Thursday

beautiful things for 30.12.2010


Best wishes for a happy 2011!

I'll be making a few changes in the new year, and I would love if you would come visit my new blog

(Image from Tiffany & Co.)

Tuesday

beautiful things for 21.12.2010


Have a very merry Christmas, dears

Christmas Lights by Coldplay

(video from ColdplayVEVO on YouTube)

Friday

beautiful things for 17.12.2010


Dr. Hawa Abdi is a Sudanese OB-GYN who is also a lawyer, and she is running a hospital and refugee camp for those displaced by the years of violence there on her own.  Her story is absolutely inspiring.

Read the article by Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times here.

(Image from the New York Times- Dr. Abdi is at the right)

Wednesday

beautiful things for 15.12.2010




The notecards from Gadabout are absolutely gorgeous- I love handwritten notes

(Images from Gadabout, discovered on The Neo-traditionalist)

Monday

beautiful things for 13.12.2010


The Houston Ballet's Nutcracker 

(Image from The New York Times- they have an interesting review of the ballet here)

Friday

beautiful things for 3.12.2010


J. Crew's new wedding campaign makes me want a baby leopard.  So precious!

(Image from J. Crew)

Wednesday

beautiful things for 1.12.2010





The Christmas season is my absolute favorite time of year.  

Christmas at the White House, 2008
(How I wish I could visit every year)