Have you been keeping up with Amy Merrick and her sister’s current travels in Europe?  It’s making me completely crazy to visit Europe (as if I wasn’t wanting to, ha!).  Definitely check our her blog updates.  Here’s a few favorites of their excursion to Bruges.

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This home is stunning!  Oh how I would love to live here.  Looks so very British to me.

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Currently lusting over most of the necklaces over at Anthropologie…

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Just read the fantastic news for Jordan and her family that as of January 2011, they will be living in France for the entire year!  I remember reading her posts on her love for France and specifically her post on asking if anyone else has ever tried leaving the States and living abroad for a year, and I’m so glad to hear that her one idea lead her to where she and her family will be headed this coming year.  Congrats to you Jordan, as well as your family!

One of my cousins (and very best friends) decided in a similar way a few years ago to just go for it and lived in Dublin for a year, and I’ve always admired her for that.  I’ve always had a dream of living in England for a year, but never thought it was actually possible with jobs, bills, family, etc. here at home.  Seeing these two people make-a-go-for-it makes me know that life is too short, and if you have a dream then try to make it a reality.  Why not?  Well, making it a reality with jobs, bills, family, etc. is another situation… but perhaps the setting has never been right… yet.

Have you ever dreamed of living elsewhere for a period?  Where?  Have you been able to make that dream a reality?

{image shown via Oh Happy Day!; photography by Nicole Hill Gerulat}

With all things autumn on my mind lately, this pinecone necklace has landed on my wish list for today.  Check out more beautiful things for sale in Wild Iris Artisan Jewelry’s Etsy shop.

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Beautiful, feminine things from Gloaming Designs (a colleague from my art school days; she’s currently residing in Paris, which I think makes these pieces look even more lovely!).  I would love to purchase one of her tea sets!

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With all the different Eco Cups available right now, this is one that I’d love to put my tea-to-go in.  Found via design*sponge.

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I am such a sucker for veils, I wish there were opportunities in everyday life to wear them (besides your wedding day).  I had a hard time settling on my own wedding veil, but if I saw this one while I was making up my mind it definitely would’ve given me a hard time deciding.  LOVE this old fashioned veil!  The dress is gorgeous as well.  What a gorgeous French bride.

{images shown from Once Wed; photography by Emilie Gerard}

Seriously lusting a print of the uber-talented Geninne’s A to Z of Birds piece.  A-m-a-z-i-n-g!  Check out all her fine work for sale in her Etsy shop.

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Fell in love with these rhinestone bow brooches over on Cherry Blossom Girl (while she was visiting Maria Lucia Hohan’s Atelier).  Definitely something to add to my lust list!  Check out her entire post for gorgeous, feminine dresses.

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