cynthia!

Everyone pay attention. My friend Cynthia has started a blog and it is delightful in every way! So, everyone please follow her. Her goal is to be an internet celebrity so I am doing all I can to help this process. Check it out please! You won't be disappointed.

that's how strong my love is

I think 90% of my everyday thoughts and dreams that float through my brain can be translated into this Anthropologie 2010 lookbook. I really can't deal with it, can you? Every single time, they continue to hit the nail on the head with presenting this delicate dream world for women whether it's simply walking into one of their stores or flipping through the catalog, year after year, it remains perfect. It makes you want to clean out your entire closet & throw out most of your furniture so you can just start over with all of their merchandise. I think it's safe to say their marketing strategy is working.

On another note- in about two weeks I will be in Ireland visiting my best friend Abby! She is living there til May for her semester abroad with one of her friends from college in Vermont. She's having the time of her life there so I'm really so excited to get there. The end of the quarter has been stressful but I just have to get everything done & get through it. My textiles test is going to be insane. Memorizing all of the facts about wool, knitwear, synthetic fibers, activewear, silk, fur, etc. All of it. Sounds kind of simple but it truly is not. It's going to go by fast, but a nice little week break in Ireland with ma girl is going to rule.

& cool kids, they belong together

castles made of sand

this was one of my favorite songs when i was around 14 years old. i still love it.

more pretty spaces..

Recently, I stumbled upon a beautiful interior design blog that I completely fell in love with. It's run by an interior designer named Caitlin who is an American living in Dubai with her husband and beautiful new baby girl. Her taste is extremely feminine and she uses many of my favorite colors. Her posts are so inspiring and kind of make the day a bit brighter. She recently posted photos of her baby's room, with very heartwarming words to go along with it. The way she wrote about what many would see as 'just a room' really made me almost tear up because in many cases, it's not just a room, or 'just an outfit'. There can be such emotion and such a story behind something as simple as a space in your house.

Read the story here (photos above are from there also), and check out her whole blog. It will make your eyes & heart very happy!

"i gave you my ugly brown coat, you made it pretty when you put it on"

I really just can't get enough of the Avett Brothers. Just listen to them and you'll understand why. The overall sound is so good but the lyrics are what kill me. Some of their songs contain the most romantic and sweet words.

"True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down
I hope that I don't sound too insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'"

Excuse me, Avett Brothers, who are you? Are you really thinking these nice things? I really think they are. Who are these women that they are writing these lyrics about? It's sort of refreshing, I guess.

juergen teller