skin series bud vase

the name kinda creeped me out, but i am very much in like with the concept. these lovely little bud vases are made from the most mysterious material. what looks to be porcelain (at least online) is actually a soft and moldable plastic.

we have nary a bud vase in our possession and i think that is just a wee bit wrong.

{bud vases by the might bearcats available for purchase here}

the blog is not dead

yesterday mas asked me if my blog was dead. i replied with a very convincing NO (or at least i thought it convincing) and he continued to look at me in that doubtful way. to which i had to reply with too many words about my feelings regarding the world today and our grim housing situation (it's gotten bad guys but i am still holding out hope that it will all work out in the end).

so yes, i spent the last couple of days in a black hole of self-wallowing ... and yes, i figured it was better to leave the blog out of it, because it is after all a place for my pretty things ... and yes i am sorry for disappearing, but you should know, the blog is not dead, it was just on a brief break.

to make everything better i am going to spend the rest of my day twirling and then the posts will come.

{photo by fine tuning}

i'm swamped

but that doesn't mean i'm not up for showing you some ridiculously amazing ceramics by studio violet. check out the whole site for some pretty pretties.

watches

i have been sans watch for a while now but am reconsidering that choice. this watch isn't very girly or delicate (which i'm not actually sure i am looking for) but it is bright and bold and hanging out in my mind. so maybe i will put it on my birthday list?


{time teller p watch by nixon}

cup cakes

did you see these over at esb? oh my. i might NEED to start collecting tea sets for the sole purpose of serving cake out of them.


{cup cakes by megan van heck, found on east side bride}

more shoes

while i might be over gladiator sandals (before i was ever able to fully embrace them and i am still on the fence as to whether or not i think that is sad) i am not over these. i might go and pay them a visit in real life today, or maybe that will be too painful. i haven't decided, but either way they are truly drool worthy.

{sigerson morrison slash flat booties available here}

sneakers

yeah, it is about that time. i would *really* like to purchase a new pair of sneakers. and being in new york and having the days free to wander aimlessly (well minus the work i need to do) isn't helping this urge at all.


and how bout these? um yes. not white, which while i really want i can't handle the brightness when new and the dirtiness when old, but still pale and a killer purple sole. um ok. perhaps they will be my birthday present to myself? a month early?

{zuriick sneakers available in a plethora of colors and styles here}

our new house

so we are moving, i think. it gets a little complicated and there are some nasties involved, but that is hardly the point, i mean i have already picked out a color for the bedroom walls ... so you know ... it better work out.

anyway we are downsizing significantly which means giving the big heave ho to all of the things that have been sitting in dark corners un-used for who knows how long (woohoo!). and it also means no guest room. but there is a lot of very pretty flat land and one spot in particular that mas and i were thinking would be perfect for a guest tent - who needs a room when you can have a tent?! then while over on frolic! i found these tents and kinda started thinking ...

{tent by beckel canvas products}

i'm having a hard time getting back in to the swing of things

in case you hadn't noticed ...

maybe it was the lack of internet, or the fact that i wasn't exactly one for serious amounts of exercise and then i blasted myself last week. whatever it is i seem to have a meandering mind that makes it impossible to get anything of any substance done.

ah well. hopefully this will improve with time.

anyway ... did you see this little guy on design*sponge today? i fell hard for him...HARD.

{lovely by olivia mew ... etsy shop ... blog}

just wear ruffles

lots and lots of ruffles. and i think a suggestion for everyone else attending the wedding to wear ruffles might not be a bad idea either.


{photo from sweet monday photography via 100 layer cake}