monday shares.

Wow.  Blog titles are getting harder and harder.  Perhaps I'll forgo titles like some fo my favorite blog ladies do?  Doubt it.  I feel like I need titles to organize.  Maybe they'll just stop making sense...that might be fun!

Yesterday we had a really beautiful time with our wonderful (and crazy talented) friends who just made it back to the states from Iceland (via Italy, via Belgium).  We get to see them again when we head to Cinci later this week to see folks and watch our worlds collide with these guys starting their summer tour there!  So excited.  So so excited.

I have two fun things to share with you today!

1. this girl (kimbra) has PIPES.  seriously.  I'm quite mesmerized by her voice and beauty (she's 21!  does that make you feel any different about how she sings?!  wow.  crazy.)...wondering when her soon to be released (in australia & NZ) album will make it to the states.

2. here is a beautiful august desktop calendar for you from Rebekka Seale (who is an incredible artist!).

july desktop calendar (from shanna murray).

I swear, they just keep getting better!  This one from Shanna and Shari Altman is so pretty and beachy and calming.  Yep.  It looks so great on my computer (and...will probably look the same on yours!).  Get different sizes HERE.

super RANDOM (food/home video/desktop calendar).

Happy Friday!  Just had some fun and random things for you today.  First, a Dake home video starring Job and Dan!

Next, Shanna Murray's june desktop calendar(s) with Abby Try Again.  SO pretty!  And we have options!  I picked the lights for now...

And last....another home made pizza!  This one had potato, onion, broccoli, garlic, and mushroom.  We did NOT enjoy the broccoli.  NO more broccoli on pizza!  And, some homemade meatballs in the making for pasta & subs.

That's all.  Told you it was random.  Have a lovely weekend!!

may desktop calendar.

I like this one too!  Of course!  Some kitchen linens/embroidery inspiration!  Shanna collaborated with Rachel Saldana (who has some really lovely photographs) for this one.

head here for different screen sizing.

april desktop calendar (by shanna murray).

This one is my favorite so far!!!  Oh my, it's so pretty.  And it welcomes spring so nicely.  For this one, Shanna collaborated with Heather Smith Jones.  Head here for more info.  
Enjoy :)

march desktop calendar.

Just wanted to make sure you knew about this!  I really like this one (I think I say that about all of them...hmm)!  To download double click the image and save it to your desktop (or head here to do the same!).

(desktop calendar by shanna murray & jordan ferney)

Also, issue 2 of the online magazine matchbook mag is out!!  Check it out HERE.

february desktop calendar.

Just wanted to share Shanna's February desktop calendar with you, in case you didn't get to it yourself ;) it's beautiful.  Another collaboration with Nikole (from Herriott Grace):

(click on the image to save!)

inspired by: yes jess knits.

Jess and I went to school together and usually connected through similar music likings and maybe even one another's style from time to time (okay, at least I like/liked hers!).  Today, I am SO encouraged by the sweet knits that she makes, and the success that she has been having in making them!  Here are some of my favorite pieces of hers:

($38)

($76)

($28)

($10!!)

($32)

You can buy these lovelies HERE, check out her beautiful tumblr HERE, and check out her website HERE!

Also, Shanna Murray has kicked off the 2011 year with a wonderful desktop calendar (collaborating with Marina Porter):

random!

Found a few fun things for you (if you haven't already found them yourself of course!)...

1. the new dreamily colored desktop calendar for December by Shanna Murray and Abby-Powell Thompson:

2. Two more online magazines have new issues!  Hooray!  N.E.E.T. magazine and Sweet Paul magazine (found here).  All of the holiday inspiration that has been available lately has been so fun to look at :) 

calendars!

There is something delightful about calendars.  Here are two free November desktop calendars, the first from Shanna Murray and the second from Christiane Engel:






Head to their blogs for the original postings: Shanna...Christiane...


Also...my beautiful and incredibly talented friend Beth (and her beau, Drew!) recently started a blog and showed a little sneak peak of her 2011 calendar:



I'll be sure to keep you posted about when it is finished :)

flags.

I am not sure where or when my great liking of flags began, but it exists, and I am convinced will exist for a long time.  Here are some fun flag photos:

(1) from tabitha emma
(2) by carson ellis from grass hut
(3 & 5) forty-sixth at grace  (shop: herriott grace)
(4) the royal tenenbaums!


Also, since I unfortunately found this July desktop calendar too late, here is October (from Shanna Murray)!!  Still a little late, but there is still time :)

 (maybe this is also a reference to my liking of cakes?!)