alright. fine.

i've been holding out on you... but no longer. now that i've secured my own, it's now time to share the best layering/covering cami out there:

the eloise reversable tank. ridiculously soft, and easier to dress up with better fabric and the v-neck/scoop neck options.

you're welcome.
xx,
d

[crewcuts]

oh wow.. i think i've died and gone to cool-kid's clothes heaven. no kid should be allowed to dress this great, it makes me want to have my own just so i could dress them on exquisite outfits like j-crew's crewcuts spring collection.

xx,

d

k i n d n e s s

“La bondad no se limita, simplemente, a querer hacer el bien. Tampoco es una caridad calculada y destilada en pequeñas dosis y en espera reconocimiento. Los actos de bondad deben realizarse sin aguardar recompensa. Además hemos de saber que nunca basta con ellos: si los demás siguen sufriendo, no somos lo suficientemente buenos.”

-François Poirié

"Kindness is not limited simply to wanting to do good. Nor is it a charity calculated and distilled in small doses and awaiting recognition. Random acts of kindness should be performed without waiting for reward. Moreover, we must know that it is never enough, if others continue to suffer, we are still not good enough."

 

today i got pretty flowers, sweet smiles and good wishes from all of my kids at school.

-thank you all for being such kind hearts and blissful souls-

xx, miss d.

 

[ wood + white ]

two favourites packed and combined into this lovely nook. 

see more of violeta's house on her flickr photostream. courtesy of d.dex.

xx,

d

chalk it up!

Named after its founder, Shawn Askinosie, Askinosie is a small batch bean to bar chocolate manufacturer located in Springfield, Missouri, sourcing 100% of their beans directly from the farmers. Shawn Askinosie, founder and chocolate maker, travels to regions of Mexico and Ecuador to work directly with the farmers and source cocoa beans for his chocolate. This allows the chocolate to be traced to the source and labeled Authentic Single Origin.

 xx,

d

notte sento

a short film made from 4,500+ still photographs (brilliant!)

i will...

love you forever and forever

love you with all my heart

love you whenever we're together

love you when we're apart

"i will" -The Beatles 

xx,

-d

pdn emerging 30

pdn announced their top 30 emerging photographers to watch, and i love this image by elizabeth weinberg for heeb magazine:

 xx,
-d

recipe for the unsensible

ingredients:

61 sixth graders

1 tiny classroom

1 large portion of Desire to Irritate
noise to taste

directions:

thoroughly remove sense of decorum from student species.  infuse with Desire to Irritate.  position haphazardly in tiny classroom and add noise.  enjoy!

 

xx,

-d

PS: I LOVE MY KIDS TO DEATH!

jenny packham cont'd...

remember this jenny packham gown i want to wear for my wedding...

i believe my dearest miley decided to steal my number for the academy awards.

check her out... gorgeous.

xx,

d

its about time...

i am a big SWATCH fan, i am now wearing this white old-school wristwatch... 

yet, i wouldn't mind getting my hands on these tic-tacs:

 

  

xx

d

love, love you do.

“What shall I do today?”

She thought as she brushed her hair a thousand times.

“I will put on the pink dress with the tiny white dots.

I will dust the furniture and teach the cat to fetch…”

And just then, a strange wind pried open her bedroom window

and she suddenly had an uncontrollable urge to spin and howl,

to jump on her freshly made bed with her eyes shut tight.

In other words, she was on the brink of a new discovery. . ."

- Monique Duval

i like the monique duval quote.  It reminds me that while it’s fine to want everything in it’s place, there’s also much to celebrate about the messy, the noisy and the unexpected.  amidst the frequent yearning for the perfectly pleasant, I’m pretty grateful for the spinning and howling of the everyday too.

xx,
-d

fear {less}

 -image courtesy of s.r.meyer-

i can hear them. he is ten, she is only five.
he’s teasing, she’s crying.
“i’ve stolen your soul”, he keeps telling her.
“give it back” she wails.
amusing and annoying all at once…i call him.
“stop teasing her.  she doesn’t even know what a soul is and you’re just irritating her.”
he’s still laughing.  i’m not.
i frown and ask him to tell me what a soul is.
he pauses the sillyness.
and answers-
“it’s a soft breeze.”
i’m perplexed.
“why do you say that?”
“well,” he says “it’s like a whoosh.”
i still don’t understand.
“why?”
“it’s just the sound of a person passing you on their way to Heaven.”
gulp.
in that moment, i feel like i’m ten and he’s, well… forever.
it’s not the first time my students' wisdom surpasses my emotions in such way.

xx

-d

HiiDef Inc.

i'm sold on these guys...

i just finished my own page on flavors.me, a network-consolidation website which launched on feb. 23rd 2010.  

will share my personal link upon completion.

they also do goodsie.com

 

and last but not least: i'm no sneakers connoisseur by any means, but their sneakers' website  looks just plain uh-mazing. off the top of my head i can think of a few guy friends that would love superkix. shout-out to all of you, check it out.

                

Superkix is the only search engine for authentic sneakers. Consumers can search inventory by size, updated continuously from 50+ leading online retailers. Registered users can rate shoes, save them to a wish list and choose to be notified via email when a specific style becomes available in their size.

xx
-d