I'll stay home forever, where 2 and 2 always makes 5

LOVE.

{via Herman Miller via Yumlum's Etsy } Some of my fav's from the site.

Seriously, loving the Polaroid prints.

heartbreak, i'm not holding your hand anymore.

regrets...

Everyday I try to get it right.

I just got back from a wonderful trip to L.A. where I was lucky enough to not only go to Shareen's Vintage, but I also got to meet her.

she.is.awesome.

I scored this sweet ass vintage fur vest. $70. {perhaps a bit hungover in this photo}

I'll be pimping this bad grrrl out this weekend in the Chi!

Not only does she have one of the best vintage stores in the country, she's also a ridiculously cool woman. In her newsletters, she signs out with THE LETTER _____ such as the one below.

Everyday I try to get it right
And every day I fail.
That is what it is to be human,
I guess.
If I got it right all the time I would
be divine.
I would have no reason to be here.
Here is where we struggle and
Here is where we fall
And here is how we learn to love and to
forgive.
Not just ourselves but others.

The best thing I can hope for is to know what is right and to keep
reaching for it.
The best thing I can hope for is to admit my failings and
to ask for forgiveness,
The best thing I can hope for is to forgive myself.
Right away.

When we experience a failing we feel
as children do.
A bit lost and a bit scared and often
an awareness of our own innocence comes
forth.
We didn't know
We didn't mean it.
We are left smacked with a feeling of shame
and then regret.

If you were a little girl and were standing
before yourself, shamed and sorry, what
would you say to your little self.

So important to sit beside the child in you.
So powerful to put your arms around her
little shoulders and to soothe her with your
understanding and acceptance.

Its Ok.
You are doing your best
You are just a human being.
And life is beautifully difficult
And love is painfully beautiful.And no matter what, I love you.

{Sigh}...I love her...

Lost her behind the station, Lost her behind the moon

{via joovomero}

LA got the best of me

it didn't have to be Paris...

i just wanted us to live again.

for years i thought we shared a secret...

that we would be wonderful in the world.

i didn't exactly know how, but just the possibility...

kept me hoping.

how pathetic is that?

to put all your hopes in a promise that was never made?

See, Frank knows...he knows what he wants. he's found his place.

He's just fine.

He was right; we were never special or destined or anything at all.

always a fan of the dramatics.

This dress needs to make an appearance in these photos.

{dress via audrey hepburn complex}
{Photos via The Chicago Tribune}

Bells for her

Laura Lombardi's Spring 2011 Lookbook.

i'm fucking dying.

via refinery29

there's a fire inside this heart and a riot about to explode into flames

Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring 2011 Collection

John Galliano, I salute you.

Dear God, please cast me in a John Galliano directed femme fatale murder mystery.

I have never wanted to be a movie star more than after viewing this collection.
A stunning René Gruau inspired collection.

This is exactly what I would want to wear if I murder my lover. Naturally.

the mane event

{isabel lucas}

babe i'd like to fuck
babe i'd like to be

hair i'd like to have

a close second...it's basically the same hair, just straight.
and btw, per a friend, "wow, her face transplant really did her wonders."

i agree. i think she is beautiful.

{ashlee simpson wentz}

...said the lady in blue after the rain.

The home of Fiona Douglas.

Her house is an inspiring and happy mix of blue and white.
Her handpanted designs at Bluebellgray could brighten my spirits on even the gloomiest of days.

when the shit is bananas

Rodarte teams up with Knoll to bring us some seriously swoon worthy textiles.
I DIE.

makes sense.

this song is my jam of the day.

Too many bad notes playing in our symphony.

Chicago Street Artist, CRO.

In an effort to inspire cooperation and just in time to celebrate Valentine’s Day 2011 I’ll be releasing an exclusive print titled, “THE FUTURE IS…”. This print imagines America, not as it is but as it could be. The fifty multi-colored states are reconstructed into the universal symbol of love — the heart. Ivy which gets its symbolism of connections and friendships because of its propensity to interweave in growth pierces through the country instead of an arrow.

Click HERE to order the print or for a free download version.

mmm yes'm

tonight is my second crochet class at Loopy Yarns

and i just can't wait until i am able to actually make something!!

my goal is to make this gorge infinity scarf.

(i've already bought the pattern!)

once i make myself one, i'm making one (with less floral motif) for my nestmate.

i'm drooling at the thought of how hot he will look in a thick cowl!

shhmmmeeexxxyyy!

all of this, of course, is right after i make A CAT SWEATER