Happy happy Friday!!  Can y’all even believe it is August?  That’s just nuts.  Summer is coming to a close, shark week is practically tomorrow, and Grandin Road started advertising their Halloween stuff again, which means only 2 months till October.  I usually scoff at the early release of holiday merchandise but Halloween is the one exception for me.  Bring on the severed heads and such!  Here are a few things that have been going on in my life lately…

I finished up another calligraphy job with gold Emma script on box mailers.  The box mailers were pretty fun to work with.  I also got to design a monogram for the couple to incorporate into their invitation suite as well as create some art with their names.  I really enjoyed that.  I will show you the full suite at some point after I am sure all the guests have received their invitations.  In the meantime, the first photo is the wreath monogram I calligraphed which got letterpressed in navy into the nice thick yummy invitation paper.  I was really happy with how that turned out.  Man, letterpress is just really attractive.  The invitation suite was designed by the talented Elisabeth of Elisabeth Rose who was a delight.

Chris and I had our one year of dating anniversary and he gave me some lovely flowers.  Pretty hard to believe how fast a year passes these days.

I framed two of the photos that Colleen took in Paris last year and replaced some old, crappy pictures that I had taken when I was there a million years ago.  The new ones have kinda been knocking my socks off.

This morning when I woke up it was pouring outside and I snapped this picture of the bubbles mesmerized by the rain.  It’s the little things.

We went out to brunch at a local french restaurant called George’s Brasserie and got to sit near my favorite light fixture of all time.  What I wouldn’t give to bring it home.   The chicken and mushroom crepes were a winner too.

Last but certainly not least, Firmoo, an online glasses store contacted us and offered to send us a free pair of sunglasses to review.  We quickly responded that yes, we would like the free things.  I chose these ones.  Anyways, they came in the mail a few weeks ago and arrived with a nice hard case inside of a soft case along with a cloth for wiping away the smudges.  These were very nice features, I thought, considering how reasonable the prices are.  They also fit very well and don’t fall off of my face like many of my other sunglasses have in the past.  I liked the detail of the cat eye and the very thin metal temple.  Very comfortable all in all.  I had Chris snap a picture of me wearing them in Charleston so y’all could see.  I am certainly no style blogger and felt (and looked)  incredibly dorky trying to pose so this shot without my body was one of the only reasonable ones.  Y’all don’t want to see the rest.

Have a nice weekend, friends!