French Toast is On Sale!

 Well, "French Toast" is launched!

The driving force of the item was coffee. To be more specific, coffee made in a French Press. This is Seattle after all and the home of the quintessential (not to mention ubiquitous) coffee company ~ Starbucks. To quote the great Howard Schultz and the Daily Mail (my guilty pleasure) "Mr. Schultz says he uses a Bodum French press which results in 'the best cup of coffee known to mankind.' " 

I concur! There is only one drawback to the French press ~ having it stay hot.

Enter "French Toast" my French press cozy. Keeps my morning coffee hot, looks fabulous (I'm a designer, after all) and fits both my French press and several of my regular tea and coffee pots. Double duty. And, lovely. Lovely on the counter in my kitchen, on a tray on my tuffet in the living room, on the coffee / tea table for a buffet.

So, I whipped out 10 different "French Toast" patterns. Piping! Organdy ribbon! Beautiful patterns! Wonderful colours! Porcelain beads. And, boy oh boy, are they just pageants!

Nice!

 

So, whether you are keeping your regular French press warm or using your large Haviland / Limoges porcelain pot from your mother or the tall Russian carafe of hot chocolate with brandy after dinner ~ they will stay hot in the "French Toast" . . . How cool is that! 

$48.00 + postage/shipping.

Life is too short to drink coffee or tea

from a naked pot!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaffronUnicorn

 

Out of Chaos Comes French Toast! Who Knew?

When the Bear was little, he accompanied me to a project site visit. After we got back in the car, he said, "When are you going to be done?"

"We're almost done now," I said.

"Really?" he said. "It doesn't look like it."

"I know, but there comes a time in a project when all the elements are complete and you just need to clear away the extra stuff and B*I*N*G*O, everything falls into place and you're done!"

As a child of a woman who has worked in construction for thirty years, that observation and "DON'T PANIC" have stood him in good stead.

So, remember last week when I mentioned I was in need of some extra dough? To recap: As I've mentioned before, designers are often supply-rich. We've got samples of this and seven of that and some of those and a little here and there.

A week ago Sunday, I got some of the big things out and brought them into the dining room. My goal last week was to make something out of this that I can sell; something people will buy; something fairly easy to fabricate; something not terribly expensive, something artful and beautifully made of what I have on hand and that I don't have to buy more stuff of to be successful.

The driving force of the item was coffee. To be more specific, coffee made in a French Press. This is Seattle after all and the home of the quintessential (not to mention ubiquitous) coffee company ~ Starbucks. To quote the great Howard Schultz and the Daily Mail (my guilty pleasure) "Mr. Schultz says he uses a Bodum French press which results in 'the best cup of coffee known to mankind.' "

I concur! There is only one drawback to the French press ~ having it stay hot.

Enter "French Toast" my French press cozy. Keeps my morning coffee hot, looks fabulous (I'm a designer, after all) and fits both my French press and several of my regular tea and coffee pots. Double duty. And, lovely. Lovely on the counter in my kitchen, on a tray on my tuffet in the living room, on the coffee / tea table for a buffet.

So, I whipped out 10 different "French Toast" patterns. This is the final version of my first ~ a tan and cream silk with black piping, silk organza trim and a gold wired ribbon handle. Doesn't it just look like a pageant!

Nice!

So, whether, you are keeping your regular French press warm or using your large Haviland / Limoges porcelain pot from your mother or the tall Russian carafe of hot chocolate with brandy after dinner ~ they all stay hot in the "French Toast" ~ How cool is that!

Life is too short to drink coffee or tea from a naked pot!

Day 46 Everyday Grateful ~

Putting together my French Toast cozies
Turning my dining room into a photo studio
Happy!

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130468/CEO-Starbucks-says-best-cup-coffee-known-mankind-home-simple-French-press.html#ixzz1xbwRQCYw,

http://www.starbucks.com/