onward and upward

images: 1. patrick demarchelier for harper's bazaar july '93 2. elements of style 3. rosie hardy photography

4. ira glass quote 5. iris apfel for mac

goals for the new year, as inspired by the above photos:

1. look up (literally and figuratively)

2. wear more color (I feel so safe with my blacks, whites, and grays!)

3. explore the outdoors more (I'm not very outdoorsy)

4. live by this quote (this should be interesting)

5. don't be afraid to stand out (connects with #2)

until it isn't

images: all via weheartit.com

"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." - Sylvia Plath

structured eclecticism

...inspiring me lately

1. photography by masha sardari (14 years old) 2. tree houses - so intimate and playful 3. new prada candy perfume, the colors in particular 4. tolstoy quote 5. van dongen paintings - those eyes! 6. and as always, nirvana - can you believe it's been 20 years since the release of nevermind?

whisper loudly

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"trapped in the amber of the moment" - vonnegut

shades and tints

images: 1. via delight by design 2. unknown 3. closet that opens as a work space via country living 4. bern, switzerland via flickr

au revoir, 2009

all images via weheartit

"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic." - Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and fashionable new year. xx

as though the ocean

images: (I warn -- many I saved a long, long time ago without credits. My sincere apologies.) 1. Clemence Poesy in a Chloe ad via clemence-poesy.org 2. Daniel Farmer photography 3. love the linear look of the flowers and frames, unknown 4. symmetry pleases the eye, unknown 5. a jewelry chandelier...genius, unknown. 6. this house looks so welcoming, unknown 7. fun masks...very New Orleans, unknown 8. beautiful mosaic bench and styling, unknown

I try hard to post photos that I have saved with credits, but my desire to credit appropriately leaves some amazing photos out of this blog and only to be enjoyed by my eyes (a sad, sad thing)...so I wanted to do a post of many "unknowns." Enjoy.

Also, I am currently reading Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea (1952). It's a wonderful book so far, and just last night I came across a beautiful quote. Here it is:

"...as though the ocean were making love with something under a yellow blanket..." Only Hemingway. Beautiful.