PUBLIC MARKS with tag somethingbeautiful

"I've learned that borage is considered one of the very best plants to have in the vicinity of a bee hive, dead nettle can counteract colds or be boiled in water to produce a yellow dye, and that fresh milk will stay sweet and fresh longer if rue, thyme, and marjoram are hung next to the milk containers. "

8x8 photo book

every monday for the last year my love has written me a special note. i laid them all out on the floor tonight and read them all again. and then i realized... every monday, for the rest of my life, i'm going to wake up excited to read his note. and if we're lucky, and we live for another 50+ years, i'll be the receiver of over two thousand love notes. not bad huh? :) i think i'll keep him.

The Spring Moss base measures 5 1/2" x 4 3/4" and the strip cut from my stamped background paper is 1 1/2" X 5 1/2".

""she held dear her collection of moments and memories." how true it is. our lives are a patchwork of moments....."

We have a birthday tradition in our family we’ve been doing since we were kids. We go around the dinner table and each person takes a letter of the alphabet, and we say something nice about the birthday girl/boy. A is for Artistic! B is for the Beautiful! We go around and around the table until we get to Z

and i said yes....

artist and professor horst glasker painted these 112 steps in wuppertal, germany to convey a different emotion or behavior associated with relationships. some examples are "to forgive", "to cuddle", "to offer resistance", and "to seduce."

{ my keeping lists: tea + checked out library book slips}

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” -Vincent van Gogh

Finally, jewelry designer Blanca Monros Gomez handmade our rings in her Brooklyn studio. (Read the full story here.) My ring has the engraving, "All my love," and Alex's ring says, "All my life."

ballons & yellow gown

white roses