Awake, dear heart, awake. Thou hast slept well. Awake.
-William Shakespeare

stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive

a rose flower is going to be fragile, it is not a stone. it is okay to be a rose flower and not a stone.

You are beautiful and fumbling and coltish and everything slips from your finers but I love you still because you are soft in all the right places.

- dream list
- sketches of things seen from your window
- dried flowers
- torn paper scraps
- list of your favorites {music, feelings, etc...}
- polaroids
- things you wish to do
- fragments of sweet memories
- lovely quotes
- stories of beautiful people

What I plan on wearing to prom:
JCrew Arabelle dress
White rose crown
Nude patent pumps
Long hair, light makeup

Collect pretty jars {recycle them or find nice ones from the thrift store} and fill them with lovely, little things. Line up the jars on a shelf.

May 1721
A teenaged girl spends her days in fields of flowers, writing unrequited love letters and daydreaming about running away. She returns to her castle at night, retreating to her tower room. She leaves her window open, wishing for a prince to come whisk her away.

To me you're the sea and I have fallen in love with salt on my skin.
-Tyler Knott Gregson