Paolo Conte

love this song...

Sandals! That are flat!

one of the best things i’ve heard all month:
flat sandals are IN.
i swear i am an old women but i absolutely can not do heels. that is very sad considering i’m barely 5 feet tall.
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here are some of my favorites…

i love how the green just pops:

pretty!:

there is nothing more feminine and adorable than a flip flop with tiny straps:
unless it’s a flip flop with tiny straps and a little hand sewn posie on the tip:
i need these.
these look classy:
adore:

good thing my birthday is coming up. {sort of}

Blue skys at last! {Some spring quotes}

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant"

-anne bradstreet {1612-1672} 'meditations divine and moral'

{photo of the salt lake city, utah lds temple by my brother-in-law tyler}

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"[Spring is] when life's alive in everything."

-Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)

{above and below photos by aussiegall. such fantastic, bright, happy photos. go see. another one of my flickr favorites.}

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"Listen, can you hear it? Spring's sweet cantata. The strains of grass pushing through the snow. The song of buds swelling on the vine. The tender timpani of a baby robin's heart. Spring."

-Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider

{tomorrow...a post about sandals! i think i have spring fever.}

so...

claire told me that i am a nester and therefore would love married life because i could spend all my time online looking for cute stuff for my house. at the time i just smiled and nodded my head at her while pretending to know what she was talking about. but now im married. and claire wins the prize for pinning the tail on the donkey. because NOW, instead of spending all my time online reading movie reviews and hating my work for blocking all my beloved blogs…i NOW spend all my time online looking for cute stuff for my house. and claire is a genius.
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ok…moving along.
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before yesterday i had no idea that i was madly in love with jonathan adler.
but now I know. i love his website and every single thing on it. i would counsel you to steer clear of this link unless you want to spend about a million dollars on lots of awesome stuff.
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like this giraffe lamp...

it makes me wish i had a baby so i could put it in their nursery. but then i remember that the idea of having a baby makes me sick so instead i wish i just had this lamp to put in the extra bedroom so i can look at it every day and pretend that one day it will be in a nursery.
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or this orange capri teardrop table lamp… want. it. now.
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or this lantern birdhouse ...*
or this tinsy little vase that is just called ‘baby’...

it really is called 'baby'. awesome. i want to sick one tinsy little ranunculus in it. adorable? yes.
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someone save me from myself.
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* back when i used to live with my friend jessie we had a mirror very similar to this on our wall... it was my very favorite thing in our apartment and it totally popped against our bright orange wall. unfortunately, it belonged to jessie so i had to part ways with it when i moved. but now i want my own. this one is fabulous and gorgeous and wonderful. and jonathan adler mirrors make you look younger and thinner…so…obviously worth the price.
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this box looks like a snail. a snail you guys!
these fish salt and pepper shakers make me happy...
ok…i’m going to stop now. i could keep going but that might make me look a little crazy and i'm sure you get the picture.
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{more obsessive decorating posts to follow}
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p.s. happy st. patricks day! go listen to some u2!

p.s.s. ok...i never actually got around to posting this on st. patricks day so...umm...happy day after st. patricks day!

Finally!...

my fabulous sister and brother-in-law have created a blog. it is very smart and very funny. {not as smart and funny as my blog obviously...but it is a very close second.} {im kidding!} {sort of.} {kidding!} {sheesh.} go check it out here. you won't be sorry. and if you aren't 100% satisfied *i will personally make you brownies and fedex them to your house.
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I Want...

this

{which i found via alyson}

i explained to b how now that we are married he has to buy me whatever i want. all the time. he laughed at me but i could tell that he was really "getting it" so i expect to be seeing this in the mail any day now.

Going to the Chapel

we... got married!

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a few shots from the day...

{the "professional" ones to come}

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our very best friends in the whole world

{ryan and anne lavigne, jordan lawrence, us, claire and ryan tollstrup, emily and miles young}

my very best sister in the whole world

my very best parents in the whole world

marli, b, me and megand this is when emily forced food down my throat because she is a wonderful friend and she could tell that i was on the verge of a rage blackout form hunger and being unable to breath in my dress for the previous 49 hours. no one wants to have a rage blackout on thier wedding day. so thanks em.the day went more perfectly than we ever could have imagined.

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some of my favorite details...

*the french jazz band that played songs like 'la vie en rose' on the accordion

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*the quaint and intimate french restaurant, nestled away in the town that i grew up in, that hosted a party for our very closest friends and family*

*a thousand flickering candles and a roaring fire in the fireplace

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*the food! to name a few...chicken artichoke empanadas, petite open face blt's on brioche toast, polenta crostini with herb goat cheese, petite dipped cheesecake pops, fresh fruit tartlettes and chocolate dipped strawberry tower with lulubelle cookies

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*the flowers! done by our most amazing and talented friend mel, included all of my favorites... ranunculus, orchids, orange roses and monkey tails

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*the crisp weather and gorgeous mountains as a back drop

*and b, the most wonderful and perfect guy a girl could ask for. lucky me! life is good.