Whimsy Dispatch: Blueberry Muffin Syrup, Summer Rolls, and a lot of Lime
Your weekly guide to becoming the Creative Director of your house, including: a weekly menu, recipes, and other whimsical takes on the mundane.
✦ NEW category alert! Welcome to the “Whimsy Dispatch!”
Why You Might Want This in Your Inbox Every Friday:
What if your home felt less like a to-do list... and more like a creative project?
Every week, I will send out a paid subscriber-only post that functions like a Creative Director’s Briefing for your space and your heart! It's a curated mix of both organized structure and unexpected delight (my sweet spot). Here is last week’s Dispatch.
You can read more about the heart of the idea here.
It includes weekly inspiration for:
Fruits, florals, colors
A complete weekly menu for 5 meals, café items, and grab & go food (with recipes)
A list of ideas to make home a little more fun
A list of creative ideas for play, journaling, and making things with your hands
(Sidebar: I also think if you have children, everything on the list could be very fun to include them in! I’ve kept kids in mind!)
I think pursuing joy and whimsy is an act of hope. And I really hope I can help you in that pursuit!
Here is a preview of what you will get every week if you subscribe: (Enjoy!)
⋆⭒˚.⋆ THIS WEEK:
The May 18-24th theme is: “Cornflower Blue & Cream”
A slow rhythm week in shades of sky, sugar, and citrus — where quilts drape over picnic tables, cakes cool on the counter, and everything feels light, striped, and simply content.
✦ Color of the Week
Cornflower Blue
Hex: #6495ED
A soft, confident blue that feels like cloudless skies and vintage cotton dresses. Pair with white linen, brushed steel, cherry red, and butter yellow.
✶ WEEKLY FRUITS:
Add spring fruits to your table this week! Imagine big bowls of cascading fruit. Try:
Blueberries – tiny bursts of cornflower-colored joy
Strawberries – always in a bowl on the counter, always red and ready
Lemons – for cake, water, and the golden scent of clean
White nectarines – pale and perfumed, perfect for slicing over oatmeal
Cherries – deep red and glossy, little jewels for morning or midnight
Apricots – lightly blushed and perfectly picnicable
Blood oranges – dramatic and bittersweet, with painterly maroon streaks
✶ WEEKLY FLORALS
Cornflowers – naturally, soft blue and wild
Chamomile – delicate and soothing, use fresh or dried
Red poppies – a bold wink among soft hues
Strawflower – everlasting and tactile
Geraniums – especially red in a tin pot or windowsill
Sweet peas – fluttery, fragrant, and tender
Lavender – calming and clean, especially in the kitchen
Garden roses – blousy and layered like the cakes you’re baking
THE WEEKLY MENU:
✶ Highlight of the week: Rainbow Summer Rolls!
CAFÉ RECIPES:
✦ Strawberry London Fog
Ingredients:
Here are the exact teas and supplies I used:
Earl Grey Lavender Tea from Tebella
Strawberry Black Tea from Chicago Tea House
Tea infuser (if you are getting into loose leaf tea — this is an essential!)
I combined one teaspoon of each tea together in the steeper to brew. Then I frothed some milk with my homemade strawberry syrup to top my tea. It is fantastic.
Instructions:
Brew 1/2 tsp. of Earl Grey tea with 1/2 tsp. of strawberry black tea in 12 oz of hot water (you can use 1 tsp. of each if you like your tea really strong
Steep tea into mug after 5 minutes.
Stir in the strawberry jam or syrup until dissolved.
Froth milk and pour over the tea mixture.
Serve warm, ideally near a sunny window.