Those words were all I could say when I opened my mail last night.  Inside a London store shopping bag were two items I never expected to see: an Orla Kiely mug and a Marimekko cosmetic bag. Those are two designers I adore.  After all, I was still excited from Monday's news from Apartment Therapy that Orla Kiely's…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } kitchen recipe wall, originally uploaded by cat_scratch. beautiful. I love the flowers, the floor, the shelving. all of it.

downs: it's really cold here. really, really cold. and I cannot find my cute, winter hat (which also is my only winter hat).  couldn't find my gloves either! Then netflix was sending the next DVD on my list but no mail has arrived in my mailbox for three days.  that's about it.  little things made me…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } kitchen, originally uploaded by famapa. beautiful kitchen!! (not mine. belongs to famapa.)

Photo: Desire Thursday Inspire It's another Friday, another winter weather advisory, another day to brush snow and scrape ice off the car.  Will be cooped up at home tonight and was happy to find this gem from ellmania: How do we survive the dark months of the year? Well, if you'd ask me I'd say: with…

Loving these photos of a workplace shown on les carnets du design….that there can be empty space in a room and a desk not pushed up against a wall.  Very, very pretty.    

So my friend Kirsten was to spend the night Saturday night due to bad weather – so she could avoid an hour long drive turned into….three hours? if she drove on slick, icy roads.  (umm..would slick and icy be the same thing?!)    I was busy all day and got home an hour before Kirsten's arrival…

Please note: no cleaner was added to the cake or the ice cream at said birthday celebration. We celebrated my niece Mimo's birthday on New Years Eve.  Her older brother Caleb taunted her with, "You're not really four until 11:30 tonight."  So when people would ask her age, she'd look a bit sad and say "It's…

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Nephew Hudson playing with a new train set Christmas morning, originally uploaded by sunnygirlwi. My nephew Hudson enjoys playing with his new train set on Christmas morning. Or contemplating playing with the train anyway…

Just watched this film and found it charming.  The wardrobe of Jacks, the main character, takes after Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys.  I loved her little bedroom, wardrobe and the lessons learned in the film. (Note to self:  do not spend $5 renting the film at Blockbuster then return home to check your netflix…