French Fry Love.

Found this.

Absolutely adore this.

And I really like this.

•SO VERY HAPPY(Limited Edition)

•SWEET AND SOUR

•BEAUTIFUL DAY

It’s DAZEYCHIC‘s shop on ETSY: STUDIO MELA.

Her motto…

“Surround yourself in positivity.”

What’s not to love about that?

(Click the links below the prints to see them in the shop.)

I would pay $20+ for one of these prints.

But I don’t have $20+.

So I’m content to look & like & wish.

Have a killer day. I know I will.

Love.from

-Bella♥

♥I used to have a pair when I was little.

I wished for these while going underneath a yellow stop-light yesterday.

MAYBE I’LL GET LUCKY?

(Photo via Bombshell.)

.SHOES.

Laria sent this→ link to me. I love it. It’s the ELLE Shoe Diary blog. Really cute♥.

Here are my favourites:

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Dries Van Noten Sandals↑.

Vintage Woven Flats↓.

BCBGirls Patent Leather Pumps↓.

Dries Van Noten Pumps↑.

Vintage Chanel Pumps↓.

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I’ve had shoes on my mind lately. (Mostly because of my Indoor PUMAS.) I’ve thought about how you can tell a lot about people from their footwear. And how important shoes are in stories. Shoes are so important in stories. O so important. I don’t mention them nearly enough in my writings. Bother. I’ll have to work on that.

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Love.

-Bella.dear(In the sparkly green flats.)

WHAT I REALLY WANT FOR CHRISTMAS…

Is the Toile Party Dress by SarahSeven on ETSY.

I think I’m kind of in love with it.

(Maybe you could sew a miracle Ria, and do a look-a-like for me?)

Love.

-Bella.dear

xoxo

I think John Keats would of liked it when the ladies wore pretties in their hair.

We had some killer indoor practice last night. Our first game is on Sunday. THIS SUNDAY. I’m pretty darn excited if you can tell. I’m just not sure which shoes to wear. O dear. Shoes are so important. And I’m just not sure…

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Dear shoes for indoor,

Where are you?

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I was on ETSY this morning. Obsessing over Which.Goose(click it) and all the lovely hair dandies they make. I adore hair dandies. (I’ve been trying to figure out if they’ll let me wear something in my hair during indoor. It’s not like they can kick me out if I have a flower pinned in my hair…right?)

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Dear indoor people,

Can I wear my hair things in the games?

Please?

The last one is my favourite.

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Dear Which.Goose,

I kind of LOVE you.

We(Miss Tandy, Ria, and I) had a discussion yesterday of what we thought boys might think when you wear something in your hair. I mean, do you guys really like it? Or do you walk about in wonderment of why ever the little ladies love to spritz up their hair with pins and flowers and butterflies? Really though, what do you think of it?

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Dear boys,

Do you like my hair things?

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I THINK I’M TIRED OF UNO. JUST SAYING.

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Dear UNO,

I hate you right now.

I think I will hide you.

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John Keats is still written all over my head. I LOVE that man. There is no one like him. I was reading one of his letters the other day, and this is what it said:

“I am afraid to write to her— to receive a letter from her— to see her handwriting would break my heart— even to hear of her anyhow, to see her name written, would be more than I can bear…If I had any chance of recovery, this passion would kill me…”

–To Charles Brown

1 November 1820

John Keats

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Dear KEATS,

I HEART you.

But you already knew that.

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Now I’m off to figure out shoes, indoor rules concerning hair, KEATS, tie-dye later on, and breakfast.

Love.

-Bella.dear♥

.indoor.

i have a hankering to play soccer right now. i really cannot for the life of me wait till indoor starts.

but i have to wait.

so i suppose i’ll convince Miss Tandy to go to the cul-de-sac and juggle around with me. i think we should find some old pop-bottles and practice knocking ‘em down. that would be sprucey. then, maybe if i’m lucky, the soccer boys will scrimmage with us today.

(i’m wearing shin-guards right now. *blush*)

………….

today is DARYEL’s birthday.

so…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARYEL.

(even though you’ll probably never read this…)

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i went on J.Crew and what do you suppose was on the first page?

FRILLY SHIRTS.

i have been wishing my head off for a frilly shirt.

like this one.

or this.

and this.

i’m really in LOVE with all things ruffles and frills and pleats and layers right now.

but i am not in LOVE with big price-tags.

so i’m content to hunt in the GOODWILL for a frilly shirt.

(i already found ONE J.Crew shirt there…so chances that i’ll find another aren’t too slim.)

p.s.(on the J.Crew note) i am head over heels for this MERINO ETHEREAL RUFFLE CARDIGAN too.

so scrumptious.

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love.

-Bella(with her wishes to DARYEL for a happy birthday and wishes for

indoor soccer

and wishes for J.Crew

cardigans

and

frilly shirts.)

head over heels for Christopher Robin and shabby apple.

i’m head over heels for Shabby Apple (and Christopher Robin still) right now. take a look at them here.

i ♥ all of their dresses. but  my favourite, would have to be BROADWAY in fuschia.

but the UPPER EAST SIDE in bright blue is also to die for.

and the WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK in cranberry is quite adorable.

though they all cost a ton. literally. it would be such a splurge to buy one of these little numbers. but i think, one day, i will splurge. because i want one so bad. i daresay i would wear it all of the time. really i would. i like them so much.

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going to a soccer game today. xc practice. more secret present making (i’m jumping up and down from excitement about the newest one. it’s so cute). writing lovely little stories. maybe some card games with Miss Tandy. opening my red umbrella inside. wishing for shabby apple dresses (and Christopher Robin). a little candle party. and all the rest of that jazz.

today will be charming.

