My co-worker brought her beautiful baby girl in the other day.  I only had a few minutes to sneak outside and fire off these shots.  I thought the hoody would look sweet but neglected to consider all the horrible shadows it would cast on her creamy skin. Yet another lesson learned in my never ending photography adventure. 

Oh, what a day!  If you only knew what’s on my plate right now–lot’s.  I am racing against the clock to try to get something done before a certain day (can I be any more vague?)  I have a great friend working over-time with me to make it happen and we just may pull it off, which would make me both giddy and proud as punch, (word on the street is punch is very proud.)  The Fancy got a new job and G.G. being the spoiled three pound pup she is decided to rip the apartment apart.  I received a call at work from my neighbor, “Did you leave the washing machine on?”  “No, I didn’t why?, I asked perplexed.  “Well, there’s this strange pounding sound coming from your apartment that sounds like a washing machine gone awry.”

I raced home to find that George was playing soccer with our stainless steel trash can, hurling it across the room at the wall, leaving a mess over the entire livingroom, scratching the paint off the doors–basically wreaking havoc whilst her sister Bella snored contently in the kitchen as close to the cabinet that houses the treats as puppily possible. I made the executive decision to bring my three pound dog back to the office with me.  I figured what would my boss do? Fire me?  My last day is Tuesday, I think  the office could handle me and my fluffy terror for a few hours without incident. So, all that on top of my top secret project and my ‘before’ and after edits made for a very harried day, but here I am at long last, better late than never.

I have been very fortunate lately to receive love + affection for my new blog from some of my very favorite bloggers.  I plan to thank everyone, but as you may be able to infer I am a little slower than most. I don’t mean to be, I plan everyday to be speedy and full but I guess I am predisposed to an island time disposition or something. In my defense, I do take on much more than the average bear.  I don’t know a lot of individuals that can work my kind of schedule (nor would want to). Things may (and do) stop abruptly when I spy something shiny but eventually they get done. To stop my dilly dallying I would like to start by thanking Miss Liz of the charming ‘Say Yes to Hoboken’ blog.  Thank you for mentioning Besotted Brand Blog in your ‘Up & Coming’ blog round up.  I was so flattered to be in such great company and now that I have links to even more fabulous blogs I may be even slower than usual. So thank you Miss Liz, I do appreciate the attention, please don’t think for one second that I don’t AND thank you to everyone that visits my new home, I am so happy to have you stop by and am always delighted when you drop me notes in the comments.

I shot these beauties this morning on my way to work.  I am impervious to the lure of the cherry blossom.  It’s such a happy tree, don’t you think?  Cherry blossoms are the botanical equivalent of popped champagne. The ‘before’ wasn’t able to capture the golden light so I brought it into my edit.  I am planning to do more edits on this ‘session’ this week, just because I want to see if I can create a cohesive series.

It took me a couple weeks, but I managed to put my second inspiration board together for my pal/decorator–the white version.  I am surprised she hasn’t fired me yet as her ‘client’. I am so on the fence about everything.  We went back and measured the room and some of the items I liked and her mantra became– “Tristan, just pull the trigger”. I am so not a trigger puller, but I am getting closer. For those just coming upon this blog I had a black version that centered upon an amazing bookshelf, but when I went to visit the bookshelf in person it was a sorry version of itself–a cardboard box with painted Popsicle sticks.  So the decision was made to go the way of the white and here I am back at the virtual drawing board. 

Here are some of the decisions I have made (thank goodness) — 1. The wall which once was going to be painted in chalkboard paint will now be painted in a matte grey/charcoal. I will be using a magnetic paint primer, which will make my walls ready for my inspiration board and will be a neater/cleaner version of the original idea. 2. I will be making a built in desk to run the length of the wall.  I am either going to follow this super simple DIY or use these sawhorse legs (again decisions aren’t my forte). 3. I am going to get a backless drafting stool, because I love them. No, I won’t be using it as my desk chair., I’m crazy but not that crazy 4. The white mod chandelier that is currently in the room will be replaced with an industrial looking piece, which will coordinate with my vintage brushed stainless task lamps that I already own (and love).  I am happy to be moving forward, we moved to the flat in June and nearly a year later it still has piles of forlorn books on the floor and in boxes.  It’s time to um, pull the trigger.