blue birthday

It's Carys's birthday month!  Blue is her favorite color, so I'm planning a blue birthday party.  This cake would be sure to delight (me, but maybe not so appreciated by a toddler).

Storage

One of my favorite things about interning at museums is having behind the scenes access to the collection not on display.  It's amazing to see all of the objects they care for.  Here's a peak at the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum's storage.

Margot is here!

Sweet love.

saddled

If I weren't beholden to a certain handbag company (my employer) I'd strongly consider this beauty.

Lucite & Teak

A match made in heaven.

One Man's Trash

A good idea and good execution takes trash to treasure.

looky looky

Here's a sneaky container to hide your treasures.  So much more adorable than our safe!

loving my kitchen

Our kitchen has yet to cross the finish line, but let's just call it love.

Brava!

 Fashion magazines have lost my interest over the last few years, but this spread won me back!

moths

Not sure how to categorize these, or what I would do with them, but they're lovely creatures.

Hello, 2016

2016 is a baby year for me!  Ready or not, here I come!

Happy New Year!

The night ends early for me this year, but it still feels as celebratory as ever.

Obras

Not sure what this is, but I want one.

ha ha!... no.

I thought I might make a yule log this year for Christmas... until I read this recipe.  You have got to be kidding me.  Yule logs are no joke!

it's a wrap

I am in the full holiday spirit.  The tree is up, most of the presents are bought.  Now I get to revel in the joy of creating pretty packages!

chunk!

I would love to cuddle up under a chunky beast of this nature.

mind...blown

These nails from a Korean nail artist are pretty friggin unreal.

a real Trooper

Loving the over the knee Trooper boot from Emerson Fry.  My Frye boots are 20 years old this winter.  They're at the shoe repair shop now getting some love.  Possibly... it's time to start winding down to retirement.

Billy Balls

I've really liked these yellow ball flowers for a long time but I never knew what they were called until my coworker brought some in.  Craspedia or Billy Balls!  I'm off to order some dried ones from Etsy now...

Pumpkin Places

I am PSYCHED for the holidays!  Even more than usual.  I know that the post office started selling Christmas stamps on Oct 29th... because I tried to buy them earlier.  Maybe it's all the nesting hormones in overdrive, but I'm going for it.  Even though we're not hosting Thanksgiving this year, these pumpkin place card holders are a visual treat.