February 2011
22 posts
January 2011
17 posts
And they sat.
Drinking wine, swinging their dangling feet off the back dock ledge. With a dream in one hand and hers in the other, he asked simple questions with complicated intent. He’d fallen, you see. Fallen for a girl he knew he didn’t deserve. So with nervous anticipation, he moved forward, certain that at any moment he’d rub his eyes and she’d be gone, certain that at any moment,...
Baby Love.
Along with weddings, babies are another irrational weakness of mine. And even more than the darling ones themselves, I adore their clothes. During my days at Vineyard Vines, I was caught actually talking to the children’s clothes on several occasions.
I think they realized my unwavering love and in order to hush me up, let me style the fall line for the kids.
So, with great excitement, I...
Sweet Dreams
I wonder if when our moms were growing up they were as obsessed with weddings as we are? Mama, feel free to chime in here!
I’d venture to say that they didn’t spend their Tuesday nights as a single lady on the floor of Barnes & Noble surrounded by throngs of wedding magazines, just for the heck of it.
Well, there’s something mighty fierce in the water because we do,...
New Muse: Osa Johnson
All over our little blog world, designers are decorating with the lovely and ever-so-hard-to-locate vintage novel ‘I Married Adventure’ by Osa Johnson.
From the title to the cover, this rare find is charming and sassy to the highest degree. Upon further research, I discovered that Mrs. Johnson was quite the explorer.
Martin & Osa, Kansas natives, led a life characterized by...
A Sparkly Morning to You.
Wouldn’t you love to flash a ray of gold to random passerbys?
My New Years Resolution is to blog every week day. I know, ca-ra-zay you are saying because if you follow at all, there are days when I’m a blogger on speed and weeks when I give her the silent treatment.
But alas, I vow to blog every day and succeeded last week with flying, radiant happy colors!
If you’d like...
The Girls With Glasses Show
The glory of our new age of social media and connectiveness is that I daily, yes daily, fall in love. It’s safe to say my heart has grown exponentially in the past few years as I meet and adore so many of you in this blogosphere.
l-o-v-e.
Take Kate Spade Twitter girl for instance. It’s uncanny how enamoured I am with this lady. You can regularly catch my gaggle of girlfriends...
“Be obsessively passionate about what you are doing.”
– Frolic! at Alt Summit.
Redecorating.
If you have visited the blog over the past week, it appears that it has multiple personalities. My apologies.
We (she & I) are undergoing a little revamp at the moment, wardrobe makeover if you will. And so I am trying it all on for size, hence the dressing-room-chaos look we’ve been sporting.
The progression has looked a little something like this:
Can you tell I’m...
Diary of a [Happy] Kid.
I dare say that if you asked any young-hearted girl, adventure bent, classic with twists of whimsy and charm, which retail store she could permanently take up residency in, she would without a doubt say Anthropologie.
Any store that makes my heart beat fast obviously has a good thing going.
And when I cry real tears over a breathtaking window display? You’ve got me.
So in my little...
Since I'm a big girl now...
It’s only right that my first reward be stunning, correct?
I thought so too.
So, upon my first (or maybe second or third) paycheck, these babies will be mine all mine.
In fact, I blogged about their much more expensive older sister a while back and I quote:
At the sight of these, singing birds, flaming hearts and sparkly fireworks are exploding from my the walls of my heart.
Nearly...
fun fact.
In 2008, I lived in New York and wore this dress to our Vineyard Vines 10th Anniversary party.
This disposable camera picture quality doesn’t do the dress justice but it’s silk with a rope & knot pattern and lime green lobsters.
I was obsessed.
But, I wouldn’t be Mary Catherine if I didn’t spill something on it and in this case, it was my shampoo. Sadly, the...
Day 3
Well sweet friends, here we are on Day 3 of Snowpocalypse 2011. However this view out of my kitchen window guarantees that today is the last day of Atlanta’s hibernation as the sun dances and melts away the winter wonderland.
So on my last day of being incredibly lazy, I thought I’d share my final for Creativity: Design three new pieces for the collection of your choice inspired...
hello snow!
Bundled up watching Sex and the City while over 5 inches of snow blankets our house! What a glorious day it is.
Leaving me ample time to swoon over:
Stripped hardwoods floors. I love the wide, knotty boards. So gorg.
Greek Mac & Cheese made with feta. The perfect cozy snowday treat.
These babies from Mr. Jeffery Campbell. Interview shoes perhaps?
This cozy paradise. I’m...
On the Move
From here:
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To here:
Ciao!
Au Revoir!
Sayonara!
When the dust settles (soon I hope!), I’ll be blogging from a house full of some of my very best friends. 2011 is already living up to my lofty expectations.
In the...
Here's to 2011
With its adventure and wonder.
With its mystery and expectations.
With its sweetness and joy.
With its beauty and splendor.
With its memories and peace.
Here’s to growing, here’s to leaping, here’s to mending, here’s to singing.
Here’s to dancing.
Happy 2011 my sweet and darling friends! My hopes are set at the rafters and my eyes toward the glowing horizon sun...