Yes, it’s Tuesday, but sometimes, when you’re celebrating your sister’s birthday you just have to let things slip a bit. We’ve spent the last few days eating pizza and Chipotle and going to the theatre…which to me is the perfect way to celebrate anything! (which by the way, go see Oz if you haven’t already. My brother and sister and I died of laughter through the whole thing.)

As I’m working on that secret, awesome project that I mentioned before, I’m reminded of how much I love design and photographs that are deep and thoughtful. There is so much emotion that can be conveyed through those mediums, photography especially, and the art of doing that is something that is truly a gift – something that has to be learned, but once it is possessed, is an amazing and lasting thing.

{go check out Eve’s blog – she’s giving away a copy of Kinfolk magazine in honor of her two year blog anniversary!}

{all images via pinterest. clockwise, from top left: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7}

And I’m sitting at my desk, wondering how the day slipped away so quickly, drinking more coffee than is probably good for me, looking forward to getting my ancient 2005 BlackBerry in the mail (don’t judge. It was $20. ;) ), and enjoying life as it is right now. I spent some time today putting my favorite/essential scores on my iPod for the trip to MN – which wasn’t an easy task, considering how many essential scores there are. Life is good.

I love this week’s pins…the photos, the graphic design. Just love. I will always be grateful to Pinterest (cheesy as it may sound) for allowing people to create a community where beautiful things can be shared and discovered. It really is wonderful.

{inspiration images via pinterest. clockwise, from top left: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8}

I was sitting at my desk today as I worked on this collection of images, and I was loving the light from my window. Today is cold and overcast, just as I like it, and I wanted to share some of the everyday things I see when I work. Because hey, this is my life!

I always have too many coffee cups – normally I collect up to five before finally taking them downstairs. It’s my little collection. ;) I have two storm trooper action figures my dad bought me years ago – I’m a big Star Wars fan/geek. Poor guy on the right is missing a hand. Oh, and by the way, the first three movies that were made ARE Star Wars. Forget Disney! hehe. I have quite a few machine guns that go with the storm troopers – those are mixed in with my favorite fountain pens and Sharpies. (Nothing beats writing with real ink, people.) And of course I have books. I’ve been collecting them for so long and have so many that I’m running out of places to put them! So they end up on the floor by my bed, or in empty chairs, or piled in open spaces on my desk.

^^^ And yes, my desk is horrendously messy. Oh well…sometimes you can’t keep everything together. ;) ^^^