We finished up the moving process early this week with the completion of our “office nook” in the loft. The simple, clean office area is a dream come true—and a nice improvement from my previously cluttered office.

I bought these recycled magnetic strips on Etsy. They were originally meant to be a wedding detail, but I had always planned to use them in the office after the wedding was over (a lesson for all of you brides out there—buy wedding details that you can reuse in your home later, such as simple vases and frames). And yes, even the field notes were left over from the package of three that we bought to write our vows in.

And if you love the desk (I know I do), you can find it at World Market.

For my birthday last week, I received the most amazing gift from Leticia and Phil Gomes. From the outside, you would swear it’s a lens, but it’s actually a coffee mug. In fact, I just recently bought the exact same lens, and it looks so real that when my brother-in-law was over and saw it sitting out on the kitchen table, he questioned why I wasn’t more careful about putting my expensive lenses in a safe place.

And even better, it’s from Photojojo, whose founder, Amit Gupta, started Jelly—an organization that has connected me with some of the most incredible people I know (over coffee, no less!).