oh happy day.

happy birthday to the best, most loving, most BEAUTIFUL mom out there.

mine!

and happy birthday to the best, best-friend-cousin out there as well. (who, holy moly, just found out she's having twins!!!!!)

love you, mom :)

love you, rae :)

JILL

vacay.

sometimes life's hard.

when life gets hard, i wanna vacation!

for today, i think buttery yellow nails could

do the trick!

butter "cheeky chops"

oh monday, monday....

JILL

flowers for friday #77

looking forward to the weekend.

i have lots of work to do but it's always better done in sweats on the couch :)

enjoy.

JILL

pokey porcupine

no secret i love natural, real stuff from the earth.

i love it in my house, or on my person.

little pieces of God's art.

how about porcupine quills?

i can dig em.

especially dipped in gold! ooh ooh oh.

necklace from k/ller.

JILL

i wonders.

inspired by this image from furbish studio (who isn't inspired by jamie meares? her unabashed use of color is right up my wanna-be alley.)

so. i was thinking.... could i get lots of yards of white cotton and print my own fabric with a fabric paint pen and a ruler? better yeettt!!! a gold paint pen?

then reupholster something fantastic? curtains?

i have a wingback hanging out until i find something awesome and amazing and wonderful.

if this works, this could be the solution!

anyone ever tried anything similar?

JILL

handmade.

remember that video i posted of my fave photographer, stephanie rausser's?

with her daughter and her doll.

i'm re-posting because if you missed it, it'll brighten your day. and if you watched it last time, it'll brighten your day, again! watch it here.

i fell in love with that doll.

i didn't know who made it, if it was her mom, if she bought it...

if i could make one just like it?

she was so beautiful and handmade. much better than the massed produced versions.

then this month's living came and voila:

the dolls are EACH made by hand by this charming lady, jess brown.

she decided when she had a daughter she was going to handmake her something for christmas each year.

she started with a doll, just like this and her friends went nuts for it... as they should.

now she sells them at bergdorfs, custom for clients, and various other places.

i have pinned a few other handmade dolls. all my friends are having babies and babies and babies and i would have loved to have been on the ball a long time ago and make a doll for their sweet girl babies...

i wasn't, but it's not too late to start!

jess brown uses vintage fabric for the dolls' dresses and stockings.

so darn charming!!!!

the pink haired ones are kinda beyond.

love.

JILL

a mountain retreat

a place to escape, share family recipes, pull out dusty board games, stare for hours at a beautiful view, invite all your friends or be by yourself, sit by a fire, forget the rules, read, listen, escape, snuggle, soak...

just a few requirements of a winter vacation home. 

a place to breathe.

xoxo

elle.