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it is still the weekend for me

mas has the day off so i am taking it as well. this weekend has been more than wonderful already (hello fantastic mid 70's, sunny and clear weather, sailing, and then a dinner of fresh pasta with friends) but we are going to finish it up with a nice hike and maybe a few more episodes of the wire. have a lovely day and i will be back to the regular posting tomorrow.

oh and one more thing

you should probably watch this.

hooray for holidays

{i think i want to start buying myself a yellow dress every year for my birthday. this one courtesy of sofie dillon ... designer unkown to me}

that is it lads and ladies, i am off for the long weekend. but not without first leaving you with a few things to occupy a few spare moments. be safe and enjoy the warmer weather that i hear is coming to those oh so cold locales (i'm sorry chicago).

my favorite things i didn't have time to blog about this week :

. a most amazing use of space in hong kong

. lunchbox notes

. a most clever use of type

. the wedding that kinda makes me want to have another

. my new favorite blog

new in the shop

so earlier this week i mentioned my new idea involving invitations and etsy and today i have another announcement. well not so much an announcement but just a passing on of information. i have a couple of new items hanging out in the etsy shop that i wanted to share.


the first letterpress thank you notes - woohoo! and the second ... a valentines day card. so swing by if you have some time and check out the goods.

i can't get enough ...

of this font. it is just what a girl like me dreams of. found on see saw's blog from here.

kinda granny, kinda great

i have a thing for cardigans. always have. i remember the first day of freshman, sophomore, junior and senior year (of high school mind you) were all spent in a new soft and sometimes snazzy cardigan. i still have a couple of these cardigans (though i tossed the tank tops that went with them making them "sweater sets" ... because apparently i had some pretty poor teenager fashion sense). anyway this cardigan might very well fall to the fate of those sleevless sweaters in a few years, but right now i don't care. i still like it.

{ecote patchwork cardi from urban outfitters}

engrave your book

for all of you moleskin fanatics out there, and i don't doubt that there are many : engrave your book now has a series of wonderful leather covers for that little sidekick of yours. apparently there was some nasty business going on when they were engraving the moleskins themselves so instead of giving up completely this portland (again!) based company decided to go in another direction. leather covers that can be used over and over and over again.

{found over at sub-studio}

my favorite of the covers is this one designed by dan funderburgh. but as with everything else that is awesome in this world you can customize your book cover. hmmm ...

little iccle ... yes please

i first saw these over at thoughtful day. needless to say i fell in love. i don't have a penchant for stuffed animals, i mean i used to but that is no longer the case. however ... i think i would feel differently if it meant i could have a few of these guys to scatter across bookshelves and various other places. abigail brown you always find a way to warm my heart.

{little iccle's availble in abigail's etsy shop}

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}