Friday

A few little blooms of color around the house are all I need to hold on a little while longer. Until the days when I can just wear a jean jacket or sweater (without the parka on top), until the days I need sunglasses later than 4pm, until I can pack up the shovel until next year.

Sean surprised Wren with her own little garden last week.

My own little potted garden is giving off the most beautiful fragrance. Nothing on earth comes close to the scent of a freshly bloomed hyacinth!

Meanwhile, outside we have been floating between Winter's deepest, darkest days...

bouts of sunshine, and even a little taste of Spring in the past day or two.

But like the quote below says so eloquently, at this time of year it is no coincidence that I feel very content to spend my days at home. These are the days I feel no desire to explore the city, treasure hunt, or even focus too much on where my next flip may come from. These are the days I find myself home centered. 

May your weekend be filled with a little of everything above.

Let's spread the word!

 

In the past I will admit that I totally sucked at keeping track of Sponsors, when ads should go up and down, when to collect payment (which also made me cringe a little, it just isn't in my character!!). So for the most part I've left that business to my ad network. But for 2014 I decided I really want to embrace that side of blogging a little more. Not only offering an outlet for blogs and small businesses, but also putting myself out there a little more! It's all about raising and building each other up more this year.

I discovered PassionFruit Ads this past Summer and was impressed, set up a page... then never really focused on it. But it really does offer a great service to us Bloggers (trust, they aren't paying me for this, I just think they are awesome). Because I really want it to be more about spreading the love than anything else all my ad spots are relatively large by blog ad standards, and most importantly: affordable! 

So affordable that a handful of them are actually free. Every month, 4 of the available spaces are reserved for trade among fellow bloggers. I am hoping we can all discover new and fun blogs, friends and ideas this year and this is my way to get out exploring in Blog-land a little more. 

If you are interested and want to find out more

And thanks so much for your love and support all these years of blogging later.

Possession Obsession: Hay Box Box

My Nordic obsession is in full bloom. Currently, my design crush is by one of the iconic Copenhagen trend setters: Hay. 

In particular, I have been obsessed with their stackable boxes, the 'Box Box Desktop' sets. They come in sets in various color combos, everyone of them as yummy as the last. I think I may take the plunge and place an order, the only issue being which color set to go with!

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Nothing says 'I want to get organized in 2014' like some new storage. So they are kind of a necessity, am I right???

(hint: 'yes' is the correct answer in this case *wink wink*)