nyc bound

I'm on my way there in a couple of hours. Haven't been since I was 12. I leave with suggestions from amazing friends, A CUP OF JO's guides, and a heart full of excitement. I'll come back after three days of wandering with no money, beautiful beautiful things, and hopefully a heart full of joy.

See you then.

sunshine for the soul

So life is taking a bit of a shit on me lately. It's emotional/personal stuff, but I'm the kind of girl who manifests stress physically in a major kind of way, so its been making me pretty genuinely sick too. Like head over a garbage can as discreetly as possible while I'm at work kind of sick. Wah wah, sob story.

Suffice it to say I haven't been the best blogger in the whole wide world of late, but I've decided to give myself a pass on this one. I've also decided to self-medicate with a salted caramel, praline and brownie ice cream called Brouhaha (from a company called Bilboquet. It's my fave). No regrets. I think it might actually be humanly impossible to regret anything called Brouhaha. It's at least Elyse-ingly impossible.

I am distracting myself with a bit of photo shoot planning since our next one is coming up fast, and I came across a recent styled wedding on the Everygirl (one of my favourite blogs) that I had to share. It's not only how I want our shoot to feel, but it's also how I want my heart to feel.

There are few things that can heal, or at least soothe, like a moment of calm in the sun. I just want to sit at that table and let the breeze float over me.

Here's to the summer.

ridiculously impressive before and after

In perusing my daily blog reads today I came across an INSANE transformation on the marion house book. Before and after's are a dime a dozen, but I especially love this one because it's so achievable. None of the materials look uber expensive (or at the very least I know you can find similar ones at prices that won't break the bank), and  it's a real testament to the amazingness that you can achieve with paint, tile and new hardware. You don't always need to rip things out and start from scratch to make the finished product look AWESOME.

Here's a little sneekity peek:

Classy and not a lobster dinner kinda date. My kinda lady.

Check out the rest on the marion house book!