My Latest Obsession...Elephants (Yes, Elephants)

I'm not sure exactly where this latest obsession of mine came from but I'm going to go ahead and blame it on my genes. Because my degree is in genetics and that's what us genetics geeks do. And because my great grandmother used to collect them.

Elephants. I'm obsessed with elephants. If you follow me on Instagram, you already know that my obsession started with this brass elephant tape dispenser. I stumbled upon this little beauty on ebay while searching for some stylish office supplies for our soon to be remodeled office. Love him.
I thought it was just a one time elephant thing. But then a few weeks later I saw this carved wood beauty at HomeGoods and just like that a single innocent ebay purchase had turned into an elephant obsession...

It doesn't help that so many beautiful spaces are designed around stylish elephant friends:

{Little Green Notebook}

{BHG}

{One Kings Lane}

{Danielle Moss via The Everygirl}

{oh joy!}

{Emily Henderson via Rue Magazine}

At least it doesn't have to be a very expensive obsession - how cute is this $12 Urban Outfitters Elephant Ring Holder?

{Coconut & Bean}

One of my daughters asked to look through this post while I was finishing it up and she fell hard for the ring holder and is begging to have it for it for her room. What can I say, I knew it was in the genes.... :)