i scream.

i wouldn't mess with her ice cream, if i were you. today is national ice cream day. enjoy!

all photos from magnum via slate

great heights.

i have been feeling inexplicably low this week, so here are some highs from the last two weekends to remind myself of the positives.

1) our first vacation together, riding a rooftop ferris wheel overlooking st. louis!

city museum

2) sky-high dinner for mom's fiftieth.

the ridiculously ostentatious signature room

domestic vacations.

photography from the domestic vacations collection by julie blackmon

as absolutely insane as my twenties have been thusfar, i feel like this decade is the calm before the storm... i can't wait for porches, lemonade, sprinklers, and even more insanity.

sigh.

i think i might like this time of year even better than christmas...



from snippet and ink.

feeling love-y.

custom valentines... what a great idea! i'm loving the pink/red combo and the zigzags.

by dwellstudio for tiny*prints

the pattern reminds me of this great rubie green bedding that i've had a crush on for a while now:


and lastly, a messy-hair kiss, spotted on a cup of jo:

brighter days.

bursts of yellow spotted in chicago's roscoe village on a recent afternoon.
reminded me of easter pastels.