{party} finale: favors

{via emilialua}

hello from the inn!

four lovely guests responded to my birthday treat posts...

instead of drawing one winner for each favor, i have decided to send each one of you a package.

a scharffen berger chocolate bar + a moleskine journal will be winging to each of you from the inn!

please email me your current snail mail details at your earliest convenience.

thank you for joining my party, dear friends!

xo 

{party} unpause

{via inge falappino}

hello there, sweet friends!

your innkeeper took more of a party pause than originally intended.

you see, things got quite cozy and introspective yesterday at the inn.

many hours were spent snuggled up on the couch with coffee and blankets...

{via ha.}

instead of continuing the party, i took the time to read through every single post since my birthday last year.

as i wandered through three hundred and sixty five days of life at the inn, i felt amazed and grateful.

i find it mind-boggling to be able to create an imaginary world of my dreams and to have other people participate in it with me.

i find it wondrous to meet and interact with such fascinating souls from all over the globe, artists and thinkers and feelers and poets and chefs and teachers and makers and writers.

i find it meaningful to carry the lens of "innkeeper" with me throughout my days, to be able to share my stories here and see them scattered throughout the world...

{via a colorful mind}

in retrospect, my thirty-sixth year was a delight.

it was an adventure.

it was full of love.

it was magical.

thank you for being here + for reading about my journey.

i truly appreciate your presence at the inn.

xoxo

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{party} invitation

{party) the best day

{party} favor: dark chocolate + coffee

{party} vintage innkeeper memories
{party} favor: moleskine pocket journals
{party} pause

{party} pause

i am pressing pause on the party.

the celebration will resume tomorrow!

xo

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{party} invitation

{party) the best day

{party} favor: dark chocolate + coffee

{party} vintage innkeeper memories
{party} favor: moleskine pocket journals

{party} favor: moleskine pocket journals

one of my favorite things in the world is a small journal.

tiny cahiers travel well and are easy to fill. i feel a sense of abundance with a little blank book which allows me to let go of perfectionism and just create.

on the occasion of my birthday, i felt like sharing this feeling with you! so i walked into our local art supply store this morning and purchased this trio of moleskine cahiers...

earlier this year, i used one of these journals to draw zentangles.

now i have a brand new package of three snappy red plain journals to gift to one of you!

these are quite fun to decorate. they are made of cardboard and can be adorned with paint, stamps, stickers, photos, or anything else your heart desires.

i will send these (along with a love note from the inn) to one special guest.

just leave a comment below detailing or dreaming about what you might do with these lovely little notebooks. i will randomly select one comment on wednesday november twenty-third.

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{party} invitation

{party) the best day

{party} favor: dark chocolate + coffee

{party} vintage innkeeper memories

{party} vintage innkeeper memories

six-year-old me with my birthday cake...

six-year-old me after my little sister used a toddler ninja move on my birthday cake...

isn't my mother's hair fantastic?

she wrote the following on the back of the first photo...

#6

november 20, 1980

mommy + daddy gave me "merlin" for my birthday

"merlin" looked like this...

this commercial was the reason i wanted the toy (six electronic games in one?! wow!)...



just a glimpse of little me from over thirty years ago.

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{party} invitation

{party) the best day

{party} favor: dark chocolate + coffee

{party} favor: dark chocolate + coffee

your innkeeper adores chocolate.

your innkeeper adores coffee.

as a special treat for my birthday party, i am gifting one guest a marvelous combination of the two flavors...

{scharffen berger 62% cacao dark chocolate mocha}

this beautiful bar is a san francisco classic. it is rich dark chocolate with the delicate crunch of freshly roasted and finely ground sumatran coffee.

oh yes - a match made in heaven!

i will send this delicious gift (along with a love note from the inn) to one special guest.

simply leave a comment below about chocolate or coffee (or both!) and i will randomly select one on wednesday november twenty-third.

also: there are more treats to be shared later in the party! several of my very favorite things will be gifted to you, my favorite guests in the universe.

until then, i hope you'll write to me about chocolate wonders or a robust cuppa joe...

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{party} invitation

{party} the best day

{party} the best day

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{sleeping beauty's dream by catrin welz-stein}

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{party} invitation

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{party} invitation

hello dear guests!

yesterday was my thirty-seventh birthday.

today i am hosting a spontaneous stardusty soiree...

{invitation via fenderskirts vintage}

join in at any time for a cup of sparkly fun.

cheers!