Has anyone seen a necklace like this anywhere?  Loveday wears it with the red gown, and it'd be fun if I could track it down eventually.  Maggie discovered that the necklace Maria (heroine) wears is part of a jewelry line, (Vivienne Westwood's "Orbs") so I have some hope this might be something accessible too.


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A reminder...Tess' MoaS (Mother of all Surgeries) is Monday.  She will likely be in the hospital for a couple weeks or so after that.

I'd like to do another round of auctions to help her out.  I'm not sure what I currently would have to donate, but is anyone interested in donating more for another round? 

Lisa was awesome and did a fast little mock-up of some exterior decor ideas.  I (rather badly) added on the overhang on the front porch after she sent it to me.


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So Tom and I went to look at the house I mentioned yesterday, during their open house today.  And wouldn't you know it...now that my job is in jeopardy, and future finances are uncertain, we've found the best house we've looked at yet, and one we both walked around, thinking "yeah...we could live here."

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When you see this, take a minute and share five good things of your day with the world, uncut.

-My husband loves me and gave me a wonderful birthday
-I just had my first "have you lost weight?" comment this morning from a patron, after going hardcore on healthy diet and exercise since June 8 or so
-I just read a really wonderful book (The Story ( Read more... )

So...I want to start another Blogger blog (because you know, keeping up on one isn't enough for me).  I adore The Beautiful Necessity, but sometimes I get envious of friends who have blogs just to post beautiful mythic things they find, and I want a space for that.

So far, the best blog name I've heard is Tir na Blog, but someone already has a blog ( Read more... )

I know this is going around, but I'm  posting it too since it made me smile this morning.

Improv Everywhere hosted an impromptu wedding reception for a random couple getting married at city hall, in New York I assume?

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Music video for The Lady of Shalott film:

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Taken from maudelynn, this meme should show your top 15 moments in film.  Be forewarned, this meme, by definition, will have spoilers, so if you read a bold face title for a movie you haven't seen, then perhaps you should skip the words or the footage.

Unfortunately, my top movie,  The Fountain, has like...no film clips on YouTube.

Pressing on...

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Does anyone know anything about Damsel in this Dress bodices?  Own one?  Tried one on in person?

I've admired their Etsy for a while, but they usually didn't have a real model.  Now I see on their website they do, and every single one looks nice to me on the models.  I'm thinking of getting one.