xoxo

kate spade has some very fun and very cute things for valentine's day.  i especially love the tote bag. 

simple and chic

this vase from crate and barrel is the perfect balance of classy and contemporary.

so sad

we just heard some terrible news! one of our favorite magazines, domino is closing down. does anyone have any suggestions for a good replacement?

make a wish

we love this pillow from tonic living. it reminds us of being kids and making wishes on dandelion puffs.

pretty.

via ffffound

good news!

we had a polaroid camera as a kid and loved it. we're not sure what happened to it but was so excited to find one for $6 at a flea market a few months ago, even though we knew the film  was being discontinued. since we've been stashing film away and saving it for special occasions. but we just saw on my polaroid blog that there is good news and polaroid film has been saved! let the photo taking commence. 

let there be light

de maria's is a company from the netherlands that creates these unique and amazing lamp shades. the combined talents of textile specialist, diana maria, and photographer roos jooren make lighting a room a true work of art. 

keep in touch

we found this delightful mix and match stationary kit from sukie, a line of paper goods created by london-based, husband and wife team, darrell & julia gibbs. we love the look of the faded, earthy color palette paired with the whimsical animals, and leaf images. we found sukie in a specialty arts & crafts store, here in los angeles, but their line of goods for chronicle books makes them available to people all over the world. 

found!

while visiting our parent's house over the weekend we came across this tea set that we got for christmas years ago. we swore it was lost forever but luckily came across it in the attic, a tea party is now in order.

home sweet home

wouldn't you love to live in this building or across the street from it? this was taken from outside our brother's apartment in montreal. 

sock it to me

knee-high socks have been one of our latest obsessions...well, one of MANY. we found these fantastically fun bike socks from our new friend the sock wizard. they have every type of sock from ankle to over-the-knee, in every pattern, color, or theme you could imagine. we think that these will make your piggies very happy. 

going bananas

banana splits are back and better than ever with this set of banana split dishes we found from plum party. we love the image of artistic icon andy warhol's "banana" gracing the bottom of the bowl.  

why we love target

image via sfgirlbybay

we just saw on sfgirlbybay that orla kiely is launching a line of home wares for target this february! the line will include mugs, plates, napkins, aprons and more. this is very exciting to us as we have wanted an orla kiely bag, well orla kiely anything.


another reason why we love them, this ring, which is even better in person.

2009 looks good

image via ilee paper goods

a new year calls for a new calendar! this is the one that we got, and we love it. it was actually given to us as a gift bought from ilee paper goods.

nice to meet you

there never seem to be enough hours in the day...and when we talk, we talk. which usually means that many of the little lovely tidbits of inspiration we mean to share with each other often fall by the wayside as more pressing issues arise, like what blair waldorf was wearing on gossip girl this week. (don't pretend you weren't talking about it too).

so we started this blog as a way to stay connected, and to share the things that inspire us from fashion and design, to art and music, to the recipe for those decadent double fudge brownies that we baked, and may have eaten all of during the aforementioned episode of gossip girl.

welcome to "be lovely"...it's nice to meet you.