Weekend Blinks + Nana

How about kicking off your weekend with a few blinks (blog links)?

I just started collecting porcelain teacups from antique shops and flea markets. I'd start collecting pots too, if I had the space to put them (this adorable collection spotted on Blue Pool Road)

Spiced poached pears & warm chocolate sauce? This recipe by Tartelette just moved to our "must try immediately" pile

 Why does the French language make even the simplest things sound (and look) cuter? via Design is Mine

I kinda want this coloring book (discovered on Design Mom)

Yeah, that baby is delicious, but it's the plush guy to his right that warrants this mention. Is it strange that I want one for my guest room? via Babble

Pretty flowers and even prettier light, as seen on A Merry Mishap

Admiring this simple but beautiful screen print spotted on Tea For Joy
(Maybe it has something to do with my hummingbird obsession?)

Can I just copy all of the details from this wedding on Green Wedding Shoes?


Spread it. (via Bippity Boppity Boo)

I am SO excited about the opening of Alkeemi, the new online print shop of one of my best blogging pals, artist Kimia Kline. Also, if you don't already follow her lovely blog of the same name, get on that stat. She's pretty phenomenal.

Happy happy happy weekend wishes to you, my lovely ones. We're heading upstate tomorrow to celebrate my Nana's birthday with the whole maternal side of my family. I can't wait to spend some quality time with the people I love. What are you looking forward to?

Wherever you are, wishing you a blissful couple of days.

Rare Find

Be still my heart, a vintage brass globe in mint condition. Cannot wait until it arrives. This find made my whole day!

Under the Weather

For the past few days, I've been battling a really bad cold and decided to surrender to my body's demands by staying home today. I hate taking days off from work, but when a fever creeps in, a little R&R moves to the top of the to-do list.

These are some random things that make me feel better:

Sweet styling by Mandy Lynne.

A rumpled, romantic bed (forgot where I found this one, oops).

A perfect globe collection. Mine is still growing. (via abbysharp).

Beautiful "Leaking Colors"

Haven Vintage

My brain is spinning with inspiration after a recent virtual stroll through Colleen's gorgeous Etsy shop, Haven Vintage. I am on a self-imposed spending allowance (especially for items that qualify as "housewares" and "knick-knacks"), in large part because I literally could not contain myself in Haven Vintage. I had to close the web browser before potentially doing serious damage to my credit card.

Actually, I'm not being totally honest, as I did purchase one thing...


...globe # 2! It was only $28, and I am in love with it.

Globe Collection

Several weeks ago, I wrote this post, where I briefly pondered what I was interested in "collecting" from places like antique shops and flea markets. Ironically, not long after that, I stumbled upon a gorgeous vintage globe in Idlewild Books, one of my favorite travel book stores in Manhattan.

Despite the $60 price tag, I was seriously taken with this globe. I loved the sepia colors and the unusual wrought-iron stand. The shopkeeper must have thought I was nuts though, because I proceeded to pace the small store for a good thirty minutes (returning to the globe every four or five minutes in order to examine the details and try to decide whether I really needed it or not).

In the end, I bought it, and unofficially started my collection of vintage globes.

I have always been fascinated with maps, but really really horrible at reading them (you know, for directions). I prefer the types of decorative maps that hang on the wall, the ones that allow you to stick different colored pushpins into the places you've been and the places you still yearn to see. Here is an awesome one, if you're interested. As for globes, the sheer interactivity they provide fascinates me to no end, and I think they make lovely decor almost anywhere.

Anyway, I love globes and maps because I love to travel. One of the first things my boyfriend ever said to me was that he "would rather spend his money on memories than on things." I think I fell in love with him right then and there. So, I'm pretty sure he'll be okay with me dropping some moolah on a collection of "objects" that can only inspire us to plan a collection of "memories," don't you think? :)

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