. Check out our recipe below and a special thank you to Eva again for her beautiful contributions !




How To Make Beet Chips :
Peel and slice beets very thinly or use a mandoline
Fry Beets in Vegetable oil at 350 degrees, for about 2-4 minutes
transfer to a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes
Cool and enjoy !

Vendor Spotlight :: Chewing the Cud

To wrap up our last dinner with Marcey Brownstein and One Girl Cookies, we were honored to incorporate the work of the tremendously talented Viola from Chewing the Cud. Viola created beautiful menus for the table, as well as the small signs you may have spotted in the other posts. Viola also created all the gorgeous favors for this event. We never let our guest go home empty-handed, and this class was no exception. Guests received these adorable sachets that read snuggle with cocoa, in a lilac color, to match our decor. Viola sells the cuddle with cider version in her shop, along with a lovely array of wedding invitations, cards and gifts. We also created packets of olive oil grissinis by One Girl Cookies and a parchment packet of recipes from the class. Check out the details and awesome little drawings that Viola incorporated into each recipe card. Working with Viola was an easy and truly enjoyable experience, she just gets it- and it was so exciting to get our beautiful bundle in the mail- so check out her website and store for more wonderful work !








In Viola's Words: Taking the cue from karen's inspiration boards, I wanted to create pieces that were feminine and sophisticated, but had a rustic/homespun feel to them. Feminine colors and typography were juxtaposed with whimsical illustrations and hand-stamped tags. The phrases "eat", "bake" etc were a playful touch that echoed the instructions on the recipe cards. I also thought it appropriate to make the recipe cards envelope out of something from the kitchen: baking parchment sheets.

Oscars Party :: The end

Ending our Oscar Party for the Post on a sweet note- we created these Pospcorn Ball Favors. Presented in a clear favor box, a sweet bow and calligraphy by Anna Beckman.

Cheese Buffet:: A Keepsake

Last but not least in our cream and white event story is our gift table. We knew we wanted something unique from our display but still a continuation of sorts. What comes after dessert cheese? Breakfast cheese ! Here, we made a Honey Fromage Blanc (adapted from Ina Garten), and layered it in small jars with honey. We also added a pouch of granola to complete the meal. This gift was easy to assemble, inexpensive, thoughtful, and displays adorably. The idea could be adjusted even without a cheese theme into a yogurt and granola.




All Photos + Styling by Karen Mordechai
Styling Assistant: Lizzy Sall
Signage and Calligraphy by Maybelle Imasa-stukuls

Winter Dinner :: Favors + Thank You

As a thank you to our Guests we created a Favor table near the door. We displayed recipe cards in a vintage dish rack and hung a cute "Thanks" banner from the ceiling. This was so easy to do, we printed a typewriter font on index cards and attached them to a nice wide ribbon. Upon leaving, guest were given a jar of our kumquat marmalade and a stack of recipe cards to test their new skills at home. We'd like to thank everyone for coming and a huge thanks to the adorable and awesome Jewels of Ny ! We will be posting some new classes soon and we have an exciting project to tell you guys about this week, so stay tuned :)

Fall Harvest :: Part Two, Favors + Recipe Cards

As our parting gift, we worked closely with Jillian Clark from 100 Layer cake to design the perfect tokens. Jillian boxed bags of chestnuts with instructions on how to roast them. Guests were also given a small recipe book covered in the vintage fabric used throughout the table design. They had hand stitched spines, and fraying edges. The books contain all the recipes taught at the Sunday Supper for guests to make at home. We set these on a table with playful garlands hanging from the ceiling, and a banner that read "Fall Harvest" hung below. Jillian created these incredible garlands (made of cupcake wrappers and fabric rounds). For a step-by-step instruction of how to make these garlands click here . And for instructions on how to roast chestnuts scroll down below, and tune in all week we'll be posting lots of recipes from our fall menu.






All Photos + Styling: Karen Mordechai

How to Roast Chestnuts:

Cut an X into one side of each cleaned chestnut
Place Chestnuts X side up on a baking sheet
Roast for 15-25 minutes at 425 degrees.

Let cool, peel + enjoy!

Sunday Supper, Summer - Thank you

My apologies for the few scattered posts, turns out blogging and traveling is a bit tougher than it looks ! Thank you for all your sweet comments and emails ! I've just returned from my trip and it was just wonderful...lots and lots of photos coming soon ! In the meantime...I'm behind on this last post, our favors for our guests from the last sunday supper. As a celebration of the sweet and savory we made a sugar and a salt for guests to take home. A lavender strawberry sugar and a fresh mint salt. These are so easy to make at home, just add your favorite spice/herb and blend it in a blender on high for a few seconds. We used wonderful dehydrated berries (which you can find at whole foods, fairway and trader joe's) and fresh lavender for the sugar and a big bunch of mint from our garden along with a nice coarse salt. easy ! - k.

Sunday Supper :: Market, Thank You

Our favors at the end of our Market class were wonderful seasonal peaches that we wanted to share with our guests. We filled a crate of these beauties near the door, and on their way out - guests happily filled their bags. Our menus were printed on these brown paper bags (designed with the help of Stefanie Pitaro), and we were happy to reuse and recycle :). Thanks again to all of our wonderful guests at market, we hope to see you again soon.