sweet dreams, sweet heart

 

Loving this sewn print from Etsy.  It has the following poem listed:

Outside the air is growing cold,

our fireplace is glowing gold
our bed is piled with blankets high
beneath the blankets are you and I.
Beneath the blankets, under roof and beams,
we lie together and dream sweet dreams.

Adorable for hanging on your bedside table.

garance meets the new york (times)

I just read this article in the New York Times about my favorite fashion blogger (sorry Scott, but I'm sure you feel the same) the irresistable Garance Dore. Below are my favorite excerpts from the interview...in case you're not as enamored with The Sartorialist and Garance as I am, the background is that they are the two biggest names in street fashion photography - both with impeccable taste and keen eyes - that fell in love and recently moved in together. What a perfect couple.

         “I wanted to be with Scott,” said Ms. Doré on a recent afternoon, at a Pain Quotidien near her home. Despite a grisly sleet storm, she looked elegant, armored against the weather in a Band of Outsiders double-breasted wool jacket, her neck bundled with a heavy gray Sarti scarf.         For Fashion Week, the couple plans to hit as many shows as possible. After the hubbub, they hope to work on their new loft, in a prewar building. The walls are still bare; one of the first pieces they plan to hang is a black-and-white photograph by August Sander from Cologne, Germany, in 1926. The photo, a gift from Ms. Doré, depicts a dapper gentleman in a bowler and topcoat. Mr. Schuman cited it as an inspiration for the Sartorialist. 

        “But,” she added with a smile, “the idea of following the person I love, it’s easy to say that when the person you loves lives in New York

Nevertheless, she said, the apartment (and New York itself) is now shared turf.
       “I don’t make sacrifices,” she said of her move. “There is no, ‘I leave everything for my man.’ I just do things when they make me feel good and they feel right."

thaumatrope on a stick

What's a thaumatrope, you ask?  Well staying on my Valentine's Day kick, Ithought I would share this brilliant idea for homemade valentines! To me, handmade anything is the best kind, especially for holiday cards.  As clever and witty greeting cards can be (trust me, I had an addiction to the Hallmark aisle in grocery stores for quite some time, stocking up for "future" events), there's nothing as cute or meaningful and one made with tender love and care. Even more so when they're in action!

Side one : your love

Side two: your charming self

1 + 2 = Voila!

Use this thaumatrope-on-a-stick on Made by Joel, as inspiration.  A great arts & crafts project for the weekend!

Materials:  Paper, cardboard, double-stick tape or glue, round chopstick or kebab stick, photo prints or drawings of kissers in profile.  Line them up carefully so that they work together when you spin the stick, and test it out before you glue!

to my wife

I am truly, madly, deeply obsessed with this new Tumblr I found - entitled To My Wife.  They are notes from a current bachelor to his future wife, and I find myself checking this daily becuase the notes are so sweet, hilarious, and thoughtful all at the same time.  Now this is what true romance looks like.  Mr. ToMyWife - look no further, here I am.