thank you for all of your kind comments last week. it seems that things got pretty hectic around here mid-week, and blogging had to be pushed to the back of my mind. suddenly, it was the weekend, and i was getting ready for two very close friends of mine to come visit. friday, saturday, and sunday were grand; we did some exploring at a few estate sales and hunt & gather, ate at hot plate, hosted a little pizza party at my place, and spent the latter part of saturday night sitting Indian-style on my bed, chatting about the things girls chat about, like we were all in college again.

i spent a little time browsing the web last night while attempting to actually finish our registry… but i wound up collecting a folder of images that caught my eye… you know the kinds of pictures that don’t make a cohesive post but are quite lovely on their own. i’m a bit long-winded today, and the thought of editing my thoughts (and these images) just doesn’t feel right today. i hope you enjoy them as much as i do. happy monday!


wooden lights via oh joy, cat-eye make up via studded hearts, peacoat via this is glamorous, leather skirt via le fashion, wide brim hat via knight cat, black maxi dress via shoptometrist, all other images via convoy post here. note about all convoy images: if you know where these original sources are, please let me know, as they are not linked in this tumblr blog.

i spent monday indulging in my favorite vice, hours upon hours of mad men! i’m eagerly anticipating season 4 and this month’s la times magazine cover feature has me all the more giddy to see the series return to tv. i often notice that men and women differ when it comes to defining what they view as “sexy”. now that’s a whole other can of worms, but it is pretty apparent that christina has that certain something about her that men and women can both ogle over.

at the risk of getting a tad bit heavy here in cheery blogland, i just had to share this.

gold stars for all of you out there pursuing your passions. no matter what the out come, it takes some balls just to give it a shot.

“Everybody has a drama, a struggle that they went through, and for me it was turning myself from somebody who wasn’t any good at this thing (storytelling) into somebody who’s really, really good at it. I was a great intuitive story editor from the start, but writing, interviewing, performing on the radio—I was just terrible at all of that. All through my 20s, my parents were like, “Why are you doing this?” I wasn’t making any money, and I was so bad at it. I was 19 when I started at NPR and I was 27 or 28 before I could competently put together a story that I had written. All that time, I just stubbornly pushed toward this thing because I thought it would work out in some form. I was right about that, but I was wrong about pretty much everything along the way.”

via out of print. read the whole article here.

image via design crush

so, yeah. we’ve all seen this flippin’ ridiculous sneak peek at design*sponge today. i need that headboard, duvet, trunk, suitcase, and those amazing warehouse windows. to put it bluntly, i love everything that is going on here. and where can i get one of those awesome light bulb chandeliers? hey-nick, wanna make one for me? pretty, pretty please?

oh, and happy monday!

happy monday everyone! i hope the weekend was/is as lovely as ours. i’m taking today off to finish moving (and hopefully to catch a few hours of sunshine). i am going to be doing a few guest posts over at Cup of Jo this week, check them out here! Joanna will be having guest bloggers the month of June, but she’ll be popping in to say hello (and to post some cute Toby pics! Yay!)

image from guest post: a few of my favorite things @ cup of jo

happy weekend friends! i hope you all have something wonderful planned. nick and i are gearing up for another move. we are staying in the same building but moving into a much larger apartment. i’ll even have my own little office and closet (!)- which i am dying to organize/decorate. we’re also hoping to spend some quality time with old friends, whip together a bbq or two, watch some baseball, and break in the new place.

enjoy your weekend…take some time to relax and enjoy the first few days of summer.

<3

k

images: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10

we just returned from a wonderful, sunny weekend in chicago. saturday night we made dinner for my parents and watched one of my new favorite bogart movies: to have and have not. i came across this photo on the sartorialist tonight, and lingered on it for a moment. i just love that sassy look from the girl in the oxfords, reminds me of lauren bacalls’ character, “slim”.

definitely a must-see for film noir fans.

the city of minneapolis is about as far from the coast as you can get, so you might be surprised to hear that we take recreational boating very seriously up here. we may not live near an ocean, but we aren’t lacking beaches and lakes. let’s just say that they weren’t kidding when they coined the phrase “land of 10,000 lakes”. we have more like 13,000.

now that the weather is getting warmer, i’m excited to spend as much time as i can on the water. this means i need to get my boating gear in order. so for all of us boat-loving gals, here’s some yummy nautical inspiration for your friday morning.

group one: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

group two: stripey tee, antique wing chair, a stylish hat, beach cruiser, cute satchel, these amazing shoes, this whale pillow, carry-all bag

yellow, black and beige is one of my all time favorite color combos. i love the contrast, the cheeriness, the vibrancy, and the way it makes my dark hair pop. i really love that couch, but i think a bright yellow scarf might be a more affordable way to add a yellow into my life, don’t you think?

images: yellow couch from carrie can, lovely yellow-beige combo from garance dore (love the fun sunglasses!), cozy bedroom via cumbersome,  vintage alarm clock from etsy shop space jam, two of my forever favorites from garance dore, this rustic styling, and of course, a funky, fluffy, classic louboutin.

inspiring collections by museo ettore guatelli from world of interiors may 2010.

WOI quotes: “Ettore Guatelli ploughed a singular furrow, spending his life gathering tools from Italy’s agricultural past and turning his home, near Parma, into a museum of artfully arranged rural artifacts.”

I personally like this quote: “He was the Mother Teresa of things” (via weird friends).

second + third set of images via identical eye

while i was browsing creature comforts’ blog last night, i clicked on the link for the shop the wild unknown, and immediately smiled. this passage on their homepage (from bob dylan’s isis) was one of my favorites in my early 20′s.

so- to keep what is a very long story short- i was fairly certain i was going to be really into whatever was hiding behind that homepage.

sure enough- i find these prisms and they are so amazing. they feel familiar to me, probably because they’d fit right into the home i grew up in and the home my mother grew up in. in fact, i’m almost certain my mom and grandma both have one sitting on a small table somewhere nice, where the sun streams through the windows in the afternoon. so it’s only fitting that i keep one in the house i’ll begin call home. any chance i could inherit one someday, mom? please?

this is one of those homes that just makes my jaw drop because it’s original, relaxed, eclectic, cozy, lived in, and stylish all at once. and while i usually gravitate towards more polished spaces- this one speaks to my inner funk.

the design duo’s home in portland was shot for domino’s march 2007 issue and i’ve kept a little post-it note in my copy ever since. these images still resonate with me the same way they did 3 years ago, so i did a little internet scouring to find a few additional images of the space. i found a few gems on apartment therapy and i was thrilled to see the current state of the meyers home; same general aesthetic, with some very inspiring updates! check out the rest of their portfolio here.

photography by james merrell


{images 1-4 from Domino’s March 2007 issue / images 5-8 form Wary Meyers}

i. love. these. go see the rest of the ads over at designlovefest!

… when i tell them we’ve been collecting mismatched china for our wedding in october. i hear things like “so.. the plates are NOT going to match?” and “isn’t that a huge pain in the ass?”. and i politely answer those questions with “yes and yes”.

but look at this —>



makes all the trouble seem totally worth it, right? i found these images at lanalou, a blog i discovered on city sage last night. be sure to check out the rest of the image set over at lanalou, her blog is amazing!

i ordered this piglet print at 20×200 (right at the end of the spending hiatus- whoops!). i’ve been a fan of photographer Sharon Montrose for quite sometime so I was eager to own a print of my own.