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Wednesday, I'm in love

equestrian art.    {spotted here}

 

this room 

 

this coat.

  

nature art.  {spotted here}

  

this bag. 

 

 

What do you love this Wednesday?

 

 

Holiday Dressing.

 

{by Tibi}

Guess which dress I'll be wearing at the annual Ramsey Holiday Dinner?

 

cozy grey?

so simple?

draped metallic? 

pretty in pink?

 

the winner is....

 

 

What's more fabulous than winter white and leather?

Being thin in winter white and leather.

Better start fasting now...

 

 Tibi dress

Piperlime shoes.  

 

 

{Tell me, which shoe should I wear?}

 

 

 

Old MacDonald.

"When I grow up I'm going to be a farmer."  

Little girl loves visiting a farm and includes Farmer on her list of future professions (with Paleontologist, Doctor and Veterinarian).  She can often be heard chattering-on about plans to start building a barn in the back yard and which animals will be on her farm.    

We're a family of farm lovers, in fact.  I grew up at the barn and in the saddle, and share her love of a bustling barnyard and all the sights and sounds it includes.  Cow and pig rank second and third as Max's favorite animals (elephant holds the #1 spot) and his current #1 song includes the chorus "eee, i, eee, i, ooo".   And, let's not forget the Mister.  Fun fact, Billy Webb has often imagined a rolling midwest Buffalo farm.  Bison burger, anyone?  So, naturally, one of our favorite local stops for family fun, fresh-made ice cream, lots of mooing and awesome seasonal events is Merrymead Farm.   It's a working farm and local gem that little girl would visit every day, if she could.  The super-dooper delicious ice cream may have something to do with that....  chocolate marshmellow, to be exact.   

Check out some scenes from a recent visit on a perfect autumn day. 

 

 

Merrymead Farm

Merrymead is one of Pennsylvania’s Century Farms and has been in the same family for over 100 years.  Registered Holstein cows supply the National Quality Award Winning Milk - which is processed, packaged and sold on the premises...Enjoy a delicious ice cream cone or take home a Gram's Apple pie, fresh from our bakery!  Highlights of Merrymead, a farm for all seasons, include: a large selection of locally grown bedding plants, local produce, honey, beef & pork products, and so much more! We provide a harvest celebration which includes "The Lighting of the Great Pumpkin", a Cornfield Maze, a Live Nativity presentation, and Christmas trees and greens. The farm and farm market are open to visitors year round. - from Merrymead.com

2011 Corn Maze


 

{perfect}

  

 matted. framed.  my new powder room art.

 

by sapling press 

 

 

 

 

 

Black Friday Fashion

zara kids.  sale.

 

 

Am I the only one?

 

 

Who after hosting 16 adults in one small house with two little ones, including one sick toddler, and toiling away on a fresh-made menu, too many precisely arranged bouquets and the perfect table setting (three sets of s/p shakers or four??...) during the weee, weeee, weeeee hours of many nights - is doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING today!!!   Mess. be. damned.  

  

Here's to all the hard-working, over-enthusiastic moms who, like me, can't wait to do it again next year!

Enjoy your holiday weekend doing whatever you please

 

 

 

{p.s. I'm especially Thankful for my wonderful family - Miss Pippy, Baby Bear and Billy Webb - all of whom rocked yesterday and every day.  Kisses.} 

 

 

Wednesday, I'm in love.

 

with this very smart badge.

 

 

 

with these perfect gift tags.

 

with vintage photos. 

{engaged to a prince and all that chaos at a mere 19!  Can you imagine?!?}

with these shiny water bottles.

 

with the coolest roller coaster ever.  {spotted here}

 

 

 

What do you love this Wednesday?

 

 

Baby blues.

poor baby bear. 

croup stinks.

 

Behind-the-scenes

 

Dear future boss, I present my official application.  {download Why me} I can start planning our office holiday party tomorrow.  hugs and kisses - d.

 

my submission for madebygirl's open call for contributors. 

congrats to the lucky few. 

not me.  :)

 

 

 

 

 

today's no photos, no frills look at life.

keepin' it real because every blog has a behind-the-scenes. 

 

 

Friday Fashion

Have you seen Vogue's feature of Lauren Bush and David Lauren's recent nuptials? 

How gorgeous is this portrait by Norman Jean Roy. 

And, let's talk about the dress. Hand-embroidered antique tulle with ten bazillion crystals, beads and flowers .  Gorgeous.

                                                                                                                               {photograph by Mark Seliger}

What's even more amazing, the details of their engagement.  Fairy tale come true.

...one night a year ago this month, Lauren Bush didn’t think it the least bit odd when David Lauren suggested they meet at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to look at some new pictures before attending a holiday dinner nearby. Because they met at the Costume Institute gala in 2004 and have celebrated that anniversary by attending every Met gala since, the museum is one of the couple’s favorite sentimental places. When Lauren arrived at the place where they had agreed to meet, no one was there except David. The artwork he wanted her to see was not the museum’s latest Old Masters acquisition but photographs of the couple that spanned their seven happy years together, blown up and displayed around the room. “I created our own exhibition of our life together,” David says. “And I got down on my knee and proposed. Then we went outside and took a carriage ride with a clarinetist and a saxophonist following us.”... -  as featured in Vogue.

 

Vogue.com