two sarahs

happy monday!

there are tons of cute paper stores in portland, and i wanted to share

my lovely print designed by two sarahs i bought while at Lark Press.

{mine is just like this, but an ostrich!}

hope you guys had an amazing day!

(as amazing as a monday can be?!)

paper weight

beautiful paper goods make every day better.

modern paper goods

today was hard. challenging. joy-sucking. feeling a little uninspired. tired.

bored. frustrated, yet too lazy to do what i need to.

do you ever feel that way, too?

here's hoping for sunny days tomorrow.

officially inspired: bursts of talent

i don't know about you,

but i love how diverse the world
of CREATIVITY and ART is.
song;dance; illustrations;photographs
of a chocolate bar, a baby giraffe, a single
billy ball in a glass vase; jewelry design;
cover art design; home design; PHEW.
it just doesn't stop and is all so equally inspiring.

an illustration of the diversity, if you will:

cute + inspiring illustrations by lisa rupp

fabulously simple and modern jewelry made
by kate of the notable blog for me, for you

officially smokin' look over at grizzly bear modern.
mod/retro cover art + awesome mixes = one hot diggity-blog
creative + fresh photography by aaron ruell
ammmmazing origami by sipho mabona via
share some candy

leaf prints and beautiful typography by Byggstudio!
( via the swoonworthy blog wit + delight i just discovered
via oh happy day)

it's almost mid-week! thank goodness.

le dentiste!

going to the dentist isn't that bad, right? :)
at least this card is cute. i hate to fall into
the trap of saving every dental-related
"thing" i see on the www, but when there
is good design involved, can you really blame me!

fomato cards via simple + pretty

the buck stops here

since the first day i laid eyes on both billy the bison and

buck, i knew it was love.
i've always hated the thought of putting a poor
animal's HEAD on a wall, but one made of
clean, laser-cut cardboard! well, yes please!

TU, jenn, for making my day.
me and buck are getting along just fine.

check out carboard safari for your own
trophy cardboard!
ALSO: more ways to help HAITI!
Have a Little Heart - all Heart Box and Heart Wreath profits
donated to Haiti relief effort.

swollen hearts

it's february, the only month of the year i love hearts.

(similar to my love for snowmen, which extends only til the 31st of Dec.)
here's a little round-up of LOVE-ly inspiration. xoxo

adorable wool acorns by green baboon designs.
also check out their needle felted hearts, which helped raise $300
for haiti! (found by jenn!)

i love you stamp by paperfinger
| via oh hello friend

a sweet heart ring by catbird

love-themed postcards by cori kindred

perfect ending's heart red velvet cake

a valentine freebie via creature comforts
via FFFOUND!

have a happy sunday night!

granted wishes: part 2

beautiful stitched wall calendar by the ultra-talented leah duncan

my beautiful new seascape stamp set by yellow owl workshop
(i got the winterscape stamps too. equally gorgeous and fun)
thanks amy + mengy!

earring holder (or egg tray) from anthro

toothy salt + pepper shakers, in front of my milk toof photo

my new Diana+ ! can't wait to develop...
(brought to me by the little deer)

dec. 1

i've been looking around for advent calendars, but none are as cute as this! download for FREE here!!

stampy stamps

i LOVE stamps! i've been eyeing these for awhile now....and then caught them again on max wanger's site (oh these minds that think alike)