a girl moment

close up on valentine box because i'm obsessed.

i'm having a girl hour ... just totally grateful i get to be a girl today and wear high heels and pink lip stain ... this inspired me to go through some girly pics i took a while back at a shop called Whimsical Whites.  My friend Joleen and I went there on a girl mission:  simply bask in the delightful frivolity of anything pink and old and sweet ... we dug through crispy white linens, fawned over lace ribbons and admired floral arrangements/funkybonnets/ pearl pins, etc.   The owner even served us a sweet treat cake on gorgeous pink milk glass plates and we drank Paris tea with cream.  It was a memorable day from this year, and a fun memory to revisit when i want to go to my inner "girl" place.

flower arrangements on a hunky yummy old farm table ...

the attention to detail on older clothing is just breathtaking sometimes.

old chocolate box ... this was my favorite "piece" in the shop.  the colors and texture seemed so current & unusual.

vintage clips.

spools of ribbon.

prettae.

red cake on pink milk glass.

little collections found natural home in rusty muffin tins.  (plus my black pumps.)

Paris tea and other favorite possessions.



Our new cow skull.  A little avant garde, but it's actually very classic seeming in "real" life.



My pink & navy spot pillows made by Elizabeth.  Amazing. 

Blood orange Italian soda.  Delicious with sparkling water and or vodka.

This bird mug is just so.  So awesome.  I still can't believe I found it.  It's unusual and and fragile looking until you cup it in your hand, then it's sturdy and old feeling.  Hello, Goodwill.  Sometimes you do me perfect.

Trader Joe's wheat & herb pizza crust.  I like you.

Decedance.  Belle Pastry in Old Bellevue.  I love that they wrap their pastry boxes with bright pink ribbon.

This is my luxury yummy right now; "paris" tea from Harney & Sons.  It's a black tea with vanilla and caramel flavors, with a hint of lemony bergamot and it comes in "sachets".  Oh, ok, pretty ness.  Totally, utterly divine. Doesn't need sugar or cream or any other sort of fiddling, and in one of my fav cups, it's just dreamy.

Some of my tea cups that make the cut.

Serving an almond tart from (where else?) Belle Pastry, for a lovely lady's 40th birthday.  Whoo hoo.
Another fav has been this embroidered peasant top bc it goes with everything.

Obsessed.  I am completely in awe of this lip stain.  It's the strangest, most wonderful thing ... looks green but goes on pink and stays put.  And looks awesome, with an awesome non-texture feeling.  I think it's from Morocco?  And this is my new zebra stripe-thrifted make-up bag which is suede and feels super lux.  Lastly, but not leastly, this strand of white and gold beads rocks.  It wraps around my wrist and clasps in a sec.  Have barely taken it off since I scored it ...  (bracelet & lip beloved from Margot ... gracias times a thousand. xx)