I’m bestowing Weekly Adorations upon you fine folks a day early this week for I won’t be around tomorrow. Penny and myself are spending a long weekend in Maine with Kasey and my parents! It’s off to Molunkus Lake we go! I’m very, very excited to be in the woods, next to a lake where there will be no sign of the internet, cell service, or much electricity for that matter. Escape from the city is just what I need! I’ll be back next Wednesday with lots of photos to share!

-Yummy, blondies!

-A delicious looking, homemade pickle recipe!

-What pretty leaves crafted out of construction paper!

-This Turn on a Book bookmark is pretty witty.

-Alfred Hitchcock kept his stationery simple.

photo taken by me.

Oh, am I happy it’s Friday! I’ve had a so-so week. It was a ‘I hate everything about New York City’ week. Sometimes it just gets to me, the city, humidity, people, subway and kaboom! Kelly wants out. I’m certain the only thing I’ll be doing outside the apartment is going to see Notorious at BAM on Sunday, and watching the season 4 premiere of MAD MEN! Other than that, I’ll be planted in front of the iMac, once again, working away on my design final and a paper I need to write. I’m sure I’ll have the Inception score playing on repeat with lots of tea to keep me going. I bet Christopher Nolan would appreciate my love for tea.

Links:
-I’ve decided to take up knitting. I have a scarf planned and found some pretty deep aqua yarn and these wooden needles.

-This Etsy artist, creates the best animal watercolors! She does customized paintings as well! I think a little watercolor of Penny would be adorable!

-Do you read Empire Magazine? This month, they had a fantastic article on Sir Alfred J Hitchcock, that continues to next month, Hitch fans, check it out!

-These ‘mini goals’ chalkboards are full of greatness. I want one for every room! The designer has ‘clock boards’, too!

-Recycle and craft a gift bag out of Newspapers!

-A pretty awesome interview with Inception Cinematographer, Wally Pfister.

-A tree house sounds like the perfect, needed escape from this overbearing (at the moment) city.

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