living in a song: Cap Diamant by Coeur De Pirate

i'm extremely inspired my music.  you may have heard me say this before.  i listen to music and then dream in pictures while i listen.  i've been doing this forever....it's just how my brain and soul work together.  so...that's why i've created this new type of post & service, which i will be doing regularly...called "living in a song." step 1: click the link to the song to listen to it on you-tube in a new window.

step 2: then come back to the post in see what it's like to live in a song...inside my head anyway. :)

step 3: repeat

step 4: close your eyes, take a breath.

pretty little gift from my heart to you.

hope you enjoy!

this weeks song is:

Cap Diamant by Coeur de Pirate.  >LISTEN HERE<  I discovered her a few weeks ago...she popped up on my Regina Spektor pandora station.  love pandora.

all of the images/things, aside from a few are from etsy.  i always love to support small businesses.  i have no affiliations with any of them, get no commissions if you click and buy...just some free love for them.  their pieces where in alignment with images i has scrolling through my mind while listening to this song like a zillion times.

enjoy & as always thank you for your support.  i love, love, love reading your comments, so please keep 'em coming!

1.  wet window pane photo  2.  vintage 501 levis  3.  vintage door shabby chic french decor photo  4.  sand colored urban ballet flats  5.  latte photo  6.  vintage pink dress (sold!)   7.  prairie cotton dress  8.  rainy day in the Jardin des Tuileries  9. nude colored purse  10.  piano music box  11.  black and white building photo  12.  piano stool  13.  vintage diary  14.  lace chandelier  15.  black urban ballet flats  16.  building through a rainy window photo

vintage lap desk before & after

when I saw this little lap desk a few months ago I knew I needed to have it....but I didn't get it.  why do I do that?  then last week as I was driving by the same antique shop on my way home and saw it there again, I knew it was meant to be.  the shop owners had been keeping it outside (gasp!) in the rain and it was so sad and needed so much love.  it was dry and brittle and flaking everywhere....but its turquoise charm was still very much intact.  i picked it up, brought it home and immediately began fantasizing about how I'd refurbish it.  I loved the turquoise (flaking and all) so much, along with the wood showing through that I knew I wanted to use that in the design and keep plenty of it visible.  I sat with it for a while then slowly day by day gave it a little something more.  I like to make a move then sit with it for a little while before I decide what I'll do next.  I let it talk to me.  :)  I had a plan of selling it, but ended up loving it so much that I couldn't let it go!