Your sunshine

I wanted to share a few recent shots from my 365 day project.   Spring has come early around here, Winter bowing out after a short stay.  I lazed around our new neighborhood last weekend soaking up the lovely sunshine.  I danced in the basketball court at the park across the street so happy to have the sun out for days at a time.  I went on runs along the waterfront, drank coffee at the little coffee shop a few blocks down the street and unpacked all our books to go in the built-in bookshelves circa 1924.  

I am giddy.  I know that I will make the most of the sunny days that come and go this spring/summer and that makes me ecstatic.  I will take hundreds of photos, I will go on long bike rides, I will ride the ferry to Vashon Island, I will have adventures with good friends, I will go swimming, I will float the river, I will go to concerts outside...and I will dance to songs like I am not a Robot over and over.

What will you do with your sunshine?

Home brew hobby

Hope everyone had a lovely and relaxing weekend! (I know…I know it's almost the weekend again.) We spent a fun couple of days in a cabin in the snowy mountains, where we unveiled to friends our home brewed beer. These are the labels we came up with, two versions to add a little variety. It actually turned out really well, so we're on to try an IPA and a Pilsner next.


We moved mid-week so things have been very busy and exciting in our neck of the woods. Needless to say I might be scarce around here for a bit, but I'm sure I'll be posting some updates regarding the new house soon.

Happy love day

What are your plans this weekend?  Peter and I are heading up to the mountains to play in the snow, sit by a fire and listen to old records with good friends.  It's our V-Day tradition and this will be the 6th year!  

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day Weekend!  

Is this me?

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again yet expecting different results.  I have found myself in this rut lately.  I see things in my life I want to change but I am not making the efforts to change them.  Instead I just mull things over in my mind a million times, which really only takes up valuable space and leaves me feeling drained.

So that's me up above, asking myself what I will do differently today.

It's time for a change.

My love is no short year's sentence...

A few photos from the last 2 weeks of my 365 day self portrait project, and a poem I will hold dear to my heart for the rest of my days...

♥

'My love is no short year's sentence

It is grief lodged under the skin,

Strength pushed beyond its bounds;

The four quarters of the world,

The highest point in heaven.

It is

A heart breaking or

Battle with a ghost,

Outrunning the sky or

Courting an echo.

So is my love, my passion and my devotion

To him to whom I give them'

♥

-Author unknown

Old School Stationers

How cute are these 'Camping Circa 1960's' prints from Old School Stationers out of Portland, OR?  They are available as cards, journals and wall prints.  I think these would be great framed and hanging up in our future den! The images remind me of one of my favorite children's books (I read to the kids I babysat when I was in college): A Camping Spree With Mr. Magee.

Click here to find a store selling their work near you. 

 Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Dolce Design :: Wallpaperie

My lovely friend Brittany over at Dolce Design :: The Dish, is so kind to share with everyone a charming desktop design for each month of the year.  I was delighted by her design for January which featured my favorite little creature            Mr. Squirrel. 

But Brittany...how I love your creation for February!

♦ ♥ ♦

Thank you B!

Branching out

{Ted Muehling Branch Candlesticks via Remodelista}

I was flipping through an old copy of Smithsonian Magazine and came across these gorgeous candlesticks that come with a not so gorgeous price tag...$1,298.00!  Ted Muehling originally created the pieces in 2003 and they were included in the exhibit "Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008" at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York.  I sighed when I saw these candlesticks they are so lovely.  

The pieces, made at a Munich porcelain factory that has been in operation since 1747, were cast from wind-twisted cedar sticks.

I would love to have a set similar to this flanking each side of our fireplace mantle with my favorite framed photograph by my friend Christine Tran right in the middle!  I can see it already.

Unfortunately I have searched online for something similar, and nothing is quite as stunning or breathtaking as Ted Meuhling's work.

Here are a few of the others I found:

{via ivillage}

$19-$29

{via casa sugar}

$89

{via home decor}

$19.95

What do you think?