lines of shine blouse...

another wardrobe piece i am stalking... from Anthropologie

Pinterest

just came across this fun new picture sharing sight Pinterest. according to the website: Pin·terest (pĭn'trĭst): n. a place to share visual collections of things you love. check it out!

fab felt florals

gorgeous felted flower necklaces from AVA Original on etsy.

tan-too

i want this swim suit from Seventh Wonderland, and the tan lines that come with it! (available at Free People)

Heather Knight

i love the work of Heather Knight at Element Clay Studio on etsy. her forms are aquatic and lovely. keeping them in soft chalky white with only a light glossy glaze to accent the insides makes for such a beautiful sea bleached pallette. i am often reminded of my sister when i see these.

glamorous in green

patiently waiting for this dress from BCBG to go on sale... would love to wear it to k & m's wedding in september...

camping

m and i are going camping this weekend and i am so excited! on a separate note- how cute is this camper light switch plate? (we are not nearly so cute, or clean, or pink, when we camp...)

purty

flower and branch ring available at zulasurfing’s etsy shop

shoes

why does spring always make me want new shoes? love these renderings from the Sigerson Morrison website...

awesome earrings du jour

available here

a work of fiction?

so i just started reading Beatrice and Virgil by Yann Martel . i literally just started (i am only on page 14) but i am loving this excerpt where Henry, the main character and an author, is trying to get a Flipbook published:


"Where do you see the book being displayed?" asked the bookseller, as he chewed on his food with an open mouth. "In the fiction section or the nonfiction?"

"Ideally both," Henry replied.

"Not going to happen. Too confusing. Do you know how much stock a bookstore handles? And if we have to worry about turning the book every which way so the right cover is facing out, we'll never see the end of it. And where are you going to put the bar code? It always goes on the back cover. Where do you put a bar code on a book with two front covers?"

"I don't know," said Henry "On the spine."

"Too narrow."

"On the inside flap"

"Cashiers can't be opening the book up, looking for it everywhere. And what if the book is plastic wrapped?"

"On a little wraparound band."

"They tear and fall off. And then you don't have a bar code at all- a nightmare."

"I don't know then. I wrote my book on the Holocaust without worrying about where the fucking bar code would go."

ah, the constraints of corporate culture on the creative process. sounds awfully familiar...

mirror

this is exactly what i have been wanting for my dresser! from Anthropologie...

Sophie Blackall

Sophie Blackall has received a good amount of attention for her "Missed Connections" artwork. a quote from her etsy shop- "Her Missed Connections project is an ongoing series of paintings based on real, anonymous messages posted online by lovelorn strangers." based of course on Craigslist's famous missed connections section. the above piece I wish I could see inside your head is a particularly lovely print from the collection. check out more at her etsy shop.

may...

it is may, and that means heading toward summer, longer days and warm nights. it also means peony season! i have been keeping my eye out, and finally saw some at a corner market yesterday. they are now cheering up my otherwise rather dismal and messy office space. aren't they pretty?