these go on my lifelong wishlist - hermes bangles

the chickadee who won this hermes bracelet from the cup of jo giveaway is a lucky lady.  color me hermes orange with envy.  and this one has a HORSE on it! 

erstwhile jewelry company, who sponsored the cup of jo giveaway had another hermes bangle that is also is so so so so so pretty - but no horse.

i love it because reminds me of this mandalia rug from anthropologie i've had my eyes on but will probs never own!

(via cup of jo; photo credits: photos 1& 2, 4&5, erstwhile jewelry co, photo 3  cup of jo, &  photo 6 anthropologie

today i am 26!

26 SIX things I will do the year I am 26:

1) cry as I watch my twin sister to marry the man of her dreams
2) learn to do a headstand in yoga
3) travel out west to see how big the sky is
4) eat cherries in northern michigan in the summertime
5) spend more time snuggling with my puppydog
6) find a wedding dress


I tried to come up with a 26 things I wanted for my birthday but it made me feel greedy; then, I tried to come up with a bunch of things I hope to accomplish this year, but you know what?  I am stumped, so maybe I will do them in increments of six!

Oh, and for the six material things I want?  They are probably all from emersonmade.  Emerson, if you see this?  I could REALLY use your help to knock out #6. 

(credits: all photos from emersonmade's facebook page!)

mah birthday

....is this week!  birthday wishlist?  possibly the first of MANY?  why, i thought you'd never ask!


1.  harry allen golden piglet
2.  kate spade cheers necklace
3.  wildfox sweatshirt

(photo credits: design public, mer in cashmere, revolve clothing)

off the market

Over the holidays my boyfriend and I got engaged - I keep thinking about this quote on love. 

It's something to keep at the forefront of your mind and constantly work towards, no?  All you married or long-term-committed-coupled readers - what say you?


"We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love.  It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person." - W. Somerset Maugham

those boots are incredible

You know Andrea Linnet's blog, I want to be her?  (I've already professed my love for it!) - I'm having a case of that - and would like to nominate this girl for a feature, in case you are reading, Andrea Linnett.

I was doing my daily Snippet & Ink rounds today when I noticed the link to this couple's engagement photos - taken by Punam Bean, whose photos are gorgeous.  This couple is so cool.  I want to be friends with them - good enough friends where I could go to Marfa and steal borrow Jessica's boots, and that cool caftan she is wearing. 

I'm also loving the Madewell dress!  Little hearts = perfect for engagement photos.  And, she's a girl after my heart, because the cowgirl in me wants to move to desert. 

BUT OMG THOSE BOOTS.  I am having a very greedy boot-envy moment.

via snippet + ink; photos via photographer punam bean's website

BLOG LOVE - Happy 2011 by Mrs. E of Apartment34

Apartment 34 is one of those blogs that makes me happy every time I read it.  It's beautiful and happy and optimistic and is like reading my favorite magazine everyday.

Mrs. E's Happy 2011 post is so inspiring and gorgeous that I'm printing it out just to keep around to make me smile! 

Resolution/goal for this year: figure out what software bloggers are using so I can put together something as gorgeous as this!  (anyone who happens to see this - do you know what kind of software I need for this or is it polyvore?)

Oh, and happy new year, friends!

Merry Crunkmas to you

This year is the first year I will spend Christmas without my family.  This year I'll be with my boyfriend's family.  It's not my first holiday with his family - I've actually spent probably at least one of every other holiday with them, but for whatever reason it feels different when it's Christmas.

One of my biggest anxieties, of course, is what to give everyone.  I like giving good gifts.  Around Halloween we were visiting with my boyfriend's family and his brother came back from the airport talking about this drink called Four Loko, which I hadn't heard of.  The next week, it was all over the news - and rumored to be banned. 

I am an anxious person so as soon as November hit, I was already starting to stress about gifts... when it occurred to me that the best gift I could give to my boyfriend's brother was as MANY Four Lokos as I could buy before the FDA banned it and removed it from the store shelves.

So friends, you know what I did?  I went to the convenience store and filled my arms with Four Locos in fruit punch, watermelon and lemonade and whatever disgusting flavors they had, and I asked the 18 year old working there to please go in the back and grab a few more.

And when my boyfriend's brother came to visit in early December, I had to hide them in the back of my closet in a box, just like I did in high school.

Oh, I cannot wait for this weekend!

photo credit: Grub Street & NBC - image is from the hilarious SNL skit with Jason Sudekis :)