All of my Friday Favorites: 2010

I started posting Friday Favorites early this spring for a couple of reasons. I wanted to post more compelling and artistic content (not to mention blog more frequently), and I liked the simplicity of listing things that inspired me. A couple of my favorite blogs list weekly favorites, and I loved the idea so much I copied it. Hey-- Oprah does it. Why shouldn't we?

A small caveat: I pull photos from everywhere online, with many from Nathan's photography blog (those are working beautifully) and the website Weheartit (quite a lot of these photos are already broken, because as we all know, online content often has the lifespan of a fruit fly).

Without further ado,
I give you the complete, unabridged list of my 2010 Friday Favorites, a year in review:

A
accordion pleated skirts
accordions
adirondack chairs
an Airstream as a guesthouse
all things Oz
almond milk
almond roca
American Tourister round luggage & traincases
Apples to Apples
aprons
argyle socks
Arnold Palmers
atlases
atriums
B
bare feet
baskets on bicycles
beaded handbags
belted dresses
belts over cardies
belts without tails
Benefit cosmetics
berets
berries
Big Chill fridge
Billie Holiday
birdcage veils
birdhouses
black and white houndstooth
The Blanton
BLATs
blonde braids
this blueberry pudding recipe
blue bonnets
bocce
Brand New Key (the rollerskaters' anthem)
bread pudding
brightly colored trenches
brushstroke florals
bubble wrap
bubble wrap app
busbarns
these button brooches
the buttonband by Bumble & Bumble
C
camera straps from Soldier
candy cane pens with ink that smells like peppermint
card catalogs
carousels
chaise lounges
Charlie Brown Christmas trees
chocolate milk
our Christmas card tree
Christmas movie marathons
circle skirts
coin purses
confetti
Converse All-Stars
this cool building
coupe champagne glasses
Crayola pens
creamy peanutbutter
cruiser bicycles
cumulous clouds
cute creamers
D
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
dark chocolate-dipped ginger Altoids
Degas ballet paintings
the most delicious jam known to man
disco balls
E
Eames chairs
the equestrian look
espadrilles
espresso over ice cream
exposed zippers
F
family!
fancy tub
finger waves
fingerless gloves
fireflies
firepits
fireplaces
Fitz and the Tantrums
fleur de lis
flip cocktails
Florence and the Machine
flutter sleeves
fog
funfetti
G
gaps between front teeth
garden gnomes
giant buttons
gigantic bubbles
gnarly gourds
gondolier stripes
gramophones
green amber
grilled cheese sammies
grosgrain ribbon
H
hammocks
hand-written letters
hazelnut lattes
hedges of rosemary
The Holiday
home delivery services
homemade cookies
homemade eggnog
honeycrisp apples
I
these ice cube trays
ice cubes tinkling in a glass
iced coffee
J
Jackie O sunglasses
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Justin's nut butters
K
kissing in taxis
knitting
L
ladylike vests
latte art
lattes in holiday flavors
laundromats
leather-bound books
Lego digital camera
lemon curd
the library
lockets
Lorina sparkling lemonade
lots of lashes
M
mailboxes
matchbooks
metallic flats
Michael Stars tanks, tees, dresses, etc.
mirror walls
Mr. Sketch scented markers
mixtapes
modern mobiles by Flensted
my new favorite necklace
N
nautical/navy
nude lips
The Nutcracker
nutcrackers
O
old jukeboxes
old luggage
orange soda
P
paper lanterns
pastel-colored houses
patent leather
peeptoe heels
picnic baskets
pink flamingos
pocketwatches
polaroids
polka dots
popping bubbles
Prada Marfa
pretty headbands
pretty flats
puffed sleeves
Pushing Daisies
Q
quilts
R
record players
record shops
rectangular swimming pools
red geraniums
red phonebooths
red plaid
red umbellas
retro rollerskates
retro swimsuits
rhubarb pie
riding boots
rompers
rotary phones
round windows
ruby slippers
S
sailboats
scarves worn bandana-style
seatbelt camera straps
seersucker
shandies
shepherd's pie
this skirt by Emersonmade
sleeping in
smocking
snowglobes
the sound of champagne corks popping
sparklers
stargazing
straight bangs
suspenders
sweater dresses
sweet tea vodka
T
my tailors
Tarte cheek stain
teacups with saucers
this rosemary hand soap
three-minute eggs
thrift stores
topiaries
trains
Twiggy
U
underwater photography
V
Vespas
vw beetles
vw vans
W
wall art decals
walls with ivy
watermelon
wayfarers
wellies
white shirts with black buttons
window boxes
winter white
woody station wagons
X
Y
Z
Zooey Deschanel


I wish I could publish an alphabet picture book with all these images (except that I don't have anything for X and Y).  Here's to all  entirely new, wonderful things listed every Friday in 2011!

Kathryn's 30 for 30

One of my great friends, Kathryn, has a fantastic blog. While she mainly blogs about food, she decided to join in with hundreds of other stylish bloggers to take our amazing friend Kendi's 30 for 30 wardrobe challenge. When she mentioned that she would be taking the challenge, I offered to start taking her daily photos. We've had so much fun over the last month or so finding little spots here and there to shoot, chatting, documenting her outfits along the way. For me, I got some of the most valuable camera practice I could hope for, just learning what to do with my settings in different light/different situations--since I shoot in manual. I really considered it a project that we were both taking on, even though I wasn't participating in the 30 for 30 per se.
You can see Kathryn's 30 for 30 on her blog here and her first recap here. I wanted to feature some of my favorite shots from this project as well.

Friday Favorites, vol. 40: Happy Christmas!

I love to say that because it makes me sound so British.

1. the sound of champagne corks popping





BONUS: coupe champagne glasses (also known as goblets or saucers-- they're the ones that Holly Golightly uses in Breakfast at Tiffany's)





2. this Christmas tree (which we realized we put together wrong, in case you notice that it's a tad uneven here. Don't worry-- we've since fixed it. I blame champagne?)



3. winter white





BONUS: this movie, one of my favorite guilty-pleasure chick-flicks-- just in time for Christmas! Add it to the list below.

4. Christmas movie marathons
We may or may not have watched each and every one of these in the last week.









5. nutcrackers





BONUS: The Nutcracker





BONUS BONUS: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy