combining some of my favorite ideas - gatherings around the table, glimpses of friendly gardens and thoughtfully crafted accessories - handmade lavender filled additions to any party or heartfelt memento for a loved one shown below and new in the shop kuwatani.com. have a week full of friendly touches.

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1. princess party photo via pikkuvarpunen 2. anthropologie ceri earrings via lyst 3. arabella lennox boyd designed garden via arabellalennoxboyd 4. shot by our labor of love by heidi, styled by juli vaughn designs featured on ruffled via blueeyedyonder 5. perfect party favors, handmade lavender filled hearts via kuwatani 6. lavender garden from chateau du rivau via loirecastlerivau

the ins and outs is on spring break - see you next week!

sources: image via aachenstricktshoen

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1. luisa beccaria ensemble via style 2. feathered edge installation by ball-nogues studio for museum of contemporary art in los angeles, photo by benny chan via ball-nogues 3. antonio marras via style 4. green box, project by act romegialli, landscape by gheo clavarino, photo by marcello mariana via landscapefocused 5. altuzarra dress via vogue 6. liquid sky installation by ball-nogues studio at the ps1 contemporary art center in queens, photo by mark lentz via ballnogues

for our family, the hunting and gathering of hidden treasures, sweet finds, treats and grazing on home cooked food marks the easter holiday. and the easter bunny legend continues... enjoy your traditions and have a quietly quaint week.

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1. one of a kind handmade basket via kuwatani 2. stephanie metz felted rabbit via limilee 3. salix chaenomeloides, mt. asama plant via mygreenpassion 4. utopia and utility designed container via utopiaandutility 5. emily barletta stones via emilybarletta 6. emma cassi creation via 2dimanche

spring has me organizing and purging in an effort to simplify. keeping it simple this week with basic (and beautiful) black and white. wishing you a happy weekend.

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clockwise from top left:

1/ via espacio living 2/ via AIDarchitecten 3/ via country living

4/ ralph lauren home via a touch of luxe 5/ via emmas designblogg 6/ via Oredia

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1. calla outfit via theshinysquirrel 2. belgium photo by kotchenography found on the shiny squirrel tumbler via travelingcolors 3. tia cibani layers via style 4. photo by and via quentindebriey 5. preen dress via fashionising 6. an architectural proposal for a fashion museum in tokyo by wai architecture originally found on shin tokyo via designboom

we have spent the passed several weekends just focused on household projects. although it feels great to have projects completed, there is still much to be done but i am thinking this weekend should be all about play. wishing you a playful weekend.

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clockwise from top left:

1/ via life made lovely  2/ via fennel & fern  3/ dwr via apartment therapy

4/ mr. haack photo of tee pee by bramble workshop and chaparral studio via 100 layer cake

5/ via 79 ideas 6/ vtwonen via designers' block

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1. creatures of comfort chicness via style 2. villa del balbianello, italy via randomitus 3. rodarte layers via style 4. interior of 17th century property via myfrenchcountryhome 5. araks ensemble via style 6. photo of florence by line thit klein via yvonnekone