everything in its place

dress - c/o romwe

belt - forever21? not sure..

tights - we love colors

shoes - c/o blowfish

As much as I LOVE my bedroom/studio/office setup, there is one major drawback... no closet space. And for someone who collects dresses like they're going out of style, that's posed a bit of a problem for the last 3 years. For a while I stored my clothes in my bathtub, then in the upstairs hallway, and then in plastic buckets in our den. But finally (finally!!!) I'm getting a real walk-in closet :D

Years ago my dad converted our living room into his office since he works from home, and on Saturday he cleared out 5' of space for me to use as my closet! We partitioned the space using cedar planks, and then on Sunday we went to IKEA for clothes racks, dressers and other closet do-dads. I painted the walls pink and mint green and I'm decorating it with 60's beauty parlor accessories. It's coming together so well, I can't wait to take pictures to share!!

ps. Since I've been working on the closet all weekend I've been a little neglectful of my inbox/tweets again.. promise I'll get back to you asap if you're waiting on a reply! :)

pss. Is this the best dress ever or what? I want to marry the collar! You can get $20 off this one or the navy version with code -20USD!

Living terrarium necklace giveaway! [closed]

Woodii is offering one lucky lady this lovely living terrarium necklace! The necklace is "a micro-miniature terrarium necklace that encompasses a tiny universe with materials representing elements of the earth. Inside the small vial, a containment of white quartz sand, small pebbles and moss holds a mini crystal which rests at the top. It is enclosed with a cork and has a gold-colored chain." Isn't it beautiful?!

To enter simply leave a comment with a link to your favorite item from Woodii, and some way to contact you (email, twitter, blog, whatever floats your boat!) Also, you must be a follower to enter! This is mandatory! (And, please, none of this follow-and-leave as soon as the giveaway is over jazz.. that's super rude!)

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This giveaway ends on March 12th at 12AM EST. Giveaway is closed.

posh frock friday

dress - vintage

shoes - from my grandmom

I have had so much on my mind lately, I've been finding it hard just to write these little paragraphs without yammering on about my busy schedule, my old cats getting adjusted to my new cat, and how I'm constantly working but never feeling like I'm making any dent in my to-do-list. I usually get along fine with my workload, but recently I've had so many family/home/life things to tend to that everything ends up feeling overwhelming and it totally monopolizes my thoughts.

It's not that I *want* to write about boring stuff like being busy and tired... yuck! I want to write about this dress and how totally awesome it is!! Or about how excited I am over grapefruit juice being on sale this week (actually that's pretty boring too, isn't it?) But honestly right now it is 3am and my brain is like "Your body might still be up, but I went to sleep HOURS ago!" I think I upset it by working until 6am yesterday (eep!) so tonight/this morning I should probably just cave in and hit the hay!

star stuff

I received a comment on last week's star stuff post letting me know that the words in the artwork I posted were misquoted. They actually aren't from Galileo, but from a poem by Sarah Williams entitled "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil." It's a beautiful poem, so I thought I would share it today!

Reach me down my Tycho Brahe, I would know him when we meet,
When I share my later science, sitting humbly at his feet;
He may know the law of all things, yet be ignorant of how
We are working to completion, working on from then to now.

Pray remember that I leave you all my theory complete,
Lacking only certain data for your adding, as is meet,
And remember men will scorn it, 'tis original and true,
And the obloquy of newness may fall bitterly on you.

But, my pupil, as my pupil you have learned the worth of scorn,
You have laughed with me at pity, we have joyed to be forlorn,
What for us are all distractions of men's fellowship and smiles;
What for us the Goddess Pleasure with her meretricious smiles!

You may tell that German College that their honor comes too late,
But they must not waste repentance on the grizzly savant's fate.
Though my soul may set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light;
I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night.

Since the original image attributed the quote to Galileo (and I still can't track down where it came from! ergh!) I decided to just make my own flapper doodle version with credit given to the correct author. It's available in my etsy shop here :)

Also did anyone snag the Carl Sagan shirt on teefury yesterday!? I wanted one but completely forgot to order until the 24 hours were up, darn it!