TGIF

enjoy your weekend!

hope to see you monday for some fun news.

 

via because it's awesome on instagram

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BRB

Sorry, dudes. Short hiatus while I play in the sun yard this week. This is in no way a reflection of how much I love you.

 via Happy Mundane's killer Insta feed

Back on Monday. ox

Photography // Steve Back, Hutt Lagoon

Just.

Completely unreal.

Steve Back Photography

Sidenote: Did anyone else see that Google Reader will be no more after July of this year?! What the whaaaaaa? I am going to have to start preparing now. If you don't follow BIA via Facebook, Bloglovin or Twitter (dah - you obviously should be), how do you follow? Please share since many of us will be seeking out and/or accommodating new methods!

Annawithlove Giveaway Winner

Virginia, please contact me (tobe@becauseitsawesomeblog.com) to arrange for your winnings!

As for the rest of you hopefuls, thanks so much for your interest. Sweet Anna has very generously offered 25% off for BIA readers with code BECAUSEITSAWESOME through March 6th.

ADDITIONALLY, she is offering everyone who signs up for the Annawithlove mailing list one free print with purchase. Score!

Annawithlove on Etsy

Etsy Crush + A Giveaway!

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Happy Heart Day!

It's been said before, but I say this day doesn't have to be about romance. I've had many a Valentine's Day that was about the girls, and even a few that were just all about moi. In fact, the first VDay that Eric and I were dating, I opted to hang with my ladies instead! It was so early in the relationship, I didn't want to be disappointed and I knew a night with the girls would never disappoint. Luckily, he was around long enough that we've been able to share a few since :)

So whether this day is about a significant other, celebrating friendship, the kids, or even a night of spoiling yourself (ummm....bottle of red and a bubble bath much??), I hope you're feeling loved.

And to show you how much I love you, my dearest readers, I've teamed up with the very brilliant Anna of Annawithlove Photography for a giveaway! Anna has generously offered one BIA reader their choice of any of the gorgeous photos in her Etsy shop, and at any of her standard sizes (8x8, 8x12 or 8x10). Let's just take a gander, shall we?

images via annawithlove photography

Yeah, dudes. I know.

And everyone is eligible.

So what you need to do is hop over, choose your fave (remember set pairs are fair game), and then leave a comment telling me as such. Then, a week from today, we name a winner and BAM! your walls get to lookin gooo-od.

p.s. You can always keep up with Anna's new crop on her Facebook page. That's how I do.

the fine print: Winners will be chosen via random.org, and will be announced within 24 hours of being chosen. After  announced, winner is responsible for claiming prize within 7 days, at which time they will forfeit their prize. Limit one entry per person. No purchase or payment necessary. Void where prohibited. Giveaway sponsored by Annawithlove Photography.

Photography // Rhi Ellis

Rhi Ellis Photography

I need a free pass today, guys.

Back with a special House Guest tomorrow!

Fashionista // Enchanted Spring

As if I wasn't already craving spring something fierce . . .

Bambi Northwood-Blyth in Stonefox Magazine via Fashion Gone Rogue

Artist // Marcel Christ

Master of still life photography, seems Marcel Christ can make anything look like art.

Check out these amazing pigment explosions!

 Marcel Christ, spotted via Good Design Makes Me Happy

Holiday // Happy Thanksgiving!

Ahhh, the famed American holiday where we reflect on what we are most grateful for. I'm so blessed to have a long list, but I won't draw that out today. Though it might be quiet around here the rest of the week for the upcoming holiday, I am stupid obsessed with Instagram, so you will undoubtedly find me updating there.

And I do mean stupid obsessed. How did I go so long without playing this game?? Why didn't anyone tell me??!

cranberry sauce in the works

(here's where i admit that Eric is the cook at our house.)

getting the family china ready

(my sweet pops spent 11 years collecting the missing pieces and gifted us the set as a wedding gift!)

tabletop prep

(still unsure how I ever made money as a florist. I'm sort of terrible at flower arranging.)

*Instagram @tobe_reed

I mean, who knew what an awesome photographer I was?? ha!

Are you on Instagram? You should tell me your handle so I can stalk you.

 

 Gobbledy gobbledy!

Monday Blues // 10

Well, I'm still feeling a bit under the weather, so Monday Blues indeed. The coughing stage is always the worst, no? Total nuisance not only to you, but to everyone around you. Poor Eric is a trooper for both putting up with me and taking such good care of me. I'm so annoying when I'm sick.

I digress.

Let's just keep hanging on to the great time we had in San Francisco and Napa last weekend to keep my spirits up. We had so much fun attending illustrator Lisa Congdon's opening (remember when I mentioned her lettering project here?), catching up with friends, celebrating Victoria's I do's, shopping, touring the city, then heading to Napa with old friends for a little early birthday action.

Would you believe that those pics are totally unedited??! Gorgeous days, I tell ya.

I'll be talking more about the trip throughout the week.

Also, these happened over the weekend

I know.
God bless my mama's Craigslist search skills.

Sending you East Coasters and all of my NYC peeps a little love today and in the coming weeks. Our hearts are with you. ox

image via Desordre

needing a day of rest

well, a hectic schedule has caught up with me.

(485,748,684,672,947 kleenexes later)

looks like i'll be spending the day in bed with plenty of hot tea and lemon.
wish my deadlines understood . . .

sultries

Happy New Year!

brent foster photography

wishing you a safe and happy evening, and every bit of luck and love into the new year!

cheers!

holiday || happy halloween weekend

hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend in store! i am thrilled to be attending the kate spade opening par-tay tonight, and am headed to central(ish) kansas tomorrow for my first kansas state football game in years. quite thrilled.

so i won't be dressing up. but if you are, you have to show us on monday!

image via sweet paul fall 2011

styling by paul lowe, photography by linda pugliese

fashionista || color pop

these photos by stig jarnes are just the pop of color i need on this wednesday morning.

photography by stig jarnes  ||  spotted via touchpuppet

a party for me, myself and i

photo via pia ulin photography

this is where i'll be this weekend if anyone needs me.

except no one is actually allowed to interrupt the slumber that is about to ensue.

this girl is tired, and i cut people for lesser offenses.

travel || peggy wong

have you seen the stunning images from peggy wong's recent trip to europe? if not, i highly recommend a peek. spain, portugal, morocco, france and denmark . . . all beautifully documented on her blog.

here's just a taste:

all photos via bluepoolroad

le sigh.

warm + industrial

i've learned that i have some masculine tendencies when it comes to design. this space was an instant yes when i first laid eyes on it. the perfect office for any man's man. i believe husband would be home a lot more if he had a room like this to escape to . . . he might also catch me stealing my own moments there from time to time.

douglas friedman photography