weekend recap

Had a lovely long weekend... full of furniture painting (dedicated post to follow), brunch with the best sister, gallery wall plotting, donuts at brooklyn flea with the best of friends, and a pre-IFBCON blowout at drybar (it will be very difficult to not make that a habit).  Very excited to attend IFBCON tomorrow- stay tuned for posts on what I'm sure will be an amazing two days!  Hope your weekend was just as wonderful.

celebrations

original image found here

Hope you are all having fabulously fantastical sparkling weekends... tomorrow is my birthday, so this evening is dinner with the best of friends/pretty bubbly drinks/and a few choice dance moves.

Here's to a year full of new opportunities, taking chances, enjoying all the little things... 

and making each day count.

 

Dining By Design

As promised, here are a few highlights from Dining By Design at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show (apologies for the not so great quality shots...everything was so exciting that apparently I had a hard time standing still!)

Liebherr - designed by Libby Langdon 

Tilton Fenwick

Arpad Baksa Architect, P.C. "Up On The Roof"

Jonathan Adler

Mark Cunningham

Happy Friday!  Hope you are all having a wonderful day.

recent adventures

I have been a terrible blogger as of late.  In my defense, I've been suuuper busy finishing midterm projects and taking a much needed vacation!  Spent four days relaxing poolside/attempting to gamble/seeing incredible Cirque shows/eating amazing food/generally having a fabulous time.  I am back in the city now and enjoying a glorious spring weekend full of activities.  On today's agenda was a trip to the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, which was so much fun- saw some amazing things that I will post photos of soon.  For now, a few highlights from vacation:

Happy Saturday!  I'm off to dinner with friends at a favorite restaurant.  Hope your weekend is everything you need it to be... full of glorious adventures and just enough sparkle.  More soon!

this week - on instagram

I realize I'm a little late to the party, but I am currently loving/obsessed with Instagram...

Hope you had a fabulous weekend!  I'm very much enjoying the gorgeous weather... lots of strolling about while plotting projects and future movement.

storefront

Someday, I want:

all images via pinterest

My own shop.  That's what's going through my head this morning.  One day!  

Also, a couple links I have been click-click-clicking recently:

great article on inventing your job:  http://heartifb.com/2012/02/20/anna-dello-russo-advises-invent-your-job-how-do-you-do-that/

awesome software tutorial site:  http://www.lynda.com/

fabulous article on personal branding:  http://heartifb.com/2012/02/22/4-simple-steps-to-personal-branding/

Hope you enjoy, and are having a gorgeous Thursday... it's almost the weekend!

the unseen sea

Came across this video and thought it was too beautiful not to share... just a reminder to sometimes step back and look at the ordinary/everyday in a different light.  Happy Tuesday, hope you enjoy!

The Unseen Sea from Simon Christen on Vimeo.

pattern play

all images via pinterest

I like it.  Happy Monday.

celebrate

all images via pinterest

So, I realized this morning that yesterday marked my 50th post on this blog- I think that is super exciting and absolutely worth celebrating!!  I'm having a lot of fun with this and so appreciate all of you that read and comment.  Thank you!!  And now, 50 more posts to come!  I'll have to do something bigger to celebrate 100 posts.  Suggestions are welcome.

Happy Monday all!

beginnings

And just like that, it's almost Monday again.

This weekend has been full of organization, good friends, and working on various projects...classes start again tomorrow so I'm just trying to get everything in order.  Am so looking forward to the semester ahead and all the new things it will bring... feeling refreshed and excited to begin!

desk is organized and ready to go

still working on a pin board - updates to come

this pretty much says it all

Hope you all had wonderful weekends full of excitement and other good things.

last two images via pinterest

dreaming of

first three images via pinterest... this image via Rachel

All this rain / slush / snow has me longing for Springtime - flowers, ocean breeze-bike rides, bright yellow sunshine, stripes / white jeans / vacation adventures... for now I am pinning as many spring-inspired images as I can find.  It's a crazy week at work but I'm going to try to not be absent here!  Hope you all had lovely beginnings to your week (is it really only Tuesday now?)

pretty tape

I need to be stopped.  Currently, my Etsy shopping cart is totalling at $29.90... for tape.  Yes, you read that correctly, TAPE.  Do I need it?  Probably not... but it's so pretty, and I'm supporting small business, right?

all images found here

I'm envisioning a craft project of sorts.... I want to make an inspiration board/tack board for my desk area, and I'm seeing layers or borders of these pretty tapes somehow incorporated.  There's really no telling how this will turn out, but I'm giving it a try.  If it fails, I will have enough pretty tape to last me into the next century, at least.

Inspiration boards like these are what I'm wishing for... going to try to recreate in a smaller way tomorrow.  I'll keep you posted as to how this endeavor works out!

as usual, all images via Pinterest

Happy weekend, happy crafting!