Spotlight on (and discount for!): Nüwoods

Whoosh, moving is so much work! I have been wanting to update for days and just have not had the time! Anyway, with all the buzz about the iPhone 5, today I am able to feature a Grand Rapids father and daughter team that creates beautiful iPhone and iPad skins. They call their project Nüwoods and they "bring nature back into our modern lives." If you visit their Etsy shop in the next two weeks, Nüwoods is offering my readers a 20% discount with the code llorys20. How exciting! They already have great prices, so if you've been looking for the perfect iPhone or iPad case, check them out! They are local and lovely! Also, Nüwoods is working on a case for the iPhone 5, so if you've hopped on the bandwagon, stay tuned for the new skin!

Here's some more info about the shop from Nüwoods' facebook page! 

"The world is becoming very fast paced, with great advances in science and technology. These advances have helped form who we are, but we need not forget to take time to slow down and remember creativity and the natural world all around. We believe that the simplest and most effective way to do this is with wood. Wood is both a sustainable and eco-friendly material as it is renewable, unlike metals and plastics, and doesn't require the chemical processing that paper does. Wood is also biodegradable, since it came directly from nature itself. Because of this organic quality, all of our products are one-of-a-kind and truly unique works of art. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Nüwoods was founded by father-daughter team, David and Stephanie Farina, in the great city of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Being in a state surrounded by water and full of natural wonders, we naturally both love spending as much time outdoors as possible. David has been a craftsman since childhood and has always been very mechanically and technologically inclined. He loves working with his hands. David also has many years of experience in the printing industry. Stephanie has a fun loving personality, formally trained in Graphic Design. She is very creatively inclined and has a great appreciation for the arts. As a fundamentally down-to-earth team we merged our combined passion and experience in the form of laser engraving on a natural medium, wood veneer."

Enjoy the discount and happy Tuesday!

Beach Comber

this weekend has been gorgeous, so andrew and i decided to get our base tans started for croatia at the beach! we drove to saugatuck, a really pretty town (that i had never been to!) about 40 minutes away on lake michigan. we went to the state park and it was great, way nicer than grand haven (crowded and often dirty) or holland (also super crowded). i think we have finally found a beach for us on the west side! it was about a mile walk from the parking lot to the water, but it was really beautiful!

then we made it to the sun!

 rocking my film camera and new john lennon tank from h&m <3

yes, andrew is on my nsync towel : ) i vividly remember finding this at a meijer in my youth for like $7 and making my parents buy it for me.

then as i started taking some pictures of andrew, a nice woman said she would take the photos of both of us, and didn't mind taking multiple, some in the sand, some in the water. i still have some faith in people!

well i guess they are a little blurry, but still fun. i don't have an action setting on my digital. so anyway, after we left the beach we checked out downtown and had an oberon and some food at the butler restaurant out on the deck. great end to the afternoon!

now that we are home, i know i got the sun i wanted. major tan lines! if you wondered, andrew and my swimsuits are both splurges from j crew.

part of our beach playlist today (on the drive, andrew as dj):

architecture in helsinki "do the whirlwind"

b52s "rock lobster"

belle and sebastian "sukie in the graveyard"

ben keller "how it should be"

beyonce "countdown"

best coast "boyfriend"

billy bragg and wilco "ingrid bergman"

cat stevens "on the road to find out"

conor oberst "nikorette"

the faint "southern belles in london sing"

fanfarlo "luna"

rodrigo y gabriela "tamacun"

today's beach reads:

andrew - "the hunger games" by suzanne collins

angela - "the city of falling angels" by john berendt - it's about venice, italy!

i hope you all had a relaxing weekend! what did you do to enjoy the weather?

p.s. don't forget to enter my first giveaway, tomorrow is the last day to enter!