Its Friday....

....let the weekend begin....

...never a dull moment in the city that I love....

...with my friends who I look forward to a weekend of laughs and fun memories....

Glam Grit.....

....loving the roughness of these photos....makes me crave the hot summer....

Wise Words....

Well, this has to have been a record for the longest break from my blog....New year and new blog...I'm attempting to get back at it...Done and done....

....I read a book a few awhile back for work and this quote jumped out at me...got the wheels turning upstairs you would say. Life has been a wild, rewarding and challenging whirlwind the last six months and some of the important things in life have gotten away from me. I think we all need a bit of a kick in the ass some days to push ourselves, both personally and professionally. I sure have...I'm about two months late to publish a New Years resolution but this question has been resonating in my head and hopefully will push me to step out of the comfort zone a bit more this year....

The Great Dress Debate....

...my ever inspirational friend Lauren and I were talking about making a dress...


....started with the Marc Jacobs gem above and just spiraled from there.

Here are a few of my contenders for front runner inspiration....

....stay tuned for the final outcome!

....needs to have an interesting detail such as an asymmetrical

...really digging the draping and mixture of materials here....

...then the debate about color???

Black.....

...and white beauties...

Friday...

...and it is time to leave the office and let the weekend begin.

...enjoy!

new goals....

First and foremost....to make things...that are pretty...

....in other words, take control....

....2009 was rough....2010 needs to be better...

...yes, keep watching me....

....the control thing again...

....figure out what "it" is....

....who do I want to be???

....like I mentioned before....

....why not? want to leave an impression....

.....NOT. Need to let the guard down....

Nearly....

...two months have gone by since my last post. What better way to

get back into my blog than to share some inspiring and lovely photos from

my archive of pretty things....

....enjoy....