reblog: dear edward cullen

read this and just could not stop myself from sharing! ~

sorry all, but i'm not a twilight fanatic.  i read all the books, mostly because i'm a reader and because i wanted to see what all the hype was about.  i was sadly underwhelmed.  just not my thing.  wanna know what actually is "my thing?"  see here.  also include in that list peter pan.  


hope you enjoyed this little blurb as much as i did :)

*found on one of my fave tumblogs, booklover

friday faves: 4.8.11

the theme of my past week has been: adjustment.  adjustment to losing several key people in my life (both personal and professional), adjustment to new career challenges, adjustment to... well, a lot.  i've really loved putting together this compilation of pretty things.  this blog has been a steady constant throughout the craziness, the adjustments - it's been one thing i enjoy doing and can do even through a busy schedule.  but anyways, onto the friday faves...

design/decor

~ the perfect window seat nook ~

i can see myself here...

- curled up reading with the sun shining in

- on my computer going through blogs while listening to music

- with my girl friends drinking win & chatting the night away.

hopefully one day...

[image via]

~ legacy studio wooden shelves ~

 i just love things with separate compartments for different things - easy organization rocks!  especially, especially when it's cute like these shelves from the etsy shop, legacy studio.

discovered on the blog exquisite banana

~ frames, frames, frames ~

beautiful.  i desperately want to recreate this multi-frame look.  but even though i think the yellow shades are just beautiful, i think i would do it with all black and white photos, and then the bedding would be b&w and accent colors.  possibly.  definitely something to try out!  someday, someday...  [via; original source unknown]

fashion/fashion photography

~ sara ramirez @ the NAACP image awards ~

it may be from a month ago, but i can't help but share this beautiful woman in this beautiful gown by tadashi shoji :

love, love, love times a million!  really, it's perfect.  'nuff said.

 via red carpet fashion awards

~ the eclectic-awesomeness of this closet ~

...owned by britt aboutaleb, style news editor at elle.com.  i mean, souvenirs from paris fashion week, a vintage barbie, designer heels, & a mickey mouse sweatshirt??  i think i've met my new bff!

i've only included a couple tidbits, so head on over to the coveteur to see more!

~ malin akerman's casual look ~

i usually only highlight the gown aspect of celeb fashion, but i just had to share my love for malin akerman's casual look because i am just too in love.

from left to right:

1. rocking the boho chic look while still being completely put together - a difficult, and enviable, accomplishment! [via]; 2. i think skinny jeans were made for MA!  woah.  love the tailored top, love that it's tucked in, love the dark wash skinnies (obvs), & love the nude pumps.  basically, her casual style kicks a$$. [via]

~ julianne moore for talbots ~

adore this ad campaign.  [image via sfgirlbybay - go here to see more!]

~ flowy-awesome editorial ~

from the latest issue of wonderland

  truly beautiful photography.  i would love to do something similar in our next photo shoot.

shot by benny horne.  [via]

etc.

~ dana carvey returns as church lady ~

incredible.  watch this most recent church chat here

giveaways

~ handstamped jewelry by oh sweetlee me ~

 well really, you get your choice of any item from this adorable etsy shop -  there's also camera straps and hair pins, i just happen to be partial to the beautiful silver jewelry!  my fave is definitely the blessed necklace, pictured above.  so head on over to sandy a la mode to enter for yourself!

~ chic pillow covers by pillow peels ~

a $30 credit to the shop, to be exact!  and as the hostess of this giveaway, maria at layers of meaning, points out, due to the great prices at pillow peels, $30 can easily mean not one but two - or even more - pillow covers!  i included my top picks above, but check out the pillow peels site to find your own!  and then don't forget to enter the giveaway :)

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long, long day ahead of me.  (as if that were anything new)

completely re-merchandising the main, 5,000 sq ft, store

then doing the whole merchandising of the new second sales floor which is apparently going to open this weekend.  somehow...

interview potential new employees. ack do i hate interviewing.

and then of course, spending my friday night dressing high school girls in my gowns for their prom fundraiser fashion show.  oh yes, my life is just so glam!

but at least it's nearly spring??

sorry to seem like a debbie downer but i just couldn't help it!!

[via my fave site, someecards]

but despite my own debilitating allergies, i still can't wait for spring to truly blossom!

then i can have a windowsill that looks this pretty ::

can't wait!

[image via; originally from southern living]

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reblog: fug the fromage: mean girls 2 AKA TINA FEY WEEPS

a personal note: although i usually read design/fashion/lifestyle blogs, i have a few guilty pleasures, blogs where snarky authors write hilarious and often not-so-nice things...so i don't have to.  go fug yourself is at the top of my list for guilty pleasure sites.

and this review of mean girls 2 was too incredible not to share.  it may be long, but it's worth it!  especially for all the comments on this "in crowd" 's fashion.  hilarious!  oh wait, did i mention there's pictures too?!  yup, yup, yup.

here's a few shots, with accompanying commentary by the article's author, jessica :

Um. WHAT ARE THEY WEARING? The Main Plastic — the Regina George — is wearing WHITE KNEE SOCKS and a BEIGE BLAZER and a FASCINATOR and PEARLS and a dress Laura Ingalls Wilder would have rejected for being “too prairie.” Her headband exactly matches her purse for pete’s sake. She looks like what you’d get if Laura Ashley married Cher Horowitz and had the baby in a Chico’s. This is eye-searing. 

We all learned that Tim Meadows agreed to be in this movie, although NO ONE ELSE FROM THE ORIGINAL DID. I like to think of him showing up the first day and being like, “Where’s Tina?” and then everyone was like, “are you kidding us?” and then he was all sad and called her and yelled at her for lying that she was going to do it, too, and then Tina laughed and laughed and then Tim also saw the humor in this, and did a few Ladies’ Man lines for her and then signed off and went back to set and thought about how best to kill himself.

