all the pretty

back with black.

08Feb10

you may have guessed from yesterday’s little clues…this week’s color is black. one of my other favorite colors.

pretty, floaty, ethereal

love outfits with varying tones of black, sometimes with one pop of color. it's the artist in me, i suppose.

i want this book. i have the pretty copy of "pride & prejudice", but i want all of this series. i've never read "the picture of dorian gray," but i really want to.

black soap is so very elegant & victorian. this one is from blackmail, a really cool store in austin.

a black & white damask couch? yes, please! i'd have gray walls, this couch, a giant red rug, and lots of cool, colorful art on the walls. from urban outfitters.

bloomers are back! i'll take a pair in every color, please. found at anthropologie.

this may look like your typical, basic guitar amp. but it's not. it's an ipod speaker! it's from urban outfitters.

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one last day of yellow…

07Feb10

today’s the last yellow post. i’ll be revealing next week’s color tomorrow! here are some hints: chic, sleek, classic.

yellow nightstand--a pretty way to give a pop of color in your bedroom

peeps! to be honest, i don't care for them, but i do love to look at them!

a pretty yellow collection, which would look so cute on my roll-top desk upstairs. come to think of it, my loft needs a punch of color...

ooh, yum, banana pudding! i want some now. hmm..maybe i shall make one to eat while i am *not* watching the super bowl.

and speaking of bananas, this is hilarious. i'd love to know where this came from.

a sunny yellow kitchen aid mixer. just the perk-up a drab kitchen needs.

wow, this bathroom is definitely bright! i'd change the wallpaper to something contrasting, and it'd be even prettier.

i couldn't resist including a yellow porsche. brownie points for you if you get this reference.

stay tuned for next week’s new color!

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yellow on a sunshiney day!

03Feb10

after yesterday’s miserable weather, today was absolutely gorgeous. sunny and sixty degrees!

i'm in love with this top. i desperately wish i didn't have gargantuan boobs so i could get away with wearing these types of tops.

a happy vw van

sunny yellow walls

the obligatory yellow rain jacket. i could've used one of these yesterday!

i would love this book. i bet it'd be great to read on days when you just feel down.

cool vintage camera

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Tags: cheer, color series, pretty, sunshine, yellow

yellow on a gray day.

02Feb10

it’s gloomy, cold, and rainy here. time to inject a little sunshine into my day!

such a lovely skirt! and the shoes are cute too

when life gives you lemons, thank life b/c lemons are pretty and smell divine

i love yarn. i bet a scarf combining all these colors would be cute.

happy yellow doors to greet your visitors

yellow lingerie seems sexy and innocent at the same time

this is gorgeous. i love bright yellow & turquoise together. it'd be a really cool color scheme for a nursery.

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this week’s color is going to be my second favorite: yellow! the color of sunshine and daffodils and warmth. to some, yellow represents fear or cowardice. to me, yellow represents lovely, cheerful things.

love natalie portman's yellow coat

i featured this on tifftastic, but it's too awesome to ignore! a yellow submarine tea diffuser. how cool is this?

pretty pumps

this is totally gratuitous. who doesn't appreciate a picture of johnny depp? i mean, there *is* a yellow wall behind him.

love this mug

lovely illustration

i'm going to pretend these rugby-shirt-wearing lads are pretty british boys who want to talk to me all day & sing me to sleep at night...

more tomorrow!

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another dose of pink

29Jan10

another pink house--beautiful!

luxury

strawberry pockys are my absolute *favorite*

i'd spend hours in this shop

a pink storefront will *always* draw me in

i'm not usually a fan of roses, but pink ones are divine

pink wayfarers!

i love pink, & i adore scarlett johansson

pink macarons. thank you, laduree. yummmm.

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more pink.

27Jan10

here’s some more pink prettiness for you.

i love pink hair. even in illustration.

another gorgeous pink room

juicy couture does pink so well. i'd love to have this winter set.

i would love to have this pink chair. it'd be perfect to sit next to a window and sip tea & read.

i'm sure you've seen this a gazillion times, but betsey johnson's pink apartment never fails to make me drool

i don't know if this is real or cgi, but if it is real, GASP...i want to go to there.

yves st. laurent & the perfect pink frock

so cute! i would definitely hand this in my bedroom.

pink on a man? yes, please. a pink SUIT on a man? GUH.

how to make hot pink look oh-so-elegant

more tomorrow!

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color of the week: pink!

25Jan10

i love browsing sites such as weheartit and ffffound.com. i’ve been saving a ton of inspiring photos to my computer, and they’re all just sitting there, being appreciated only by little ol’ me. so i thought, “i’d like to share these pretty images with the world!” and i decided to start a new series of colorful posts. this week’s color is my very favorite of all the colors: PINK!

pink epitomizes all that is girly, frilly, innocent, sweet, and lovely. sometimes even luxurious. i love it.

from my very favorite movie...

let's all live by this rule! i try to, anyway...

so pretty!

if i had these, i would use them to drink every single beverage i ever drank.

i want to be blogging from here. i wish this was my bedroom!

yummy *and* pretty

another room i'd kill to have. combine that pretty pink vanity with the pink stripey room and ohhhhh....

a PINK PATISSERIE?! two of the world's greatest inventions...

i would love for all my kitchen appliances to be pink

whoops!

what?! a pink cottage! how very sleeping beauty!

*i really & truly wish that i could credit every photo, but all i know is that i found them all on weheartit. if you have knowledge of from whence any of these images come, please to be enlightening me. thanks!

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makin’ out.

22Jan10

i love love. i love kissing. i love pictures of people in love and kissing.

that last one is my hubby & me. the rest of the photos were found at we heart it

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wow.

10Jan10

that’s the only word i have for the gorgeousness through which i’ve just been browsing! timeless vixen over at etsy has the. most. amazing. collection of vintage dresses from the 50s and 60s (and a few all the way back to the teens & 20s) that i have *ever* seen. there are even a few wedding dresses, or at least ones that i would consider wearing were i a not-so-traditional bride (& were i not already married! maybe when the hubster & i renew our vows…). granted, they can get a bit pricey, but some of the prices are actually really great considering the merchandise. every single piece in this collection is absolutely BEAUTIFUL. i can’t say enough good things about these dresses.

this one looks just like something katherine hepburn would wear. it reminds me of "the philadelphia story".

this reminds me of an updated version of scarlett's barbeque dress from the beginning of "gone with the wind"! pair it with a big sun bonnet, et voila!