hadley hutton...so much gorgeousness

airy sweet light rich imaginative

dreamlike

fluttery feminine

fairytale-ish

modern vintage

are a few words that come to mind

when i look at hadley hutton's work

gorgeously inspiring these make me so happy

and i want all of them

are a few other words i can think of too.

for all you (luckies) in portland oregon..

you can see her monoprints in person at tilde august 7th

(reason #4579 i want to move to portland)

and

for the rest of us..

we can always find her beautiful pieces here and here.

hope you have a fabulous weekend

full of things that make you happy.

xo

kind over matter

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i have a new happy habit

of visiting this website each day

for a dose of inspiration

and a heaping helping of good feelings

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miss amanda oaks and miss jenn gibson

have created a beautiful world over at kind over matter

where thoughtful artwork and handmade is celebrated

and a good feeling is always guaranteed.

enjoy your visit(s)

xo

miles and miles

{jennifer morris}

50 of them to be exact...

and

when the weekend was through

we had explored 40 of the 5o miles

of the crazy flea-market

running along route 90 this weekend.

{jennifer morris}

rolling through farmland

linking villages to farms

and people to people

{jennifer morris}

it was such a great way to slow down

and stop in all the little towns

and take closer looks at houses

and cafes and barns

(i have a serious thing for barns..

i'll show you my ever-growing photo collection one of these days)

{jennifer morris}

people came from all around the northeast..

i met ladies who drove in from rhode island

who started the 50 mile drive (crawl)

on thursday.

{jennifer morris}

i didn't know what to expect

and now i do.

{jennifer morris}

it's a big party for people who love antiques

(and junk too)

who love history

and who just love to dig

and roam.

i was in heaven

{jennifer morris}

we couldn't have stuffed much more into the jeep

and i still spent

less than $100.

{jennifer morris}

what a great weekend.

hope you had a fun one too.

what did you do?

xo

dear summer, please slow down

{shining egg}

is it just me

or did this week fly right by?

i can't believe it's friday already

(not complaining!)

but really

how did it get to be the end of july?

{catherine...}

{lifelovepaper}

it's just that

this summer is turning out to be so gorgeous..

{mywhimsy}

i want to slow it down

to hang on to

each and every second of it

{catherine...}

each and every summer stroll

(especially those late afternoon-and-into-the-evening ones..

aren't those the best?)

{bethretro}

every drop of sunshine

{catherine...}

those lazy summer naps

(mmmm...aren't THOSE the best?)

{these days in french life}

each and every delicious bite

of all the amazing summer produce

(and eating it outside..

that's most definitely the best)

{tja'sha}

and just soak up all the gorgeousness

of this sweet season

while it's still here

wishing you a beautifully summer-filled weekend...

what are you going to do?

..tomorrow there is a 50~mile long antiques/flea market

here in upstate ny..

(i don't think i'm going to be able to sleep tonight

i'm so excited)

see you next week

with lots of pics!

xo

*thanks to all of my flickr friends for these beautifully quintessential summer moments*

a quiet post

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clean

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simple

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handmade

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vintage

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and

all from etsy

today

some of my favorite things

on a quiet wednesday

wishing you a happy one

xo

a different path

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so we left the house

all excited about going berry picking this weekend..

ready to take a million photos

and pick a billion berries

with visions of making tarts and pies

and filling our mouths with piles of them

fresh from the bushes

...strawberries, huckleberries, blackberries and raspberries..

just like i did when i was a kid

(i still remember the very first blackberry i ate right from the vine)

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only to find that the farm

was already sold out of all of its berries

for the season

(what? how can this be..so early in the season?

well..then again, we're talking about organic berries..

which are sadly, very hard to come by around here)

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darn. i was so super disappointed

..mad at myself really..

for having put off our little berry adventure again and again

(we'd been talking about picking them ourselves for months and months..)

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then i remembered something i had read that morning..

a little thought of the day

(yogi teas come with small phrases, words of wisdom

printed on their tea tags..)

which most of the time

really do make me atleast think for a moment

during the day

this one said

'empty yourself and let the universe fill you'

(something more poetic, but along those lines)

and suddenly

i realized just exactly what this meant

and just exactly how it could help the situation

(yogi tea..you are my personal guru..yes you are!)

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so i threw away my expectations

(mainly my disappointment)

and

we just set out exploring the countryside

with no plans at all

to see what we could find

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..we discovered all sorts of great things..

a sweet little nature preserve

sortof hidden and tucked away

with a beautiful pond

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and

all sorts of overgrown paths

(not scary overgrown..)

just sweet and smelling of chamomile

and begging to be explored

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and

we played like kids

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and snapped a million photos

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and found strange little spaces

that sparked a billion creative ideas

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and

realized we had found a really great spot

to come back to again and again

for more exploring

and for portraits

(i'm dreaming of doing some self-portraits and also using models..)

so

no berries this weekend

(but believe me..i'm thinking of driving out to the catskills..i hear there are still plenty there)

and funny enough

i can whole-heartedly say that it was one of the best i've had

in a very very long time.

hope you had a great weekend too..

happy monday to you!

xo