i couldn't be more pleased to have another curated life submission that isn't one of my own collections! it really is my dream for many of the weekly features at Gather and Hunt to be a place to showcase you- dear readers- and the things you love, so it really delights me to have some submissions coming in!

today's collection is from my bestie, and fellow blogger, melissa, who i know you've heard a lot about lately! her collection of vintage blankets has kept yours truly nice 'n toasty in her lovely vintage home many times.

Melissa writes:

the first time a guest stayed at our house i realized i only had one blanket to offer them. since our house is very much on the chilly side i was a little embarrassed. from this my vintage blanket collection was born. i am a sucker for vintage quilts and fun patterns and now that we live in a house and have out of town guests i have a reason, and space, to store them. i also like to mix and match blankets, sheets, and pillow cases on our bed, so this collection is cute and practical. well, maybe not exactly practical because i have a lot of blankets now!

{all photos by Melissa. editing by moi.}

a great big thanks to Melissa for sharing one way she's curated her life! i'm still a bit jealous of that green stripe-y blanket!

how have you curated your own life? i would love to share your collection with the world! please email me at danae{at}gatherandhuntvintage{dot}com. i'm nice, i promise!

stay tuned tomorrow for an extra exciting finds to fancy for me- Melissa's coming to town and we're hitting the estate sales together! it's been forever since we've been able to do that and i am so excited! this friday's post will be the first ever, live-from-the-hunt finds to fancy, so stop on by and see what we find!

today i am missing my bestie, which is weird because i just saw her over the weekend and i'll see her again in a few weeks, but i'm missing her nonetheless. we've been living two and half hours away from each other for years and have gotten used to it by now, but there are certain days where you just need your best friend, you know? instead of moping about something i can't change, i decided to be grateful instead!

today i am grateful for melissa- my dearest friend.

somehow these are some of the best photos that exist of the two of us! seriously- someone needs to take a good pic of us!

there are about a million things i'm grateful for when it comes to Melissa. she's kind and funny and a good mom to her little girls. she's thoughtful, super creative, and really talented at all sorts of things like crafty-ness, sewing, decorating, and gardening. visit her blog and you'll see what i mean! and, like any good bestie, she gets me. when i need help picking an outfit, can't make a design decision, need to geek out about vintage goodness, or just need to talk about life- she's the perfect person for the job! another thing she gets about me is that gifts are my love language- i love giving them and i definitely enjoy getting them! Melissa is an outrageously good gift giver and is as into vintage as i am, so everything is always awesomely vintage. for today's photos i thought i'd share some of the lovely things that have come to live in our home via Melissa (and her husband Aaron of course)...

a valentine's gift- Melissa made it!

love this awesome deer paint by number- an anniversary gift

more deer (Dear Darling, our old business together had a deer logo in the early days)- Melissa made this cute deer silhouette piece for a Christmas gift a few years ago.