dude's got my number.

i mean, for real, peter nencini has got pretty and organized DOWN.

his goods are apparently being sold at partners & spade ... and we all know how i feel about them.

today is tuesday.

frances is mad at me ... and has been all day long ... i've more work than can be accomplished today (that is what tomorrow is for i suppose) and my mom is coming to stay with us for the night.

i needed something quiet and grijs was the perfect answer. isn't the whole blog just, beautiful?

thakoon. swoon.

from the fall 2011 collection. also i'm kind of digging the red and blue buffalo plaid he's got going on.

the physical that permeates into the art piece.

laser prints mounted on plexi (and quote used as title) by nobuhiro nakanishi.

honestly i'd thought i would never get another.

but here i am, lusting, again, and for a while.  mas *might* even be considering.

{amazing brush strokey tattoos by amanda wachob}

my phone is off for you.

i have pretty strong feelings about cell phones at tables*. NOT ALLOWED**. i mean really people, is it that hard to either excuse yourself to take a call or just not answer it? the same goes for texts. i'm not too keen on sitting with someone while they are actively engaging someone else who is not physically in front of them. it drives me nuts and hurts my feelings (only a little). so when i came across this i fell in love, as in i want to order the five pieces of flair for everyone i know. plus how cute is that table setting? and the hot pink? ugh. perfect.

the hankies that block cell signal are kinda beyond wonderful too.

*i come by this honestly. an immediate family member of mine travels with a cell phone jammer. i know horrifying. though he only uses it when he deems it absolutely necessary.

**poor mas was subjected to my wrath last thursday at dinner ... he had a new phone, a new phone that didn't have a crack in the screen rendering the keyboard useless and causing him to not respond to two months worth of text messages. in his defense, he had started catching up with people before we went to dinner, but then we were sitting at our table and one message was sent, and then another ... that was the last.

{my phone is off for you started by Ingrid Zweifel a girl i am growing quite fond of by way of notcot}

i'm thinking i'm late to the game, but i don't care

i found a new blog and i am in love. i discovered her by way of flickr and spent a bit more time than i had reading her archives. i love the way she writes, the photographs she takes and the fact that she likes peeps (i LOVE peeps, i mean L.O.V.E them and i feel alone in the world sometimes because of that). so if you haven't been reading hula seventy i would highly recommend doing so ... like right now.

{bicycles are nice photograph from the etsy shop of my new virtual crushee}

birthday wishes

ira glass turns 50 today ... i told you i was an npr junkie. glass and this american life are two of my favorite things in life. seriously the best date mas and i ever had was at a live this american life show in chicago. we listen to the podcasts and watch (or at least we did when we had showtime) the show. we even asked him to be the officiant at our wedding, i think you know how that ended up, so in order to celebrate we might purchase the second season of the tv show from itunes and start watching it tonight ... after all we did finished the wire and generation kill we need another show to watch obsessively.

new blog crush

she is a freelance photographer with a quirky sense of humor and a penchant for the coolest photo projects maybe ever - um hello butterflies spread throughout new york and eyeballs on trashcans. her blog is color me katie and i owe this find to my oh so much cooler friend es. so thank you!

and ps - check out her profile picture ... swoon.

my new blog crush

karyn makes me feel all light headed and like i can make anything. then immediately after that i come crashing down into the real world with the thoughts like ... what in the world do i spend my days doing if it isn't making super cool things like twinkling light chalkboards?? and how am i supposed to make those cute typewriter fabric labels to sew into my hand made purse if a. i don't have a typewrite and b. i can't sew. oh there are so many things to learn and i am so going to get my sh*t together and learn them ... for real this time.

umm ...

i know dressing like a french woman has been spoken about to no end recently, but what about being a french woman? i am kind of seriously in love with this idea. and extra in love with it if it means that i can be her :


and on that note i am getting back into the language (there was a deal made with mas that makes me giggle every time i think of it) but it requires commanding the language that i scoffed at in high school ... so does any one have any recommendations for french language programs that one can participate in via their home?

{part of garance doré's une fille un style viewable here}

have you heard?!?!?!

orla kiely is coming to a target near you! i. can't. wait. read all about it right here.

{thanks sfgirlbybay for info and pics}

alyson fox on etsy

{horse doodle from alyson fox's new etsy shop}

can you believe it? no, neither can i but i am super stoked. (i can use that word now as i have accepted california as my home) anyway i was checking out design for mankind and wouldn't she just have the best information ever? well she did and i clicked and now you should too!

simplesong designs

i have a feeling that i am bit late in the game for this post, but i don't care i'm writing it anyway. simplesong designs is my new crush. i found her blog thanks to the lovely ladies over at elizabeth anne designs and then wandered over to her esty site for kicks. what can i say? i kinda just want to be her.


i have to have a few of those to do push pins and, well, ok, i would like most if not all of her paper products.