fresh I now
Surprise a friend with a unique
3-D pop-up flower card— it’s the
perfect size to stick to a front
door. Artecnica Bloom Cards,
$7 each; unicahome.com
Peep show
The folks behind
The Washington Post's
annual Peeps Diorama Contest know the
marshmallow is more than an Easter
treat— it’s a muse. We were inspired by the
Wordsworth poem
Daffodils: “All at once
I saw a crowd/A host, of golden daffodils”
Try creating your own diorama as a fun
centerpiece (er, center-Peep), or vote for
this year’s finalists in
The Post's
Peeple’s
Choice Awards:
washingtonpost.com
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APRIL 2011 |
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GOOD D EED
Buzz
w o rth y
“Bee” generous:
Give the sweet gift
of honeybees to a
needy Third World
family through Heifer
International, an
organization that works
to end world hunger
and poverty by helping
people in need obtain
sustainable sources of
food and income. $30
delivers a box, hive, and
beekeeping lessons;
heifer.org
GOOD READ
A real-life
love story
Poet, essayist, and
naturalist Diane
Ackerman’s newest
work,
One Hundred
Names for Love,
takes on a subject
that affects nearly
15 million people
worldwide: The heart-
breaking aftermath
when someone you
love suffers a serious
stroke. In her case,
her husband, the
writer Paul West, was
striken with aphasia-
loss of language. Her
resulting memoir
details how she helped
him regain speech.
($27, W.W. Norton &
Co, Inc.)
GOOD FU N
Cut loose
The ’80s touchstone
Footloose
gets a
musical reboot
this month. Catch
newcomer Kenny
Wormald in the role
made famous by
Kevin Bacon, and get
ready (all together
now) to “ kick off your
Sunday shoes.”
BLOGGED
Home,
sw eet
hom e
If spring cleaning tops
your to-do list this
month, bookmark
stylist, interior
designer, and
Better
Homes and Gardens
contributor Janna
Lufkin’s “ Daily
Plan-It” blog. (It’s
part of her sweetly
named new Web site
beiteversohumble
.com). Lufkin’s a
passionate organizer
and shares myriad
useful tips. One we’re
taking to heart: “Clear
containers or simple
canvas bins never
overwhelm visually
and never go out of
style. Treat them like
tools,” she says.
PHOTOS: HEADSHOT COURTESY JANNA LUFKIN; PEEP DIORAM A PRODUCED BY SARA CAVE, PHOTOS BY CAM ERON SADEGHPOUR
