Maile

This is an illustration of my beautiful best friend Maile. I love her and I miss her. This girl is amazingly smart, talented, funny, kind, encouraging and altogether lovely. She LOVES New York, but she lives in Atlanta, so all day as I am walking around the city, I think about her and wish she was here to discover new places and duck into cafes with me. Life is always more fun when she is around.

New York

"New York"
letterpress print "Bird's and Blooms of the 50 States" from dutchdoor on Etsy.

New York, New York, It's a Wonderful Town!

Today I woke up to see a tiny flurry of SNOW! My little southern self was so excited that I had to find a new desktop background for my computer to reflect the winter weather!
Kindred, from Creature Comforts and Decor8 offers darling artist designed backgrounds to download. I picked this polar bear and made my self a cup of cocoa.

I have finally unpacked all my things since arriving on Saturday, and I have also begun to explore the neighborhood on my own (without boys). There is a super yummy tart shop, called Once Upon a Tart, up the street (I highly recommend chocolate and pear) with the most adorable business card. I love things I can play with and this one comes flat, but you pop it out and fold it to recreate the store front!

My apologies for the dismal photo quality. A new camera is on the list for Christmas.

Up Up and Away!

Float Set by Harpy on Flickr Via OhJoy

These balloons. These colors. I love happy pictures.

Betsy-Tacy

image via crunchymeat.blogspot.com

When I was little I adored Betsy-Tacy books. On my wish list for Christmas is a copy of one of the 1940s editions. I love the illustrations and the precious cover designs, as well as the stories. The series began as bedtime stories for the author's daughter and are based on adventures from her own childhood. It makes me miss being a little girl, but being a big girl in her 20s has its own perks too!

Mr. Baxter

Today has been cold and cloudy ... perfect for a nap with this little guy. This picture is of him in his favorite spot, hiding under the coffee table, with a tennis ball he stole from Molly. He is almost too big to fit now and it is hilarious to watch him wiggle his way under. When he is feeling lazy he just pokes his head in and falls asleep, but today he and I spent some quality time on the couch instead.

Packing Light

Bronze horse statue that was my Dad's when he was a kid, wearing a paper flower garland made by me to girly it up! My sister and I gave him a name when we were little but I can't remember it. I will have to ask her if she does.

1930's slip and antique crocheted collar hanging on my closet door. This was the first piece of vintage clothing I ever bought (at 13 with babysitting money) and it is one of my favorite things. My Mom has had the collar forever and gave it to me this summer because I love it so much!

How cute is this little lamb? Another treasure I acquired from my Mom's collection.


Since I am going to be staying with Warren in his pill box tiny room, I'm trying to only pack necessities for the time being. Hopefully I will have a job and my own space soonish so I can bring all the little things I love with me. Until then I will just have to view them on this blog. More to come!

NYC

Photo from Dear Creatures via Three Potato Four

As of next week I will be one of millions of young girls with big dreams living in the city of New York. The next year will be full of challenges and I hope that I am able to face them with grace.

green flora

Redesigned Flower Pin
$24.00 lindaandharriett.com

I love creative recycling! The oh so fab stationery co. Linda & Harriett makes these oh so fab flower pins from letterpress misprints. These would be fab as bouttenniers in a wedding, on a cake or on a hairband!

Nueva

I love butterflies. I think they are fascinating and beautiful, and I love their representation of rebirth and renewal (appropriate for Nov. 4th!) This little guy is a drawing from a small art book I am working on that is loosely about my relationship with NYC, my new home 10 days from now! It has been a really cool project as the meaning of the pictoral story has completely changed as I have changed my way of looking at it. When I initially created the drawings, it was because the city made me feel trapped and overwhelmed, but now they seem so full of hope and creation and life and remind me that change is exciting and an opportunity, even if it is at times scary!

love, lust

I am in love with this Mayle coat from Totokaelo. It is so pretty, I wouldn't even mind the horrid NY winter, as it would just be a reason to look this fabulous!

fantasia

picture from the Sonia Rykiel fashion show via The Moldy Doily

How amazing would this runway idea be for a wedding? (the dress is awesome but i mean the RUNWAY) I love the look of the whole blossoms in many colors with the petals ... it's dreamy and reminds me of an enchanted garden/fantasia!

jewel the carpet earth

Gilded Posy Ring from Anthropologie $118

click your heels together three times

These shoes are so gorgeous that they MUST be magical! It's like a Dorothy shoe for grownups! (Did you know that her shoes were silver in the book and they changed them to ruby to better show off of the amazingness of technicolor!) $250 J.Crew. Lust.

crowning glory part 2

here it is again, closer up!

crowning glory

Photos by Marcio Simnch via Scout Holiday. I really just meant to copy the top photo, but I guess they were linked together... anyway, I've been on the hunt for a headband that
1. looked beautiful, but in a simple way (it's enough of a statement to be wearing one!)
2. didn't cost a lot (due to brokeness of youth)
3. I could find in NC
I can't believe I didn't think of using a simple ribbon ... I think it's lovely and I happen to have the perfect one in my collection!

bloomability

photographer Monika Elena
via Absolutely Beautiful Things

and I'll huff and I'll puff!

I love this adorable daily drawing from http://www.krisatomic.com/blog/
This is SO me too!

Rock On, and On

Check out this awesome take on the Keep Calm and Carry On posters at The Poster List.
Via Something Old, Something New.

Taxi!

If only my New York moments (and my wardrobe!) were so glamourous!

Photo by Rodney Smith from the Fall Fashion Guide from New York Magazine via Love Made Visible