Summer Style: Paper Lanterns in 500 Days of Summer


Updated 01/10/10 2:14 PM · Posted by CasaSugar · 4 comments

Summer Style: Paper Lanterns in 500 Days of Summer

500 Days of Summer doesn't make its debut in theaters until July 17, but I've already got an eye on the sets. Here, Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt stand on a rooftop in full Summer style. Of course, the pair look quite dapper in a beautifully patterned sundress and a sharp suit, but it's the paper lanterns that complete the scene. The concrete wall looks a little gritty but the lanterns Read more

A Guide to Fall-Friendly Dried Flowers


Updated 10/24/11 4:16 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Dried Flowers Ideas and Tips

With all of life's weddings, anniversaries and birthdays, a floral arrangement can carry sentimental value you're just not willing to compost. Instead, dry out your special flowers and turn them into lovely home accents. Dried flowers, although beautifully macabre, don't have to be a dark Halloween centerpiece or potpourri, there are many creative, yet Fall-friendly, ways to transform plant Read more

Link Time: A Colorful Artist's Home, DIY Shadowboxes, and a Cool Maize Maze


Updated 09/24/11 7:07 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

Colorful Artist Home

Tour a colorful artist home in Austin, TX. — Apartment Therapy Create this super-cute cupcake paper flag. — Stylelist Home DIY a shadowbox. — Real Simple This maize maze is making me want to get lost. — Inhabitat I adore this Swedish-inspired beach house. — House Beautiful This bathroom went from dated to super sophisticated. — This Old House Find a much cheaper version of this Read more

Lovely Little Vignettes: A Spring Soirée


Updated 05/04/11 4:22 PM · Posted by Casa Community · 1 comment

Spring Outdoor Party Decorations

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member stephaniepoli from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: Over the weekend I celebrated my 30th birthday by hosting a get-together at our home with friends. The weather was warm so we took full advantage of outdoor entertaining. I incorporated flowers that my husband brought me into the centerpiece design. The vase is made from a recycled coffee can, Read more

3 Reasons to See Indie Comedy Ceremony


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Ceremony Movie Review

The indie film Ceremony, starring Michael Angarano as a lovelorn writer who tricks his best friend (Reece Thompson) into helping him crash the wedding of the woman he's in love with (Uma Thurman), expands its limited release today. While the film, the first feature from writer/director Max Winkler, has flown under the radar, I have a few reasons why it might deserve to be on your must-see Read more