Forget the holidays; I’d decorate with these twinkly David Stark-designed bulbs year round.

(How else will the aliens know where to find us?)

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if you display them, they will come

So cute!  So useful!  I love these.

You may have seen products from The Bambu Company along the aisles of your local Whole Foods recently. I’m a fan of their sustainably grown and harvested, organically grown bamboo. Bambu’s quality crafted products caught my eye with their modern hand crafted designs and clever packaging. Yes, I am a sucker for good design and clever packaging. So much so that I impulsively bought a set of Bambu Baby Utensils at our local Whole Foods. I try to provide BPA-free dishes, cups and utensils during mealtimes. I thought these would be ideal for aesthetic and for health reasons. I thought that my daughter would use the utensils a couple of times, then they would fall apart or splinter and I’d just toss them in the composting bin. To my surprise these utensils have lasted at least six months and have held up perfectly in the top rack of my dishwasher. Kids also love them because they are not cold and hard like stainless steel utensils and they have soft edges which are gentle on the mouth. I can also rest assured that absolutely no bleaches or dyes were used and Bambu’s Bamboo utensils and dinnerware. They are FDA tested and approved. Also Panda lovers take note – this is not the bamboo eaten by the Panda and their food source is not depleted.

Save at Raspberry Kids with coupons from TheFind.com’s coupon site.

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from our friends at TheFind: bambu baby utensils

Facing facts:  I’m a bit of a floozy for modern, graphic textiles.  While the furniture in Casa Misosouper is low-slung, low-key mid-century modern, the pillows, upholstery, and fabrics explode in patterns of riotous color.  (Think I’m kidding?  Come over for a visit.)

Which is why I’m so stoked about this coupon code from Amenity Home; with fall20, take a 20% discount off your purchase (excluding the Muir Furniture Collection).  Mix and match windblown, organic pieces like the ginormous floor pillows, stretched hemp prints, and durable table linens, or fall in love with the new Arroyo tabletop collection, gorgeously crafted in chunky walnut.

Here’s what I’d choose:

1.  Birdseye 26×26 Hemp Pillow; 2.  Arroyo Salt and Pepper Block; 3.  Grass 12×20 Pillow; 4.  Trail Placemats; 5.  Woodland Squirrel Blanket; 6.  Cove Duvet Cover.

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fall in love with amenity home (plus a discount code!)

Now that Halloween’s over (boo!), Casa Misosouper is forced to find new activities to keep the little one busy.  Curious how the line “why don’t you sort your candy by colors?” ceases to work when the parents have reduced the candy jar to wrappers and the odd piece of bubble gum.

So we’ll turn our attention to projects like Doodlebread, a bread-making kit that bakes shapes through every slice.  Want a green star in the middle of your loaf?  Done.  Or you could be even more clever, like little Sophie from London, who plopped a fried egg (made from dough, of course) into her slices.

Prices are in pounds, so the kit–which comes with a silicone bread squisher, mix, and a baking tin–is a bit spendy for US customers.  But considering that these tools will make infinite loaves starred with infinite colors, this might be the rainy-day deal of the century.

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play dough

Dear Readers,

Last year, I stood in an aqua taffeta dress sniffling in my wilted daisies, while another Orlando blog waltzed away with the big prize.  I won’t stand for being just a bridesmaid this year; I’m going all bridezilla on your asses for you to help me vote Misosouper best blog in Orlando.  Small potatoes, you might say.  But for us, this is big french fries; if we win, we get a big banner on the Orlando Sentinel’s site, $ from Target, and bragging rights for an entire year.

Misosouper is up for Best Overall Blog, Best Pop Culture Blog, and Best Unclassified Blog (?!), so you can vote for us daily in any or all (preferably all) of these categories.  You have to register to vote, but if you’re a fellow Orlandoan, you should be registered at the Orlando Sentinel anyway, because you’re just that kind of informed citizen.

If we win, I’ll get drunk with you at the party.  Promise.

Love,

Me

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help us win some orbbies!