a sense of hunger for life - sabrina ward harrison

my continuing obsession with pinterest brought me across a new favourite artist today; sabrina ward harrison. her work is the love child of a bunch of my favourite things; mixed-media art, words, texture and photography, all thrown into one (or rather, several), awesome pieces. they're inspiring and whimsical, and i just can't stop looking at them.

big love.

and so tonight, as i'm walking home after an evening of thrifting adventures, coffee and a good few hours of walking in a spring evening, it occurs to me.

things are good.

even though my jeans fit tighter in the middle than i'd like them to; even though my hair doesn't look the way i wish it would; even though my apartment isn't set up the way i want it to be [and set up that way right now]; it's a process. not always a happy process, and life isn't the way i imagined it to be at this time last year, but it's good.

and tonight? i'm ok with that. big love to you, world.

painting by liz tran

beautiful, ugly, bookmarked, discovered

1. kal has been blogging lately about beautiful ugly truths. and i love them all. the bare-naked honesty of them. 
2. i've been wading through blogs and images and photos and falling in love with all that is the interwebs all over again. thanks, interwebs. you're kind of great sometimes. 
3. pinterest has been key with finding loads of awesomeness, and i'm always looking for more awesome stuff to bookmark and ogle. what is pinterest, you ask? marta wrote a better explanation than i could, so check it out (and all of her lovely boards, too, while you're at it!)

the wintery + the wonderful

much love + inspiration goes on in the bloggy world today while i continue my quest to get my act together.

some of my favourite new things: 

• kal continues to be an ever-flowing fountain of awesome baby names, and the one for her most recent lil one is no exception.
• i came across jennifer's photo blog via simple lovely, who is always a reliable source for pretty things
• this industrial loft via two ellie
• speaking of industrial, i want pretty much everything in this salvaged loft (via apartment therapy)

much love today. xo

(images from my iPhone; ice skating at harbourfront centre, toronto; morning sunshine last week on campus)

i'm gonna post this before i get sidetracked. again.

this is me

• in an attempt to kick start my (almost creaky) creative bones. it's been way too long and i need to get back in the game.
• i started a completely new job at the beginning of the month that requires me to get my artsy on. 
• this is an awesome, awesome thing.
• but it means that i've been effectively lurking blogs and handmade shops and slowly gathering my mental inspiration board together again. 

it looks something like this.

i need

• to make a game plan
• and a list
• both a grocery list, and a to-do list

project kick-off date: tonight.
excitement level: super high.

big love to the interwebs. thank you for being so chock-full of information.

xo