nie nie day

Words leave me today.  They have been replaced by a big lump in my throat.  Shocking how tragedy can lead to something so beautiful...for details please go here or here and for the most amazing example of pure kindness go here.

silos and watertowers

1. Silo, 2. Silos - Old and New, 3. Just a silo, 4. Silos

Art is something, for me, that is very personal.  It conjures up different things in different people.  I never can predict how it is going to hit me.  This is what happened this morning.  Perusing the always lovely Design Sponge, I was particularly drawn to a post dedicated to the work of Susan Dwyre of Up in the Air Somewhere.  In that post her beautiful dishes and pitchers are the the big highlight.  Based on those images I had to see more.  Looking through her site...bam!  it hit me!  I stumbled upon her interpretation of silos and watertowers.  I was immediately transported back to my midwest routes and long drives through the prairie.  The occasional watertower or silo were the only things that seemed to break up the endless skyline.  Seeing them now I feel peaceful and all kinds of nostalgic.  

I remember a few years back I was talking to my mom about fantastic mountains and stunning, vast oceans, complaining about the lack of scenery surrounding us and my mom said to me..." It makes me sad that you never learned to love the prairie."  Well guess what ma?  I think I just did. xoxo

mmm...and go figure this gal is based in the lovely midwest.

lights.

notice the tiny, little moon in this one...

I heart Monday.

It's a good day....

I heart these bookplates for B from my friend Jaimee(thank you so much sweet gal).

I heart this tunic.

I heart these trunks and this globe.

I heart these shoes.

I heart this shawl (via Melissa...xoxo!).

I heart this top.

I heart this fruit tart.

I heart this mobile (also found via Melissa at Creature Comforts).

I heart this bench (found via m & co).

I heart this dress (via {frolic!})and this bra.

I heart this clock (found via bloesem).

I heart this fabric and want many things made from it.

I heart this mirror.

I heart this brooch.

I heart this tote.

Le Papier Studio

B's birthday comes around and I get a little note from Ms. Vana.  She wants my address so she can send him "a little something."  I happily obliged....it arrives and I soon see that the "little something" is not at all little.  It is big!  Big with sweetness, thoughtfulness, sentiment.  

I have been obsessed with the sweet silhouettes created by Le Papier Studio since happily stumbling into sweet Vana's blog a few months back.  Once again, I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I clicked with this fellow momma of a 3-year-old little boy.  Her blog became one of those I faithfully visited and looked forward to.  I loved getting to know her and her sweet little family.  An added bonus was the fact that she had a gift of creating some of the most beautiful stationary and prints I had ever seen.  You really should peruse her shop and take in the sweetness.  

That Vana, she sent me stationary with B's perfect profile and some special stationary just for me!  Why?  Because I think she likes me too.  Thank you Vana for being a lovely blog friend, and for the most thoughtful of "little somethings."

Lucky B and me: