so much love

***

do you know people that just seem to have

extra large hearts..

with so much love to give

as if they have a never-ending well of kindness

and generosity inside?

***

you know the ones..

they're always giving and giving

and

thinking of others

***

..taking the time to say

and do kind things

in the most generous

(and usually surprising)

ways..

***

they are full of life

noticing beauty in everything around them

(and best of all..they share it with the rest of us..)

***

i have been so incredibly lucky to become friends

with one of those super extra special beautiful people

and when i say beautiful

i mean utterly gorgeous inside and out

(just take a peek at her flickr site

and you'll see what i mean..seriously..you'll be so very inspired)

***

cori inspires me constantly

with her beautiful photos

and entertaining little journal entries..

(some are so heart felt and some are hilarious)

she recently sent me the most amazing envelope full of love

and sweet wishes

made of her gorgeous photos and postcards

..completely out of the blue..

and well, just because.

somehow she knew i needed it.

(she's just like that)

***

oh and did i mention

that we haven't even met in person yet??

(the online community is an amazing thing..)

thank you sweet cori.

i'm so happy to call you my friend.

:)

now for a little more inspiration,

please do yourself the favor of visiting cori's beautiful shop

full of her art and vintage goodies.

maybe you can become her friend too.

xox

secrets and surprises..

a

{anna ritskhe}

hi all!

just popping in quickly to say hello.

and to say that i have a secret

(how horrible am i??!)

i honestly love blabbing my secrets

especially when i'm excited about them..

but

this one i just have to keep to myself for the moment.

okay,

i'll tell you atleast this much..

i'm being interviewed by a magazine as a featured artist... this afternoon.

oop. i have to stop there,

because once i get started..

well, you know.

more to come as things develop though, i promise.

in the meantime have a gloriously gorgeous wednesday

full of surprises large and small.

xoxo

(extra x's and o's today..)

april fool's fun..a little giveaway

***

hello again!

i thought i would surprise everyone with two blog posts today.

seeing that it's april fool's day and all..

***

and who doesn't like surprises?

especially when they're 

in the form of a give-away..

***

this is how we're going to play..

just leave a comment on this blog post

and tell me about your most memorable prank..

either played on you or by you

at some time in your life.

for example, 

maybe your sister played a tape recording of you

singing 'you light up my life' to your entire 3rd grade class

(oh yes, that did happen..and i have not forgotten it..amy..)

tell me all about yours, don't be shy

i'd love to hear!

on friday, april 3

i'll draw a name at noon (eastern time)

and announce the winner

here on my blogitty blog.

***

what do you get if you win?

why,

you'll receive one of my surprise hearts

from my bead shop,

that's what.

for more info on what these surprise heart pendants are..

just check here.

 i suppose this is a treat rather than a prank..

but it's my little surprise for you.

wishing you a very happy april 1st.

xo