I promised you a glimpse of the present my daughter gave me for my birthday...........
drum roll please.......................
are you ready?...............
One... Two..... Three......
TA DA!
Yes, it's a book! And I LOVE books. But this one especially. In fact, the day before she gave it to me we were shopping the Anthropologie my daughter works at and I happened to pick up this book. Now my daughter was cringing as she watched me - would I hate it and put it down or like it and try to buy it? I LOVED it ..... AND I was trying to be good and not buy anything, so after coveting it for a few minutes, I put it down. Now you can imagine how surprised and delighted I was when I opened my present and found this book! I was flabbergasted - but I shouldn't have been because my daughter knows me so well.
The book is called ETCETERA etc. creating beautiful interiors with the things you love. by Sibella Court. It is filled with amazing images and ideas.
I think it's really going to help me loosen up - some of my decorating is too rigid, constricting - as if I had to 'follow the rules.' In fact, she suggests the reader break one of the unwritten rules about books by writing notes in the book, dog-earring pages, and using the book as a journal of sorts. I love that! And I'm going to do that. Don't you love books that are well worn? You can tell someone really loved that book. And I love this one.
I even love the book without it's bookcover - as shown here. If you think you would love this book, too, you can find it at an Anthropologie store (which I also love!) And I love my daughter, too (along with my son and husband, too)! Thanks for a wonderful birthday, sweetie!
Blessings,
Mom