i have a lot, and i mean a lot of books. when i relocated my movers were cussing me out under their breath as they hoisted many, many boxes of books upon their shoulders. i cannot help myself. i don’t just buy one book at a time, i buy three. they’re just so very pretty and i have a very hard time ridding myself of them, and honestly i just don’t want to.... 
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i love a simple, but personally moving vignette — collected items that draw your visitors in and cause them to wonder — where they came from, what they mean to you. putting them together is fun — think of it as the subtly stylish hat you wear to a party – eye catching, but not so over the top you look like you’re ready for the kentucky derby.... 
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i’ve been big into cloches lately — sometimes called bell jars. i love the unexpected little collections you can keep underneath them – like specimens to be inspected of our most beloved treasures. those sometimes strange little things we pick up in our travels and aren’t quite sure what to do with. i found this little vintage flip calendar at the perish... 
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oh dear. i’m starting to pack up for the big move, and i’m feeling a little nostalgic. you know how that goes when you’ve collected treasures from your travels at a certain period in your life, happily share them in the space you currently live in and then it’s time to pack them up, or leave them behind? it’s that time. walking down memory lane... 
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this post is sponsored by art.com. art does more than just hang there looking pretty. art evokes stories and stirs memories of emotional connections we have with specific images or artists. i’ve always been drawn to photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s work for instance. a German-born American photographer and photojournalist, He is best known for his photograph of... 
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