"maybe it's because I'm willing to believe stories & make wishes on falling stars but so far I've learned there is no reality but the one you create"

I don't have much to muse about today other than how amazing this week has been, and how perfect it could only continue to be. The only things I could complain about would be the weather (hello, spring? it's april now, and we'd love to see you come back) but even regardless of the temperature the sun's been shining in a way that suggests genuine warmth. I love this time of year because you start to think that so much more is really possible. There's always so much less to worry about, like the sun's rays soften the edges of all your problems.

Little changes I've made have made it easier to feel as though summer's really coming. I've hidden away all my fur coats and filled their space with all my eyelet & floral dresses. I started buying tulips for the kitchen table again. I can't get enough turquoise & coral into my life after a winter of army green, grey, and black, and I've been painting my nails alternating rainbow colors. I've discovered the magic of putting feathers into your hair, and I love to run my fingers through as someone walks by and inevitably asks, aghast "is that a FEATHER?" I bought some anklet bracelets the other day and I know they're impossibly 90s, but I kind of like that nostalgia of wearing something I wore as a kid, and hearing the little bit of noise they make when you walk.

quote via boheme musings

"Maybe if they all could be combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."-Stephen Sprouse

home.is.wherever.im.with.you

We're moving oh-so-soon, and I've put my closet on hold to think about our future furnishings. All we really have is a bed, a dresser, a desk, a record player and a piano. And since all you really need in life is to be able to work, play, dance, and sleep I guess we have all we need.

"Maybe if they all could be combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."-Stephen Sprouse

we.are.here.for.a.good.time.not.a.long.time

I'm buying my tickets to Bonnaroo tomorrow, so it certainly isn't hard to tell where my mind is at. I even bought feather hair extensions today, and I can hardly wait until they get here. Everytime I look at my calendar it all seems to fly past until summer - especially when I noticed today that it's 4 weeks until yet another trip to China, 4 1/2 weeks til I move to St. Louis, and 12 weeks until Bonnaroo. In between I can only hope the rest of spring is as amazing as the start of it has been. I'm definitely in a place where I'm nuts about life, as most people are when they have a lot of amazing things to look forward to.

"Maybe if they all could be combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."-Stephen Sprouse

take.me.out

Things that are fun seem to abound much more frequently once it gets close to that season we've all dreamt about for the past few months. No, it isn't WARM per say, but..it's warm enough.

It's warm enough to go out without tights, even if your legs get goosebumps on the walk home.

It's warm enough that on that walk home...if you've had 2 or 3 glasses of wine, the cold doesn't really feel that cold, and the flowing conversation keeps you warm by then anyway.

It's warm enough that you can leave your coat at home, so that when you feel like getting up to dance you don't have to spend any time worrying about where you left it.

And it's definitely warm enough that on a Wednesday - when you have to work the next day, and you really should just go to bed by 10:30 - but it's 60 degrees outside, and you're getting a text every 5 minutes, and you can hear crowds of kids walking by your window on their way out that you might just think to yourself -

I know I have to wake up at 8 tomorrow but,

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

"Maybe if they all could be combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."-Stephen Sprouse

only.boring.people.are.bored

Today has been one of those days where I woke up with a plan that quickly disintegrated into nonexistence. In the BEST of ways.

I was supposed to go home to work, so I woke up at 6am to go home only to notice that my commute was canceled sometime during the night. So I drank the coffee I had set to auto brew and got productive a bit earlier than normal. I was so awake by 8 am that I decided to try something new with my hair, and this over the head french braid was way easier than I thought! Sometime around noon I received a call from a friend asking if I wanted to join an afternoon excursion to a nearby town, so at 2 pm I found myself riding to Champaign for a small errand but really nothing much at all. In retrospect none of that sounds very exciting, but all day I was just glad to be out of my normal routine. Sometimes all it takes to brighten things is a little bit of something out of the ordinary.

Also good for the soul: getting crafty. I love these bracelets, which I have been making like crazy. All you need is some twine, some hex bolts (best color selection and price at Ace Hardware) and a little manual dexterity. I found my tutorial HERE.

wearing: denim shirt-madewell, black jeggings-nordstrom b.p., heels-shoedazzle, ring-lowluv erinwasson, bracelets-selfmade

"Maybe if they all could be combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."-Stephen Sprouse

mama.said.there'd.be.days.like.this

Do you ever have a day that's so mundane you think "seriously, I will be so pissed if I die tomorrow and this was how I spent my last day!?" No? No overly serious deep thinkers in this audience? I know it's a morbid thought, but sometimes I spend so much time trying to make every moment of my life count, because I want to 'live while i'm young' so to speak, that I get really disappointed when there's nothing I'm really able to do but wait on the internet repairman to come, work, cook dinner, and wear pajamas all day.

It makes me want to find a gypsy cart (like the one above, so dreamy) and just run away.

On a less dreary note - it's only 12:15. I have a new book & Lykke Li's new album, and the sun is actually shining. Those three things plus a quick shower, a chai tea latte, and an animated discussion with my boyfriend about our WAY fun weekend plans might be all it'll take to perk me up.

"Maybe if they all could be combined - art, rock and fashion. Those were always my favorite things."-Stephen Sprouse