#kpfarewelltour

the sweet & lovely kelly purkey moved from new york back to the midwest this weekend. to celebrate her and to say see you later (not goodbye), we met up at the smith near lincoln center for dinner, dessert, celebrity spotting and, most importantly, the photo booth.

totally internet famous, KP.

julie spotted michael strahan as we sat down and rachel stopped him on his way out for a photo. one of the perks of living in NYC for sure.

meanwhile, amanda informed us that she follows oprah on instagram. and you should, too.

the food was pretty good, the company was great and the dessert was amazing (i'm looking at you, birthday cake sundae), but really? we were there for the photo booth.

the photo booth is outside of the men's rooms and right next to the communal sinks. don't mind the gaggle of ladies taking photo booth strips and group portraits in the mirror. (but aren't we all so cute??)

missy waits for the photo booth to catch up with us.

the photo booth was chugging along, but kelly was antsy to take more pics!

leigh and kelly always take the cutest strips. <3

this one was everyone's fave, for sure. it was fun to watch us all scramble in and out of the photo booth.

kelly and her spoils. i'm going to miss having you in the city, girl, but i know you'll be back to visit all. the. time. xoxoxo

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kelly and i have "known" each other since 2007? 2008? not sure exactly, as we met somewhere along the way on flickr. most likely doing project 365. back then, she lived in chicago. then, it took another three years of her living in NYC for us to finally meet up in person. but we did it! and i am so glad. now . . . who is going to go to ingrid michaelson concerts with me???

a dose of happy color

the grand central branch of the new york public library has some very happy artwork on display right now. chelsea hrynick browne's quilt-like creations are brightening my day each time i pass by.

the event of a thread

managed to make it up to the park avenue armory on friday to catch ann hamilton's the event of a thread show before it closed on sunday. SO GOOD.

happy new year!

image via pinterest

wishing everyone a healthy and happy new year!

let's do this, 2013.

pinterest holiday social at the white house

on december 8th, i got a heads up that the white house was launching a pinterest account and that they were inviting a few pinners to the white house for a holiday social on the 17th. i sent in my application and was luckily chosen (security clearance pending) to go! what a treat!!

we had a wonderful tour of the christmas decorations at the white house, along with some insider information. for instance, this seriously stunning column? there were four of them. and it took something like 60,000 berries to create! photos don't do them justice.

so. many. trees. it smelled absolutely AMAZING. and each one was so pretty.

OMBRE TREE. need i say more??

very "pin-worthy" terrarium ornaments -- complete with miniature bo the dog!

the official white house christmas tree. it must have been at least 20 feet tall. stunning.

suann song and jeanine hays of aphro chic caught 'grammin.

our merry little crew of pinners!

huge thanks to kasie and everyone at the white house for an amazing day!!