art party

have you seen this?! i would have looooved to have had an art party as a kid! heck, i’d love one now.

via one charming party //  photos by nicole gerulat

on display

so, those cigar boxes we found at a garage sale? well, i put a few on the secretary in the foyer. i think i like them there.

fiela feather


these ethereal chandeliers are from designer haldane martin. they’re made from white ostrich feathers, and i think they are beyond gorgeous! they can be purchased here + see more of his lovely home here.

via ish and chi //  photos via haldane martin and apartment therapy

garage sale find

saturday morning, kacey, em and i went on a little adventure to see want we could find at our neighborhood garage sale. we walked away with a bag full of beautiful cigar boxes. this is just one of them. i think i’ll use them as decor. maybe place a few on the secretary in the foyer. maybe a few above our china hutch. maybe use one as jewelry box in our bedroom. who knows, but at ten cents a piece, i couldn’t pass them up and figured i find some use for them eventually.

so, how about you? how was your weekend? did you do anything fun?

the chair

can you love a chair? if so, this one has my heart. it belonged to kacey’s grandmother who so kindly gave it to us. last month, we hauled it all the way from oklahoma. it’s worn + weathered, and i love it so.

mum wreaths

have you seen these mum wreath kits from paper source? the colors are divine! oh, i’m so ready for fall!

bananagrams

how was your holiday weekend? enjoyable? i hope so. kacey, em and i went to the lake house this weekend. we did a bit of relaxing. a bit of sailing. a bit of jet skiing. also, a bit of game playing. his parents bought a game called bananagrams. if you like scrabble or words with friends then you’ll love bananagrams. and if you have a large group of people, i suggest getting two sets. that’s what they did. plus, they marked one set with a dot on each tile [see above]. that way 2 or 3 players can play with one set and not have to use all of the letters from both sets. anywho, we had a blast. now i’m just playing a little catch up. i just finished a little printing, and now i’m about to tackle my inbox.

keepsake growth charts

now that em is getting bigger, i want to get a growth chart to hang in her room so that i can track + record her height. i don’t really want to get a decal since i want to be able to save it as a keepsake. here are a few that i’ve spotted and like. i absolutely love the wooden rulers, especially the center one, but i think they would be too cumbersome to store long term. have you seen any others that you love?

1 animals + numbers // 2 heirloom growth chart // 3 jumbo ruler // 4 zig zag // 5 personalized ruler