I instagrammed (wait, that’s a verb now?!) a photo of my living room the other night, and a few of you were interested in seeing the prints behind our sofa. We recently painted the walls gray (they used to be this icky harvest gold color), and it looks so much better. The power of a few cans of paint is not to be underestimated.

Love you. Me too.

“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the sun, even without looking.”

The quote that inspired a weekend re-reading of Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. It’s been 15 years since I last read it, and I’m eager to experience it through an older, wiser lens.

It was impossible not to shoot red and turquoise after seeing the young woman in the top photo pull it off.

What’s new in the shop? This!

My husband Evan has been working on this project and finally finished it. It’s photos from the color project arranged on a stylized map of Paris. Each arrondissement is a different color.

The print is 16×20 and is available in our etsy shop here. We’ll be adding it to the Paris Print Shop in a bit.

There’s one up for grabs over at Facebook. 

I usually cut or buy flowers for our patio table, but this year I potted a few oxalis in small white containers. They love the shade, so I’m hoping they’ll make it through the summer under our umbrella. Did you ever see one “go to sleep?” They are sensitive to light and react to it by closing. Check out this short video.

They’re such charming plants, and it’s almost impossible for me to resist them at the nursery. Don’t they remind you of butterfly wings?

… with metallic Sperry Topsiders. Evan snapped this photo of me wearing them in Paris. Matching reflections!

Okay, so why a photo of me wearing shoes?

About a month ago, I was invited to share my obsessions on a site called Currently Obsessed. You can see my page here.

It’s reminiscent of Pinterest, but it’s entirely product-based, and serves as a place to share the things you currently have or covet. You can “stalk” your favorite bloggers.

My first reaction was “who needs another platform?” But the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. It’s a way for me to share things I rarely talk about here on the blog, and I’m always interested in what my favorite bloggers are coveting or wearing. In fact, when I first started reading blogs, it’s what I enjoyed the most.

Having said that, I’m not a big fan of blogs that only focus on products, which is why I’ve chosen not to talk about them here very often or at all. But I do like sharing a good shoe find, and I’m always on top of the latest breaking beauty trends because I write about them for a living. To be honest, once in awhile, I miss my Bravo TV beauty and fashion blogging years.

Currently Obsessed is a shopping platform that allows bloggers to recommend products like a personal shopper would. So in the interest of full disclosure, if you buy something you like, I get a small referral fee.

I’m excited to have a place where I can share products I have bought, want to buy, or recommend without having to work them into my content here on the blog. Once in a while I may point out something special, but if you are interested in the things I’m obsessed with, you should stalk me on my page.

I’ll also always have a link to it here on the blog (it’s currently in the sidebar).

Happy stalking!

Yes. Yes I did take a photo of it for color inspiration. Considering taking this to the paint store for a match.

It’s was drizzling, so you can see a few drops on my lens if you look close. Bad camera owner, I know.

Include Lancaster, Pennsylvania. No need to explain, right?