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so excited

so excited

There is a book that I saw while I was with Anna in San Antonio last summer that I absolutely loved, and put on hold at our library as soon as I got back.
(I was just looking in my blog archive for a post from that trip to Texas and didn’t find one. Going to have do that ….. it was a wonderful weekend).
Well, a year later, the book is finally ready for me to pick up.
It is ready to be picked up at our “new” local library, just 3 blocks from the new apartment (I transferred all our holds over to that branch on Tuesday). I plan to walk over there with Emma on Monday.
I’ll put her into the front pack, put a hat on her little head and some mineral sunblock on her arms, and walk through the new neighborhood to the new library to pick up the book we have been waiting for. So excited!
a little frivolity (can be a very good thing!)

a little frivolity (can be a very good thing!)

John sent me out the door and watched Emma for a couple of hours while I ran errands. There were a few returns to be made, and once those were done I called for a status report, checking to see if I needed to come back. John told me to enjoy myself …… so I went to Macy’s.

I have been wanting to browse the housewares section for a while now, but have been putting it off since the glassware and fine china displays aren’t very stroller friendly. But yesterday I went. It was so nice. It was quite, sparkling, crisp, the sales ladies were friendly (but not pushy) and it smelled so good.
On my way out I stopped by the perfume counter and tried on Chanel No 5, elixir sensuel.
Oh. My.
I dotted a bit behind my ear and on my wrist as I was walking out, and didn’t stop to check the price, because most of the perfumes I try give me a headache and need to be washed off as soon as I get home.
Not this time.

Oh, it smells so good!!!!!!!!

I was just looking at the Macy’s website, and I couldn’t find it there, but I did find it on Sephora. The elixir is about half the price of the parfum, but still more than I’m willing to spend on myself at the the moment. It does smell wonderful, though…………..

I can still catch a breath of it occasionally, and it makes me happy.

Thank you Darling for sending me out the door!

so excited!!!!!!!

so excited!!!!!!!

is having a 20% off sale – off everything online! The sale runs from now until July 4th.
I just love Paper Source. Love them. We used their paper for the wedding invitations and their site is one of my all time favorites for paper crafting inspiration.
Use code “20OFF” at checkout.

Happy shopping!

beautiful notes

beautiful notes

bloom
delft

I stumbled upon a stationery company called smock this morning. So lovely. All of the stationery is letterpressed, which I absolutely love, and very reasonably priced especially considering how “eco friendly” it is:
sustainably letterpressed on bamboo paper
packaged in a clear sleeve that is petroleum-free, tree-free, and certified biodegradable by the Biodegradable Products Institute
They have several gorgeous wedding suites, a variety of wrapping papers and fill-in invitations, as well as a very nice assortment of artsy-yet-classic correspondence and greeting cards.

So. Lovely.

photos from smockpaper.com

have you seen these?

have you seen these?

I went to the post office yesterday and noticed, 1) that the postage rates had gone up and 2) that there were new wedding stamps!


The stamps are so lovely. I think I might get a few to use on wedding cards.

random little pretty thing

random little pretty thing

I saw it at Anthropologie the other day, and thought how nice it would be to have next to the coffee maker or on a tea table. So cute. So sweet. And at $18, it’s affordable, too. But it’s still at the store. Although now that I’ve been thinking more about it, I think it may be something that I would enjoy for years to come, something that our children could look back and remember. If nothing else, it would bring a smile to my face in the morning. :)

rainy day

rainy day

There is nothing better on a rainy day than a cup of cinnamon-laced coffee and a crowing baby. Other than having the baby’s daddy here, too, of course. But he’ll be back soon, and then we can enjoy the rain, the coffee, and our precious little baby together.

She is a little sunshine today, happy and cooing after a 12-hour night(!).

We are spending our morning nursing, listening to the rain through the open porch door, listening: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=313867933 (to the one on worry – good words, brought by Curtis Jones), nursing, napping (that’s Emma’s part), sewing and tidying up.

Oh, and trying to stay away from the cookies: http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/ne-plus-ultra-cookies?lnc=ef2e802fb632c110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCRD&rsc=cookie+of+the+day_recipe_b They do go well with coffee.

adorably precious

adorably precious

“May Flowers”

I ran across the artwork of sarahjanestudios this evening, and just love it. She sells prints and greeting cards with delightful images of children and animals on them, all with a slightly French feel. The images are simple and have such soft colors; they remind me of the books Pat The Bunny and Babar. So delightful. Love them.
The greeting cards are smaller than the art prints, but so much cheaper. Wouldn’t it be fun to order a few to frame?

“Breakfast Bunny”
“Mistletoe Kisses”

art by sarahjane
cute clothes make the day better

cute clothes make the day better

Emma and I have been having a …… trying day. We have been bothered by what seems to be some very uncomfortable gas in her tummy. Nothing I have done has been able to calm her for long. So, knowing that a cute baby is harder to be upset with and to reduce the likelihood of frustration on my part, I put her into one of her adorable outfits. I’m not sure if it made her feel better, but it helped me.


She did enjoy putting it on, though.

Emma finally settled down for a long nap …

… and her bow slipped down over her eyes. I was not about to move it because 1) she might wake up, and 2), it was really cute!