Home : Pretty Little Supplies

I don't know about you, but as a kid the larger than life "Back 2 School" posters were terrifying to see mounted from the rafters in my local Target and Walmart, but despite my fear of returning to prison school, my heart did do a little dance when I remembered we would soon be supply shopping.

The glorious aisles glistened with brightly colored markers and crayons, Lisa Frank folders and trapper keepers {remember those?  I cherished mine!}, binders and pencil pouches, scissors and glue, rulers and erasers, lined paper and construction paper, lunch boxes and backpacks, the list goes on.  I was in heaven.

Long gone are the days of supply shopping, but not much has changed when it comes to my affinity for beautiful stationery, brightly colored pens, pretty stamps or decorated tape.  Who says you can't have beautiful office supplies??

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1 | Stapler by Poppin

2 | Custom Address Stamp by Pencil Shavings Studio

3 | Journals by Moleskine

4 | LePen by Uchida

5 | Washi Tape by CuteTape.com

6 | Shabby Chic Supply Holder by Beach Blues

Are you a lover of pretty supplies? What's your favorite thing to splurge on?

xxoo...

Spring into Lonny!

And today just got a little brighter!  The March/April issue of Lonny has arrived and it's available {free!} for your viewing pleasure at LonnyMag.  If you haven't already discovered the beautiful photos of well decorated spaces, great new products and articles of women making a difference in the design world, you've been missing out!  {I'll spare you the "thank you". You're very welcome.}

Go ahead.  Make yourself a nice cup of tea, head over to Lonnymag.com and indulge.

xoxo

De.Clutter.Me.

Tonight I find myself sitting in my home office, slightly defeated.  Okay...I lied, more than slightly....TOTALLY defeated & overwhelmed by the mess that's taken over this room.  It's tragic.  Piles and piles (and did I mention piles?) of unread mail, bills, magazines, catalogues, printed papers, sheet music, insurance forms, sticky notes, receipts, bank statements, etc. crowd my desk and surround my feet right now as I type.  If that's not enough, I'm also surrounded by unpacked boxes (we've lived here for almost 2 years now, sad I know), unfinished sewing projects, half painted canvas', boxes of unsent wedding invites (November will be two years - ha!), remnants of floral projects, tupperware bins of old year books and unsold college text books (surely outdated), and an uncleaned wedding gown cascading from the closet to my left - how's a girl to be inspired in such a mess??

{one of many piles}

My husband teases me for my messy living - I like to call it "organized chaos."  Ask me where  that Office Depot coupon last landed or that box of business cards was tucked away and I can tell you, but even I have to say that there's a point where "organized chaos" reaches just plain messy.  *sigh*  I foresee a major de-clutter, reorganize day in my very near future.  Until then, I'm dreaming of one of these beautifully organized home office spaces.