What is that, velvet?...

I came across these pictures in my iPhoto, and thought I would share.  

This album came over from Germany sometime in the 1800's.  The lovely people in the photos are my family, the Damm's.  My mom somehow got lucky enough to be the keeper of this beautiful album, and I've been fascinated with it my entire life.  A couple of years ago she asked me to scan the photos and put them on cd so that she could share with the rest of the extended family.  I was all too happy to help out.  I carefully removed each photo from the pages, with tweezers so as not to tear the delicate paper.  Most of the pictures had captions written on the back, and I copied each of those as I went along as well.

There is something so beautiful about these old pictures to me.  The hairstyles, the dresses, the way the children seem so poised, everything just draws me in!  Not to mention the beautiful album.  Crushed velvet and that heavy brass clasp....love!

If you all would be interested, I'd love to share.


Are you interested in seeing the photos from this album?  {I'll see what kind of response I get, because I'm not sure if the allure is due to the fact that it's a family heirloom of my own, or if it's something worth sharing.  I wouldn't want to bore you after-all!}

lunch shopping...

just got back from a little old navy shopping excursion with a friend over lunch.  

bought this

found here .

and an adorable yellow tote with tulips and a wine bottle printed on it that I cannot seem to find online!  I will have to take a picture of it to share, because it it too cute, and it was only $2.50!

we had lunch at noodles and company .  it was so yummy!  i had the whole grain tuscan linguini with parmesan chicken and a green salad.  I'm sort of looking forward to going again!

the weather is beautiful!  did not want to go back to the office!

***just a little note, in case you were wondering:  

Miles is doing very well!  He had some blood work done yesterday and everything came back normal. 

 He still needs to submit a urine sample. {yay for me getting to be the lucky collector of that!  sorry....is that TMI?} He still has no pulse in his back legs, but obviously his body is working around the clot, because he is getting blood to them or he wouldn't have feeling or be able to walk.  We are very, very grateful.

Hope it's beautiful where you are!

notion love...

Does anyone else have boxes and drawers of supplies and are you constantly forgetting what you have on hand and buying more?  Design Sponge shared the cutest solution to this problem:  sewing notion display art.  And, even better, they shared the templates!  You can download them here.  I love the idea of using your materials as decor in your studio.  {i'm also loving that bunting...surprise, surprise!} My problem would be never wanting to change the display!  They're just too pretty!

found here.