Oh So Beautiful Paper

I adore these stacking vessels – a collaboration between Pigeon Toe ceramics and illustrator Shanna Murray.  They would be so cute together as salt and pepper cellars, vessels for sauce, or even for votives.

Available right here.

Photo Credits: Pigeon Toe

It’s always a bit of a challenge to decorate for the holidays in our narrow DC apartment – we don’t have a mantle and barely have enough room for a Christmas tree!  These holiday decals from Shanna Murray are perfect for our little space.  I already have a couple of Shanna’s decals in our bedroom, and I’d love to put one of the holiday designs in our entryway and another in our living room window.  So pretty!

p.s. Shanna also has a lovely collection of holiday cards (including a fun neon and kraft paper card!)…

Check out more in Shanna’s shop right here!

Photo Credits: Shanna Murray

No particular subject today.  We’re in the middle of a ridiculous heatwave and I think the heat has broken my brain.  So today I thought I’d just share a little peek into my life over the last couple of weeks.

Roses from my neighborhood; amazing macarons from The Sweet Lobby (the passion fruit with chocolate is my favorite so far!)

Heatwave evidence; my neighborhood right before sunset

Iced coffee and paper – two of my favorite things; a sweet package from Shanna Murray

My constant companions – our three cats Leopold and Olive (top), and Charlie (bottom).

Friday links coming up next!

{all photos by me}

My husband returns from his deployment exactly three weeks – I can’t wait to have him back home!  I’ve mentioned some of the house projects I’ve been trying to finish up before he comes home, and today I thought I’d do something a little different and share the inspiration for our bedroom!

Somehow the bedroom received the least amount of decorating attention after we moved into our apartment in early 2010, so my husband’s 6-month deployment seemed like the perfect time to take the entire room apart and put it back together, bit by bit.  So far I’ve painted, ordered the fabric for the curtains, and am in various stages of accumulating the right furniture for the space.  We already have two antique dressers and bamboo roman blinds in the room, so the overall look will be on the eclectic side, but I’m really happy with the way everything is coming together.

The headboard is a longer term project that won’t be finished before my husband comes home; eventually I’d love to DIY our own in a style similar to the Room and Board headboard above, but in the Hable Construction fabric that I’ve always loved.  Of course, my favorite part so far has been finally getting to hang some amazing artwork that I’ve been accumulating over the last few years.  It makes me so happy to see pretty things up on the wall!