What's Up Thursday

This Thursday....

I'm totally obsessed with this necklace. 

Such a darling gift for anyone (including me) and it comes in so many colors, which is kind of a problem. I want like five of them. Jamie from I Suwannee has it in tortoise, which is a cool neutral, but I also like yellow (duh) and blue and pink. Any suggestions?

I found these cute chevron pumpkins on Pinterest and I want to recreate them soon. It seems straightforward enough. I'll report back. I'm also working on a new painting for our bedroom. I use the word "painting" extremely loosely as I acknowledge I am no artist, but it's going okay so far so I'll let you judge the final product.

I am newly obsessed with everything Alfred Hitchcock and cannot wait for the two films being made about his life. The first, The Girl, will air on HBO October 20th.  Sienna Miller stars as Tippi Hedren and Toby Jones is an uber-creepy Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock was famously obsessed with Hedren, submitting her to long grueling hours and sexual harassment on The Birds and Marnie, the two films she made with him. Tippi Hedren always seemed like she was smarter than she let on in these films and I'll be curious to see if Miller can channel her particular brand of blonde ice princess.

The second movie, Hitchcock, centers around the filming of the controversial movie Psycho. I cannot wait to see Anthony Hopkins as Alfred Hitchcock and Scarlett Johansson as Janet Leigh. Perfect casting, seriously. I feel like this has to be Oscar material, right?

And speaking of Hitchcock, one of my favorite of his leading ladies, Grace Kelly, is the topic of a new film set for release in 2014. Nicole Kidman plays Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco, and I'll be honest, I'm skeptical. Here's a first look from People.com.

Nicole Kidman is beautiful, of course, but Grace Kelly was everything. I wish Mrs. Urban well and I can't wait to see the movie and that's all I'll say. 

And....

Happy Birthday to my sweet little nugget Elsie! She is 2 years old today and I can't believe it! Here's her baby pic. She is the black and white baby closest to her mom's head.

Here she is today...

Here's what she got for her birthday. It's the loudest toy ever, but she's still so cute.

That's kind of it. C'mon Friday!