Little Goodall Animal Coats

I don't really need to say anything here do I?

These hand sewn coats by Little Goodall are just so adorable.

An Important Message for Thursday

photo via Braedon Photography

Custom Stamped Cookies

SO I have a wicked plan that has just developed this morning. 

See those beautiful cookies up there? Well they were created using 

stamps... What if I created a custom stamp {like the one I created 

for Mike and Sal's wedding, above} and created custom cookies 

for our wedding using my custom designed stamp? Cute or no?

What do you think? Too much work or totally worth it?

Holiday Greetings

Just a taste of the New Holiday Designs from:

...more to come, stay tuned!

Wheatfield Posters... makes my heart skip a beat

Oh my gosh I am FORCING myself to practice willpower and 

not to buy up all of these large format prints right now....  Aren't 

they AMAZING? And wouldn't they add the most joyful amount 

of color to your house that you could muster in one bundle?! Oh 

my gosh I adore them so much. And they say such nice things. I 

feel so inspired to create hand painted text right now. I am really 

looking forward to creating some funky wedding invitations 

with all of these inspirations!

And look at this one! {Wheatfield you have my heart for life}

The Summit of Awesome

Today I will be attending the Summit of Awesome. 

It has finally come to Baltimore and I am so excited, 

and even a little nervous to be honest. I can't wait to 

report back the happenings of awesome that occurred!

UPDATE: 

The Summit of Awesome was more Awesome that 

expected, I met some really great and talented people 

and learned a tremendous amount. 

Things about Copyright and Trademark {I soaked that in 

like it was the sun and I wanted a BURN!} it was good 

information from an intellectual property lawyer. 

And Social Media. I think I will ReEnter the world of 

Twitter thanks to Willowtoons and Lish and their great 

talk on social media. 

I heard from Biggs & Featherbelle and Figs &

Ginger about wholesaling (wow have 

they grown and they are getting bigger and bigger)

And Danielle from Etsy, if you 'Etsy' I am sure you've seen

 Danielle, well she was there and gave us all some great 

information on how to utilize Etsy to its fullest potential to 

have the greatest success. Contact me if you want some 

tidbits, I am happy to spread the word

And in the moments when there was no class to sit in on 

we crafted (how fun) so there were no moments of awkward 

silence between strangers, just fun crafty moments of creativity 

between artists. I highly recommend hopping on board for 

next years summt!

I'll be there!

A Veil or not a Veil?

Would you ever consider wearing a colored veil?

I wasn't 100% behind the veil idea but I did want something

to spruce up my hair. 

Than I stumbled across that image up top 

of the beautiful bride with the scarf in her hair... amazing. 

Right?! Couldn't you imagine an outdoor wedding with a 

really beautiful handpainted scarf in your hair. {Than you 

can wear it again and again too!} I like the first one listed 

the best. Any thoughts?

PS. You can find more beautifully hand painted scarves 

at Silk Couture by Takuyo have fun!

Kiki and Polly

Just some more reasons that we LOVE Kiki & Polly, and their

 amazing art. I adore those colors. I want our wedding to be the

colors of the bottom painting... {xox}

Sketchbook Scans

I stumbled upon Design Instruct's 50 beautiful Sketchbook Scans

this morning and I had to share some of them. Taking a page out of some 

sketchbooks is like diving into another universe. I love seeing the way 

some artist's minds work... 

 Allen Sutton

 David Fullarton

 Joshua Philippe

 Mattias Adolfsson

 Nacho-Yague

And a couple from my sketchbook, just to throw in the mix. 

And a page from my talented grandmother's sketchbook. {xox}

Heart Umbrella

Adorable. 

Halloween Costume

What are you dressing you as for halloween this year. 

I think having a little baby to dress up is going to be 

the most fun ever! Look how adorable this grouch is!

Persist

Inspired by Steve Jobs and his amazing persistence....

here is a note from Pixar. 

Imagine if Steve Jobs had given up after being fired

from Apple... No Pixar, No iPod, iPad, iTunes, iPhone he 

changed the world. That was persistant. 

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." Steve Jobs

Read more: here

Please don't forget to Persist. Think of the alternative. 

This Weekend...

This weekend I am interested in conversations over coffee and 

wearing sweaters with sunglasses. I am dying for the fresh fall

sun and the crispy breeze. I am pretty sure world peace could be

accomplished if everyone got to experience some open aired

fall days and some warm coffee {and maybe a danish of some 

sort} who doesn't smile over danishes? 

In the interest of World Peace...Lets all wear sunglasses

and eat a danish this weekend. Its important. 

Birthday Wishes

For love is immortality.  ~Emily Dickinson

Happy Birthday to my PawPaw

Infinity Hugs and Kisses. 

A trip around the World...

A couple months ago, Coolhunter posted about the amazing 

places to go around the globe... and I just happened to stumble 

upon them this morning. I have not yet mopped up the drool 

on my chin. Are these not some of the most amazing snapshots 

of the world you have ever seen? This is only a taste of the 

bits of the globe that Coolhunter showcased, for more visit the site. 

I grew up in a family that always treasured the value of travel and the 

experience that came with seeing the beauty of the earth. {So my heart 

is just skipping beats looking at these pictures} 

Recently Dave and I had been saving up to skip 

town and go on a short vacation to the islands... but now that 

we are engaged {!} we are putting that money together and 

adding to it for the next year to save up for somewhere big {!} 

Honeymoon Huge Baby! And we had Italy in mind but now I am 

thinking of looking into Norway or Alberta Canada... oh the world 

is so huge and lovely! Any suggestions?

 Fernando De Noronha - Brazil

 Etretat, Normandy, France

 Norway

 Rice Field Terraces of Yunnan, China

Rocky Village, Vernazza, Italy

 Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park China

 Riamaggiore, Italy

 Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada

 Ice Canyon, Greenland

 Sky Lantern Festival {totally starting one of these in Crownsville}

Seychelles

 Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile

Norway Alesund Birdseye of City