New obsession

Remember my obsession with hats circa 1993? I think I had multiple colors of this beret (the perks of being able to fit into Baby Gap hats until the 4th grade):

While I don't think I'll be bringing back the berets anytime soon, I would love love love to wear any one of these headpieces to my birthday party (I'm not quite sure I could pull it off with my every-day look…) My favorite is the piece on the bottom left. A mini orange top hat! With feathers! Would it be too out-there to throw myself a birthday party where it was mandatory for everyone to wear a hat or feathered headpiece?

Birthday Girl (for real)

Quick time out from the countdown of this soon-to-be birthday girl for a post about an actual birthday girl. This pretty lady turns the big 2-5 today…woop woop! Happy Birthday babycakes - you're the best.

T-minus 1 month

photo courtesy of mrs. french

If you know me at all, you know how much I love my birthday. Call me self-centered - but isn't that the point of birthdays, anyway? (Ironically, I'm terrible at remembering my friends' birthdays…)

Exactly 1 month to the big day…so in preparation, each post from here until December 14 will include something related to my birthday: places I'd love to have a party, people whom I'd love to be there, gifts you can get me…

To kick things off, check out the work of Hisano Takei. Originally trained as a jewelry designer, she now creates some amazing organic wool pieces…part jewelry, part scarf. The perfect accessories for a winter celebration! I'm particularly fond of these pieces:



* And yes, I realize it's terrible that I decide to become serious about this blog when the posts will revolve solely around me. Oh well.

In love

Did I mention that my birthday is coming up? You can find my gift registry here. Since Top Design ended, I've been feeling lost without my weekly dose of Jonathan Adler. As a result, I've been spending wayyy too much time on his site. Needless to say, I'm in love. Check out his "About" section for a little laugh (and notice that he's originally from NJ…) Here are a few of my favorite things:

New digs!

New roommate, new neighborhood!! We've been in our new place for a few weeks now…and while it's been taking us awhile to unpack, we're slowly getting there (and $20 to whoever can get our couch up the stairs.) Being the total nester that I am, I love to decorate…now if only I had a budget to match my taste. I came across Loyal Loot Collective the other day and am totally digging their Log Bowls and Monsieur Dressup Hooks. Ahem, my birthday is just around the corner…

Fall = football = great ads

Fall is my favorite season…it means sweaters, leaves changing colors, and of course, football. Check out this new video from Wieden+Kennedy Portland (done for Nike Football) featuring LT and Troy Polamalu (better quality here.)

Love this girl