It's Friday! Have a great weekend.

Leaving you with some lovely springtime images.. It's that inevitable time of year where I'm so over cold weather and ready for shorts!

Paris Daydreaming

Oh, France, how I miss you...

Bisous,

Chels

Fab Finds

My favorite Etsy shops...

The Wheatfield
Whimsical and summery, these prints just exude warmth and country comfort. I want all of them framed in my apartment. Katie Daisy, I can't get enough of your art!!

Brittany Bass
An old high-school classmate of mine, this girl's got talent. She uses color and movement in an incredible way. Check her out!

Ayofemi Jewelry
Classic and simple, in timeless colors. Enough said.

Studiokmo
Prints by Karen O'Leary. "Aspiring to replace the common with something more beautiful." She is so talented and imaginative, I love the way she turns maps and cities into works of art. I have the Paris print framed and hanging in my bedroom!

collageOrama
I adore their cheeky, sometimes silly, prints. How can you not love Squeaky the Samurai Squirrel? Seriously adorable.

Inslee Haynes

I've featured her work on the blog before, but she's baaaack! Just because I love her work so much. Feminine and fashion-forward, her prints just ooze style.You can purchase her prints here. 

*All images and prints belong to the artist*

Swimming in Sunshine

Spring arrives early here in the South, but not without teasing you for a few weeks first. Today, for example, was a balmy 68 degrees. And it's only the second day of February. You can't help but daydream about lounging by the pool (my new apt has one!) or taking the boat out to the lake or just spending some fabulous time sitting in the sunshine.

This outrageous compound in St. Lucia makes me long for a vacation. Will someone please lend me $10,000,000 - plus some money for a plane ticket?

Photos from WSJ House of the Day. Home listed through Michelle Bourgeois of Town Residential.

The Simple Truth

"Enjoy the little things in life."

It sounds so cliche, but there is so much truth in it! To me, anyways. I try really every day hard not to lose sight of what's important in life.. the little things.

I spent this past weekend camping and riding ATVs with the bf and some friends. We spent 3 days in the backwoods of Tennessee surrounded by gorgeous scenery. When I'm out in the woods, every little detail captures my attention. The way mini waterfalls appear after a heavy rain, the way certain rocks position themselves in a stream, the different plants that grow in different parts of the mountain.

We stopped to eat lunch near what appeared to be an old abandoned coal sifter. As always, I ventured away from the group (who were busy drinking their beers) and just wandered aimlessly, taking in my surroundings. Somewhere along the way, I found an old glass Coke bottle, faded and dirty from who-knows-how-many-years  sitting in the middle of nowhere. Thoughtlessly, I picked it up and wandered back to our group of guys. I showed it to a friend - "How neat is this? Look, there's even a tiny little snail shell on there!" He looked at me like I was crazy. "Uh, cool, Chels.." I sighed and threw the bottle back into the woods.

Why doesn't everyone appreciate the little things? It's what makes you happy, right? Maybe I am weird, and it was just an old Coke bottle, just a piece of garbage, but why not look past that and just appreciate the coolness of it?

Anyways, those are my ramblings for today. The pic above is Danny and me in Tennessee a few months ago.. I love that guy!

Love your life, don't take anything for grated
 and thank God for everything!

xoxo
Chels