edyta is the bomb, vol. 597

edyta gives the most thoughtful gifts. well, she's a thoughtful lady, so naturally that includes gifts. for my birthday she commissioned vana of le papier studio (who's also her partner in crime at smitten sticks!) to make cameos of the Boy and i, which she placed into a locket. i love it. love love love it.

dead man's bones

news break: ryan gosling has a band. that's on tour. they came to chicago on wednesday. thanks to edyta's terrier-like determination, we got tickets. so we spent that particular evening standing three feet (!!!) from ryan gosling while he sang, played a variety of instruments, and was just as hot as you can imagine. and, hotness aside, it was a really, really good show. it was casual, sincere, and there was the most adorable children's choir decked out in spooky garb singing along. and um, have i also mentioned how unbearably hot that man is? jesus.

the Boy, who had been and continues to be a very amused good sport about our gosling centric hyperventilations, gave us a great laugh as we came home after the show with ryan himself greeting us at the door.

now if only i could be in san francisco with edyta when she sees them. again. jeaaaaaalous.

wtwta

btw, saw it. loved it.

lines + shapes/mociun

the shopping ban means i cannot purchase one of these limited edition books, which showcases inspiration, fabrics, and photos from the fall '09 mociun line, which i'm obviously enamored with. and this makes me quite sad.

{via lena corwin}

(more) bag love

i stumbled upon this divine carry on bag during an etsy search, and i'm in loooove. so very, very much in looooove. (i do prefer it in black, but this image illustrates the bags most crush worthy qualities, so brown it is for our purposes here.)

{at valhalla brooklyn's etsy shop}

fantasy sf apartment decorating

we're still months away from moving into our new home across the country (or even signing a lease, for that matter), but i simply cannot help doing some imaginary decorating. i've been keeping an eagle eye out for cute, interesting things that i can come back to when we actually have an idea of what the new place will look like and be able to accommodate. since it is all still so very abstract, i haven't been able to get too specific with my wish list, but things like tea towels, bedding... those fit anywhere, so i've been focusing all my decorating fervor in that direction. these are a few items that are firmly entrenched on the must have list: tea towels from studio patró, bedding from dwell studio (no matter what the Boy says about the pricetag!), a few of lena corwin's pillows, plus lots of goodies from three potato four, like these very cool baskets (to help wrangle the magazines that we're so notorious for hoarding), this pen holder (since i'm so tossing the gross old coffee mug and it's overflowing unused pen collection), and finally a bag of money (to help pay for it all).

oooh, i want to shop!

mise en scene by ruffian

i needneedneedneed to own this coat. it's a bit pricey for my blood, but when you compare it to what ruffian's clothes typically set one back ($200 tights! tights!), it's a bargain and a half. i'm told the line is being sold in stores as well as online, so since i like to punish myself by getting tantalizingly close to things i cannot have, i might have to pop in to my neighborhood anthro this weekend and, oh i don't know, maybe try one on.

{anthropologie coat, via refinery29}

smitten sticks!

oh, edyta. she's a one woman whirl of energy and creativity! she's just launched a new product line called smitten sticks, which are the cutest handheld paper expressions. i see these being a huge hit for fun loving brides, or even at a really clever party. love, love, love it!

{image by edyta szyszlo/smitten sticks}

madewell city satchel

pleasure meeting you, city satchel.

{madewell}

puppets. puppets?

i needed to know more about this. where it is, why it is, what it is. thankfully, god created google and a few clicks after entering "giant puppets" into the search bar i learned that the puppets were paraded through berlin in celebration of unification day. i feel better now. still a wee bit weirded out, but... better.

{via i suwannee}

nasty gal

i've been following nasty gal on twitter for a while now, but hadn't yet taken a peek at their online wares. tonight i finally did, and have these items to add to the 'ol covet list. can i get a what! what! for that jacket? thanks.

byrd + belle laptop case

this is what i've been holding out for in my search for a laptop case. swoon, sigh, drool, etc.

{via frolic!}

yes? or no? yes?

over the past week or so i've been catching myself drooling over these boots. specifically, these boots styled this way. i'm not convinced this is something i could pull off though, as an average height girl with actual thighs, and not a six foot model with flesh colored sticks being passed off as thighs. but since these steve madden boots that i've been meaning to buy for a year now are on every other girl in the city, i think it's time to find a new pair to covet. so should it be these?

(man, i really ask the hard hitting questions, don't i?)