sunshine bound

i am headed south of the border to cabo tomorrow for a wedding, sunshine, pool time, and relaxation. see you all on tuesday!

ps. happy second birthday darling florence! you are growing up to be one beautiful young girl. love you

online inspiration - illustrations

i subscribe to a lot of blogs that post work by many illustrators - oh how i wish i could draw like them - here are my favorites of the week.

speechless. yellena james featured on ShareSomeCandy

amazing detail & color - so soft. also local chicago artist. brett manning featured on Pikaland

so simple, so witty. from ShareSomeCandy by marc johns

winter white

this past week welcomed us into winter with colder temperatures and snowfall. the view outside my window yesterday was quite lovely, a white blanket of powdery snow covered the world. here are some shots of our first beautiful snow fall of the winter.

holiday decor

this weekend we got our christmas tree - a beautiful almost 6foot not too full fraser fir. it got me in the holiday decorating mood so i turned on christmas music and chrismatized the house, putting lights all around and ornaments and garland on the tree.

i just love the holiday season and the decor that comes with it. here are some wonderful items i've been coveting - a lot of nature and handmade creations. Happy holiday!

1. moss bulb from land-rich / 2. wooden mushroom ornament from jayson home & garden / 3. spruce cone ornament from anthropologie / 4. pinecone wreath from terrain / 5. fresh mixed garland from ballard designs

6. happy holidays garland from anthropologie / 7. set of 3 folded felt sphere ornaments by meghan burch / 8. holiday handmade porcelain ornaments from huset

online inspiration - type

google reader has recently become my best friend for keeping all my blogs in order and saving inspirational posts. if you don't know about google reader and have a hard time keeping track of new posts on the blogs you follow i beg you to investigate. you will not regret it.

over the past couple months i have saved many many things from fashion to type to decorating ideas to illustrations and so i decided to share some with you! it's too boring to keep fun, creative & interesting things to oneself. to start, here are some recent type treatments i'm obsessing about.

love the geometric font and linear fill - from Friends of Type by Jason

fabulous drop cap letters - from daily drop cap

love how the type just fits one on top of another - from ShareSomeCandy

ill be trying to do an online inspiration once a week, so check back next week to see what i have found.

itouch repeat

AIR - LOVE 2

an amazing album, with soothing vocals and atmospheric beats. these two french men are quite the pair.

click here to listen >

give thanks

between the chaos of packing and leaving work early on wednesday and thanksgiving festivities that continued till last night, i was unable to post my "thankful for" list on its appropriate day. so here it is (better late than never)...

i hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving with whomever you shared it with. i can not believe that it will be the first of december tomorrow. where did this year go?

travel journal update

photographs of part II of our adventure in california - mendocino & anderson valley.

hoot hoot

if you know me well you know that i am super obsessed with owls - owls on paper, owl statue, a painting of an owl, owl jewelry - ANYTHING OWL. i am constantly finding owl things and have decided to share with you my owl discoveries. here's to all you owl lovers out there.

 items, from left to right.

marybelle owl plushie | put a ring owl it | new zealand owl framed artwork | resin owl statue on wooden base | groovy owls mug | geek owl necklace | crafty owl scoop neck | heart owl card | owl flip top trinket box

my everyday photos

i created a new main category called PHOTOGRAPHY where i will be posting photographs i take in my hometown. no flying across seas or driving across country, these places are all right outside (or inside my) front door. so enjoy my everyday photos.

floral arrangements

"floristry flower arranging floral arrangement, floral designer, floral artist. the of creating flower arrangements in vases, bowls and baskets, or making bouquets and compositions from cut flowers, foliage, herbs, ornamental grasses and other materials. often the terms "floral design" and "floristry" are considered synonymous." - the free dictionary

my mother has always loved gardening and flowers, so growing up we had a lot of plants and fresh cut floral arrangements around the house. i remember wanting to help cut flowers for the arrangements she needed or just wanted to make. i would try to place them in a certain vase in a beautiful way but mine just never looked as amazing as hers. now that i live away when i return to north carolina i am graced with a gorgeous arrangement in my bedroom. they always make me smile and feel oh-so at home. here is one from my may visit.

and here is my simple dried flower arrangement in my kitchen.

linear love

i am obsessed with lines and shapes. from ffffound >>

happy halloween

happy halloween. this is one of my favorite holidays, probably second to thanksgiving. set during the best season, fall, halloween is a day where you can be a different character, dressing up however you want and acting however you want (almost).

so who will you be?  to see who i am click here >>