(i want to make cupcakes.)

maybe for Miss Tandy's birthday.
with little red sprinkles.
and cream cheese frosting.
yummo.

love.

-Bella.dear

the man who gave Macbeth away.

i have been typing away and away and away. my fingers hurt. i like it. but my story made me mad today. i got a bit stuck. it’s fixed now though. i think. it’s hard to write when there are 3 children in the next room doing 3 different things and Miss Tandy is playing a harmonica right beside you. very difficult. sometimes you just need quiet. but i think what i really need is to give George and Josephine a break and work on my novel. for some reason, i can write in my novel when a hundred different things are going on. that’s what i love about it.

(what i really want to write right now is this amazing little piece stuck in my head. it’s been there for a long time. it involves the fair and kisses and tents and vintage dresses.)

Lala mia was recording this amazing song earlier today. i love it. especially this one part that is soooooo marvelous. so marvelous. i love it. i love it. i love it. i just can’t say that enough.

today i wanted to cry. and i didn’t know why. but then if figured it out. the other day when we were in that thrift shop, there was a stack of old books for sale. i wanted them. O so badly. but $5 dollars a book is NOT a steal. really, who wants to pay $5 dollars for one book? not me. and who wants to pay $50 dollars for 10 books? (there was 10 of them…) i just wanted the books.  but that’s not why i wanted to cry. i wanted to cry because someone actually gave those books away. what kind of person would do that? i wish i could meet them. i imagine this man whose father left him those books after he died, and that young man wanted nothing to do those old books. he had no hankering to read Shakespeare’s Macbeth. so he gave them away. and now he’s alone in his father’s house without those books. and one day, when he sits down with his morning cup of coffee and reaches for a book in his father’s book shelf, they won’t be there. it will be empty. kind of sad.

Mr.Dante told me today, “There’s something I like about a man sitting in an empty room in a tuxedo. Especially the part about the empty room…” i think i like that too. my little brother is the best. he’s walking inspiration for my men i write about. and he’s only 8 years old. i wish i had an older brother too. he would be more walking inspiration, but he would be 20 years old. for now, Mr.Dante is enough i suppose. if only ’cause he’s the best.

an odd collaboration of thoughts, i know, but it’s just what’s on my mind today.

in lieu of mentioning  Lala mia and vintage dresses, i’ll show you something i really like right now. 2 of the dresses in Lala’s ETSY shop: icarryourheart. they’re also in Lala’s closet in my house. snatch ‘em up before i plead and cry and make her give them to me. *wink*.

Pink Swing

this one is The Pink Swing. and you can find it here.

DUTCH GIRL

this one is The DUTCH GIRL. and you can find it here.

i like ‘em. and so will you.

a thought for today….don’t give vintage Macbeths away. PLEASE.

love.

-Bella.dear

listen to ALittleLove and Nathan’s Band.

Lala mia just got her Listen. page up on A Little Love. i think it’s marvelous. all of it is so easy to fall in ♥ with. and believe me, i’m in love with it. go ahead and click the link to her blog or the page to hear everything. it will tickle your ears with happiness. the sound is so lovely. i write while listening to this music. that’s just how lovely it is.

these are my 3 favourites. i think. really, they’re all my favourite. *blush*.

Awesome Fire.

The Leper.

Walk Through the Desert.

to get the full treat, go to the Listen. page.

since you’re probably wondering who that talented guy singing with Lala mia is, i’ll introduce you. his name is Nat. and he sings. and he’s one of the nicest people i’ve ever met. and he is super talented. he has his own website called Nathan’s Band. go and take a listen if your ears are wanting more. you’ll love it to death. i write while listening to him too.

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these recorded songs by Lala and Nat were life-savers for me while Lala mia was gone those 6 months at her training program. i would sit here really early in the morning while everyone was asleep with the speakers down just enough so that i could hear them, and i would write. or when i was home alone, i would turn the speakers up and write myself into a tizzy. it was hard not having her here. i couldn’t sit outside my older sister’s door anymore and listen to her play guitar while i would write. but i could listen to these tracks.

so do me a favor…

LISTEN.

and to Lala and Nat…

THANK YOU.

i like it.

love.

-Bella.dear

yellow shoes and red lips make me happy.

i am in ♥ with Spirocreations on Etsy right now. their shoes just blow me away.

Tinkerbell Ballet Flats

i think the Tinkerbell Ballet Flats are my favourite. but the Mary-Jane Moccasins are a close second.

Mary-Jane Moccasins

this Husband and Wife team are marvelous. so talented. it makes my head spin. take a look if you can…

{i’m wearing a little graphic pattern skirt today. and red lipstick.} i’m happy.

we went to the grocery store earlier this morning. i found some LEGOS in the parking lot. only once in my life will that happen i think…

on tap for this day:

•bread baking in an apron.

•cleaning.

•making little felt flower hair-pins.

•writing letters.

•finding an ice-cream recipe for the party.

•and watching some Aaron Stone with Mr.Dante.

(i woke up in a sour mood this morning. Franny has been stealing my socks and wearing them for 3 days in a row. that is just as bad as when my feet get hot. i hate it. makes me want to rip up a thousand pairs of socks. including mine. *sigh*. the downs of living in a family of 7.) but you know something? who can be in a sour mood while wearing Reel Red lipstick? i.can’t.that’s.for.sure. so i put it on and made myself happy. i will always collect red lipstick. and then i will always be happy.

now i’m off to wish for shoes and bake a loaf of bread and cry over Rudy Steiner who died in The Book Thief today. (i finished reading it again. for just about the 5th time).

love.

-Bella.dear