better together

August 23, 2010 Whitney Saxon

When it comes to traveling, I am both blessed and cursed with rosy retrospection. I am often ready to get home while I'm on long trips, yet I always look back on them with very positive feelings.

I remember feeling this way about summer camp the first time. By Wednesday, I was ready to go home. By the following Monday, I was ready to go back to camp.

I blame my strong desire to get home on my family. No matter how much fun I'm having away from them, it's inevitable that we'd probably be having more fun together.

Those who suffer from the same problem that I do can rest easy with the new Traveler's Choice Collection. You can purchase authentic accessories from all over the world: bracelets from Kenya, sarongs from Mustique, pillows from India.

And while it may seem a little silly to those who don't experience the same problem (why pretend you've been to Kenya? Just go to Kenya...), once you've experienced a full weekend of my family's festivities, you'll understand why you may opt for Indiana over India, too.

A quick look into just how lovely it is when we're together...

i like

August 20, 2010 Whitney Saxon

There are so many things in life that I adore. So many things make me very excited. However, lately, there have been a few things that make my heart flutter an extra [extra] bit...

1. Frozen yogurt at Huddles. It's so summer happy.

2. The summerfall weather we've been having. Not as hot, but not yet crisp.

3. Having my siblings home more.

4. Pretty things, like Lau and Lee headbands

5. Being a little extra indulgent

6. Indiana summers, Indiana friends, and Indiana (and the Midwest)

A few of these favorites have come together for me with Sweet Papier.

It's a paper bakery that creates beautiful invitations and paper products (fulfills #4), that are slightly over the top (#5), and are made in the Midwest (#6). They also have an emphasis on sweets, so although they don't quite taste like Huddles, they semi-fulfill #1.

never too late to celebrate

August 20, 2010 Whitney Saxon

Meghan and Erin and I have been brainstorming a name for an upcoming business venture of one of Meghan's friends.

Erin has easily come up with the best name so far (kept under wraps) utilizing some basic French.

After making sure we were conjugating the words correctly, I was reminded that I completely failed to blog about Bastille Day.

Fortunately, Court summed it up stellarly, but, being the only (semi-) French speaker of the clan, I feel it's necessary to at least put up my pictures...