suitcases & cardigans: it's a good friday.

*original photo by glaser via surfermag

i've been introduced to ben howard. vicki introduced me at work the other day and we watched this ridiculously awesome music video of keep your head up (lyrics quoted in the image) which is our new favorite song, and discussed how we could replicate that water slide in a less complicated way. if you have any ideas, shoot them my way! i loved it so much, i went home and bought the album. here's the vid, your weekend links & my week in instagrams!

+ got a bad case of the allergies? read health.com's ultimate allergy guide for some tips and buy some effective allergy remedies suggested by real simple. luckily mine haven't been too bad this time around, especially with living in a new area and all.

+ i love the work of jen gotch (she has an awesome, refreshingly simple website). her new store, oh snap, recently went live where she sells primarily polaroid scanned prints.

+ love them baubles? i just heard of jewelmint, a website where you can buy jewelry for $29.99 each. you create a style profile by taking a quiz (basically clicking images/brands that you like) and they select suggested accessories for you to purchase.

+ i'm looking to fly to houston in june from either dc or nyc (it's cheaper to fly from there, and all i have to do is take a bus). any tips or favorite sites to search for deals? right now i'm using priceline and hotwire.

this past week has been a jumble of the great and not-so-great, but mostly great. here are the highlights!