thanks.

...for your sympathetic comments.  i should really just suck it up but i can't help complaining.  but it seems normal given your reaction so thank you for letting my inner whine shout to the high skies.

i feel like sharing some personal goodies here today.

first pic is the wallpaper installed in our bedroom.  it's just one wall because the room is small and i didn't want to be engulfed in peonies.  but the gold is subtle enough to not feel overwhelming and i think it's perfect.

side note:  the paris poster is from... paris.  i asked my sister to get me a 'vintage map' during her most recent trip there.  sure, in the bottom right corner it says 'made in korea'... but she carted it across the ocean and then some for me, so it gets a prominent place in our home.

the next two pics are of the nursery.  our biggest contribution to the room are the prints and the frames.  oh, and the crib, which you don't see.  

everything else - books, shoes, baby clothes, baby stuff - are mostly hand me downs or gifts.

*my pics*

books.

are you a big reader?

i'm not.

but i love pictures.  love.  don't know about you but mine are all jumbled around on our external hard drive, my computer, my phone, my camera, through instagram, costco, picasa, kodak gallery, snapfish.  i've been meaning to put together photo albums for years now because what's the point of having digital copies all over the place without easy access to my favorite snapped moments.  but i've never been inspired by any of the products out there.

then i stumbled upon artifact uprising via oh joy and i'm obsessed.  it's a major project to build these books because i'm going to want to treat each picture and then work the layout and etc.  but for a lovely sunday, it might be a project worth endeavoring.

and 10% off with offer code INKEDFINGERS through tomorrow.

photos via artifact uprising blog.

anew.

it's 2013.  can you believe it.

a part of me is sad 2012 is over.  and more specifically, the holiday season.  but 2013 is going to be a brand new, exciting, crazy year.  case in point:  baby in my belly.

i've never been too much of a stickler for resolutions.  i mean, shouldn't every day be a day to accomplish something?

ha.  yeah right.

but here are some big ticket things i have my eye on for the year.

1.  travel.  hubs and i agreed early on that we want to expose our child to travel as soon as it makes sense to take him around.  it'll be a different type of experience, and hopefully a happier one.  i'm ready.

2.  career.  do i go back to work or become a stay at home mom.  ideally, i want to go back to work.  but then again, i'm bored out of my mind right now.  things might change after he's here.

3.  personal.  last year, i jumpstarted the year with the goop cleanse.  this year, i think we're going to aim for a healthier lifestyle overall.  make some use of my gym membership.  cook more.  sign up for a 10k.

what decisions or changes do you plan to make for 2013?

*puerto rico in jan 2012*

dior.

does anyone else get excited whenever that amazing charlize theron commercial comes on.  it just kind of  makes you want to run out and buy j'adore, doesn't it.  and a dripping gold dress to match.

dior is just iconic.  and now these, along with other fabulous and timeless images could be yours to enjoy.

winning.

via love made visible.

projeck.

i love hawaii. it's my happy place. always.

so in tribute (and because we just got back from there), i decided to dedicate a polaroid project entirely to our time spent on the islands.

i have a polaroid camera... but i refuse to spend $150 on a 30 pack of film. instead, i downloaded poladroid and started digi-roiding the hell out of all my pictures.

after a couple of fights with my printer and my cheapo paper cutter, this is where i'm at.

next step: mounting the pics on something (what is that something).

and then voila.

p.s. totes gold nail polish.

mumford.

god.

coachella.

last year, we received an invitation in the 11th hour and i basically just, like, sh*t my pants.

a g.d. miracle is what it was.

it turned out to be, in all its blazing 3-day-110-degree glory, an experience for the ages.

in which i lost a few years. of this i'm sure.

lineup for 2012 has just been announced.

guetta + dre + the black keys + afrojack = a me explosion.

crossing fingies.