A Christmas Toast

Given certain recent events in my life, and, more specifically, the life of one of my dearest loved ones, I'd like to take this moment to remember what's truly important. I don't think I do this often enough and it's a real shame that it takes a traumatic event to make me realize how trivial many of my daily complaints are. So, as I sit here in my future in-laws' home surrounded by future family, I vow to make 2011 the year of gratitude. I'll spend the rest of 2010 practicing being thankful: thankful for my family, my friends, my pets (past and present), and all of the abundant blessings in my life. Come the new year, I will spend less time complaining about nonsense and more time focusing on enjoying all of life's little gifts. It won't be easy; we all know it's much easier to be negative in the face of adversity than to be positive, but I'm up for the challenge. Cheers!

(Toast via that kind of woman)

A few of my favorite things

Currently on my crafting wish list:

Japanese washi tape. Who knew masking tape could be so cute?

Custom woven labels for tagging your handmade goodies.

Awesome custom address stamp. Yes!

Vintage crate labels. Just because.

Don't you just love Etsy?

Vocabulary Lesson

Main Entry: neglect

Part of Speech: verb

Definition: fail to do; forget

Synonyms: be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, gloss over, let pass, let slide, look the other way, lose sight of, miss, not trouble oneself, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, think little of, trifle

My dear blog. I hope you can forgive my inattention. Exciting things are on the horizon (including an Etsy shop full of handmade goodies!) and I look forward to sharing soon.

(Photo via we heart it)

Save the Date Video Goes Viral!

In case you haven't seen it yet, here's our little Save the Date video. We love Wes Anderson and are especially fond of Rushmore, so we decided to pay homage to the film and get the word out about our upcoming nuptials at the same time. Turns out, people out in cyberspace really liked it. We're excited, to say the least, and happy to share it with everyone. We just hope you don't all show up to the wedding.

Fill in the blank Friday

Once again, courtesy of Lauren over at the little things we do, I give you this first of the (birthday) month fill in the blank Friday. Enjoy!

1. True happiness is being with my family, Sean, and our animals. Also, peanut butter ice cream pie (see above).

2. The most surreal moment of my life was when I almost ruined Sean's proposal by throwing a hissy fit about hiking in the snow. Typical.

3. My favorite texture is kitty fur. Even the matted kind.

4. My signature color is white, maybe? Most of my shirts are white for some reason.

5. My signature style is Anthropologie meets Sports Authority meets vintage t-shirts. I don't know that I'd call it "style" necessarily. I haven't really nailed down a true style yet and I'm basically just waiting for Stacy and Clinton from What Not to Wear to come bust me for wearing sweat pants to the supermarket.

6. If I could chose one store to spend my life savings at it would be Anthropologie. Although given their prices, I don't think my life savings would go very far!

7. The best thing about autumn is my birthday. It happens to be tomorrow. After that it's all downhill until summer comes again.

We're off for a mini-vacation in Austin. Pics to follow. Enjoy your weekend!

I like your nurse's uniform, guy.

Alex Cornell has more creativity in his little finger than I do in my entire body. Check out the promotional package he created as part of his hypothetical Wes Anderson Film Festival project. Watch the trailer here.

Music Monday

I know you've all been chomping at the bit for another edition of Music Monday. My friends, the wait is over. Today's playlist is a smattering of songs that Sean and I hope to play at our upcoming nuptials. They're some of my favorite love songs and I hope you enjoy them, too.

Here's the track listing:

You Are The Best Thing - Ray LaMontagne

For Once in My Life - Stevie Wonder

Summercat - Billie the Vision & The Dancers

The One I Love - David Gray

I'll Be There - Jackson 5

Stone in Love - Journey

All My Life - K-Ci & JoJo

You're the World to Me - David Gray

You're My Best Friend - Queen