post vacation

No man needs a vacation so much as a man who has just had one.

Elbert Hubbard

post vacation

No man needs a vacation so much as a man who has just had one.

Elbert Hubbard

wedding day

Today is the day that my big sister gets married to her best friend.  My sister is one of the best types of sisters you could have. Between the hand-me-downs, the baby dolls, the matching outfits, the then-unwanted-advice, the fights and more importantly the make-ups... she's become one of my closest friends.

So the my favorite sister of all time, happy wedding day! May it be everything you ever dreamed of and more.

wedding day

Today is the day that my big sister gets married to her best friend.  My sister is one of the best types of sisters you could have. Between the hand-me-downs, the baby dolls, the matching outfits, the then-unwanted-advice, the fights and more importantly the make-ups... she's become one of my closest friends.

So the my favorite sister of all time, happy wedding day! May it be everything you ever dreamed of and more.

bucket list.

Well friends, I am officially off to Bermuda for the rest of the week!  I am so excited to lay on the beach with my family, soak up the sun and have fruity drinks delivered to my chair...  Now that it is officially summer, I decided to make a bucket list of everything I would like to do. My summer weekends fill up so quickly with trips here, visits there, weddings everywhere... hopefully writing down a list will help me to get some good, quality summertime in every so often.

go berry picking

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spend an entire day in the sun

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read two books on my list

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accomplish one of my big goals

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eat dinner on the fire escape porch

{photo}

go on a long bike ride

{preferably with a picnic involved}

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What's on your bucket list this year?

bucket list.

Well friends, I am officially off to Bermuda for the rest of the week!  I am so excited to lay on the beach with my family, soak up the sun and have fruity drinks delivered to my chair...  Now that it is officially summer, I decided to make a bucket list of everything I would like to do. My summer weekends fill up so quickly with trips here, visits there, weddings everywhere... hopefully writing down a list will help me to get some good, quality summertime in every so often.

go berry picking

 {photo}

spend an entire day in the sun

{photo}

read two books on my list

{photo}

accomplish one of my big goals

{photo}

eat dinner on the fire escape porch

{photo}

go on a long bike ride

{preferably with a picnic involved}

{photo}

What's on your bucket list this year?

summer home

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Summer Solstice! Can you believe it? 2011 is just flying by... I've noticed this past spring, I haven't been all too excited about summer. I'm not entirely sure of my reason, but I think it has something to do with the constant coming and going and the lack of the essential three month summer vacation that being in school always promised. However, I do love to dream about future summers... particularly of summers spent at a lake house in the Catskills or in western North Carolina. It doesn't have to be a very big house... but an old wooden one would be perfect. I'd fill it with vintage furniture and accents {like the oars above}, have the doors constantly open during the day, and it would always smell like summer inside.

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There would be the softest cotton sheets on every bed, kids would share rooms willingly and there would be minimal electronics {I would say no TV, but I love curling up to an old movie on rainy summer nights.} The place would be filled with old books {hopefully many of them filled with maps and children's stories}, board games and dried flowers.

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There will be lots of blue, lots of linen, and lots of sunwashed whites. Doesn't it sound like a wonderful place to spend the summer? I'm sure that one day it will be.

Duke of Cambridge

June 21, 1982

William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor 

is born to Charles and Diana

summer home

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Summer Solstice! Can you believe it? 2011 is just flying by... I've noticed this past spring, I haven't been all too excited about summer. I'm not entirely sure of my reason, but I think it has something to do with the constant coming and going and the lack of the essential three month summer vacation that being in school always promised. However, I do love to dream about future summers... particularly of summers spent at a lake house in the Catskills or in western North Carolina. It doesn't have to be a very big house... but an old wooden one would be perfect. I'd fill it with vintage furniture and accents {like the oars above}, have the doors constantly open during the day, and it would always smell like summer inside.

{photo}

There would be the softest cotton sheets on every bed, kids would share rooms willingly and there would be minimal electronics {I would say no TV, but I love curling up to an old movie on rainy summer nights.} The place would be filled with old books {hopefully many of them filled with maps and children's stories}, board games and dried flowers.

{photo}

There will be lots of blue, lots of linen, and lots of sunwashed whites. Doesn't it sound like a wonderful place to spend the summer? I'm sure that one day it will be.

Duke of Cambridge

June 21, 1982

William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor 

is born to Charles and Diana

father's day

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Gloria Naylor

{Happy Father's Day!}

{my Pops and I in Chicago as we looked for my first apartment)

father's day

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.

Gloria Naylor

{Happy Father's Day!}

{my Pops and I in Chicago as we looked for my first apartment)

fingers crossed

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Friends, keep your fingers crossed for me this weekend. I have an exam tomorrow morning and part of me is saying that I will breeze through it and part of me is slightly panicking {can you guess which part is bigger?}  By tomorrow at noon I will have a huge weight off of my shoulders {that is if I pass} and I promise to enjoy my weekend fully. After the exam I will be sewing my heart out and hanging out with some of J's grad school friends. It should be relaxing... after the exam that is. So wish me luck, and don't judge me if I fail!  What are you up to this weekend? Hopefully something much more fun than me!

fingers crossed

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Friends, keep your fingers crossed for me this weekend. I have an exam tomorrow morning and part of me is saying that I will breeze through it and part of me is slightly panicking {can you guess which part is bigger?}  By tomorrow at noon I will have a huge weight off of my shoulders {that is if I pass} and I promise to enjoy my weekend fully. After the exam I will be sewing my heart out and hanging out with some of J's grad school friends. It should be relaxing... after the exam that is. So wish me luck, and don't judge me if I fail!  What are you up to this weekend? Hopefully something much more fun than me!

handmade :: extraseed

I have to admit... I live in flats. I think I own maybe two or three pairs of heels and I can't tell you the last time I wore them. By heels, I mean maybe an inch high. I just can't deal with them {let alone walk in them!} But flats?!? I absolutely love them. The simpler the better.

When I found these eco-friendly flats from ExtraSeed, I just fell in love. They are so simple and yet so polished. I think I would like every pair they make. Plus, I love that they are handmade and made with recycled materials and scraps. You really can't beat that. Which ones are your favorites?