frames...

i have been meaning to post about the Brooklyn Flea for ages. for you new yorkers and brooklyners in particular you have probably been to the Flea already this season....but have you been to the new location in Williamsburg? i went a couple of weekends ago, when it was still on the nippy side, but it was amazing. it is out on the pier at the end of 7th street, so you are looking over at Manhattan. the sun was shining and despite the wind it was great. i also thought the showing was the best i had seen. with plenty of room for all the amazing food vendors, the artists and vintage sellers had great stuff. i would highly recommend a trip out there.

the friend who i went with was looking for frames. she wanted to do a cluster of different  frames on the wall over her couch. she was in luck. we found lot of old frames ranging from $3-$10. it made me think of a picture i had seen on one of my other favorite blogs. 

i love Meg's mix of frames and that they are touching. i might have to steal this idea.

weddings

all the pictures of the royal wedding had me thinking about my future wedding... how can you not? the idea that every little girl dreams of their wedding day really did not apply to me growing up. my parents had essentially eloped in a tiny Quaker ceremony with only 4 of their friends present and none of their family. this gave me the sense that Quaker weddings were small and simple and i spent the first 20 years of my life assuming mine would be too. 

newlyweds
july 24, 1983

but when i got to college i made friends with Catholic girls and girls from the south who talked and dreamed about their big fancy weddings. i don't mean to make myself out to be naive but i had just never really thought about it. upon moving to new york and starting work in the fashion industry weddings inevitable came to be a part of my work. we often were working on custom wedding dresses and bridesmaid dress in our sample room. as a trim and embellishment designer i was given the opportunity to make hair pieces and veils for brides. here i was the simple Quaker making beautiful things for big fancy weddings...

...that leaves me day dreaming about my own wedding one day. and thinking maybe it will not be as simple as my parents. if you too are day dreaming about your wedding (or even planning a real one) you should check out my three favorite weddings blogs:

100 Layer Cake

Style Me Pretty

Brooklyn Bride

royal wedding

i know i am a week behind in giving my opinion on Kate's wedding dress. 

so i will keep it brief. 

i loved it...not for me, but for her. 

it was the perfect dress for the occasion.

 the second she stepped out of the car all i could think of was 

Grace Kelly. 

a perfect dress is 

one that looks modern for a twenty-first century bride 

while also looking timeless and traditionally romantic.

best wishes to the new "peoples princess."

a gift that keeps on giving...

i am really lucky, because i have a boyfriend who is really good at giving gifts. he listens to dropped hints but also has really good taste. for christmas he got me sweet headphones. i stupidly forgot them on a bus trip this weekend but remembered to slip them in my purse this morning on the way to work.

there is nothing like being stylish and drowning out the noise on the subway.

hi!

so sorry for my absence last week! i had trouble balancing the job and the blog last week! but i am back with lots to post about. i saw a few of my beloved readers this weekend and i totally felt the love. most of the time this sort of feels like talking to myself. but its's so nice to hear someone is actually reading!

for now i am just going to leave you with these shoes 

which i LOVE. 

all i could think about this weekend 

was tan legs and cute summer shoes.

to do before i die...

my surrogate little sister suggested i go check out the Shelia Hick's retrospective at the UPenn Institute of Contemporary Art the next time i am home in philadelphia. that spurred me to look up her work and found some very inspiring images. she is doing serious trim and embellishment on a grand scale.

cut it all off...

do you ever have one of those mornings 

where you could just about take scissors 

to your hair and cut it all off? 

today was one of those mornings.

 i don't think i would look as chic as her...

luckily no cutting took place.

TGIF.