Packing for Paris

Did I mention I'm going to Paris tomorrow? Well, I am! And because I am me, I have had my packing list done for a while, but now I am actually packing! After work. Before going out. Hm. Might have planned that better. I'm going to rush and forget my toothbrush again, aren't I? What am I planning on packing? Right now I'm considering taking all seven of my striped tees. I have a stripe problem! Add in a couple pairs of shoes, a fashionable trench, and a scarf or two and I'm pretty much ready to go, right? Am I forgetting something?

Hello Hello Design found via Simple Blueprint

Things I'm Thankful For

Holy crap batman, have I been busy! I haven't spent a weekend at home in months, and this one will be no different. Why do you ask, am I writing about the weekend when it's only Wednesday? Well, because I'm headed to Vermont for a great big hippie wedding camping love fest tomorrow, so essentially my weekend starts... now! I'm sorry for being absent this week, but I have had too much to do! Tonight I have some VERY lovely ladies coming over for raspberry margaritas and snacks, and then I have to pack for the wedding! But despite the rush, I'm very thankful. For my various friends who keep me out almost every night, for my job which keeps me busy, and pays my bills, and is fun, and for my family and my new home (which is still a mess). I do find that when I get stressed it help me to remind myself of how very lucky I am. Now, back to work!! I'm hoping to come home from Wedstock full of memories, photos, blisters from too much dancing, and lots to be thankful for.

Laura George found via running on happiness

Pâtisserie

My newest blog obsession? Artist Inslee's blog, where she posts her fashion forward watercolours. Every picture she does is great. So in love. I must order a print for myself. It would look fantastic in a dressing room. Just as soon as I get myself a dressing room! 

Also, if you want a personalized illustration, the artist accepts commissioned projects. I wonder is she does dogs and vespas? Or dogs on vespas?  She sells her prints and note cards in her online shop.  

Love!

Inslee

Cupcakes Are Cool

Aren't they just? I know that everyone in the food industry is saying that cupcakes are "over" and pie is the hip and happening dessert of the year, but I'm telling you all. Cupcakes are happiness and sunshine in a single serving, and I don't care if they are hip or not, they are just mighty delicious! 

PS this print is available in Tee Shirt form for all those who wish to proclain their Cupcake Love.

Dressing On The Side

Hanging Art (With Hangers!)

What a fantastic idea! Very cheap, and easy to switch the art up. And I also have a bunch of pant hangers from Ikea hanging around since my closet is too small to hang up all my clothes (sad face). Way to make the most out of a negative situation.

Apartment Therapy found via The Style Files

Cake Party

My current iPhone background. I am thinking about buying a print. It's it fantastic? What a cute little image to have tucked away in a dressing room or in a powder room?

Kiersten Essenpreis found via Keiko Lynn 

A Ruffle Must Be Intelligent

it looks good to me

Food Is Important

A universal truth. 

I think losing my sense of taste is as scary as losing my sight or hearing. Thoughts?

devour destroy

Personalized Bus Scroll

Transit Design based in Michigan makes these fantastic canvas scrolls. Better yet? You can personalize them! How great would this be in your home with a list of the places you have been, or better yet, a list of the places you want to go? It would also make a great gift for a bestie who has traveled around the world... or a special someone who has discovered new places with you.... hm... At $295 US they aren't cheap, but they are unique, and you can't put a price on memories!

The Ballerina Project

Love Love Love. How absolutely magnificent.

The clean tight lines of the dancers against the more urban/industrial backdrop of one of my favourite cities (after my own of course). It's almost more magical than on the stage.

The Ballerina Project

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Ideal Bookshelf

Love this print. Titled Ideal Bookshelf. You can send the author a list (or photograph) of your favourite books and she will create a personalized print. How wonderful is that? At $250 for a 9x12 piece it isn't cheap, but how very memorable and original.

P.S. How many of these cook/books do you own? I have four! (Perhaps it's time to buy some more? I do love cookbooks so!)

via Jane Mount

Cheeky

Happy October!

via looks good to me

Stop and Search

Banksy

Plant Our Dreams

Spent the weekend feteing a bestie's new home. (My friends own houses!! Whoa!) Hours and hours on the bus, but so much sunshine (both figuratively and in reality) once I arrived. Here is to hours of talk, to wine, to dreaming, to wondering, and to thinking. And to shopping. Of course. 

I hope all of our lives are continued to be entwined. Occasionally separating, but always returning. 

Freya Art

Tea Time

I am wondering why life doesn't include more high tea.

via Paris Breakfast

Les Petites Douceurs

Montreal artist Eva Juliet. Visit her etsy shop for a wealth of pretty prints.

Chick with Good Taste

Little Doodles

Success

Love this new blog I stumbled across. I've already been sending out to people who can relate to the cartoons!

stuff no one told me

via yes and yes

Do Not Forget Old Friends

Do not forget old friends
you knew long before I met you
the times I know nothing about
being someone
who lives by himself
and only visits you on a raid

Cupcake Trampoline

teconlene on etsy