Be Inspired...

 

As it is the New Year I assume it is time to get on with the New ideas and the plans for the coming year.  Do you make resolutions?  Do you make goals? Aspirations?  I am not really a fan of the resolution only because it is not always the best idea to make extreme changes.  Subtle changes seem to work better for me...  

This year I have some plans but nothing is concrete I have some things I have been wanting to do and so I suppose I should be getting to them. 

Last year I wanted to read 50 books and I am so excited to tell you that I surpassed that goal and I plan on getting to just about that many this year, along with the idea I shared around my birthday to cook for my family more.  I find that is always good to reflect a little on what we did accomplish before making a new list - this always makes me feel better about myself.

There are a couple of things that I checked off of my life's to do list in 2013.  We shopped in Paris and France and shipped back a container (check), we put in a pool at our home (check), we traveled (check),  I am sure there is more but I am at a loss.. see things elude me so quickly.

For this year I plan on digging into that list a little as I have a special birthday coming up and want to celebrate it in style.

1. Travel - always on my list!  I want to travel a bit in the US this year, there are so many amazing cities here that I have never been to..  New Orleans, Charleston, Atlanta (well I have been there but just for a show).  We have light plans to hit up Montana and Corsica (I know this is not in the states but it is on this years list as I have always wanted to go).
2. Spend more quality time with my fam.. they make me laugh and smile I am going to soak it all up!
3. Expand a bit on the blog, I hope to do more original pieces and content here on the blog, share more before and afters on my projects with you.  I love sharing inspirational spaces with you and want to keep giving you something to come back for.
4. Expand in the shop, there are so many amazing pieces that I see and I need to share with you and my clients, I want to add all of these wonderful options to the shop. 
5. Enjoy the design process and let go of some of the responsibility so I really can REALLY enjoy it.  Possibly buy a real delivery truck and rework my office space to suit having more bodies in here working.
6. Focus!  I am trying hard to not get distracted and hope to make a better effort in 2014 to make it actually happen.  With all of the technology it is so easy to get distracted and move onto another task before you even realize that one has been left undone.
7.  Be kind.. I am going to do my best to go out of my way to be kind to others, no matter what.

I would love to hear what you are up to for the New Year...  any aspirations?

 

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Happy New Year's Eve...

 

A night full of sparkle seems like the perfect way to ring in the new year!

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A New Year Is On The Way

New Year big plans...

First of all thank you for all of your sweet comments on the photos from instagram, it is a great way to capture a moment in time for me.  I was flipping trough pictures from trips to Paris and found these from a trip a long time ago in Portugal.  I posted some photos once before but these got me thinking... I love to travel and this year will be no different but I have not nailed down my path as of yet and I cannot wait to share where I am going!  In looking back I see how things change for me over the years, what I focus on when I travel and how I try to capture it.  This is a small walled town that was so amazing in contrast.  I tried to capture the colors that they were so bold with on the buildings.  Amazing! 

What does 2013 hold for you?  Any plans yet?  I always love to hear good ideas so bring them on!

 

Happy New Year!

 

Wishing you the happiest of New Years!  

I am looking forward to sharing the coming year with you here on greige!

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50 books...

 

Earlier in the year I came across a great idea, albeit it was not a new idea but it was a great one..  A list.. I know it is pretty simple when you start out but it became really difficult as I really looked at it.  It is a list of 50 things I would like to do in my life, I did not put a date on it, I did not call it a bucket list but just a list of items I wish to see, do or accomplish within in my life. This list became really hard to complete, I am talking about the actual list I think I made it to 36 items, because I was being serious, I wanted to see things that I truly wanted to do on there not just dreamy things that I would not put the effort into.  

So aside from all of that one of the items was to ready 50 books in a years time, I am a lover of books and own piles and piles of them, a lot I have read but quite a few are just waiting for their moment.  Well, I decided it would be a great thing to start right about now.  I thought it would be a great thing to share also and I was hoping you could help me out with some recommendations on great reads?!  I would love it if you would join me too- it is always fun to share a great book with friends.

What do you think - any interest?

My first on the list is Les Miserables, I would love to know if you have read it and what you think.

Looking forward to a wonderful new year full of new adventures with you here on the blog as well!

 

a quick hello...

 

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday!  We are trying to get it back together here, catch up with reality and take some time to enjoy ourselves.  This year has been an amazing ride and I realized this morning how very many places we have been and how much we have accomplished.  I am excited for the New Year and looking forward to sharing it with all of you!  Thank you for everything, for every comment and every email I truly appreciate your support and encouragement here on the blog and in my businesses!

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A New Year's Wish

Happy New Year!

- Laura

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