{my favorite shoes}

I am very excited to be taking part in the 3rd edition of the Through Her Eye Series over the very lovely blog Layers of Meaning. So if you are curious about my favorite pairs of shoes and those of some other wonderful bloggers hop on over.

Be back shortly! Hope you are all having a lovely Wednesday morning.

and this little piggy...

I am completely crazy for one of my absolute favorite blogger's (Kimberlee's) new online store, Brown Button Trading. It is just full of beautiful housewares, jewelry, stationary and some fantastic ribbons. I cannot wait until she starts shipping to the US! I am especially smitten with the "if pigs could fly" statue and pig chalkboard sticker:


Pigs just happen to be one of my favorite whimsical motifs. What is your favorite decor motif?

little blogger love

I have recently been very much enjoying reading the beautiful blog simplesong. However, I had no idea until today what an incredible talent for letterpress the author has. If you have not already, just look at some of her amazing and just flat out beautiful pieces. I think these are my two favorites:



It seems so many bloggers have hidden (or hidden to me!) talents--I would love to know what yours are? Are you an amazing chef, do you write, do you create lovely cards, have a knack for stenciling?

blog love

(sadly not sure where I found this-but shows exactly how excited I am right now)
I am always so tickled that people read my blog and just ecstatic that they actually enjoy it! So, I was very excited when the brilliantly creative Tina (you have to check out her beautiful holiday cards) of Luphia Loves passed on this blog love award! First of all-thank you!

So, now I am supposed to pass on this award too seven blogs I love! I adore each and every blog on my blog roll that picking only seven would be incredibly hard. So, I bent the rules a little bit and decided to award the blog love award to my seven favorite posts of the week! And here they are:

(1) Courtney at Under a Paper Moon's post Candy Cane Lane, featuring two of the most stunning wedding inspiration boards I have ever seen.

(2) Miss Aimee at Mostly Mod's Gold Challenge, featuring one of my favorite colors and some beautiful gilded finds.

(3) Emma at White & Wander's (one of my new favorite reads!) post showcasing my new dream bedroom!

(4) Joslyn at Simple Lovely's post on this to die for bracelet.

(5) Courtney at In(side) the Loop's post on her family's amaretto recipe which they bottle in the cutest packing for the holidays.

(6) Anne at City Sage's post about, actually a guest post/interview of hers, that features the most adorable picture from her 2007 holiday card. It is guaranteed to make you smile!

(7) Chelsea at Frolic's very cute post on winter cyclists. Brr!!

Hope you enjoy these delightful posts as much as I did!

All seven of you can, if you choose, play along and the rules (that I broke!) are:
- The nominated is allowed to put the picture on their blogs
- Link to the person who awarded you.
- Nominate seven other people and link to the
- Leave a message on those people's blog to make them aware that they're nominated.