It’s a brand new week and a brand new month! So I thought we should start things off right with a few pretty things! Today I have Marie Antoinette on for inspiration. I love the colors and music and the clothes! Such gorgeous clothes!

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This pretty video by Angela Kohler and Ithyle (via Lobster & Swan)

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We have a lot of books, boxes and boxes of them and for some reason we’ve never had enough bookcases, until now!  We picked up a few lovely Billy bookcases from Ikea yesterday and I’ve spent most of the afternoon getting all the books organized on the shelves. And I had to share some gorgeous bookcase inspiration photos…

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Things are getting super busy around here as we tie up all the lose ends for our move. It’s crazy but exciting all at the same time! I’m planning some fun posts for next week so make sure you check back! Happy Thursday!

if only moving were this glamourous!

Congratulations to Amanda, the winner of the Tuesday Afternoon Tea giveaway!

I feel like I’ve been bouncing all over the place today.  (Too many chocolate-covered espresso beans, maybe?) And I had a terrible time trying to narrow down a topic for today’s top five. So here’s a random list of five things I love:

Red Nail Polish

Pretty Chocolates and China Cups

(photo by Lobster & Swan) (photo via Here Comes the Sun)

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For some reason this year January just feels a bit “meh”.  I keep finding myself  thinking, “Come along February, hurry up and get here!” So to get out of the January funk I’m going to be posting cheerful top five lists of a few of my favorite things each day this week.  I’m excited to show them to you!

photos by Jessica Claire (via Lobster & Swan)

Here’s to a cheerful last few weeks of January!

Oh my goodness, how is it November already?  This month is going to be such a blur! I’ll be working on a wonderful wholesale order that I am so excited about, trying to get all of my Christmas presents made, and traveling to the beautiful mountains of West Virginia over the Thanksgiving holiday. There will certainly be many late nights, plentiful cups of coffee, beautiful friends to visit, and lots of memories to make.  How is your November shaping up?

beautiful autumn colors

(pretty coffee photo and cheery traveling bags)

I hope you have time for a little adventure this weekend!

lovely photo by ella may

Congratulations to Noëlle, the winner of The Black Spot Books giveaway!

I adore Alison Kelly (of Project Runway fame) and I was so excited to learn she has an Etsy shop!  I just had to build an outfit around this ever-so-beautiful top from her store:

Wilhelmina top by alisondahl

I would wear this with a pair of lovely skinny jeans in either slate gray or dark wash.

lovely accessories

How adorable are these velvet lined ballet flats? They would be so perfect for the coffee shop! And I love this amazing little ring and stunning bracelet for completing the outfit.

A not-so-subtle hint about who Friday’s interview might be with:

There are so many beautiful videos from Etsy’s Handmade Video Portraits series on the Storque.

I love, love, love wrapping presents!  It’s even more wonderful when you have pretty wrappings like this beautiful new line from The Purl Bee:

gorgeous packaging by the purl bee

I’d love to hear your pretty, present wrapping tricks!