a little pick me up

this just makes me want to shimmy and play all day long. too bad i'm stuck writing papers, or at least pretending to write papers so i don't feel as guilty as i would if i were to blatantly be irresponsible, as per usual.

pieces of my heart

these polaroid collages by Juan Felipe Rubio are heart-achingly sweet. i love his unique approach for capturing all the little details and making them whole, it proves that it's the little things that count in the end. now i just need to find someone to take snapshots with...

hold me closer, tiny dancer

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i was a stubborn little girl so of course anything my mother wanted me to do, piano lessons, art classes, learning a foreign language, playing sports, i immediately didn't want to do. now i kick myself for not becoming the renaissance woman my mom was trying to turn me into because how great would it be to be able to do all those things? ballet has been one of the things i wish i had stuck with because i adore everything about it. these pictures of the chicago academy of dance make me so wistful. the girls look beautiful and full of grace. put me in a tutu now!

i love all of degas' pastels but this is one of my absolute favorites. i took this at the musee d'orsay (lovelovelove) in paris.


what i would give to be a prima ballerina

stairway to heaven

staircases are an unexpected way to make a statement, clearly the disco stairs are my favorite.

images courtesy of: habitually chic, the wifestyle files, bellemaison, sketch 42, so haute

easy as 1, 2, 3

i've been feeling a little down lately and i've been finding myself getting easily annoyed by every little thing. it's been one of those weeks when you don't feel like doing anything with anyone. but after wasting way too much time wallowing and watching awful movies, i'm trying to snap out of it. i remembered that someone once told me that only you can create your own happiness. i found this list of little things that don't take much effort but most people, including me, continuously forget to do. it's hard when you're wrapped up in your melodrama but i'm going to try to check them off one by one tomorrow. after all, each day is a brand new day.