At Little Yellow Couch, we are passionate about living a connected life with style and substance. We also believe in the value of putting more handcrafted, small batch, and independent products into our economy. Each month on our website, we will delve into a new topic on how to define your own aesthetic, figure out what’s truly important to you, and encourage meaningful interactions with friends and family. At the end of the month we offer a limited number of beautifully curated boxes filled with artisan made goods to encourage you to move forward on the ideas you’ve cultivated over the past 30 days.
Connection. Style. Substance. That’s Little Yellow Couch.
Here's a quick and easy bit of last-minute decorating you could do for Thanksgiving, or just to have around for fall. Simply print out our squirrel template on card stock (if your printer can't handle thick paper, just print on regular paper, cut out and then re-trace onto card stock). Trace your squirrel template onto decorative paper (we used Nepalese Paper from Paper Source) and use a hole punch and twine to string him along. Done!
Squirrel Template
Thoughts of Fall begin to conjure up daydreams of woodland creatures and rustic nature, cozy fireplaces and woolen artistry. As we start to spend more of our time indoors, we look to find ways to bring a bit of nature into our surroundings. We've curated a list of Woodland Wonders for you to daydream about and add to your shopping list.
xoxo Zandra & Karen June
1. Woodland Scene Terrarium Locket via Ingredients for Lovely
2. Note from Camp Stationery Set via One Canoe Two
3. Out of the Woods Postcard Collection via The Black Apple
4. Twig Spoons via Michiko Shimada
5. Young Mr. Fox Locket via This Years Girl
6. National Parks Checklist Map via Ello There
7. Silver, Mustard, Navy & Seafoam Chevron Painted Antler via Made by Cassandra Smith
8. Deer and Fox Print via Wild Life Prints
9. Owl Collar Clips via Ladybird Likes
10. Maple Journal with Long Stitch and Reinforced Binding via Boarding School
11. Bodhi Feathers Watercolor Print via River Luna
12. 1940's Style Golden Fascinator via Green Trunk Designs
13. Felted Mushroom Ornaments via Balloon Highway
I collect a lot of odds and ends from thrift stores, antique shops and things my sons bring in from outdoors. I don’t have a whole lot of display space for these collections so I make use of a barrister bookcase in my living room, calling it my “mantel.” I’m particularly happy to have Mara Minuzzo’s art block from our box this month sitting amongst my other treasures. My husband can’t stand having stuff everywhere (and by that I mean my stuff. He seems perfectly fine with the receipts, movie stubs, candy wrappers and other “stuff” that make up his shrines on the desk or bureau. (Funny how that works). Anyway, I don’t like having dust-collectors for the sake of having “stuff” either. Everything I put out has a personal story behind it that means something to me or is something that I simply love, aesthetically. When you pair down to those essentials, you’ll start to really enjoy the small vingnettes you can create in one or two places in your home. It’s like having an miniature art gallery that changes every season or so.
xoxo Zandra
