Thanks

I got many calls and emails this weekend. I feel so loved. Thank you!

Midnight.

It is officially Valentines Day, which also means I am officially 30. Happy birthday to me.


It is now well known that Julia Child and her husband Paul would spend a considerable amount of effort creating sweet little valentines for their friends and family. This one pictured is a favorite. I mean really. Hysterical.

Love

I am so lucky to have Ed, and I can't wait to celebrate with him after my busy weekend. I think we might go see the new Valentin's Day movie (what a good guy). I also want to go to brunch because it is one of my favorite things to do.

Valentine Weekend

Happy Valentine Weekend! I will be working all weekend (even though it is my 30th [eek] birthday on Sunday), but I hope all of you have a romantic filled few days!


{photo via Style Me Pretty}

Valentine's Day: VII

If this doesn't inspire you to have a lovely and romantic weekend, I don't know what will!

Valentine's Day: VI

Even though these classic conversation heart candies are not my favorite thing to eat, they certainly have a long and nostalgic history. I just read that they date back to the Civil War, and every year they come up with a few new sayings to put on them that make them current. This year's sayings are about the Earth (such as 'Melt My Heart' and 'In a Fog'). Older sayings that have been discontinued include 'Dig Me' and 'Cool Cat'.  Enjoy!

Valentine's Day: V

I found most of these adorable cards on the 'Oh So Beautiful Paper Blog'.

Valentine's Day: IV

I love finding positive messages in unexpected places. Hope these little lovlies add a smile to your face today in the week of Valentine's Day (...and my birthday!!!).

Valentine's Day: III

Valentine's Day: II

I found these along with other great Valentine's day cards on the 'Oh So Beautiful Paper' blog!

Valentine's Day: I

My birthday is on Valentine's Day, and looking forward to it I put together this collection of charming images from different websites. Those of you who grew up with a holiday birthday, you know what I am talking about - I have always (and still to this day) been given things with hearts on it or in the shape of a heart (balloons, cake, candy, etc...). Coincidentally, I have grown to love it! Everytime I see kitchen towels or barettes or pastries, etc I swoon and want them.
















Williams Sonoma is one of my absolute favorite places to check out the Valentine merchandise.

1,2,3,4

So I thought my first post would be to tell you about a project I recently worked on. Just after Christmas, I helped make the new Plain White T's music video. It think it turned out really great, and am proud to have been a part of it. Mike Venezia did an amazing job directing, filming, and editing. Below is the video as well as the story behind the video in Tom's words. Watch, enjoy, love...

Plain White T's - 1, 2, 3, 4 - Official Music Video (HQ)


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A couple weeks ago I was out to lunch with my friend Mike at Portillo's. The Christmas buzz was wearing off and we were throwing around ideas of making a fun, youtube style video for 1,2,3,4. After brainstorming for a while we came up with the idea of heading into Chicago armed only with a camera and a guitar. He would film me breaking out the guitar and playing the song at random locations around the city. The focus however, would be on the people who stopped to watch. The song is a simple love song so we wanted to capture various little love stories throughout Chicago, and feature them in the video. We had no idea how it was gonna turn out- Would anyone even stop at all? Would I get mobbed? Would people give permission to be filmed? Was this even a cool idea? We had no clue what was gonna happen, but the next day we ventured out to do it. We made a pact that we would give it our best shot and just roll with it. Whatever happened we would just edit together and put up online. So we went around the city freezing our butts off (it was 18 degrees outside) following through with the plan and meeting some great people. After about seven hours in the cold we called it a day and drove back to the burbs. I was honestly concerned my ears were gonna fall off, that's how cold I was! Needless to say they didn't, and after a week of editing Mike sent me his first cut of the video. I almost cried. I couldn't believe how perfectly it captured the sentiment of the song. I knew we had something here, so we showed it to the guys in the band, our managers, and our label. They all loved it and now this simple idea we thought of over lunch and filmed the next day is getting all this hype before anyone has even seen it! We made this video for you, for the fans, so enjoy it with love, from the Plain White T's.