Dear Anthropologie, Thank You!

Dear {Anthropologie}, Thank You so much for my beautiful birthday gift this year. {Check out} what it was last year. So creative and a nice personal touch, even if it is mass produced. Also, here are some of my fave items - now I just need to get my butt to Santa Barbara and use this wonderful discount!

West Elm Couches :)

Just wanted to share a couple of my favorite couches from {West Elm} right now!

Restoration Hardware Fans!

I have been spending a lot of time in Southern California with family lately - this past weekend I was able to squeeze in a bit of "me time" to stroll around Old Town Pasadena. Being that retail shopping in San Luis Obispo is limited, it is always nice to hit up some of my favorites that we don't have in town. While walking through {Restoration Hardware}, one thing in particular caught my eye and it was these beautiful vintage style {fans}.

I Love You, West Elm.

Can I please just own everything from {West Elm}? I really don't have much more to say other than, I just received their new catalog and found it dangerously tempting - along with the emails I get from them a few times a week regarding sales. I should probably take myself off their mailing list during these terrible economic times...but wait...tax return money put to good use?? Ok, ok i'll stop with utter nonsense...I love you West Elm, that's all I'm trying to say!

Be Sweet

It seems to be all about felt lately - I have been seeing it everywhere! {Be Sweet} is a company with a conscience - founded on the principle of kindness. It was created in 2003 by Nadine Curtis, while she was living in Cape Town, South Africa. The mission is to bring socially and environmentally friendly products to the consumers of fashion. The products are meant to bring a sense of individual style, while helping to support developing communities around the world. She began wholesaling these handmade items in Northern California and upstate New York - now they can be found in over 200 boutiques around the world. Be Sweet works with job creation programs in South Africa, empowering women in the Xhosa tribe of Eastern Cape and Johannesburg. They earn fair wage, work in stable environments, and learn new skills - while enjoying their job. These women work on making mohair, bamboo and organic cotton yarns, accessories and home goods. Custom hand-dying is available on a lot of the items which is
super cool!

Feelin' the retail love...

I am sure you all know what happens when you have a relatively small mailbox and don't pick
up your mail for a few days - you get a bunch of mail, maybe a magazine you have been expecting and the dreaded bills. I was going through the pile, ready to throw a stack into my recycling bag, when a tiny envelope fell out from in between the pages of a catalog I had no interest in looking at. I opened it up to find it was from {Anthropologie}! Ok...so usually I get annoyed by over the top advertising tactics...but today, I felt special. I loved this! It was a coupon for 15% off because it is my birthday month! I have gotten this sort of thing before from other stores, but never packaged this way. It was well crafted and unique (though im sure millions were made). It was just that needed touch that made me immediately try and figure out where the nearest store was and how I was going to plan a weekend to go! Obviously...living in San Luis Obispo, this means either San Francisco or Santa Barbara - here I come!