sangria.

perfect a tasty & tart sangria recipe like this one--perfect for a holiday (or new years!) party.

- sprouted kitchen

life.

find what truly makes me happy and fulfilled, then devote my life to it.

-mintchip

get married in my glasses.

marry the Love of my life in my glasses.

- todd pellowe.

le creuset.

own a full set of le creuset cookware in caribbean blue--the perfect bright little accent in an all-white kitchen.

- le creuset 

italy.

visit Italy to do nothing but explore, eat everything I want, and speak to sweet shop owners.

-times like these

Merry Christmas.

 - retrostars.

We wish you all a very happy holiday!

with so much love from us.

ice cream sunday.

host weekly Ice Cream "Sunday" parties for my closest friends.

- katie quinn davies via mary ruffle

cocoa.

make my hot chocolate from scratch and stop buying Swiss Miss.

-picture perfect memories

Christmas Parties.

host wonderfully merry Christmas parties.

- melange muse.

balloons.

carry around the brightest of balloons when i'm having a tough day--just because.

- andrea cisneros

kilimanjaro.

 climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

-gohoto blog

sunday hopes.

- weheartit.

gift-wrapping.

have a space in my home dedicated entirely to wrapping gifts.

- pottery barn.

desk nook.

have a cozy little desk nook with lots of books, lots of white, and lots and lots of light.

- jamie meares

mixing bowls.

have a kitchen full of lovely vintage mixing bowls.

-etsy

maps.

cover the walls of my house in rad maps.

-La Joie de Vivre

ice skates.

have my very own pair of ice skates--stuffed with roses, of course--that i'll drape oh-so-casually over my white picket fence. (kidding... sort of.)

- maria starzyk

sunday hopes.

-everything's right.

elf.

watch elf every year with my kids & impress/embarrass them by knowing every single line.

-tumblr.

fireplace.

- have a cozy little fireplace even half as cute as this one.

- dottie angel

cameras.

 display my vintage camera collection in a way as cute as this.

-busybeelauren

park.

park my bicycle (the one i will ride everywhere) right inside my apartment.

-design curiosities.

teal trailer.

take a tiny teal trailer out in the woods to camp and write and just be.

- silent sequoias

classics.

travel to Italy and Greece to visit the sites I learned all about in my Latin and Ancient Greek classes.

-weheartit

sunday hopes.

-frauleinzucker.

the royal wedding.

tell my children about the day I woke up especially early to witness The Wedding of the Century.
(possibly in 3D!)

piano.

teach my kids to play the piano so that we can play lovely little duets together. 

- via dreamsellers

star wars.

dress my kids in amazing Star Wars costumes for Halloween.

-gizmodo

grilled cheese.

learn to make a flawless, amazingly delicious, grilled cheese sandwich.

-flickr.

ornaments.

be oh-so-festive and hang ornaments on the trees in my front yard.

- maria

sunday hopes.

-tumblr.

Scotland.

stroll about the wintery streets of Scotland. (in less than one month!)

-weheartit.

turkey.

cook a Thanksgiving turkey that turns out perfectly. (Hopefully that day is today!)

-pinterest

bundled.

take peaceful autumn walks with my bundled babe held close.

-tumblr.

amsterdam.

go back to amsterdam--during the holiday season, when the city looks like a snow globe.

- ben

pillows.

create adorable handmade throw pillows for my home.

-kainkain

sunday hopes.

-blinks of life.

solo trip.

take a solo trip to another city--boston? charleston? somewhere in alaska?... maybe even all three.

- autumnfingers

outfits.

wear super fashionable + colorful + corky outfits everyday.

-style redux.

kitchen.

have a sun-filled, all-white kitchen with all-white furniture and all-white dishes so that the little splashes of color just pop.

- simona i

castle.

 spend a night in a castle.

-gingado

sunday hopes.

-lilac saloon.

chalk.

draw the most epic of hopscotch courses for my kids... and, of course, hop through it myself.

- fotos by flo

opry.

go to the Grand Ole Opry.

know.

-tumblr.

kiss.

kiss him in the middle of the street and kick up my ankle... just because.

-  truong nhat khang

messy hair.

master the balance of cute/messy hair.

-oh la la

sunday hopes.

-tumblr.

be.

be the small girl in the big city.

-j&p.

knit.

learn how to knit--if only because a big basket of yarn would look so lovely and colorful beside my desk. 

- joseph sakalak