Perfect for Spring

Yes please and thank you!

From Boden

Rosanna

More absolutely beautiful offerings from Rosanna Inc. Available in February 2010. I think the white Decor Bon Bon collection is coming to live with me. Simply stunning.

Found via Real Simple

Late Night TV!

The whole brouhaha at NBC makes me happy that I made the choice to join Craig Ferguson some time ago. Silly, irreverent and laugh out loud funny - he is the only choice for me in late night. I DVR him and watch him after dinner the following evening. Watch him - he is good!

Packing Tape at Michaels

I have a love/hate affair with my local Michaels. I love when they occasionally have a good Martha Stewart selection and hate that they mosty do not have a good selection of the Martha products! However, on my quest for a helium tank, I came across these beauties. One America Dollar per roll! Not too shabby.

Message in a cookie

Love these cookie cutters from Williams Sonoma. I like that you can customise the message. From sweet to rude with just a few letter changes. I will use them for Valentines and also for my daughters birthday which is coming up soon.

Banksy

I saw this image in a magazine recently. I thought it was very cool. My husband is currently stationed on an aircraft carrier and the silliness of the image appealed to me.

Hmmmm, I am not the only one.....

who loved this idea....


Way back in April of last year, I noted how much I loved the hanging books seen here in Cookie magazine. Imagine my surprise when I opened my Pottery Barn Kids today and saw this image



My first thought was "Wow, now I wont have to make them myself", but sadly they are simply props and not for sale! It did inspire me to put them back on the top of my to do list as I think a few of these would love wonderful in the playroom. I love the book colors and ribbons too. I want to live in that room! That sliding door makes me swoon!

Resolutions

I resolve many things but here are a few I wish to really do!

1. Be better at taking time for me. Sounds selfish but I believe it will help with #2! I am talking about taking time to exercise regularly, take walks alone to clear the mind, put make up on and change things up a little!

2. Be a better mother and wife. I cannot be specific about what this means but I sometimes wake up in the morning and think I could have been better at the whole mother and wife thing. I want to get rid of that feeling.

3. Take a photography class or an Illustrator class. Try a new craft. Embroider more and take photographs of things I love.

4. Clean out the damn garage and be resolute in my desire to get rid of the crap that lies within that place. Let things go!

5. Decorate the house from top to bottom. Not just clean and sort and organise, but decorate. I may be here another 3 years so it would be nice to have a home I love instead of a house I live in.

6. Go on a monthly date with my husband. Enough said

7. Take the kids somewhere fun every week.

8. Be a better correspondent with the family and friends that I love.

9. Be inspired. Beauty is all around me

10. Make friends. This will be the hardest one as I am happiest in my own company or that of my husband and children.

11 - train for a half marathon

12. Count and enjoy all the blessings in my life.

And there you have it - a dirty dozen!

Happy New Year

Pottery Barn Kids AGAIN

Sorry, but I want to live in a Pottery Barn kids catalog. Or have their stylists come and make my house pretty! Just when I think I am out. they pull me right back in! Love the new Valentines collection and I know the constellation wall hanging will be in my sons room at some point. As for the flower chandelier - oh come on! It looks so doable but I know I could not pull it off! Keep it coming PBKids - you make it look so good.

All items and images from Pottery Barn Kids

Cupcake Stands

Thank you Aunt Jen for allowing me to cross another thing off my wish list. I love the cupcake stands and will be using them soon. xoxo

Image from Farmhouse Wares

Elf Soap

Grandma Becky always puts one or more of these soaps in my Christmas Stocking. I love them. From the 'Be Nice' sentiment to the smell to the beautiful box it comes in. Happy soap for me! Oh and it is from Sweden so it helps with that whole Swedish love fest I have going on!!

Working on Resolutions!

I like to make a long list of resolutions. It gives me hope that at least a few will stick. I have many things I want to do in this new year and most of them can be summed up thus - be a better mother, wife, friend and me. I will post a more in depth list later but I think a good place to start would be

1 - blog on a more consistent basis!

Pretty gift tags

I really love this idea. Endless possibilities

Also from Living Etc

Pretty lights

I am loving this tree. I want to try and recreate it in my garden. Simple and pretty.

Image from Living Etc.

Stocking Stuffers

I love Restoration Hardware for cool little gifts and stocking stuffers. I can recommend the smittens as I still have my set from 2 years ago. This year I am thinking tattoos, old school Hypotrochoids, Superhero in a box and a Tonette!!

All items from Restoration Hardware