hola qué tal? comment çá vá, my friends? alles gut? oh, just a little travel around the world in a few words! but still one of my favourite is in german with “hallo wie geht’s?”, it just sounds so good! so my friends, feeling the weekend approaching? are there any sweet plans for this last weekend before christmas? i still have shopping as i am still on ideas. always been like this, last year i gave mr twiggs a fabulous pair of puma sneakers & on christmas eve i had to offer him a postcard with a picture of them printed and wrote a few lines like if they were talking to him “hello… we are on our way to your feet… but right now we just left the netherlands, went to germany & now we stopped for a while in france, however do not worry, we will get to you pretty soon!”
well today is {number’s editorial} day & i brought you a sweet lady, mom of an adorable baby… and who also has the most delightful blog. i have some friends asking how do i manage myself in order to keep me updated with my favourite blogs, and until now my favourite solution is to subscribe them by email, though i have heard that google reader is so much better. must try soon! shame on me, i know. but, as i was saying, some read the news in the morning, i hear the news while on traffic & i read my favourite blogs in a couple of minutes, writing a small note on comments. and this lady’s blog is one of my daily reads… clues?
{adorable bixby james + laura gaskill}
“hello! i’m laura gaskill, a new mama + design student in the process of creating a home i love on a tight budget.”
this seems really interesting so far, don’t you think? let us hear more…
“i launched lolalina in april ’09 as a way to share my design and style finds, as well as a space to document my personal journey towards living a life in line with my passions – my sweet life. i blog about my at times painfully slow (but fun!) progress in updating my 1930′s bungalow, as well as curating design finds, ideas on decorating and creative living, book reviews, interviews, and features on the work of designers, photographers, artists and stylists who inspire me.”
{baby bixby james}
laura gaskill is the editor of {lolalina} and she spreads the world with beautiful finds… she is the honourable guest today.
{laura’s office via lolalina}
number :: 31
31 is my age now, and this has been a {big} year for me because i had my first baby, bixby, and also have been settling into a new home – it is the first home purchased with my husband, and we spent the months of my pregnancy painting the entire house from top to bottom! also over the past year i have begun taking design courses, which is something i have wanted to do and dreamed about for years and years – in fact, my high school art teacher encouraged me to consider art/design school (and even wrote a letter to my mom, hoping she could help convince me!), but i was stubborn and thought going into a creative field wasn’t practical.
letter :: p
i will say {p} is for providence, my new city! i was born and raised in the san francisco bay area, but moved with my husband to providence, rhode island, two years ago, to be near his family… and because we can afford a house here, ha! there are a lot of things i love about living in providence – {risd} (the rhode island school of design) is here, as well as johnson & wales (a well-known cooking school), so there are tons of artsy type events and great food! but i will always be a california girl at heart!
{covet garden via lolalina}
a perfect day is when i…
wake up to see my baby’s beautiful smiling face!!
one thing i would love to learn is…
just one? learn italian, it is such a beautiful language. my grandpa was italian and i have traveled in italy twice and would love to go back! but there are so many other things i want to learn, like how to sew, knit, tap dance, and take better photographs!
would you rather be an english woman in new york, or a new yorker in england?
oh, a new yorker in england for sure! i can’t handle massive cities, and i would love to be in europe where you can hop on a train and be visiting another country in a matter of hours! as much as i am a homebody, i also have a major case of wanderlust and would love to travel as much as possible in my life.
{tea pot pin board via lolalina}
i would like to thank laura for being here & for being such a sweet guest, sharing her excitement in being here, which for me is an honour! i would strongly advise you to sneak-peek laura’s {blog} as she is quite a source of inspiration! laura is also making a {monthly photo session} with bixby james until he celebrates two years of age. other than that, there are diy projects, talented photographers, interior design inspiration… the sweet life, as laura likes to say… oh, one quick question… do you remember me always mentioning that i always have ladies as guests? ok… keep that in mind… there might be a surprise coming.
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