a few things.

that i'm really excited about.

first and foremost, can we all please celebrate the return of domino magazine? i have been seriously mourning the loss of this publication ever since news of condé nast shutting its domino doors years back. so you can imagine my excitement when i saw this:

excitement also expressed here and here and here

and another thing? you, mr. ward. oh how i have missed you. i love you and ms. deschanel together, but you and you alone are absolute perfection. xo

**yes, i realize that this video includes zooey, but so far, it's my favorite from the new album. so there**

what's in a case.

in the short lifetime of my iphone {4}, i've gone through SEVEN cases. count that: 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 fortunately, none of them were over $40 but add all that up and i've wasted a ridiculous amount of money on these things. here's a little story for each one.

no. 1 was my first. my baby. and the one i kept going back to. but also the one that i never really wanted- i bought it from the at&t store and while it's a good case, it seems that every one has some version of it and i wanted something unique.

no. 2 my first kate spade case. and then my first SHATTERED kate spade case. yes these cases are cute to look at and my phone survived the fall, the case just didn't make it.

no. 3 mr. adler. ohhhhh, mr. adler. how i love thee. but you need to find a new company to make your cases because if you're like me and you often put your phone in your back pocket, the print WILL rub off. and look dingey. and gross. and no cute print can make up for it.

no. 4 did i not learn my lesson the first time? i was drawn in like moths to a flame as soon as i saw the kelly green border around the edge of the case. but like no. 2, miss no. 4 also shattered on the first fall.

no. 5 seriously! what is my deal??? those darn baskets filled with goodies at the cash register get me every time! and so did this jonathan adler case. and again, just three days after carrying the phone in my pocket half the time, the print was gone. and gross. plus, it absorbed the blue dye from my jeans. so: lesson learned. if a case breaks when you drop your phone, or the print rubs off, don't buy another nearly identical case thinking it won't do the same {it will}.

no. 6 i really thought this was going to be it. but after cracking when i dropped my phone. bleeding red onto our kitchen countertops. i decided i was done, time to start looking for another case.

no. 7 and now we're here. thanks to society6 {an amazing artist based website with over 1500 prints for iphone cases}, we have yet another case. a really really pretty case. when i received it, i got worried that it wouldn't be very protective {it's very thin and doesn't do much for the front of the phone}, but a daughter of a friend of mine has had her case since december and, well, she's fifteen, so i imagine that she's dropped her phone plenty of times in the past three months and she said the case hasn't failed her yet.

so there it is. your "lessons-learned, incredibly experienced, she's really hard on her phones" iphone case review. hope it's helpful. and it saves you money.

so much for a 'lazy' sunday.

there is still much work to be done, but my new workspace {tomorrow marks my first day 'at THE office'} got a big nudge in the right direction.

i really don't know when my urge to change nearly every wall in my house from white to 'anything but white' will die. although, surprisingly, i actually love white walls....in the right space but our house just isn't that 'space'. so color it is and color it shall be. i'm still waiting on a new desk chair and a few other office necessities but until they arrive, i think i will be just fine working in this *new* room.

on another weekend note, the south texas summer is quickly approaching and with it brings lots of fresh produce that we took full advantage of this past saturday and sunday.

this thing weighed no less than eighteen pounds- no lie -had barely enough room in the refrigerator for it. luckily i realized this half-way into dicing it up, because that gave us a chance to use my very neglected juicer and drink our dose of lycopene with some strawberry + watermelon juice.

one thing led to another and before i knew it, i was filling two gallon-size containers with various juices.

and then the husband came in with some fruits from el jardin.

and if THAT wasn't enough, nick's mom has been so generously sharing some of her hand-picked tomatoes with us. nearly every year her tomatoes dominate her garden, leaving barely anything else to compete with them, fortunately it is a welcomed takeover.

mila loves all of you.

just as much as i do {she just doesn't know it yet}.

{vanity case by lalé bela}

{baby bloch}

{rattle blocks by oeuf nyc}

{cushion by donna wilson}

{egmont doe lamp}

i think we should all be best friends.

{karen walker shades}

{marvellous mug by lisa stockley, london}

{cosmetic bag from lisa stockley, london}

{towels from lisa stockley, london}

{hansel from basel}

{need supply co.}

because you're all lovely and i think you would make my transition into motherhood that much smoother.

and cuter.

signed,
your new b.f.f.

most of the time.

i love making my own cards to give to people. but sometimes, i just can't pass up the impossibly perfect illustrations from my friends at rifle paper company.

if i found you before the wedding.

our house and kitchen cupboards might look a little different. in a good way.

yeah. i kind of want it all. thanks

a few things i've kind of been loving lately.

this wallpaper. because our hallway bath has this EXACT color of tile so it gives me a little hope.

this bedroom. because the bed is so perfectly placed. on the floor.

this wonderfully, thoughtfully un-thoughtful way of displaying photographs.

these shelves. because i never ever tire of inside-out kitchen cabinets.

all of this. because it looks like it came right out of my nanee's house.

this. because it made me instantly think of my brother.

and this. because she's wonderful. and we've barely even met.

and this guy. because he thinks he's cool. but pictures like this make him very un-cool.

if only.

i found this.

{mod bassinet by nest}

before i found this.

{stokke stroller}

aaaaand i could actually justify anOTHER piece of furniture. this may seem like a lot, but really, we're keeping things pretty basic: chair {ANYthing but a bouncer} that will later become a high chair, crib, stroller and carseat. all the others are things we have or have so fortunately been handed 'over' {sounds better than handed 'down'} to our little mila.

pink.

wee little mila may not be getting a lot of pink in her room, but this video from the lovely kate spade just might've given me a reason to throw the color into the mix every now and then.

{video courtesy of kate spade ny}

the high life.

how cool is this house made of hemp? it's architecturally AMAZing but still warm with comfortable feel to it.