Already missing October...

I hope everyone had a lovely Halloween, NYC Marathon, daylight savings time—weekend! whew!

Happy 23rd Birthday to my darling sister! (23!? I can't believe that's right!?) I hope it's a good one and we wish we were there! xo!

a paper city turns 1 today!

Today marks one year of my first blogging venture, a paper city. I can remember, one year ago today, while living with people I had never met (friends of friends)... sitting alone in our new city at Tillie's Cafe with my laptop and creating a paper city. With just over 200 posts in 365 days I'm modestly pleased with it. It kept me creatively fulfilled during my 3 1/2 months of unemployment. It gives me a place to share my design endeavors & my adventures with J in our new city with the ones we love.

It's certainly a hodgepodge of things and has drifted away from purely design but I love too many other things in this life not to share. I'm also a firm believer that people, especially creative people, are constantly drawing inspiration from all the things in their lives. So while I may not always be posting about my new favorite illustrator, I'm trying a new recipe or discovering new music.

Thanks to you readers (all 4 of you!) for sticking around & making me feel like I'm not alone!

*photo by revivify.

Iron & Wine

J got me Iron & Wine tickets for my birthday. The show was last night & it was so beautiful in a small theatre under the Williamsburg Bridge in Manhattan. He played this song last, (Trapeze Swinger) I had never heard it before but it made me weep.

They also gave us these beautiful letterpressed "commemorative tickets" so pretty!

Thanks J for an amazing night! xo!

Happy Birthday to my beautiful sister!

Happy 21st Birthday Marissa!
Wish we were there to help celebrate! xoxo!

photos taken in the summer of 2007 in Biloxi, Mississippi where Marissa is currently stationed at Keesler AFB.

birthday girl.

(that's me!)

do you like someecards.com because I sure do! witty, funny ecards for every situation!

*and maybe I'm enjoying a little birthday vino right now! Cheers!