How about...

 These orange flats with this Seaport scarf from Canvas... such bright bursts of color and energy! If only I lived somewhere where these would be weather appropriate right now...

Perhaps with jeans, a white tshirt, and this bracelet to add a little glamour? hmmm?

Printed Tins

Festive, cheery folk art tins! Full of Paulig coffee, via The Dieline.

Blow'n in the Wind

I'm having one of those days where I need to turn my face to the wind, close my eyes, and let all my cares blow away...

Photo by Ana via Feaverish Photography

Brown Paper Bags

I love these adorable lunch bags! I use a Built neoprene lunch tote to bring my lunch to work, but wouldn't these be perfect to wrap up a surprise for someone special? I can imaging coming home and finding one waiting with a favorite treat tucked inside! Available in packs of 10 (5 styles each) from bee things!

Pantone

How delicious are these Pantone Storage Bins? At just over 8 1/2 x 11", with names like "Macaw Green" how could you resist? I'd love to stack the Green, Gray and Pink together.  I'm already addicted to the Pantone Mugs below...

Available here for a price (but on sale today!)  found via Marvelous Kiddo

These are the mugs- two sets of 10 colors have been released, you can buy them individually here.  I have Paprika, Grape, Turquoise and Chocolate right now, but Baby Blue, Lagoon Blue and Cool Grey are tempting me...

Last thought on New Years...

"We spend January 1 walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives... not looking for flaws, but for potential."

-Ellen Goodman


(you can read her last column here)


Quote via Design Crush, Photo by pareerica

A Fresh New Decade

The 2000s... the excitement of the Millenium, Y2K. Graduating college and finding my way in the world. My first apartment, car, and heartbreak. Traveling for months. Licia. Grad school. 9/11. Iraq and Afganhistan. Katrina. Tsunami. Bush. And Bush. And Obama. Globlization. Gas prices. Columbia and the X-Prize. Brittany Spears. SARS and H1N1. Turning 30. Starting Peanut Butter and Poetry. The Matrix and Twilight and one more Indiana Jones. Ipods and Kindles and Crocs.

It's been a crazy decade, that has taken me around the world and back to New York City. So here we are. 2010. A brand new decade. I have all sorts of ideas and plans and hopes brewing for 2010 and beyond, I expect it will be a tumultuous year with lots of travel and change and introspection.

Good things from 2009:

1. Amazing trip to Chile and Argentina in the Spring
2. Met W
3. Started a 5 Year Diary (how fun to see where I was one year ago!)
4. Went to Tracker School and made fire using my own bow drill
5. Became a member of the Red Cross Disaster Reserve and Rapid Response teams
4. Started this blog
5. Discovered tons of amazing bloggers

Abstract Ideals for 2010:

1. Think Smaller. Sometimes drastic change is not the best answer
2. Slow Down. Sometimes a little down time equals a lot of perspective.
3. Patience. It's ok to not have all the answers right now.
4. Better food, more exercise.

Concrete Goals for 2010:

1. Travel somewhere memorable (possibly Isreal/Jordan combo in the Spring)
2. Join one of those seasonal produce cooperatives. Possibly this one.
3. Shop more at the natural food store and less at the cheap non-organic grocery store.
4. Use the NY Public Library. Read everything on my Book List 2010.
5. Start running in the park again (or at least on the treadmill for now)
6. Go hiking and horseback riding
7. Schedule better to see friends more often
8. Try something new each month.
       I took a West African dance class here in December
      This drawing studio is up next...
9. Bake something with rhubarb
10. Bring my lunch to work more often

W summed it up perfectly:

"Going into the new year is like a leap of faith. A salute to a world that is bigger than either of us. We set our sights on the horizon, trim our sails, and hold on at the helm. But the way is determined also by the wind, the sea, the unknown."

Where are you setting your sights for 2010 and beyond?

Photo by Saxony Marie