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{woodland baubles; £25.00}

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I'm always looking for new ways to use color, especially when it comes to Christmas. I'm not a fan of the typical red and green, which is impossible to avoid in some cases (NOT going to have a white Christmas tree). You can imagine my excitement when I got the latest catalog from Niki Jones and the featured colors were black and white! I'm thinking about doing some black and white with pops of color to add some variety. Would you use black and white to decorate for Christmas or are you too traditional for that?

2hands week {vendor feature - whoop}

{vintage bead necklace, $25}

{starry night "fascinator" hair clip, $15}

{up-cycled cocktail ring, $17}

Some pretty things from Dana's Etsy shop, Whoop. Bonus: they'll also be at the 2hands Indie Craft Market this Saturday! I'm especially in love with the cocktail ring. If I buy one do my chances of getting invited to a cocktail party go up? ;)

shoe love

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Really really loving these espadrilles from madewell. Don't they look like perfect slip-on summer shoes?

bag love

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With Jack's due date just around the corner, I've finally been getting my head into baby mode. My favorite way to do this is to add things to my wishlist! A dear Aunt of mine gave me a beautiful diaper bag when I had Emmaline, but after a cross country move and a year and a half of use, it's seen better days.  So first on the baby no. 2 list - this bag from Moop. I love the rugged feel, especially since it looks like something the hubby wouldn't even mind carrying for me every once in a while (totally an important diaper bag feature!).

I'm in Love

With the new Lands' End line, Canvas.

Especially loving their accessories, jeans, and eyelet shift dress.



Also, my baby is 1 month old today! The first month went by way too fast.  We went to a wedding today, and I had every intention of taking a 1 month picture of her, but got too caught up in making sure she was fed and changed in time for us to leave.  I'll have to take one after church tomorrow.

Diaper bag and baby carrier all-in-one?

Yes, please!

I love my Moby, but these are too cool. Maybe when baby #2 comes along.

some things I love

An awesome online store with all kinds of cute office supplies:


And some more decorating inspiration:




Bran and I have decided that we want to save up for a new couch (we got ours for free from some friends in Maryland, and while the size is perfect for our living room, it would need some serious over-hauling to be comfortable again). We'll probably have ours for a few more years, but when we do get a new one, I would love something like this from Williams Sonoma Home.