these are a few of my favorite thingssssss

you're totally singing the sound of music right now, aren't you?

levi and i are going to need a lot of new stuff for our new place.

the only things we have to drink out of are two pint glasses.

it's going to take us a very long time to put this house together since we're practically starting from scratch.

but, while i was packing today, i realized that we do have a small handful of things we really really love.

it really gets me excited for the day when our home is full of things we love...besides each other.

here are some things we already have that i can't wait to find places for in our new home.



this is a portrait of me (from before levi chopped off all my hair...obviously) that my dad drew. the second levi and i saw it we knew it had to be framed. i mean - look at it! it's so weird and quirky...and odd. it's sooooo royal tenenbaums. and in that gold frame?! amazing. i hope you can kind of understand why we love it.

i love this port set we have. do we drink port? no. will we ever? uh, probably not. but i love it still.



my toast plates! i also use them for desserts. i was in love with these the very instant i saw them at anthropologie. i bought them on one of my last days working there when we were given an extra discount on home items. do you know that they only give employees 20% off home items?? that's rubbish! anyway, these plates are beautiful. they had one with a tiger or cheetah or something on it, but they were all out by the time i was able to buy them so i got two of the elephants instead! :) if i ever see that fourth plate somewhere though, i WILL buy it (grab it and run) on the spot. owners of said cheetah/tiger plate, beware!

these little measuring spoons are from anthro too. aren't they the sweetest little things you've ever seen?? these were instant love as well.
{please don't tell anyone that i never actually use them though. they're a little awkward for measuring, but does it matter?!}

and finally - our ampersand. ampersands are very special to me and levi. the first thing i ever gave him was a small ampersand charm off of one of my purses. it fell off when we were hanging out so i left it on his dining room table as kind of a joke. it was while we were just sorta starting to like each other. later that day, he sent me a text with a picture of the ampersand hanging from his key chain. it's still there.
they also remind him of something his mom used to have on their living room wall. she used to repaint it every time they redecorated. i automatically love and embrace anything that brings levi memories of his mom, so i bought him this steel ampersand the second i saw it, where else, at anthropologie. i also really love that ampersands are a symbol for a union of two things.