Loving Lanterns

I thought I was over the lantern look, but I am loving again. Looks like it isn’t just a trend but really more of a design detail that is here to stay. What do you think here to stay or on it’s way out?

Pretty Pink

Anyone else LOVING pink right now?

 

Photo Courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens

Caitlin Wilson Fabrics

Country Living Magazine

Blog Stalking–The Preppy Princess

Right now I am loving the blog, The Preppy Princess.

It is so fresh and such a happy place.  Ms. Princess keeps you up to date in all things preppy.  Trust me and add her to your reads. If you love designers like Jonathan Adler, Kate Spade, Lilly Pulitzer, and Tory Burch then you will indeed love The Preppy Princess. She also has a shop with lots of fun preppy items like cute nautical bracelet and adorable stationary and iphone cases.

Pull out your pink and green and have a preppy day

Time to Get Organized

 

We sprang forward with daylight savings almost a month ago, but it seems that EVERY clock that I have any relation to is off. I am beginning to think I have some weird electrical charge that is slightly throwing off my space in the universe anywhere from 5-15 minutes – am I the glitch in the Matrix? sorry for weird sci-fi reference.

My husband thinks that my phone is running fast. I don’t think an iphone can run fast. My bedroom clock seems t be almost 15 minutes fast. That irks me because I value my time in the morning and when I come downstairs I realize that I could have been in bed for that time. The clock in my car can run anywhere from 2 to 10 minutes slow and sometimes 10 minutes fast, except for today, because after it came back from the shop yesterday it was 1 hour and 37 minutes slow -really is someone punkin’ me here?

For someone who lives their life by the clock, it has left me feeling a bit out of sorts.  My clock on my computer and my wall clock seem to be in sync, therefore I will trust them today. I am heading out to meet a friend for coffee which I will either be waiting for 10 minutes or late 15.

Happy Birthday Bro!

Today is my brother’s birthday, so I am sending him some love and nostalgia. The other day I drove past a home that my grandparents had lived in more than 30 years ago. Here is a picture of the corner store that we would walk to so many times in our childhood – it is like it has been frozen in time.

We would buy candy cigarettes, (which neither my Gram nor my Mom liked very much), we would buy Big Hunks and Popsicles and cheap toys that hung on a rotating wire stand near the cash register. Inevitably the toys, (made in Japan before Japan was the super tech power it is now and was known more for cheap plastic toys), would break. If we were eating Popsicles or Drumsticks it was most likely summer and we were with our cousins trying to figure out something to do.

Some days it was so hot that we would guess how many steps it might be to the store. We would walk pass the laundry mat and feel the heat from the dryers and smell the fabric softener before we would get to the store that smelled like cardboard and Lysol. From the looks of things, they still keep that little store neat as a pin.

Happy Birthday Bro! Hope this makes you feel young today.

 

XO

Do You Know Small Place Style?

I love this blog, Small Place Style. I get so much inspiration AND being a person who can appreciate a small house, I feel a kinship to this blog.

Here are my top 5 reasons I love a small space:

1. Small spaces grow loving families.

2. Small spaces encourage only living with items we need and love.

3. Quick and easy to clean!!!

4. Less energy and smaller carbon footprint.

5. I love the creativity of making every square foot work!

If you get a chance to click on over, there are so many great ideas that work for getting the most functionality out of large spaces too. LOVE!

Blue in the Bedroom

Psychologists to Feng Shui  experts agree that blue is the  most serene and harmonious color for the bedroom. Blue can make you feel relaxed and peaceful.  Researchers do not yet know if that is due to environmental associations with these colors, as in the sky or water, or if it has to do with the effect that colors have on the chemistry of the brain. But, we could all use a little more peace and harmony in our life, right? Whilst I contemplate a blue-ish bedroom, I’ll show you a bit of my inspiration.

I love the contrast of the white against this lovely gray-blue.

Centsational Girl created a beautiful teen bedroom with this light and bright dreamy aqua.

This picture from Atlanta Homes features a beautiful silvery gray blue that feels almost cloud like. Love!