I celebrated my birthday in style last Friday (Feb. 11th) with amazing family and friends. We had dinner at one of my favorite local Thai restaurant and ordered a ton of food. My personal favorite menu item was the green curry chicken…it was delicious. Anyways, I wanted to share my outfit that I put together for my birthday. I apologize in advance because the picture quality is not great. I definitely plan on purchasing a SLR camera real soon. I started to look at some Canon and Nikon cameras a few months ago, but I still need to do some more research. I would be happy to hear any advice you have on this subject. I’ll let you all know what I decide to get very soon.
happy monday ladies – i’ve added my random ramblings to carissa’s miscellany monday party!check out carissa’s blog here and join in on the fun.
{one} happy valentine’s day. the poem, “i carry your heart with me,” by e. e. cummings has been one of my favorite love poems for many years.it always brings a tear to my eye whenever i hear it.the poem has gained renewed interest since being featured in the film, “in her shoes.” this poem is often a favorite selection at weddings and is a perfect poem to give to your sweetie, family or bff on valentine’s day.check out this beautiful letterpress version of the poem by satsuma press – this is a great gift idea.
i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling)
i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you
here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)
e e cummings
{two} yours from this day forward. i’m so happy to announce that bhldn has finally debuted today.i had a chance to review the wedding gowns and dresses and i’m in love.for more details about the new company please check out anthroholic’s blog. she was one of several lucky bloggers that had an exclusive sneak peak of the collection last week.here are a few of my favorites from the website.
{three} candy. what’s your favorite valentine’s day candy?i have always loved anything chocolate:chocolate covered strawberries, pecan clusters, and chocolate covered almonds to name a few. i recently had the pleasure of trying some chocolate covered popcorn and graham crackers from peterbrook chocolatier…and it was pretty amazing!check out the website for wonderful gift ideas for upcoming events.
I’m a little late posting my Friday Fresh Picks, so here it is finally.I celebrated my birthday on Friday and Saturday, so I didn’t have time to post until now.I have a handful of posts to upload in the next few days.Please stay tuned.
Anyways, this feathered fashion trend has been hitting the runways for the past several years and has been worn by many celebrities such as: Jennifer Lopez, Katy Perry and Blake Lively (see here for other celebrities taking flight in these feathery fashions). It’s almost impossible to line up all the accessories that are decorated and upgraded with feather embellishments or feathered prints. When I researched online, almost every retailer has feathers on pretty much everything such as hair pieces, shoes, hats, jewelry, purses, and clothing pieces. Therefore, anyone will be able to achieve this trend by easing into it.Remember the old fashion adage: less is always more.It is wise to only wear feathers on one article of clothing instead of trying to match up too many feathery items.Here are my top ten picks for adding feathers to your look.Let me know what you think!
happy monday ladies – i’ve added my random ramblings to carissa’s miscellany monday party!check out carissa’s blog here and join in on the fun.
{one} super bowl. i love football! and i was super excited that the green bay packers won the title.did you know that they haven’t won since brett farve was the quarterback in 1997? although i really love football, i really enjoy watching the commercials during the super bowl.it must be my marketing background that plays a huge part in that.did any of you have any favorite commercials? let me know.i have 2 favorites: i thought the doritos commercial "the best part" was hilarious, a little disturbing, but hilarious.my other favorite commercial was the volkswagen “darth vader” spot…the little darth was really cute.check them out below courtesy of youtube videos:
{two} my birthday. my birthday is this friday and i can’t wait to celebrate it.i have always been a big kid about my birthday…i don’t know why, but i just have. well, so far i have a dinner planned with some of my close friends at my favorite thai restaurant on friday night.my boyfriend is coming down for the weekend and we’ll celebrate by birthday and valentine’s day.i think that my mom and i are going to meet up for dinner on thursday. i'll keep updating my birthday festivities as they come up.
{three} valentine’s day gift ideas. i’ve already gotten my boyfriend a valentine’s day card, but i have no idea what to get him this year.if you have any gift ideas, please send them my way.
{four} knitting. so in december i blogged that i would post pictures of my completed knitting projects.however, i had to take a little break from my knitting projects, so that’s why nothing has been posted yet.i’m still working on the baby blanket btw…i know it’s taking a while.i finished my sister’s scarf recently…yeah…so much for giving it to her for christmas.i will post a picture of the scarf later this week.
{one} happy valentine’s day. the poem, “i carry your heart with me,” by e. e. cummings has been one of my favorite love poems for many years. it always brings a tear to my eye whenever i hear it. the poem has gained renewed interest since being featured in the film, “in her shoes.” this poem is often a favorite selection at weddings and is a perfect poem to give to your sweetie, family or bff on valentine’s day. check out this beautiful letterpress version of the poem by satsuma press – this is a great gift idea. 
happy monday ladies – i’ve added my random ramblings to carissa’s miscellany monday party! check out carissa’s blog here and join in on the fun.