a wish for spring
by anna on March 6, 2013
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{art print + pretty pastels + coffee + shoes + mint necklace + ferris wheel + stripes + clutch}
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Bright is good, right? Especially on the rainiest + coldest of days. I’d like to ask what happened to the sun? It was here and now it’s gone. Yes, it definitely came out for a little while, which counts in my book, but it slipped away before I got too satisfied. On top of that, they say there’s a storm coming in.
NO. I want to shout. Enough, winter. Get going on your way, already. I am over you.
Lately I’ve been feeling that itch for spring. It’s a good itch, one that prickles at each part of your body and gets your senses going– revving up, starting fresh, starting new.
I know it’s not quite here yet, but I’ve got the itch.
I’m listening to new music, making plans for the months ahead— getting exited for daylight savings, dreaming of switching out my clothes, and lusting after bike rides through the breeze. My mind is racing with possibility. I want to travel and visit friends, I want to explore the city + my little town, I want to walk with Zan in the evening as the sun dips low in the sky. This time of year always swells up my heart.
I am so ready.
I know it’s not quite here yet, but I’ve got the itch.
I can feel it coming from somewhere.
More every day. Every minute. Every second.
I can feel it coming.
… Can’t you?
28 comments
Yesss! I love everything about this collage. Just what I needed to get out the door today!!! I’ve already bought three sets of pastel earrings
by Jenna | The Paleo Project on March 6, 2013 at 7:28 am. #
I know! I was working on it last night and I was thinking…. this doesn’t really make sense right now, but I’m going to do it anyways BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 2:51 pm. #
I can too! that sense you talk about – you can just feel it coming. but of course winter has to throw us one last storm.
by colleen on March 6, 2013 at 7:35 am. #
One last blasted storm. I’m wondering if we’ll have YET ANOTHER snow day. I hope not! We’re already 5 days extra at this point. Ugh.
SPRING, WE’RE WAITING FOR YOU!!!
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 2:52 pm. #
Those shoes are just perfection!!! I’m so ready for spring’s arrival (and NOT AT ALL pleased about this snow in the forecast!).
by Julie on March 6, 2013 at 8:44 am. #
I know! I love them!
{unfortunately, I think they cost A LOT. Boo. One can dream…}
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 2:53 pm. #
Wah I want Spring and all of the above. Espesh that printed skirt, and some coffee and those FLATS. Gimme.
by Alex on March 6, 2013 at 10:53 am. #
EVERYTHING. I WANT IT ALL.
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 2:53 pm. #
I totally understand! The weather is just as gross and depressing as it was back in January, but there is some sort of spark that has been ignited in the air. I can feel spring trying to fight through–or maybe it’s just a city full of hopeful people yearning for some sunshine. Either way, I AM SO READY.
Love this composition, btw! Awesome collage!
by Melissa on March 6, 2013 at 1:58 pm. #
“or maybe it’s just a city full of hopeful people yearning for some sunshine”
LOVE THAT. YES.
And thanks for noticing the collage! Working on my photoshop skills!!!
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 2:54 pm. #
I LOVED this post. Your collage is gorgeous. I’m starting to feel itchy, too – to go outside every day, to teach my kids to love running around in fresh air, to visit the woods and hike, to get dirty with real dirt. I’m a little bit tired of these four inside walls of my house. Warm weather isn’t too far away, right? I keep telling myself it can’t be, it just can’t be.
by Mary on March 6, 2013 at 3:01 pm. #
Thank you, Mary! I had a photoshop lesson with my friend Rachael this past weekend and I was testing out some of the new stuff I learned! It was fun to put this together!
And no, it’s not too far. And if we will it enough, I think it just might happen.
Are you guys getting snow at all down there? Stay warm!
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 3:47 pm. #
Well this is just the prettiest little spread EVER. As if I wasn’t itching for spring enough already! I feel it too, but I worry I’m getting too ahead of myself. Saturday was nice, but that short-sleeved dress I tried to rock all day may have been pushing it…!
by Emily on March 6, 2013 at 3:57 pm. #
I am absolutely getting ahead of myself, too. A girl can dream!
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 6:07 pm. #
I have been ready for spring since December! Christmas is never all that cold for us in South Carolina, it’s January through March that gets chilly. And what’s so bad is that sprinkled throughout the “winter” we have are days of sunshine and 60-degree weather, then BAM! Cold and rain and wind.
I am over March winds already.
However, in preparation for spring, I put a cute pair of coral-colored Nine West high heels on layaway today at TJ Maxx! I can’t wait until April when I can finally get them! They look a bit like this (http://www.bluefly.com/Christian-Louboutin-coral-patent-calf-Altadama-100-peep-toe-pumps/p/307219601/detail.fly), but MUCH cheaper.
by Lauren Michelle on March 6, 2013 at 7:14 pm. #
Ahh! So cute!! I love them!
And I get what you mean by the frustration of 60 degrees sprinkled here and there. I would just be thinking, why not 60 every day all the time? Lucky you get some glimpse of warmth, though! I would love that even if it wasn’t consistent!
by anna on March 6, 2013 at 10:57 pm. #
i want that yellow skirt real bad.
by bridget on March 7, 2013 at 9:35 am. #
OH, ME TOO.
Also, How do you like my photoshopping skills?! Eh? Ehhhh!!! That was so fun the other night. Glad we did it!
by anna on March 7, 2013 at 12:13 pm. #
Um, woah. You are a natural at this! Loveliest composition. I love the way it flows. Adding the 2-dimensional stuff is a pro tip I forgot to mention. It looks wonderful!
by Rachael on March 7, 2013 at 3:50 pm. #
Thank you, thank you!! It took a little bit, but I’m practicing.
(and thank you for your semi-late-night text support session. Appreciated!)
by anna on March 8, 2013 at 5:19 pm. #
I love that skirt! Wow, great picks! And I agree, Spring needs to get here ASAP. In fact I`m already kind of excited for summer, too!
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by Jess on March 7, 2013 at 4:02 pm. #
Oh, summer. Don’t even get me started!
by anna on March 8, 2013 at 5:19 pm. #
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by Tea with your snow | Erstwhile dear on March 7, 2013 at 4:50 pm. #
yes and yes! spring PLEASE! i love your round up of bright colors + spring-y happiness. today i was driving with the windows down + sun roof open, and i got a teeny tiny taste of what’s to come. CAN’T WAIT!
by sherri lynn on March 7, 2013 at 8:07 pm. #
Consider yourself lucky! Windows down?! We just had another snow storm!!
LE sigh.
by anna on March 8, 2013 at 5:21 pm. #
hey friend! here’s the source for that artwork – it’s actually a print available on Etsy! I’ve had my eye on it for months and months and months because it’s just so pretty. http://www.etsy.com/listing/111198149/mint-gold-peach-chevron-stripes-art
by Kaity on March 8, 2013 at 9:29 pm. #
OH, THANK YOU!!!
(now I think I will have to purchase it for myself, it’s so lovely.)
by anna on March 9, 2013 at 8:57 am. #
Love this. So much pretty here. Bring it spring!
by Kristin W. on March 11, 2013 at 8:45 pm. #