just a quick picture of my bedroom window on a sunny morning before going to the studio. I have one week until my final projects are due, so it's going to be busy busy until then. Christmas break is going to feel wonderful.

I loved browsing through all of these swing tags on flickr. We need to design our own for the small lines we're working on in school, and I'm almost where I want mine to be. There are so many options of shape, size, font, color. Such a fun final touch to work on that make your designs feel complete!

Last weekend I was getting a bit tired of my room in our apartment, so I re-arranged some things and like it a lot better. I like sleeping under the slanted wall because it feels like a cozy dark nook, and I had my first real sleep-in in a while the morning after we moved it all around. Refreshing.

Love, love, love...

I know that just about every lady with a design blog right now is posting about the same issue of Lonny whenever a new one comes out, and how can we help it!? I'm still so happy and excited that we have access to this special magazine with so much content packed into it every issue.

After digitally flipping through it a bunch of times, the home that made me gasp every time was the 'Instant/Space' rendition Betsy Burnham did. The dark wood floors, perfectly mismatched patterns, every book and inspiration board out on display, and lots of white equals my interior heaven. Wow.

I love this poster of the best movies of all time organized like a subway map! from the very cool Cinema Style blog.

I had to post this amazing walk in closet idea by Robin Sillau, former assistant to the late and great Domino Magazine living in Brooklyn. What a good idea for a small room. Holly did a great interview with her. Robin's blog is both inspiring and hilarious, definitely check her out!

I was inspired by the pictures in my previous post to organize the stuff on my desk a little differently, and take some new photos. I don't have a three-layered cake plate to put my jewelry in, but I think it looks a bit better like this. Right now I'm just having a carrot muffin and tea from Jane's, and admiring this kitten card I got from my Mom in the mail yesterday. It was the best (and funniest) part of my morning.

Tonight in 19th Century Art History we talked about Marie Antoinette, and it perfectly suited the mood I got into this weekend of flowery, glittery excess, mostly because of this collection of photographs. Every single thing is made to look special and elegant, but it also just makes me want to stuff my face with cupcakes and macaroons. A cake stand is such a pretty idea to store jewelry in.

~books from Andrea Singarella
~Anna French wallpaper from decor8
~my favorite glittery page from December's British Vogue

The Art of Correspondence

I was completely thrilled yesterday reading my course options book for next year when I found the classes Book Arts and Introductory Printed Matter. They teach traditional and non-traditional processes for binding books, making boxes and decorative papers, and "mail art".
I also chose Typography, Photography, Film History and a drawing workshop.

I'm still trying to find a way to somehow incorporate a desk into my bedroom. I'm sick of working on the floor.

Frost - Winter Print Set from Port 2 Port Press, Papyrus Envelope, Photo from Design For Mankind E-zine, and photo from Ikea.ca