 I miss Regina George. She never showed up places looking like she just got lost on her way home from the Junior League. 

 Sure, if you like trashy eyeliner. WHAT? I’m just saying, that is NOT the prop picture you choose to represent your heroine’s TRAGIC AND INSPIRING DEAD MOM. She looks like a party girl. She looks, actually, like a bit of a Plastic.

“The Plastics were going down, and I don’t care what rules I had to break to make her pay,” Jo says. Including, clearly, those of proper grammar and correct syntax.

 

...okay, i'm done quoting!

time for you to go read the article yourself.

and then die laughing.

* let me know what you think *

oh, and if you happened to actually see the movie for yourself, definitely let me know what you thought of that too!

[personally, i'm glad i was able to read this article so i could get the gist of the film without actually watching it, because i'm defiantly refusing to watch it out of loyalty to the original.  personal side note: i've probably seen mean girls 100+ times, no joke.  also, my three friends & i once dressed up as THE PLASTICS for a theme party in college.  what was the theme? -> superheroes and villains.  we were the most fashionable villains there.  who was i? -> gretchen weiners, of course.  i mean, my hair is full of secrets....]

thanks for putting up with this long & rambling post!

friday faves: 2.25.11

due to having 2 days off in a row for the first time in months, i've posted a lot this week.  so if you want all of my friday faves, just go over the past couple days' worth of posts, both here on my blog and also on my tumblr.  regardless, here is my compilation of faves today ::

~ braided/twisted hairdos ~

 

fun twists (catch the wordplay?!) on a simple ponytail/bun

[first image via; middle found here; bottom compilationby diane @ a spot of whimsy]

~ pink suede this + that ~
even though it's from a few weeks ago, i still can't stop obsessing over this pink suede this + that.  i desperately want both the bag & the couch!  lovely.


~ floral on black ~

lots of love for this outfit -- super fem, super flattering,  super me.  wish i knew how to acquire it! [via]

~ a funky rennovated caravan ~

 i want me one of these. that way i can load up my things and go on day trips and have picnics wherever i please. doesn't that sound ideal... [via]


~ a huge turquoise mirror ~

i'm not sure i would put it next to a bathtub (just not my thing), but regardless, i love love love this intricate turquoise mirror

from Casaviva magazine, photographed by Winfried Heinze [via]

~ swirly-whirly fonts ~

it's known as Gillian font & i want it embossed on everything i own!
major typography crush. 

~ a very useful chart ~

 (as if i needed some fancy chart to tell me to just wear long pants 24-7!!)  -via-

~ my madre ~

 

not just because she it the most beautiful, intelligent, and inspiring woman i know... but also because she bought me a "treat" (her cute words!) to reward me for all my hard work at my job.  what's this treat you ask?  oh, just certificates for 4 days worth of spa treatments!  i get: a haircut, manicure, massage, and facial.  i'm seriously shocked.  still!   

~ great giveaways ~
$50 credit to minted from simplified bee. 
if chosen, i would get these cards to send to my far-away friends -

but if you're getting married, i would suggest these awesome thank you cards! -

oh, and i almost forgot to mention...

~ AdvK tweeted about ME!! ~

holy man!! color me shocked! and totally, totally, honored.
if i did the tweeter thing, i'd def follow AdvK's page!
coolcoolcoolcoolcoooool!

this is how i feel ~

i have a crazybusy couple days and can barely think straight with all the stress...
- but -
i'm going to keep thinking of these pretty pretty things : braids to try out, a talented fashion designer giving me a shout out, my mom treating me to loads of spa treatments....
and that will get me through it all.


* and one last link -- best week ever's hilarious & tongue-in-cheek awards for the runway looks at NY fashion week

friday faves: 2.4.11

what i'm loving right now...

~ happy models in b&w ~

1. elisa sednaoui in elle italia, feb 2011 [via]; 2. isabeli fontana in vogue nippon, may 08 [via]

~ this gorgeous photo ~

she looks absolutely stunning

way agency calendar 2011 [via]

~ bianca balti for blanco spring 2011 campaign by hunter & gatti ~

... because she just looks so naturally, effortlessly, beautiful.
see more here

~ doutzen kroes on this vogue nippon cover from 2007 ~

 everything about it is just beautiful.  [image via]

~ a chic leather clutch with a big bow ~

bag by Les Composantes [via]

~ karlie kloss opening for dior couture ~

wow.  seriously fierce.  [via]

~ innovative fashions by versace ~

bright & fun!  spring summer 2011 look book.
 see more here

~ beautiful blue outdoor seating ~

i don't know where this image came from but i like to think it was the scene of a fun garden tea party for a group of fun-loving and fashionable women....who are also super quirky.  what do you think?! [via]

~ zooey deschanel tweets ~

i don't do the whole twitter-thing, but i'm soo glad jezebel does, or else i would've missed this gem of a tweet by my girl zooey d :)

and....

last, but not least - i started a tumblr !
the main reason i did this is because i started developing a pretty elaborate dream where i open my own quirky little boutique, selling equal parts stationary, art, books, accessories, and maybe a sprinkling of clothes.  who knows if this dream will ever come to fruition, who knows if it will stay a serious aspiration for much longer... but until the day it dies down, i have started a tumblr to keep track of the types of items i'd like to sell.
hop over & take a look if you want, but i won't be offended if you don't :)
it probably only makes sense to me anyways!  (and there's a lot of overlap between the pretty things blog & the dream.plan.act tumblr)

have a great weekend all!