Thursday Loves

So, so true.  Every day mantra!  Via

I think I need to have these hummus melts ASAP! How delicious and pretty nutritious! Via

YES dress, I love you.  Won't you be mine?

The color combination in this home is incredible.  And it turns out, that is basically the same color of pale green that we have in our bedroom.  I am sensing some serious inspiration!  Via

I wish I knew where to go to end up in the navajo flea market.  Anybody know how and where?! Via

What's inspiring you today?

Happy Porch = Happy Pieces

HAPPY PORCH

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bag // dress // ring // ring // hat - similar one here // polish // sandal

I could stare at this porch for hours.  Hopefully while wearing this ensemble, no?

Mane Inspiration

Beautiful, beautiful hair...how I covet thee.

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Their locks are so long and luscious, with just the right amount of sun-kissed.  Having pulled from these inspirations, I went to the salon.  For the first time in...nearly a year!  Can you believe that?  My husband has been trimming my hair for me and I've just let my bangs grow out entirely.  My hair color was nothing to write home about.  I needed change.  So off to the salon I went.  My oh my did it feel (and smell) good to have someone else wash and dry my hair.

It went from a brassy brownish color to a rich brown color with streaks of blonde.  I really love it, a lot! If only I had the time and energy to style it like above.

What kind of hair are you lusting after these days?

Friday's Fancies + Have a Lovely Weekend!

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Happy Friday, friends! I'm so glad the weekend is upon us as it's time to snuggle up by the fire and relax all weekend long.  That probably won't happen (and it's supposedly warming up this weekend), especially if Stevie has a say in it - we'll likely be running laps in the backyard and playing tug-of-war all weekend long.  

This week's Friday's Fancies is all about outfit inspiration.  I think I needed this theme because I've been so uninspired by fashion as of late.  Is it just me?  I haven't enjoyed my clothes in awhile and haven't been inspired to go looking for new ones.  There's something weird about that!  I'm a pretty big fan of Marianna's looks in general, but this one is perfect for the wintery day many of us are having.  

What are you up to this weekend? Something fun, I hope.  We're waiting with anticipation on the news of a new arrival - the mister's stepbrother is having a baby today (at least that's the hospital's plan) and I'm kind of hoping to rope a certain somebody into getting started on a bathroom project.  We'll see how that one goes :)

Happy weekend, everyone!

Triangle Love

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Over the last few years, I've become fascinated with all things triangle.  I know several of you have this affliction/obsession as well.  What is it about these three-sided geometric shapes that has my heart all aflutter whenever I see a pattern arise? I might not ever know, but I do know that it's images like these that make me totally understand why I'm obsessed.  I need this image around to inspire me to be creative on a daily basis.  I need it to help me get dressed in the morning or to help me decorate our home.  I just...need it.  Don't you?  See? It inspires creativity where you might least expect it...

triangles by meaganpie featuring western cowgirl boots

Mayhaps I'd wear this outfit regardless of that image.  But I do know that these colors, those shapes...they do me something good.  What's inspiring you?

Great Bedrooms

The people who are lucky enough to get to sleep in these wonderful bedrooms night after night must be the most relaxed, creative and interesting people.  To open your eyes every morning to a room so beautiful must feel so amazing!  Especially in that first photo, to open your eyes to see that lovely green door morning after morning - I can only imagine how nice that must be.  Or to awake to find yourself snuggled up in what appears to be a cave (last image).  Or to have so much light, so much serenity in your sleeping space...aaah.  Our current bedroom is nice, we have a bay window (in which the windowsill is completely filled with plants) and yellow curtains that cast a golden glow into the room every morning.  But it's definitely not "put together" like these rooms.  So I searched for inspiration for our next bedroom.  I can't wait!

PS - do you lovelies have any suggestions of where to find affordable but awesome bedding?  I'd greatly appreciate any tips!

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Color Inspiration :: Orange and Turquoise

The color combination of orange and turquoise is popping up everywhere it seems, especially for spring/summer.  Mixing the two makes me happy and definitely ready for long summer evenings with wild sunsets that light up the sky.  It also makes me long for the caribbean!  What are your favorite color combos?

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a tree becomes a book becomes a tree

$2,500 is a little steep for a bookshelf.  But this really is one hell of a bookshelf, right?

I recently subscribed to Martha Stewart Living (what has the world come to) and received my first issue yesterday!  It sure beats paying $5 in stores per issue.  Anyway, the March issue is all about gardening and things inspired from it.  When I came across this tree bookshelf from Korean design artist Shawn Soh, I fell hard.  How amazing would it be to have this in your home?  I'd feel completely inspired with every glance in its direction.

Knitting inspiration

I'm stepping my game up folks.  I have my second knitting class tomorrow morning and I'm going to learn some key information so that I can knit, knit, knit all winter long!  I can't wait!

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Inspiration

This video swept me away from the mundane gray fuzzy walls of my cubicle in this drab office to a far away land in Argentina where creativity abounds and life feels refreshing...



Emily Haines (of Metric, Broken Social Scene, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton) not only has a great voice but she's incredibly intelligent, not to mention pretty.  After watching an acoustic performance of Twilight Galaxy by Metric on Katie's blog The Neo-Traditionalist, I stumbled across the video above and something about it just really struck me.  You should watch it.  It's beautiful, she's beautiful, the music's beautiful...

Right now, I'm in a weird place.  So I'm dreaming of getting away from it all and escaping to Buenos Aires to be completely surrounded by strangers, in a beautiful foreign land.  I've always believed that traveling helps inspire.  What I'm surrounded by plays such a heavy role in my life and the shape it takes.  A change of scenery like this would do a Mo some good. 

What do you think? 

Marie Curie said it best

"Life is not easy for any of us, but what of that? We must have perserverence and, above all, confidence in ourselves.  We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." - Marie Curie.

(Quote via Abbey Goes Design Scouting) (Photo via a very casual central park book club)