I think these lace fences are insanely awesome.

images via LaceFence.com

If you haven’t seen Sabrina then stop what you’re doing and watch it. It’s the best movie ever.

Well at least two of my favorite men… together… in one picture. I’m happy.

Thanks

… for listening to me yammer on about my pup.
… for the warm, fuzzy comments and emails.
… for the inspiration.
… for the encouragement.
… for stopping by.

Love,

Me

photo by Fleur Avenue

I am so in love with this last weekend. Hopefully you were too.

I hope every girl watches this!

Originally posted here. Thank you Bethany for posting this.

I hope you’re all doing at least one thing this weekend that makes you crazy happy.

Somethings that have made me crazy happy lately? I’ll tell you:

I don’t know how I didn’t tell you this… or maybe I did and I’m losing my mind… anyway…

A few weeks ago I got to assist Rachel Thurston shoot a wedding at the Biltmore in Santa Barbara. It was awesome. I was so impressed working with her and the wedding was beautiful and it was a blast! Thanks Rachel!

This recipe for banana pudding is calling to me.

I want a little lamb of my very own.

And this etsy shop is pretty cool. (thanks Suann!)

The new album from Arcade Fire.

My sister gave me a 6 months subscription to Netflix…. uh oh!

And Fieryeyed’s shop update is so good. I want to buy one of each.

Other non-internet related things that are making me crazy happy include: Harlow (duh), the sunny weather we’ve been having, going to the temple, a friend asking me to take some family pictures for her, my nephew’s upcoming 5th birthday…

Life is sweet. See you Monday!

photo by littlemisspatricia

I finally changed the name of my blog. I’ve been wanting to for awhile since everything else was “Joiebutter” anyway. Pois-Rouge was nice but didn’t roll off of my very American tongue.

Why Joiebutter?

Joy is one of my favorite words. It’s better than, more than happy… it’s joyful. But I do think it looks prettier spelled “joie”. When I was little I wanted a nickname and the only thing I got for Vanessa was “Vanna” and “Vinesse” (you know, like the shampoo, Finesse) so I picked Joy… and spelled it Joie.

Butter … oh butter. I used to think it was the grossest thing ever. But I soon wised up and going to France sealed the deal. We ate amazing meals every day but the bread and the butter was enough to keep me happy. SO GOOD. But no, this is not going to become a blog about butter… seriously.

And I like the way they sound together. Joie and Butter. That’s all. Basically me, just needing a little change in my life so I’m starting with the blog.

That’s all.

xo