Mint Mojito

Vacation! Leaving for the beach for a week in the morning. Time to relax, sip cool drinks, and soak up the sun. Have a lovely weekend!
PS above is an image from my recent NYC trip. Wonder Wheel at Coney Island.

sara paloma ceramics

how beautiful and simple is the work of sara paloma? i am always obsessed with pure white ceramics, but she has outdone herself with these forms. i have been taking a wheel throwing class and i have absolutely no idea how she pulls those long, delicate bottle necks. if you have ever worked on the wheel you know how hard it can be, and those look damn near impossible! as much i love it all (espescially the vertebrate vases), it is unfortunately quite out of my price range, sigh.

check out her work here at her etsy shop.

sweet

could she be any cuter? I want that entire outfit.

image via urban weeds... my new favorite street style blog, out of portland.

summer so far

some things i have been enjoying lately::

veggies from our garden

the nest in our fern

a new exhibit at the moma

an outdoor restaurant in nyc

lanterns and sun in the trees

happy 4th

hope it's looooovely.

image via v.

bookworms never go to bed alone

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I have been very lazy, but happy july! I am currently drooling over the work of New Zealand based artist Kelly Thompson. The work below is part of her current exhibit, Bookworms Never Go To Bed Alone, up at the Gorker Gallery in Melbourne. She is celebrating the awkward child that grew up in to the impossibly beautiful geek (swan). She is also an amazingly talented photographer, be sure to check out her website to see her entire collection of illustrations and photography in all its glory.

Summer has begun, and although I have kept incredibly busy with projects and having fun- I am not feeling like I have gotten anywhere! My to-do list is long and getting longer everyday. I think instead of crossing things off, I just keep adding to it. Currently working on:

• album artwork for a friends band
• painting for sisters room
  
• decorating our new bedroom on a $75 budget
• trying to get classes into some sort of organization for next school year
• garden!
• headbands

That is just the start. Also doing tons of yoga in order to try to relax and be able to actually enjoy my summer break a little bit. What is wrong with me?

first official

First official day of summer for me. No more students, no more books, no more teacher's dirty... classroom? I should be ready to relax and do absolutely nothing.. but of course I have a HUGE list of things to accomplish while I am off of work, painting and decorating our bedroom, taking up our curtains, pottery, painting, design work for a friends band, making patio furniture, and major gardening. That is just what I can think of off the top of my head... I am not good at relaxing. Today I am planning a birthday party for my best/going away party for my love that we are having here tomorrow. So far all I have got is slip-n-slide, grill, and margarita cupcakes. Besides all of the work I am on a never-ending search for free pools to get into, plus I would love to find that slide pictured above, that looks delicious.

Polaroid image from let'sexplode's photostream.

Rachel Comey

I do not normally follow fashion designers- as much as I love fashion I just don't have the mind to follow the big names. But I know what I like when I see it- and I like Rachel Comey's Spring 2009 Collection. I know its a bit late as we are heading into summer, but as we all know with fashion- these pieces will carry on into the next season quite effortlessly. And honestly, in NC you aren't wearing many slip dresses until late May/June anyway... at least I'm not :)

I am happy to be seeing myself wanting to incorporate more color into my wardrobe, after a fall and winter of essentially all gray, black, and tan. Here are some of my favorite pieces from her collection:








And it all began with these shoes that I spotted that belong to Alice from Forest Bound, one of my new favorite blogs.. but that is another post all in itself.


Swoon..

Happy Sunday

Hope it is lazy and lovely.

Oh Deer

***Update- we went with the moose head, it was the misters first choice, and since there is already so much deer decor in our house, I think Mr Moose will be perfect!



I know that one cannot really say that they need a laser cut recycled cardboard deer head to hang on their living room wall- but i need this laser cut recycled cardboard deer head. It is the PERFECT piece to hang on our living room wall that has been sitting empty since we moved in. It is the largest wall in our house and has just been blank for the past month. I have even been working myself up to do a set of paintings for it, but my first attempts have fallen short of my approval.

Sooo this is gonna be it. And for $58 it feels like a splurge to me, but is certainly still affordable enough for me to justify the purchase. A good splurge. I am also excited to buy a piece from another artist, rather than slap up another painting of mine that I can never feel fully content with. I also love the moose and rhino, along with almost everything else in the Cardboard Safari shop. Maybe one for every room...


Cardboard Safari on Etsy.