Hearts.

"They do not love that do not show their love.

The course of true love never did run smooth.
Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love."

-- William Shakespeare

Who better to quote than Shakespeare on Valentine's day?

Some Valentine's finds from Etsy:
"You are my cup of tea"
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65666982/you-are-my-cup-of-tea-stig-lindberg?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=valentine%2Bgift&ga_filter=&ga_noautofacet=1&ga_page=2


"Patched Hearts"
http://www.etsy.com/listing/49312189/wooly-patched-hearts-for-my-valentine?ref=sr_gallery_34&ga_search_query=valentine%2Bgift&ga_filter=&ga_noautofacet=1&ga_page=4


"I'll Sing you a Song"
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65884727/ill-sing-you-a-song?ref=sr_gallery_21&ga_search_query=valentine%2Bgift&ga_filter=&ga_noautofacet=1

Beautiful.

After a long week of cold and snow and homework, the sun came out.

and it's a beautiful day :)

http://audiojungle.net/item/its-a-beautiful-day/120089

Love.

Because of Valentine's Day, and all things love.

Here's one I made :)

http://www.etsy.com/listing/67825308/lovely-elephant-cs002-clipart-set-cute?ref=sr_gallery_15&ga_search_query=valentine%2Bprintable&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_shopname=MyBohemianSummer&ga_ref=auto

Make your friends homemade Valentine's cards this year!
Be creative and use old magazines, glitter . . . get crafty! :)

Music.

Let me introduce you to one of my favorite artists:

Meet Amy Kuney:

She's a singer songwriter and she has some wonderful songs.

I would recommend:

*Simple Things

*Chocolate

*Rocket Science

She's getting me through four tests and a paper this week! :)

Art.

I went to the Hunter Art Museum in Chattanooga this afternoon and came across this lovely piece:

Under the Sun
By Andy Saftel

(It's so much nicer close up)
Quite inspirational . . . and summer-ish, don't you think?
It reminds of me of summer beach days at my grandparents cottage in Michigan.
Summer come quickly!

Change.

Well, Italy plans have been postponed.
In fact, I probably won't be spending the month of May in San Lorenzo eating gelato and snapping a million photos.
I'm disappointed, but I have different plans now, which involve Seattle and grad school and writing.
Which still sounds wonderful :)

So until I actually end up in Italy, I will continue watching Letters to Juliet and When in Rome and dream about beautiful sunny places overseas.

Happy Weekend everyone!

Recently.

Hey guess what?

I'm going to Italy!

Yes, it's for real, and yes I'm thrilled to pieces!

Of course I immediately made a list when i found out: learn Italian, thrift for cute clothes, and buy a new journal among other things.

Mmmmm :)