15
May2012
Summer Drinks
We found some delicious summer drinks for you that will make you look forward to those hot, sunny days ahead of us.
Lava Flow Drink – Strawberry-Basil Sangria
Lavender Lemonade – Rasberry Mojito
Watermelon Cucumber Margarita – Strawberry Coconut Margarita
11
May2012
Mom’s Breakfast
Here are three delicious breakfast ideas for the upcoming Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 13th. They range from complicated to easy!
COMPLICATED: Red Velvet Pancakes
A combination of Red Velvet Cake and Pancakes. Find the recipe here.
LESS COMPLICATED: Mini Bacon Eggs and Toast Cups
Eggs, Bacon and Toast – all in one. Find the recipe here.
EASY: Donut Hole Breakfast Skewers
A fresh and easy to make delicacy. Find the recipe here.
04
May2012
Bon Mimi & Our Work in Times Square
Woohoo! We are excited!
04
May2012
Stay Creative
“Did you know that the color blue can double your creative input? And that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms?”
Jonah Lehrer came out with a great book IMAGINE – How Creativity Works in which he tells us how to learn and maximize your creativity. According to him creativity is not a single gift possessed by the lucky few but is actually a thought processes that is available to all of us!
Here are a few other ideas as to how to stay creative:
- In an article in The Wall Street Journal, Jonah Lehrer advises his readers to surround themselves by the color blue. “It leads to more relaxed and associative thinking.”
- A great blog for creative inspiration is Creative Something. We are told to experiment with something new today. “The thing about experimentation is we can’t accurately predict the outcome. … you just won’t know until you try.” 4/18
- Travel the world. “Students who have lived abroad were much more likely to solve a classic insight puzzle. Their experience of another culture endowed thim with a valuable open-mindedness.” The Wall Street Journal
- Another adivce from Lehrer is to daydream away. “People who daydream more score higher on various test of creativity.” The Wall Street Journal
- According to blog author Tanner on Creative Something, listening to some Jazz is good for us. “Jazz music increases creativity.”
- Always work on new problems. ““If you have to pick one secret to staying creative throughout your entire life, it’s to seek out new problems, and when you feel comfortable and like you know how to do something, do something else.” Dorie Clark wrote an article for Forbes.
- Watch movies, listen to music and read comics. “Movies really help one to better understand composition and use of color. Movies, music, comics and all the things in between – help me stay creative.” Miguel Mansur, Illustrator
- Move to a metropolis. “With its high level of diverse people, occupations, foods, art, economics and social status, and on and on, there is much for my creativity to thrive on.” Toomas, Photographer
- Keep working outside of your job. “I think the key to staying creative is to keep shooting even when you’re not getting paid.” Andrea Bricco, Photographer
- Keep checking blogs for more creative inspiration!
01
May2012
Cami Wade Photography
The talented Cami Wade took our wonderful pictures before we launched our site and we worked with her to create her new branding and a completely custom site. This site was extremely fun to do. Cami loves all things vintage and has an impeccable style to her photography. We used different vintage elements we saw throughout her photographs to make the site feel vintage with a contemporary flare! Check out the new site!
30
Apr2012
Our Obsession with Brooklyn Continues
We have found yet another incredibly beautiful house in Brooklyn. This Greek revival house is 3200 sf in size and its full renovation was completed in 2011. CWB Architects, located in Brooklyn’s DUMBO historic waterfront, did such a great job turning it into something so elegant and luxurious. (See their website here.) Can I move in right now?!
27
Apr2012
German Apfelküchlein
INGREDIENTS:
3 Apples
Lemon Juice (1/2 lemon)
1 Cup Flour
Salt
2 Egg Yolks
½ Cup Milk
2 Egg White
3-4 Drops of Lemon Juice
Butter
Cinnamon Sugar
Servings: 4
Time: 30 minutes
DIRECTIONS:
Wash, peel and remove the seeds of the apples. Cut into slices and squeeze lemon juice over the apples. Pour flour and salt into a bowl add 2 egg yolks and milk and stir from the middle out. Separately stir egg whites and 3-4 drops of lemon juice until foamy. Then add to the other bowl by slowly mixing it into the dough from underneath.
Grab individual apple slices, dip into dough until covered on both sides and fry in pan with butter until golden on both sides. Serve with cinnamon sugar. Guten Appetit!
Photos by Annelie
23
Apr2012
Welcome Annelie!
Annelie joins us as our design intern for the summer! She grew up outside of Nürnberg, in the south of Germany. She loves travel, food, photography and art – clearly a great fit for B&C. She has traveled the world to places like Europe, China, Mongolia and Guatemala. When she was in Mongolia, she climbed Malchin peak 4051 m/13290 ft and spent the night near a glacier in a tent!
We are excited to have Annelie be part of the B&C team and cannot wait to share her progress and projects with you all!
23
Apr2012
Bon Mimi Members Only Sale Site
Our wonderful clients Bon Mimi launched their site today! Bon Mimi is a members only sale site startup for children 0-5. Our clients already had their site, concept and functionality in place. We worked with them to create a look and a feel that felt fresh, fun and boutique-like. We used soft colors, cute-imagery and pattern to create the look of Bon Mimi.
Sometimes we work with clients who have their own developed teams and they bring us in for design and visual look and feel! We really enjoyed this process!
08
Mar2012
Happy Holi
Holi is a Hindu festival celebrated all over India to mark the beginning of Spring and the harvest! Basically there is no school and no one goes to work and has a color fight/water fight with colored water on the streets, in their gardens and for me growing up – downstairs in our building compound! – Reshma
