Pretty Letters

Has SHE posted your letter yet?

I love mine and think I'm going to print it out and frame it for my office or entry console table...

Babies and Nooks

I love babies and I love nooks.

Even better when they're together...

via Cottage Living mag

via Canadian House and Home (found at VT Interiors)

Yesterday was a good day...

Among other things, I noticed this magazine at Home Depot...



that featured this cool project using an Expedit and some striped contact paper...



which made me happy, because I too have a really cool project coming up that features patterned contact paper. Think orange crocodile...


Yesterday was also a good day because it was trash day. And one of my neighbors left this mid-century clock in the alley for pick up...



Yes, please. Don't mind if I do.



Big question: paint or stain?

At a Michael's Near You...

Check out these adorable office supplies, courtesy of the dollar bins at Michael's...


Trellis, zebra stripes, houndstooth and stylized mums. Nice!


I picked up some file folders and a couple notebooks, but there were also acrylic stamps that would make really cute paper weights, ribbon, giant paper clips, metal tins, blank notecards, notepads, magnetic weekly calendars for your fridge, etc.


I also picked up these napkins from the dollar bins. They're technically Christmas napkins, but I think they would be adorable any time of the year for a bright and cheerful birthday party a la Kate Spade.

Busy

I'm shocked every time I realize that we're already in the middle of October. I had a birthday this weekend, so we took a trip up to some of the shopping near the Wilmington and Philadelphia area on Saturday. The leaves are starting to turn. I love the autumn time.

We went out for a delicious dinner and I also bought some new maternity jeans just to freshen up the pregnancy wardrobe. I always HATE all my maternity clothes by month seven, so it's nice to have some new things to put in rotation.

Other business of the weekend: the dining room.

I was a busy little bee sewing up some new curtains for the dining room, inspired by this image from Miles Redd's portfolio:



I ran out of pleating tape though and had to order a new roll online, which won't get here til later this week. So, despite my best efforts, the dining room pictures will have to wait.

I hope you had a great weekend!

Girls Names

Hi friends,

How was your weekend? I'm starting to feel better and was able to get some progress done on my dining room.

I was talking to one of my girlfriends on the phone yesterday while I was painting my china hutch. I was telling (well, complaining to) her about how hard it is for me to sleep at night lately, no matter how tired I am. I shared that I'm a little stressed out about how fast this pregnancy is going by. I'm in the third trimester already, I don't feel prepared for her arrival and we definitely have not decided on a name yet. And to be honest, since this is our third daughter, I'm a little tapped out on girls names.

I saw this post on Sugar City Journal, and I was inspired to ask my stylish readers for their input. What are your favorite girls names? To give you a sense of our style, our favorites right now are

Evelyn
Annelise (or maybe just Elise?)
Vivian
Margot
Lillian

ALSO: does anyone know where I can get this exact bookcase? It needs to be wall-mounted.