ranunculusly happy

ranunculus bouquet i got for my birthday from a friend last week that bloomed this week...what more can a girl want?

spring snapshots

some spring snapshots (even though it feels more like winter) from my droid... time is whizzing by!

(if you're wondering what the nasty looking pizza is, it's THE BEST FROZEN PIZZA EVER MADE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF MANKIND -- trader joe's wild mushroom and black truffle flatbread pizza! too much? maybe, but it really is quite fabulous. )

hello, mr. porter

Gosh, I simply love everything on Mr. Porter, a men's luxury goods store. As part of the luxury designer e-commerce site, Net-A-Porter, men's style site Mr. Porter provides a complete style experience that goes much further than suits, oxfords, and cuff links.

I happened upon it this week as I was shopping for T's birthday, at a loss for what to get him. I especially love the Style Directory with everything a man needs to know about style!

Too bad it's all too pricey for me to splurge on for T right now. :( I especially love that Ipad case....but you kind of need an Ipad to use it, you know.

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may days

(herriott grace)

sorry for the hundredth time for being a bad blogger, thank you patient readers! these weeks have been a transition period for me (you probably know now that i have transition periods all the time, so don't be worried). my mind is finally finally getting out of a feeling of muddiness...not helped by fickle california weather.

yesterday was my birthday, and no, i did not have such a fabulous cake as picture above.

this birthday felt so much like a non-birthday, minus the sudden abundance of cake-eating. not that i felt unloved by any means, i was actually thinking yesterday just how very loved and lucky i am. i've just never been big on birthdays (my own), so it really felt like any other day. plus, in this season of life, all my dear friends are far away from me!

but it has been a wonderful week/weekend, full of things that make life all the sweeter.

-- peruvian food at the farmer's market

-- my birthday gift(s) from my love: dinner, a new sewing machine, this fabulous printing by hand book, and flowers sent to my workplace. jealous yet? (i'm looking forward to making this... wish i had an ipad to make a cover for.)

-- engagement session in beautiful santa barbara

-- free ice cream at haggen dazs. yes, i am easily satisfied with free things

-- quiet family dinners

-- new ventures and old ventures made new.

what things make your life sweet?

paper mache teacup

i made this following ann wood's pattern! not that pretty...but it was fun to make :)

romance

(taken by the boyfriend)

It is the boyfriend's firm belief that buying flowers is stupid and impractical. So, for valentines I told him that I didn't care and that a girls gotta get flowers sometime! (Can I get an amen?) So, if you remember, he grew me flowers! One of my favorite flowers is the ranunculus... pretty much anything that looks similar to a rose on steroids. So what I didn't know was that he actually tried to go buy some potted ranunculus to give me. The salesman told him to walk over to the back where he would find some. To his dismay, he found it...as seed packets. He went to home depot afterwards to buy pots because he was determined to now grow me my favorite flower. When he got there he found pots and pots of ranunculi. Haha!

I still haven't received the flowers because they're going through some awkward adolescent phase and do not want to grow... but I don't really mind. I'm just reminded how lucky I am to have him. Sorry if I made some of you throw up, just wanted to share that today.

celebrations..

(connie lyu photography)