Vintage Mint

I think I’ve figured out the color scheme for my future first quilt: aqua + red! I don’t know why I didn’t think of this color combo sooner, especially since it’s ubiquitous, maybe even a little passé {hello, brown + baby blue/pink}. Still, I think the colors are bright + fun as well as gender neutral. {Actually, I think I’ll have to make TWO quilts, since my preferences vacillate between vibrant colors and neutral tones}.

{love the tiny toadstools fabric!}

{Image via Purl Bee}

This DIY project is lovely! {Admittedly, it even looks easy enough for me to do!} Jennifer is always chock-full of  colorful + great ideas.

For step-by-step instructions on how to make this fab inspiration board, go here.

{total eye candy!}

{Photo via MadeByGirl}

I would have never thought of hosting a Milk + Cookies themed baby shower. Wow, Brittany Gharring {her blog: Most Likely Late} is mad-talented. {Oh, and she’s only twenty…four.} I wish I knew how to plan cute + original parties like this! {Okay, parties in general.}

{jars + jars of cookies}

{”watering hole”, aka: the milk bar}

{First seen on Cookie’s Nesting blog}

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Fashion people in the know, dressed aptly for the Fall 09 NY Fashion Week shows. These are just some of my fave dressers {so far}. {Can you believe it’s already that time of year?}

{very Little Edie-esque}

{love the contrast/color of the magenta turban}

{wonderfully put together}

{reminds me of how my brothers dress}

{master of layering!}

{Photos by Scott Schuman, via style.com}

Love how classic + timeless silhouettes are, especially these little gems…

{Images via Country Living}

Seems like everyone’s turning the big 2-0-0 this year: Lincoln, Darwin, Mendelssohn… But it looks like Edgar Allan has them all beat for the best commemorative U.S. stamp. I’m no philatelist, but I like these so much I just might order a sheet of these to keep my inner-nerd in check.

{Designed by Carl T. Herrman}

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For V-day, Husband surprised me with a large box of…Parisian macarons!! Mmm, apricot, raspberry, cinnamon {more like a custard}, chocolate, peanut butter, and pistachio! Oh, this was definitely a wonderful + tasty gift! {In the past tense, as in, there are no more left. Yes, we somehow managed to binge on 48 mini-macs in 3 days. Obviously we have no self-control. Or shame.} In order for them to arrive as fresh as possible, Husband overnighted them from L’Epicerie in Brooklyn, NY.

{Photo via yuichi.sakuraba}

Yay! A new ashleyg print! Great coincidence, since it’s been pouring rain all day here!

“Take Shelter”

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