and the results are in...

Congrats go out to my friend Annie over at Imogene who received (and rightfully deserves) the title of Baltimore's BEST local jewelry artist.

This is one of my favorite necklaces of hers.

draw flowers

Beautiful cutout flowers necklaces from draw flowers on etsy.

Guess what they are made out of????

Give up?  

WALLPAPER.  

toll booth attendants make me smile

I drove through the toll booth on my way to DC yesterday, and the toll booth attendant amazed me.  Why you ask???  Well... he was so damn chipper.  A man, stuck in a small closet sized office without a care in the world.

How can this man (jammed in a closet with no one to talk to) actually have a smile on his face and a warm greeting ready for me as my car approached?

Then I realized, he is happy for all of those reasons.  He has no disgruntled coworkers all up in his business.  He only has to deal with each customer for about 30 seconds before they move on and another comes by.  And... he gets to be outside in the fresh air all day.

I've never thought of working a toll booth as a glamourous job (and maybe its not), but right now it's sounding pretty damn good.

Anyway, the toll booth attendant put a smile on my face.

Just look how happy this lady is.

hot pink fluff

I'm loving these strawberry float earrings by Jamie Jo Fischer
and they come in lots of other delicious colors.

song I'm obsessed with

Song I can't get enough of... Yeasayer, "Sunrise".

** Note the fabulous cheetah fringe shirt on the drummer**

just one of those days...

I'm having one of those days...

Scratch that.  I'm having one of those weeks...

Hell, who am I kidding?  I'm having one of those months.

So, I bought myself some flowers.

the end.

more from fashion week

Diane von Furstenberg

Narciso Rodriguez

Lela Rose

(images from style.com)

Big-ups!

A big-ups and congrats to my sister, Erin Quinn, who FINALLY got herself a new job.

After an unmentionable amount of time off (full of travel and discovery), EQ has landed herself permanently (well... for now at least) in Denver, Colorado. Congrats sis!

Now I have an excuse to go on a road trip and hangout in the mountains. There's nothing I love more than some fresh air, trees, and big rocks.

(look sis, I finally mentioned you in my blog. xoxo)

the small object

I may just have to come up with something to put in these canisters by the small object. They are just too adorable to pass up.

marc jacobs- 2009 ready wear

Fashion week favorite:

Marc Jacobs 2009 ready wear collection is full of layers, color, and stacks of accessories.

And... I LOVE IT!

(images from style.com)

 

looking for something to do???

If you're in the DC area this weekend, come hang with me at ARTS ON FOOT.

I will be selling my jewels and there will be plenty of wine tasting.  Yeah!!!

Saturday, September 13th

11am- 5pm

Outside the Verizon Center

hayden-harnett

At any one time, you could probably find 3 or 4 wallets in my bag.  I know, (it's a little excessive), but I love little bags.  Some of my favorites are hayden-harnett.