broken*saucer

kind of want this. kind of need this. Photojojo via Swiss Miss Phonography 101.  A four week course teaching the principles of photography through the lens of your phone.  Co-taught by Basket of Kittens "Yeeeeee".  And it's only $5.  Will this make me a better iPhone photographer.  We shall see... or  Yeeeeeee!

I took the day off yesterday. I got to spend it with my G who has Mondays instead of Sunday's off. Let me just say that it is subtly obnoxious to have only one day off with my man. Sometimes I think that if we had two whole days off together we might run away more often, but I've given up dreaming about that kind of thing. Every little adventure has to be preplanned and we aren't planners. We're terrible at it. We like to do all kinds of adventurous things in theory, hiking, I might even bike, but that involves planning and getting up before 10 on a "weekend" day. {via d*s } Anyway, part of my lovely yesterday was super productive. I finished designing and ordered my thank you notes so that we can thank our lovely wedding guests for their generosity (I know, I know, really really late! perfectionism paralysis ). I'll post pics as soon as I get them mailed out. before that I got to hang out in G's office and read a magazine while I drank my coffee. ...

Often when I stumble on something truly amazing, it is because I am struck by its simplicity. For example, months ago I clipped out a picture of an obi belt from Vogue (not pictured). Maybe because I wasn't yet fully convinced by the wide belted waist trend yet and this was my turning point, my subtle convincing (add an Asian inspired twist to just about anything and my mouth starts watering (mmm sushi)), but I suddenly became enamored with this obi belt. Of course being in Vogue it was probably Versace or Prada or Miu Miu or something making it like a million dollars. But I clipped it thinking, oh yeah, I can totally make this . But, like many things, I did not even attempt to make the belt. I thought about it a lot. I realized that I should buy some interfacing at the fabric store. I thought about the length, sketched it out, considered how to make it cross just right at the small of my back without being a big jumbled knot, and then, just like that, I dropped it. If fell to the ...

This morning it was sunny AND warm when I left the house to go to work. I even convinced my G to ride his bike to work, because I knew he really wanted to.  By lunch, I was glad I knew I'd left a jacket in my car to wear while walking up the hill to get something. But now, at the end of the day, a storm has brought us wind and rain to remind us it's still only spring.  So, when I saw this lovely sunny pouf on design sponge, it made me smile. And it made me want to make one. I'll just pencil that in on the ol' project list.  { design*sponge } I'm off pick up my G and his co-worker so they don't have to ride home in this mess...

{indigo bunting on 100 layer cake } did anyone else see this amazing locket diy over on 100 layer cake? um, yeah. love it. I just don't know where I'm going to get one of those amazing little globe lockets. this one was a vintage etsy. anyone? { map envelop e via black eiffel } of course, there is always the much easier google envelope. enter your location of choice, customize your message, print, fold and send. wish I was there?

there was prada. {prada via style scientist } { this is glamorous } then  sandy a la mode  and her ladies made three lovely little prada inspired numbers from scratch (okay, I don't know if they were inspired by prada, but they look like prada to me). Just looking at it, I knew it would be a simple design, but now, I have no excuses (except all the usual ones I come up with...). Sandy put the instructions right on her blog . I definitely need to make a new frock. { sandy a la mode original }

{from heart of light on 100 layer cake } Upon waking up this morning, like many mornings, my head would not let go of all of the things that I feel like I need and want to do. would. not. let. go. And the more it won't let go, the more I feel like I've failed. I make lists and lists and sometimes this helps and sometimes it makes me feel more like a failure. At one point I even bought little stickers to stick next to the extra hard projects that I completed, just like in kindergarten. Then, in my avoidance of many of the things that I might like to do, I stumbled on this . Heart of Light  is guest blogging on 100 layer cake and she posted this amazing diy flow chart . Print it to remind yourself of what you are getting yourself into. Now if I could only finish the projects that I start. Or start the projects that I want to finish. Or just start. Maybe I need to visit the flow chart. Do you have trouble getting started?