in praise of gratitude

As my favorite holiday of the year approaches on Thursday, I have many things on my to do list:

make place cards for dinner (a watercolor nightmare that i will not give up on!)

buy wine

find a thanksgiving reading to ponder

make my gratitude list

And last, to enter "gratitude" into etsy and see what kind of goodies are being made especially for us to grab our thankfulness by the proverbial balls and demand some contentment, damn it.

Graphic. I know.

But sometimes a girl must ferociously pursue what continues to elude her...

the gratitude necklace


these gorgeous thank-you cards in a color that a certain someone finds a bit irresistible these days...


the gratitude bag - what an adorable idea for a gift bag!

this may be a little sneak-peek into my aforementioned gratitude list, but there is sometimes when all i can do is journal...and i am thankful, oh so thankful, for blank pages in pretty books that contain all my cross thoughts.

they contain the ugliness
so i no longer have to

it's kind of a crappy deal for them, being so pretty and all...

this gratitude ecofriendly journal would do the trick.
{perhaps it would only contain all my contented thoughts...and though small at first, as with any seed, with nurturing...would grow}

and while we are on the subject of writing...there is nothing like a good pen to start {and quickly end if it's bad} a good scribble session. i have a most lovely pen, and perhaps it needs a new home in this adorable fall case.

i thank you for a lovely year of friendship, frolics, and frivolity.
~lady whit