pretty prints

It's a unique excitement/curiosity/thrill to find out that one of your online faves is an actual brick&mortar. And thanks to Simple+Pretty I've now realized the folks featured years ago in Domino Magazine (who provided my home with this lovely print) are actually an LA-based shoppe. AND to make things better, they are having an event this Saturday, the Paper Dolls Handmade Valentine Show. Gaaah. I canNOT wait to be inspired... and hope I can resist buying the whole store.

{image via }

golden hour

Dear 2:00am,

You are a lovely hour for such things as late night cocktails or walking through the streets of Manhattan. Or planning world domination over a bottle of wine. Or even the 3rd game of Scrabble in a single night with friends. But, as an hour to rise & shine? No thank you. I even enjoyed you more in college making the one mile walk back to my apartment after the library closed.

If I promise to see you on the other side of slumber more often will you let me sleep past you on the nights I go to bed early? I'm willing to make that compromise: more late night fun in exchange for sleeping 'til my alarm goes off every once in a while.

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks,

m*

(And yes, folks, I often closed down the library in college. Bars? Not so much. Library? All the time.)

{image via Oh the Modernity!}

envelope love

One of the things I fell in {love} with during wedding planning was (oddly enough) my envelope liner stencils. I made about 150 envelopes for the invitations and, at the last minute, lined the 30 or so thank you cards for our rehearsal dinner. And at that moment, as I gathered scraps of pretty paper from my craft boxes for my impromptu liners I was hooked. And now that I see these terribly inspiring images from Wild Ink I think my brain might explode.

{images via Simple+Pretty and Wild Ink}

letter to self

Dear Megan,

There are moments like this when you are surrounded by uncertainty. When panic is in the air. Change. The unknown. In these moments you can submerge yourself in the uncertainty & panic. Despair about change. Fret the unknown.

{ or }

You can choose to just slow down & float above this moment. Look out the window of your office. Take a deep breath as the sun goes down over Los Angeles. Watch the colors of the sky grow&swirl&change and just be quiet. And thankful.

But it's your choice. (Good luck)

Love,
m*

instantly better.

It's raining here in Los Angeles. Again. If I were home, I'd be in cute flannel PJ's with my cute puppy and my equally cute husband. But instead I'm processing invoices. In a high rise. In downtown LA. My mood is nothing short of dismal. Well, I guess I should say I felt dismal. That is until my cool friend reminded me about a little blog that's like an instant shot in the arm of my-life-is-so-much-better-than-yours juice. Now, my only dilemma is deciding which is my favorite... (thanks, super cool friend)

Here are my top faves so far:

"and then when she swallowed her birth control with a shot of vodka and looked in my direction, i knew it was time to go."

"just fyi, hangover + ice skates = really bad idea"

"I'm stoned in an empty parking lot listening to dave matthews while looking for a lighter... I feel like I sent this 7 years ago."

"two words: eviction party"

best friends

Yesterday it happened. Otis (top) and Perry (bottom) met for the very first time. It was eventful. Joyous. Dramatic at times. And although they gave us very little indication they will one day be best friends we're convinced it'll happen.

PS: Aren't they just the cutest?

last night...

... on the last night of the year... we got married.  Words cannot describe. But I'll try. Later on...

{ LOVE }