The times of our lives.

This past weekend my good friend Jane Claire and I celebrated a joint bachlorette weekend in Charleston. With 19 girls in tow we beached, played and danced our little hearts out in the best 80's costumes. It almost makes me teary to think how lucky we are to have spent such a great weekend with girls who drove and flew from all over the country to be with us. I truly have the best of friends. I cannot describe the kind of emotions experienced when you have all your amigos in one place together, sharing silly stories for days.

These fabulous pre-wedding moments are passing by far too quickly. Thank goodness for cameras and thank you thank you for best friends.

had to continue the theme...

So as I spend too many hours worth mentioning to find the perfect wedding shoes I came across these walkable wonders. Now, I am looking for flower inspired shoes to the point where I am about to retire and just make my own but I guess its always worth knowing whats possible out there in shoe world. Just when you didn't know where else to plant your spring flowers....

Happy Tuesday.

OBSESSED.. with everything flower...

I know I'm a prep. No Shame... so its no surprise that I would fully promote and adore this website. How many ways can you wear a flower? Let Emerson show you...








I cannot get enough of Emersonmade and dont be surprised if you see it again... like all over at the wedding =)

One of my favorite people on earth, Nancy, tagged me to be in the (contemporary) hot seat next.
Here are the rules:
1. Post the above picture to your post or your own version of a chair…
2. Share 5 things about yourself (silly, inspiring, super honest)
3. Nominate another blogger friend


So here goes...

1. I love Alex. Simply, truly, forever.



2. I love Life. Family. Friends









3. I love to see the world. And capture it the best way I know how.







4. (The beach is great but) I Love the mountains...Aspens and blue sky powder days







5. I love my sweet little pleasures …

Shoes, Champagne and Great tunes..







Now, I nominate another blog I quite enjoy....B's Peregrinations!

garden in a card

So shamefully or shamelessly?! I stole this cool idea to blog about from another great blog. It was way too cool to not pass along. Cards I think are even more important these days as everything becomes digital. Nothing like a little green to spice things up =)Thank you to Before the Big Day!




Check out: Postcarden

The simplicity of a statement in water....

Brazilian artist Nele Azevedo's creative demonstration lasted exactly 30 minutes but it's impact will last for years...living in pictures and minds. She has been setting up "melting men" in several cities since 2005 and originally meant it to serve as a silent critic to the role of monuments in cities, however environmentalists around the world have reclaimed it as climate change art. These pictures were taken in Berlin for the World Wildlife Fund's release of a report entitled, 'Impact of Global Climate Change.'

How profound Nele...

and there she is, waiting and silently melting away into a puddle...much like the glaciers one day and all have we for proof of existence is a picture



Pictures courtesy of Design Boom and Nele Azevedo

I wish I could just start digging...

It seems like every few years we are reminded that nature will somehow always be in control. As destructive and catastrophic as these disasters are, from Katrina to the Tsunami we are also reminded of the good in the world. People are donating from around the world even when they barely are able to feed themselves, you wouldn't know there was a troubled economy watching the help and donations pour in. Within 24 hours a former teacher of mine from graduate school had enabled over 50 people to gather in a meeting hall in New Orleans to plan.

"What we want to do is to be ready in three or four weeks to send a contingency of people to Haiti to build an emergency village, as a New Orleans Gives Back to Haiti, that can be used as a model for recovery from the earthquake and its aftermath. We want to establish a definitive timeline to get in and get out, with a definitive set of objectives."

I am so impressed by so many people's ability to act swiftly and so altruistically.

I wish I could just digging... for warm hands in the rubble, for more money in my pocket, for the mothers and fathers, for the children.

photo courtesy of http://www.redcross.org/