a retraction

 
this week i had every intention of getting back on the media diet. my main goal in doing so was to eliminate a few distractions & free up a bit of time in busy schedule. and then my schedule suddenly opened up. a lot. yesterday i was let go at work. because i now have an enormous amount of free time, i am going to indulge my inner media junkie. 

and thankfully without worry. i hadn't told my employer, but i have accepted a position that is scheduled to start next month. and i think it may be all that i have been hoping for & then some. and so i am going to enjoy five whole weeks of nothing (& catching up in the large pile of projects i have amassed). it's going to be great. 

a bright idea. revisited.

i am going on a diet. again. this summer i came across the media diet via designsponge. the diet entails avoiding all non-fiction media for 7 days; facebook, blogs, magazines, newspapers, etc. i was skeptical at first, but so eager to launch my creative endeavors, i gave it a whirl. 


i was amazed at the outcome. i am feeling a bit bogged down these days and thinking a respite from my daily internet & news haunts may help clear my head & get me ready to go for the new year. 


{photo by yours truly}

sparkle & love.

a little something special was under the christmas tree this year. it arrived by way of sparrow. and love. the biggest love i have known asked me to be his bride. i couldn't help myself & had to show off my new bauble a bit. it is a lovely little piece made of silver, rose gold, & black diamonds.

and of course, the sparrow. on the chain of this little trinket came my perfect little ring. i am so elated i can barely stand it. and of course i just can't stop looking at it. 

bicycle love.

Oh how I miss riding a bike. Stumbled across this beauty today. The genius behind Design Within Reach is now making bicycles. Anyone have an extra $500? Someone is going to have to start saving her pennies. Check out Public, you will fall in love.

an idea junkie

envy is an ugly thing. i sometimes envy people who have the faith & ability to run with an idea & sell said idea for what seems like an exorbitant amount of money. i love ideas. i have them regularly, but somehow i am just not ready to market any of mine quite yet. here are a few of my favorite well marketed ideas as of late...

a whale that holds your writing utensils. and your iphone. and your notebook, and (as if that weren't enough) sits magically upon your desk. 

frames! frames for flowers, frames as a ledge & frames with a hook. really? yes, absolutely.

and finally, old, mismatched drawers made into something beautiful & new. i think the world needs people to appreciate these wonderful ideas made real. good thing i happen to be so qualified for the job.

{ideas/images via the utility collective, the & schubladen}

thanksgiving.

ours was gorgeous. laughing, dancing, drinking & eating up a storm with some of my favorite people. life is good and i am a thankful girl. 

vintage love.

 

stumbled upon dear golden vintage via the fabulous mrs. french. oh goodness. so many pretty things. you will oh and ah. i promise.

psst. the dear golden blog is as yummy as the shop.

oh miss jane.

i love awkward moments that give birth to beautiful surprises. actress & singer jane birkin got on a plane one day, toting a plastic bag. the bag broke, spilling its contents. the owner of the bag wondered aloud to a fellow passenger why a bag hadn't been made that could hold everything. and low and behold, the famous birkin bag was born.

i will probably never own a birkin bag, but i still love the story. how awkward to lose it all as you are getting onto an airplane? and how inspiring that the experience could lead to a creation that women the world round covet.

{images and story via apartmenttherapy}

opening up shop.

failure is a funny thing. we are told of it's potential to teach us things, show us who we are, & open up possibilities we would have otherwise never found. we are told it is a good thing; and those of us who are optimists try to believe this. but when failure shows its face, it is easy to forget these so called good qualities. 

i recently committed myself to a project that failed. this afternoon, that failure transformed into positive possibility. i went into the barn to try and put things in order, figure out to do with all the items i had amassed, polished up and dreamed of finding homes for. and the funniest thing happened. the space i had made for the barn bazaar, suddenly became the scene for an impromptu photo shoot. hello esty, here i come.

 

rest in peace sweet barn bazaar; your potential was great & you have given me so much.

rolling to a slow stop.

 

i will never be one to run with the fast & furious. when life takes on to hectic of a pace, i seem to lose track of pretty much everything, my bank account, health & wellness- the whole bit. too fragile of a creature i suppose. 

so i have to admit that i am a bit relieved to just be sitting still. it is monday, my first official day of being unemployed & instead of whipping up one of those notoriously large to-do lists for the week ahead, i am going to go slow, take on a task or two a day, keep up with the dishes & laundry and enjoy the ride.