instant

I have been a longtime fan of lo-fi and instant photography. Even though I don't own a polaroid camera, I was devastated when I found out they would no longer be making film. And then I heard about the Impossible Project, and followed their progress religiously. It was then that I also found out about the line of Fuji Instax cameras. While I don't yet own one of those either, a Fuji Instax Mini and a Polaroid SX-70 are on the top of my camera wish list.

So imagine my surprise when I discovered this super awesome giveaway on oh, hello friend today.

{ via oh, hello friend }

So of course I entered right away. And you can too. Just head on over to Danni's blog and enter away.

{ and check out all of the other great giveaways and deals for her reader appreciation week! }

tape

I have loved washi tape from afar for quite some time now.

A couple of weeks ago I finally took the plunge and bought some from The Plaid Barn. 

I heard about The Plaid Barn over at A Beautiful Mess. It is a daily deals site featuring craft supplies, DIY kits, and more. The supplies are all offered at crazy low prices, and there is a limited supply of each item. But you can sign up for their mailing list so that you can wake up to an email telling you all about that day's deal. 

So obviously I signed up right away. (I'm a sucker for craft supplies and a good deal.)

It was like they could read my mind or something, because the first deal after I signed up was this beautiful set of washi tape.  

So obviously I ordered it right away. 

I got this notebook from the five dollar table (I'm a sucker for a good deal) at our big spring clearance sale at work, but it was just too white for me. So I added some washi tape for decoration. 

And the best part is that because washi tape is so easily removable, if I get bored with the colors and pattern, I can just take it off and decorate it differently. 

al's french frys

The boy and I stopped at one of my favorite food spots in Burlington recently.

Al's is one of my all time favorite places to eat when I'm in Burlington. They have the best fries I have ever tasted, and their milkshakes are perfect. And they serve pink lemonade (which is definitely a plus in my book.)

ingrid takes on gotye

I'm kind of in love with Ingrid's version of Gotye's Somebody That I Used to Know.

{ you can listen to the original here, which is also incredible }

coca-cola tastes better in a glass bottle

on taste

I have always loved these words from Ira Glass. 

{ Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo. }

cookies

Sometimes my mom comes to visit me at work and brings homemade cookies. She's wonderful.

leap day

Some bright and colorful leap day facts: 

{ via Behind the Curtain, the Kate Spade New York blog }

sunday morning

My usual Sunday Morning routine consists of sleeping in, watching CBS Sunday Morning, and eating a big breakfast with maple syrup.  I woke up earlier than usual this morning to feed the cats and let the chickens out and collect eggs, but its always nice to get your day started early.  I don't have cable for the week, so I am left reliving past segments from Sunday Morning on their website. Many are available in video form.

Isn't this story of Jackie Kennedy's 1952 White House tour just wonderful?

{ via CBS Sunday Morning }

The boy and I cooked up a delicious breakfast of french toast, bacon, grapefruit, and hot chocolate.  

It was a perfect lazy Sunday morning. 

new friends

I'm house sitting for the week and these are my new kitty friends.

How cute are they?

I am also taking care of 11 chickens and a wood stove.  It will be a fun week. 

favorite

Ranunculus are my absolute favorite flower.

How could you not love them?

hens & chicks

One of the best perks of my job is bringing home extra flowers after a wedding.

This week those extra flowers were hens and chicks.

I potted some to send back to school with my sister and kept some for myself.

Hens and chicks survive in very shallow dirt and require very little water, an ideal plant for a college dorm (the sister) and someone who often forgets to water plants (me.)

I planted mine in shallow terracotta dishes. Because they require such little soil, I used what was left after we repotted a few plants. But if you want to do it properly, use a cactus soil like this one (cactus soil is fast draining, which is ideal for cacti and succulents.)   Then you just stick the hens and chicks on top, nestling them in a little bit. They root very easily, so its pretty hard to screw up.

I added the little stones because we happened to have a bag of them. And they look prettier than exposed soil.

They only need watering once every two weeks or so if they are indoor plants. I use a small spray bottle rather than a watering can because they react poorly to standing water.

first look

I couldn't help but snap this shot as I was watching the first look at today's wedding.

breakfast

A beautiful and delicious lazy Saturday morning breakfast.

audrey

She's adorable even when she's messing up.

{ found via Kate's beautiful & inspiring style board }