• you & i by ingrid michaelson
• don't look back by she & him
• casette tape by katie costello
• the thief by sarah harmer
• set fire to the rain by adele
• walk in the park by beach house
• you! me! dancing! by los campesinos
• this charming man by the smiths

• dream
• smile
• create
• write
• love
• share
• be

• woke up to a pestering neighbour
• isn't it amazing, the little things that change the course of a day?
• recieved a bag of sprouts and thought of brother
• sipped on hot lemon and honey, coughed, blew my nose
• wondered whether he was wondering about me ♥
• looking out the window, there seems to be christmas in the air
• realised how much i miss my friends...
• ...and how much my grandparents mean to me
• cursed the snow
• saw how love gives people energy ♥
• realised an obsession with lists that previously was more of a liking
• realised that feeding the good wolf is worth the tears :)

• pancakes , the little ones that fit in your hand
• pyjamas and slippers
• a cosy dressing gown
• coffee
• pitcher of orange juice
• a magazine to leaf through
• a vase of handpicked flowers from the garden...
• ...in a handpainted jug
• receiving a handwritten letter

• hectic shoppers
• smell of gingerbread {so good}
• flickering fairy lights
• lone snowflakes on window panes
• the holly and the ivy on dubstep
• extra layers
• dreaming of summer
• socks
• snow angels
• hot chocolate with whipped cream
• vitamin c tablets

• A Compnay Of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
• Extras by Scott Westerfeld
• Lament by Maggie Stiefvater
• The Fool's Alphabet by Sebastian Faulkes
• The Wedding Planner's Daughter by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
• Playing Cupid by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
• Star-Crossed Summers by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
• From The Heart by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
• Real Beauty
• Meet Rebecca by Jaqueline Denbar Green
• A Spell Of Winter by Helen Dunmore
• Al Capone Does My Shirts by Genifer Chodenko
• Al Capone Shines My Shoes by Genifer Chodenko
• The Past, The Present And The Loud, Loud Girl by Karen McCombie
• Dates, Double Dates And Big, Big Trouble ...

• jewel coloured boiled sweets in those funky sweet-shop jars
• colourful buttons stashed in kilner jars
• spirals of bright ribbon coiled up tightly
• lovely books filling bookcases
• handpainted plates and bowls displayed on a dresser
• dresses hung on picture rails in luxurious dressing rooms
• christmas cards crammed along mantelpieces

things that earn homes in my wardrobe

• swishy denim skirts
• chunky fair isle style jumpers
• cable knit ribbed tights
• my denim dress from white stuff
• vintage dresses
• air hostess scarves from the sixties
• straight leg jeans
• blouses

because there's nothing better than winter days spent reading.

• miss chopsticks by xinran {please read it!}
• hoot by carl hiassen
• chocolat by joanne harris
• blackberry wine by joanne harris
• varying degrees of hopelessness by lucy elmann
• like water for chocolate by laura esquivel
• the secret countess by eva ibbotson
• a song for summer by eva ibbotson
• candor by pam bachorz
• coco chanel by justine picardie
• a great and terrible beauty by libba bray
• just so stories by rudyard kipling

recommendations welcome!

• be brave.
• read more.
• take at least one photo every day.
• spend less time on the internet.
• journal several times a week.
• start an art journal & a style board.
• learn to sew better.
• visit paris, amsterdam & italy.
• do the stuff i dream of doing.
• pay attention in science.
• embrace what i have; stop worrying about what i don't have.
• walk every day.
• stop fretting over my appearance.
• smile more.
• be positive.

• the fitzwilliam

an air of history, modelled off Cambridge {uk, not us} student style and the intelligient people running the fitz. museum.

• blue lips, blue veins

beautiful blue things. mainly, of course, shoes.

• things that look like snow

snowflakes and sparkles and lacy little dresses.

• tea party

~beautiful inspiration required, a.s.a.p.~

• new york city
• portland, oregon
• paris
• amsterdam
• spain
• germany
• india
• morocco
• anywhere please