"you don't have a soul. you are a soul. you have a body" - c.s. lewis

This spring weather has turned me into the morning person I was NOT all winter long. When there's snow on the ground & 8:30 am isn't much brighter than 8:30 pm, it can be quite difficult to crawl out of that warm bed, but lately the sunlight comes through the window to help me wake up in a much gentler way than the buzzing of my alarm. It makes it a lot easier to greet the day with a smile, get dressed in something fun, and get to work. Most of my day ends up being spent trying to be as creative as possible, so I keep the music on and and windows open, hoping to be inspired to make something beautiful. Of course, coffee helps too.

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

"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