These Are a Few of My Favorite(d) Things

So I have some people, things even, that I want around me.

 I want them in my space.

Up in mah bidness.

They are either lovely, or funny, or nice, or delicious, or beautiful, or brilliant, or a simply splendid combination of any of the aforementioned delightful adjectives. And I thoroughly enjoy them; the conversations, the tastes, the ab workouts (or laughter, call it what you want), the inspiration, the visual treat, the real beauty of it all. Even the "ugly laugh"? (You know the one.)

Do you have those people in your life? Or maybe it's a thing? It's something to look at an individual or object and feel genuine happiness. Whatever qualities they possess, and however it registers with you, makes you smile.

Enter the sweet, sweet curse of Pinterest.

I have successfully managed to bombard myself with everything I find beautiful. And some things I didn't even KNOW I found beautiful until *gasp*! I saw it and clicked it and admired it and pinned it and possibly shared it.

It is a virtual treasure trove of little pieces of my soul. I log in and am immediately welcomed by...well...myself. The most beautiful, delicious, brilliant pieces of myself, mind you. But I like the biased view:

It is more difficult to not just insert a link directly to my collection of "boards" than I care to admit.

I also have people like this in my life. I either see pieces of myself in them or they are the more-glorified versions of myself that I can aspire to.

Some of them run (NOT aspiring to do this, but...you know...good for them and whatever.) Some of them crack me up. Some of them have classic style. Some of them have the most delightful perspective. Some of them can make a good bottle of wine simply spectacular solely by enjoying it with me. But they ALL contribute to my life in the most delicious way.

I would like to think I would be on someone's Pinterest board. To have been "favorited" and "repinned"...good enough to share.

The part of me that loves inspirational quotes would tell you to TELL THEM. Tell your favorited friends that you love them...and why.
The part of me that loves typography would tell you to do it in a pretty font.

See? Pretty!

Minted - A Challenge

Please, everyone, let's not put the cart before the horse, shall we?

After all, I can't get caught having my blood drawn without someone resisting the urge to rub my belly and ask when I'm due.

The only thing I'm due for is a glass of wine with my girls and possibly an oil change.

However, I couldn't resist this little challenge put on by Minted (where I have recently devoted hours, maybe days of my life pouring over their delicious designs.) Have you heard the term invitation p.o.r.n? Or stationery p.o.r.n? (I have to write the word that way so I don't come up in some shady individual's search results.) It is honestly the best way I know how to describe it for me. Page after page of mouth-watering layouts, typography, graphics, fonts...if Sean ever found out...

Ahem.

Anyway, I've put together a little inspiration board based on a birth announcement layout I fell in love with (the announcement layout, not the birth.) You can find it being amazing here:

Baby Announcement board by Janelle. See more Minted birth announcements

{Also, I couldn't possibly have picked that layout without a little tongue-in-cheek shoutout to Katie R. and Amy S. - two girls who also have the world by a string.}