I do wander everywhere

Oberon "Wither wander you" Print from Akimbo

Can you guess where I wander this week?

 
 Be the first and I'll send you a souvenir.

Pick Me Up

Lately I have found myself in one of those no-win situations, and boy has it been a downer. Tears, stress, barely controlled cravings for pie... Yech.

Today, when I woke up to pale sunlight and almost cool weather I was determined to feel better about everything. To help, I put together a few happy thoughts.

Get Some Advice

from the Pixel Prince

Make a Wish

The Gardens of Marqueyssac via Oh By The Way

Be Blown away

from Klips n' Scraps

And Remember...

Because It's Awesome and the I Am Project

Lookin' for a man

It has been over a month since I got back from my mini vacay to Charleston and I have yet to tell you anything about it!  Believe you me, there is a lot to tell. The weather was gorgeous, the buildings were gorgeous, the fashion exhibit was divinely gorgeous...and I'll get to all that.

First, I want to show you my absolute favorite find.  I know it is traditional to save the best for last, but I cannot keep this baby to myself any longer.  On our second day, while wandering about searching for antiques, Ben and I stumbled upon an interior design studio.  It isn't normally open to the public, but on that particular day, the owner was there doing inventory so he let us poke around! Of course I failed to get the name of the place...

I digress.

Inside this jam packed shop of marvelous things was THIS!

Man in a Dress

I love it. LOVE it! I named him Humphrey and I want to make him my very own.

He would live in my family room as a reminder that we should all feel this good about ourselves, social conventions be damned! 

Alas, he would have set me back $1600 and Ben couldn't really muster the same level of affection for our pretty little man. I was actually so befuddled by the price that we made a hasty exit without asking for more information. I've been looking ever since, but so far, I've only turned up one other such painting.

via Baby in the Belly's Blog

If you know anything about this baby pretty please let me know. As for me, I want to know what offbeat art makes you happy so put that comment section to good use!

As far as I'm concerned, today is Mother's Day

My mommy is in town! I love that woman. She's just so...so. There is no one word; I just love that woman.  In honor of her [being here to put up with me for five days I've assembled a few mother-daughter favorites.

Card from Spiffy Little Things

via Whateverishly

via All That Marina Dreams

doodle print by Artsyville

via Going Glam with Gigi

I think that pretty much sums it up. Now go call your mothers.

What's the word, bird?

The word of the day is Scoutie. As in, that's where you'll find today's post.

Original art by Valentina Ramos. Click on the image for more details.

Word.

Go ask Alice

Today you can find me at

kicking off a series of Alice in Wonderland-inspired themes for your wedding and the related shindigs.

Please stop by Wed Eclectic then, come back and tell me all about your wedding wonderland.

heart-to-heart

Thanks to the Etsy favorites feature, I have hearts, you have hearts, we all have hearts! Here, we’ll hop from heart-to-heart each week, progressively adding to our heart trail as we follow the favorites from one seller to the next.

When Thanksgiving dinner here in America called us away from our heart trail we were puckering up for


...FIGandYARROW {Basil Cardamom Lip Balm} who hearts

...RhapsodyAttic {Hollywood RegencyLamp} who hearts

...Junkyard Glitter {Vintage Frame} who hearts

...StudioBotanica {Handmade Christmas Ornaments} who hearts

...Rare Bird {Chairs Fine Art Print} who hearts

...Amelia Bath and Body {Oatmeal Soap} who hearts

...take some time to relax by the fire; we'll pick up the trail again 'round Boxing Day.

Treasury Tuesday

Remember in the way back time when all the taboo stuff in romantic movies was hidden by a slow pan to the roaring fire? That is exactly what a glowing hearth makes me think of.

Snap, Crackle, and Pop

a winter treasury by Never a Plain Jane Designs

What's your favorite thing to do when the embers are glowing?

Stuff and Things: Monday

I'm not here right now and there is no beep after which you can leave a message. Instead, I'm using this week off to share some things I found Pinteresting.

The Colour-In Dress by by Berber Soepboer & Michiel Schuurman 2008

 "'The Colour-In Dress' is a simple dress with a black and white print, which is especially designed to fill with coloured textile markers. Because the print is so flexible you can make many different designs by colouring it. Everybody can interpret the print the way they like it best."

I'm going to interpret it as "awesome." If you want one of your very own (for 300 Euro) you can get details here.

As I said, there is no beep prompting you to leave a message, but I'd love to read your comments below.

heart-to-heart

Thanks to the Etsy favorites feature, I have hearts, you have hearts, we all have hearts! Here, we’ll hop from heart-to-heart each week, progressively adding to our heart trail as we follow the favorites from one seller to the next.

Last month left our heart trail with

...Ida Estelle {Moroccan Wrap Bracelets} who hearts

...fairysomnia {Moose Watercolor} who hearts

...Kerrera Skye {Knit Fingerless Gloves} who hearts

...Paper Polaroid {Paper Heart Garland} who hearts

...Pillow Pallooza {Pixelated Felt Pillow} who hearts

...ouma {Ombre Ruffled Skirt} who hearts

...can you guess?

Ummmm

Paintings (yes, paintings!) by the super talented Christopher Stott.
Found via Down and Out Chic.

Okay, my darlings, here's the deal.  Today is a big day at my house because we are sending Ben off on a four-month business trip. I've known this for a while, but I chose to set myself up with a very ambitious schedule to help keep my mind off the whole ominous four months-ness of the situation. And then I realized that my schedule is so ambitious I didn't actually leave time for me to properly send Ben off.

So.

I know we had a schedule. And I know some of you are very excited about wrapping up the craft-along and sharing your wreaths. But I'm begging your indulgence today. Thanks, you guys.


And because you are so awesome I'll put together an extra flower tutorial or two. Cool? Cool.

Thank you.

Subtle

Finally finished  got around to working on the cover for my art journal.

Now what the heck do I put on the first two pages?

Let's pretend...

...you've joined an Art Journal exchange.  It is sort of like a chain letter.  You add some art to a journal (gosh, not that the name told us that or anything) and then you mail it to the next person on the list. Another art journal arrives in the mail, rinse and repeat.  Eventually you'll get your journal back filled with art of all types.

So let's say you went out today and bought one of these puppies:

What do you put on the first two pages?   Is your art in color, or words, or pencil strokes?  Does it involve glue, fabric, or paint?

Art journal trade = scary fun.