What A Year It's Been!!!

I want to take a moment to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season. I hope you all had a wonderful and productive year and I look forward to seeing you again in 2009!

I have to say 2008 has been my best and busiest year yet. Here is a brief timeline of the past year of my life:

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We finally got married!!! The best celebration of our lives, with our closest friends and family members all in Jamaica. I still get chills thinking about how perfect everything went.
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I left my job as a product designer for Jonathan Adler to start my own stationery company. I can't wait to launch my website and collection early next year. I was hoping to get everything up and running by the end of the year but then a little something happened...
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The biggest and best surprise of my life, I am six months pregnant!!! Patrick and I couldn't be more excited!!! I can't wait to share thoughts and design ideas about preparing for this aspect of my life. It was so amazing to share my wedding planning process with you and in return fall in love with anything and everything weddings! But because I am now entering a whole new planning process, I look forward to sharing my finds and thoughts with you on my blog!
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I want to thank you all for your support and visits to Thoughtful Day! I look forward to seeing you back in the New Year and I wish you all a healthy, happy and prosperous 2009.

p.s. Please send me an email if you would like to be notified of the launch of my website. I can't wait to show you all!

{photo by thoughtful day taken at the rockefeller center anthropologie, with a little doodle made by me. happy holidays!}

'Tis the Season

Every year we head up to midtown to look at the annual holiday display windows along 5th Ave. And as always, Bergdorf Goodman outdid it's competition (in my opinion) with their over the top, glamorous and decadently excessive window displays. Click here to see last years Bergdorf's (and Barney's) windows. So much work and thought goes into these!

{photos from thoughtful day}

Crissy's DIY Bouquet

Crissy left a comment with a link to the bouquet she created for her own wedding in Italy (without any practice!). It's simply beautiful! Also posted are a few gorgeous shots from her wedding in Siena.

Thanks Crissy!

{photos from italy weddings}

DIY Flowers

A while back, A Cup of Jo posted about supermarket wedding bouquets and after finally getting around to looking at the guide on Real Simple I couldn't resist posting a few of my favorites. You could easily get a few bouquets out of $20-30 worth of supermarket flowers!

{photos from real simple}

Amazing.

Absolutely beautiful. Need I say more?

{via swissmiss}

Uplifting Eye Charts

These eye chart cards by Ohkayk have uplifting messages by famous people, my favorite one being the top quote by Helen Keller. I love their graphic layouts, but to be honest I have a fondness for eye charts, I wore glasses from the age of 3-11 and anything that reminds me of those eye visits makes me nostalgic. Despite my soft spot, I think these card sets or even the larger prints would make great gifts!

{photos from ohkayk}

Mary and Matt

I came across Mary & Matt's General store while perusing Kate Spade's Behind the Curtain, and I am so glad I did. They offer a small selection of really simple but great designed products. I absolutely love their stencil cards and there chocolate pie chart is not only a brilliant idea but balanced just the way I would want it!

A Girl Can Dream...

This gown is part of J. Mendels Pre-Fall 2009 collection. I love the colors and the draping is absolutely stunning. A modern grecian goddess gown I could only dream to wear!

On that note, have a wonderful weekend!

{photo from wwd.com}

Convenient Style

I absolutely love this top carafe set. Domestic and wild animals screen printed onto the glass with silver ink, it is so lovely! It would also help limit all of my water trips throughout the day, sometimes I think I drink too much water! But then there are these colored glass carafes, which I have written about before and when it comes to colored glass I am usually sold. Either way both are great options for desk or bedside convenience!

Free NYC Wedding Workshop Tickets!

The New York Wedding Workshop is offering 4 complimentary tickets to their event this Saturday, December 13th to Thoughtful Day readers! Tickets are worth $50 each, plus you will receive a complimentary goodie bag. What better way to spend your Saturday afternoon than learning how to save money to get what you want for your wedding! Expert planner Lindsay Landman will be sharing her tricks of the trade and will teach you how to get the best value for your money.

The first 4 individuals that email me at thoughtfuldayblog@gmail.com will each receive a ticket. Please be sure to send me the best way to contact you for registration. This offer stands until Wednesday (12/10) at 3 p.m. eastern time.

Good Luck!

Linda & Harriet Recycled

Speaking of brooches, Linda & Harriet has come up with a gorgeous way to reuse their letterpress misprints. These flower pins are each hand cut and sewn together with a vintage button. How brilliant! And how gorgeous are their gift tags? A perfect way to adorn your gifts this holiday season!

{photos from linda & harriet}

Add a Little Flair...

The last issue of Lucky had a great selection of brooches, which are always a great way to add a little style and flair to your outfit. This top Jubilee pin in particular is my favorite, it has so much character and color. I, for one, have always been obsessed with little pops of color here and there. I also love the bottom simple Long Stemmed Iris pin, it is more understated but would still add drama to any outfit.

{top photo from the clay pot}
{bottom photo from alexis bittar}

Window Vista Wallpaper

Cute Holiday Cards

Christine of Wonting has created some super cute holiday cards this year. Each card is handpressed with a greeting inside. She is offering a special right now, buy 3 and get 1 free, just email her the design that you would like for free.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

{photos from wonting}