In the box - the post box that is

I discovered Minted thanks to one of my favorite mommy blogs, Dear Baby Blog. Thank god! Potsch and I wanted to make holiday cards as we felt that is something you do when you are married but with everything else going on we just have not had the time to even think about it. Minted made it all soooooo easy and pretty. They have tons of designs that are fun and current. And they don't just do Cards but journals and address labels and envelopes and more. I can not wait to design our birth announcements here next year. Only a couple months to go. oh Boy!
So if you are like me and Melissa at Dear Baby Blog you still have a gorgeous chance to get your greeting out!!! Go to Minted!!!! The other cool thing about Minted is you can have pretty colors and patterns on the back of your flat cards. Just a nice extra!

A new Discovery

Discovered Wordboner tonight and had many a good laugh and introspective moments.
I thought this print was great and would make a great looking tattoo



and then.....there is was. Very cool.

What to Fix?

Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Can you believe it? I still have my party hat on from New Years 2010. With Thanksgiving comes family, fun, naps and lots of delicious food. Sometimes I like having the left overs even more than the first meal but that may just be cause I am blessed with one of the best Chef's around as my mom, Show Food Chef's Cathy.
If you are looking to livin' up your annual menu or just want some food porn to get you through the day this is the place. Be sure to check out this Thanksgiving post cause there is a photo of me hiding in there among all the delicious recipe links.

Photo by Chef Cathy @ ShowFoodChef

Dreaming in technicolor

I was checking out Mrs. Lilien this morning and kept getting swooped off my feet by all the fun fem-color and sequins! Color and sparkle really just makes any day better. Get your fill here.
This outfit post had me thinking "my lovely readers would dig this!" So, here you go! I hope you enjoy. In my dream world I will breastfeed so much and so well that fitting in to any of the high waisted pants would be nothin'.
Here is to dreaming....

For Ivonne. xoxo

Today I found Karla's Closet and I never want to leave. My friend, Ivonne, I am guessing will feel the same. Sure puts most daily outfit bloggers to shame. Karla has infused me with inspiration. I hope I don't waste it. And I apologize to the bosses of all of you for distracting you from your work.







xoxo

begging for change

I have been so lackluster about blogging for awhile now. I need a change. I want a redesign. I want to bring in more focus. It will take me a bit to learn how to get what I want but I want to keep you in the loop as I go. Also, I would love to hear from you if you have any thought about what you like / want / need / or had enough of. It's hard blogging to silence. I know you guys are out there and are reading and I wanna keep you happy. I also want to get to know you better. So let me have it. Give me those thoughts.

I keep listening and watching this sweet movie. The song "A Million Years" by Alexander from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros seems to stir a bit of the inside sparkle. Making me want to change. Nice feeling. The video is also filling me with ideas for my 1st engagement shoot this weekend in Palm Springs.

A Closet Visit Film No. 1 from Claire Cottrell on Vimeo.

Pretend kids - brother and sister

Adore. I adore these two. I see them as brother and sister. The coolest brother and sister around.
From here.

How can you not love these?

I found this today and it just made me giggle. There is a site for everything.
Cute Boys with Cats

The code of movies

Moviebarcode is a blog that features full length movies compressed into their colorful bar code. I love this concept. Would make some dull walls and rooms quite mysterious and thrilling.

Dancer in the Dark

A Single Man

Gangs of New York

Bambi

Yowayowa

yowayowa camera woman = natsumi
Lives in Tokyo with two cats.
Photographs mainly levitating self-portraits (and cats not levitating).
yowayowa is a Japanese term meaning "weak" or "feeble."
Since I'm yowayowa, it's really heavy to carry SLR cameras around.

Pretend almost kid - Baby Bumpin' version

Melissa and her first baby, Everly

I am not pregnant yet (though trying is quite fun) but that doesn't stop me from tooling around the baby blogs. Dear Baby has to be my favorite. From her cloth diapering thoughts to home birthing ideals to her fantastic adorable and always brilliant baby bump style - She is baby bumpin' fo realz and I like pretending I am her in my mind.

My plan is to copy all her looks when I have a bump of my own. But let's not fool any one I would strap a belt under my boobs and over my belly now if people wouldn't make fun of me.

Check out Dear Baby for great posts and great fashion and one of the coolest hippest family around.

F*** Yeah, Tattoos!

I love tattoos. I want to cover my body in them sometimes but I have so many ideas I would run out of space in a year and then what? So instead I gather pretty images of them and image them on my body. Fun and painless and cost effective. Thanks to this fantastic website Fuck Yeah, Tattoos! I have inspiration for days.



I might just get this one. seems a little too perfect.

I am addicted... I can't stop and don't want to

Pinterest has got me! I was addicted even before they let join. Biggest gift and greatest mistake was being given my very own Pinterest account. Now, I can't stop.
I just search and pin. A virtual cork board all organized and pretty. Oh, Dreams do come true.


Come follow me and we can repin eachother.

Letting yourself fall in love a little bit everyday

Such a fan of The Sartorialist. This film is such a lovely inspiration to do what you love and it will always take care of you.

All I want for xmas - Pretend kid version

This is what I want for xmas and my birthday - My own little baby.
One like this from For Me, For You would be just perfect.
xoxoxo
Happy Christmas!!!

They see everything

I am a big fan of Google satellite. I love clicking onto the street view and wandering around the street. I love when I can see an empty street corner in one frame and then a click forward reveals the same street corner at a different time of day swarmed with people.
9eyes has gathered the amazingly beautiful, haunting and many times funny moments that have been captured and frozen in time on google street view.