Birthday Week

Whew I had a great weekend. I love being in Oxford and Double Decker is pretty awesome. Patrick and I had a great time - even when we were running home in the torrential downpour Saturday night!

So guess what! It's my birthday week! And I have a confession. I'm one of those people who loves my birthday. You know, the annoying person who lets everyone know at least 2 weeks ahead of time that it's coming up, celebrates for the entire month week just because, feels like the day should be rewarded in excessive amounts of cake, and typically has some sort of social event surrounding the day. Yep, that's usually me. Except this year, my birthday has completely and totally snuck up on me. I'm not quite sure where April has gone, but here we are and it's almost May and I'm almost 24. EEEEK. Cue the balloons and confetti... and gifts! Here are a few things that I think are great gifts - for myself or any twenty something girl.

Furbish Print // Happiness Candle // Kate Spade Things We Love //  Kate Spade Earrings // Vintage Cocktails book // Jonathan Adler Old Fashioned Glasses // J.Crew Daisy Mini

KATE SPADE NEW YORK: THINGS WE LOVE

Yesterday Kate Spade released a new book - Things We Love - in honor of their 20th anniversary. The book is described as a "beautiful compilation that visually represents the spirit of kate spade new york - a place where colors are bold, smart design is key and fashion is fun." Before the days of Pinterest and pinning, Kate Spade's creative team collected images of things they loved and represented Kate Spade. Now, those images come to life in this 240 page book.

I have personally been anticipating the release of this book because 1. I love everything about Kate Spade and the way they choose to market themselves. Let's be honest, how can you not love a brand whose mission is to "Live Colorfully"? I'm pretty sure it's impossible, that is unless you are goth (no offense to the goths of the world.) 2. I have a slight obsession with owning books/coffee table books and this one is so pretty. The cover fun, bright, and bold, and is just beckoning readers to open it up and see all the beautiful images inside. I haven't seen the inside, but I can only imagine the best. Want to know something even better? Right now, Amazon has it priced $15 below it's regular price, so if you have as much of an urge to buy this book as I do, you probably should click on over to Amazon and add it to your collection ASAP.

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