Thank Goodness!

There are some people, places, and things and verbs that I want to point out/thank for recently bringing joy into my life. Without them, my time between projects would be pretty dull right now!

In no particular order:

1) Ginny Branch Stelling of My Favorite Color is Shiny.

She makes wonderfully endearing and full of love lists of thanks. They remind me that there truly is always something to be thankful for, and they really warm my heart! She inspired me to make this post.

And hats off to a fellow hopeless romantic!

2) The fabulous creator of Luxirare.

She makes simply exquisite clothes and food, all of which are chic, playful and edgy at once! I can't imagine how she manages to put so much time into her creative life, and I am thoroughly

impressed/totally envious/inspired.

3) The movie Roxanne with the ever wonderfully hilarious Steve Martin:

One of the funniest most romantic movies ever. If you listen to the incredible things Steve Martin's character says- you'll be swooning! Watched it last night and simply couldn't get enough romantic language, and so picked up a wonderful book that my boss gifted me as a wedding present:

4) Love Poems by Pablo Neruda.

In You The Earth

Little

rose,

roselet,

at times,

tiny and naked,

it seems

as though you would fit

in one of my hands,

as though I'll clasp you like this

and carry you to my mouth,

but

suddenly

my feet touch your feet and my mouth your lips:

you have grown,

your shoulders rise like two hills,

your breasts wander over my breast,

my arm scarcely manages to encircle the thin

new-moon line of your waist:

in love you have loosened yourself like sea water:

I can scarcely measure the sky's most spacious eyes

and I lean down to your mouth to kiss the earth.

Sigh.........

5) Making jewelry!

I've been going crazy making jewelry lately. My apt building used to be an elementary school and I've convinced myself that our apartment was the art class, and so there are creativity spirits lingering in the air. Seriously, though, I've never spent so much time making things- and never been so lucky as to actually like 90% of the results! Stay tuned for images of the necklaces I've been working on........

Sorry for the following lousy image credit, here goes: I found all these images on Google! Please alert me if you know where they actually came from.....