trends i love, illustrated.

   

this week, i love:

mustard yellow

embroidered cardigans

stripes

belted skirts

&

messy braids.

what do you love this week?

10 little things that make me happy.

It's a lovely day.... Time for a happy list!

10 little things that make me happy.
1. the farmer's market
2. when your iPod comes up with the PERFECT shuffle of songs
3. Summer things, like fresh limeade, sandals, and fruit.
4. the sweet satisfaction of finishing a good book
5. hands covered in marker and pen marks, and maybe some paint too
6. evening drives through town with the windows down
7. hugs from really tall people
8. wandering
9. mason jars
10. warm summer evenings.

the film project: an american in paris.

One of my big goals in life is to be well-read. I recently decided that I would also like to be the film-version of well-read, too. (whatever that's called.) So. I am starting

THE FILM PROJECT.

Which is a fancy way of saying, I have a big long list of old, classic films i've been meaning to watch for years and I have decided that now is the time to start. I will be posting on the films I watch: what I like/don't like about them, how they inspire me, etc. 

do you have an old (I am classifying “old” as made before 1970) film you would recommend? Ooh, tell me please!

Ohhhhhhhkay.

I have a very shameful confession to make: up until two days ago, I had never seen an American in Paris.

I know, right?

I mean, I was an american in paris.

I had a blog called an American in Paris.

Like I said, shameful.

That is why, when I decided to start the film project, this film was the first one on the list.

And let me tell you, what a way to start a project with a bang.

Gene kelly dancing and singing in paris with a little french ballerina for two hours.

Gold mine!

Things I loved:

-this movie is drenched in color. Paintings, flowers, dance costumes! It was so inspiring. I felt like I was going to explode all over my sketchbook.

-gene plays a struggling american artist living in a tiny apartment in paris. AKA, he's livin' my dream.

-gershwin's music. Especially the scene when gene sings “I got Rhythm” in the street with a bunch of little french children. While tap dancing. It totally knocked the Mr. Holland's Opus version of that song right outta the water.

-leslie caron! I want to see more of her movies. (Gigi, here I come.) she's darling. And she has crazy ballet skills.

-speaking of ballet, only gene kelly (who choreographed this entire film) could blend tap dancing and ballet in one movie. Sublime.

"I'm a painter. All my life, that's all I've ever wanted to do. And for a painter, the Mecca of the world for study, for inspiration, and for living is here on this star called Paris. Just look at it. No wonder so many artists have come here and called it home. Brother, if you can't paint in Paris, you'd better give up and marry the boss's daughter. Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French."

loved it.

baby, it's not cold outside.

i am in open rebellion against summer.

don't get me wrong- there are some things i love about summer.

but.

i'm really just a cold little girl living in the desert.

counting down the days until autumn.

here is the first in my

cold girl

series.

you like? despite the crappy scan?

(it looks much better in real life)

going live on the Etsy shop

TOMORROW.

!

two trends i love, illustrated.

i had an idea.

illustrate the clothes i love!

so.

welcome to my new series:

trends i love, illustrated.

today i love:

chambray shirts.

mint.

florals.

statement necklaces.

what do you love right now?

here's to happy lists

it's wednesday, almost thursday.
thursday is my favorite day of the week!
{don't you think it has the best name out of all the days?}
anyway.
i think this almost-thursday moment we're having definitely deserves a happy little list. don't you?
let's celebrate the little things.

10 little things that make me very happy.

reading by the window

listening to music in the car. isn't it so much better in the car?

good hair days

this scene from sleepless in seattle. i laugh every time.

french herbal tea

{totally smuggled three boxes of it in my suitcase. heh.}

making plans & lists & daydreaming

the new barnes & noble leatherbound classics. i die.

that magical moment in a summer evening when the sun is low in the sky, the crickets are chirping, and the sprinklers have left the sweet smell of wet grass in the air.

the prospect of school starting soon. school starting means three of my very favorite things: autumn, school supplies, and books. happiness!

image via weheartit.

currently

this is what my life looks like right now.

stacks of drawings everywhere.

marker all over my hands.

pencils and pens everywhere i look.

i'm kind of in heaven with it all.

things i love about june

"if a June night could talk, it would probably boast that it invented romance."

-bern williams.

things i love about june:

warmer, longer days.

dinner parties and barbecues under the stars

farmer's markets

sundresses & sandals & sunglasses.