the stars are lining up

clearly!

 I feel like the results of

 baking are always 'good' - really, 

you are using butter and sugar and other

 basic goodness? But, sometimes, things just 

fall into place. Perhaps I wanted to impress 

baby Smeaton? A real possibility. 

Anyway, I will share the recipe with you. 

I left out the raisins. And, took it out of the oven 

a bit gooey. Oddly enough, A Williams 

Sonoma recipe, from their Bread Book. 

I admit, it is the only recipe from the book that 

I have been compelled to try. 

But, I will get back to you on that. 

At 13 bucks, kind of a steal?

I think this picture really captures it. 

And with the coffee being

made in the background? I  mean..

Pieces

Sneak peek.. the elements are all 

complete. Now it is time to get to work on the

overly ambitious invites. If my plan works, 

I will have waited so long to complete them, that 

no one will actually be able to make it. I kid. 

Who is that attractive couple? We did get a bit

toony, but we passed the Ava identification test 

and that is good enough for me, frankly. 

Tonight we 'taste' with Juan Carlos at Barolo, 

which is slowly becoming my favorite 

restaurant. I highly recommend it to 

any OC locals. 

(the only link of any value I can find on 

Barolo, is some guy rambling on and on

about its Burrata cheese - which is 

fantastic, if I may say so. )

When

will it be sunny(yet breezy) already!

Dresses from melenstel

POW

Gloomy this morn. These are NOT gloomy. 

From Jeffrey Campbell.

[via notcouture.com]

busy day today 

so much!

So many amazing dresses out there!

So little time. I will share more, I promise. 

With these, the summer camp dream continues. 

From Church and State on Le train bleu.

FYI, I love dress forms. I love dresses on 

curveless, boob-less dress forms. No apologies. 

pretty

pieces from the UNA boutique in Portland. 

look for them... here.

I love knits with back interest. More than that, 

I love people who photograph themselves in 

their 'for sale' clothing. Cute. 

Weekend rummage: part one of fifty

Some early afternoon vino pushed us to open one of the MANY

seventies boxes in the garage this Sunday. So glad we did.. some 

amazing new additions... the ceramic lazy susan, the itty bitty 

 orange vase, and the owl lantern.

Frankly, anything 'disco' pea green I find 

to be very appealing. On a side note, take your vitamins! 

My favorite things.

1. well tanned carrots  

2. innocent.. or are they?

3. amazing wiener  

4. veggie social hour

5. rabid donkeys  

6. squirrels..

with tennis racquets.

7. big bang dogs

8.don't call us creepy. 

 The vintage salt and pepper shaker set epitomizes 

everything I love about vintage ceramics. 

They come in all shapes and sizes and really take the tacky 

up a notch. They deserve a 5 minute slide show set to James

Blunt's 'You're Beautiful', but I don't want to bore anyone. 

Here are 8 beautiful sets to yearn for. 

Or, you can chuckle and I will covet them

quietly. Ten dollars to help vegetables social network 

on your kitchen counter? Totally worth it. 

Don't worry.. the James Blunt video is not actually that of

'You're beautiful'. I wouldn't do that to you. 

Happy Friday!

from the dueling his and hers bathroom kitsch. 

his from Babette Schwartz.

hers from the Capitola Mercantile shell shop. 

Love a good shell shop!

Even babies

like Vintage!

to be 28 again..

This line is seriously cute. And, I always love a 

site with the artist of the month feature. 

http://www.twenty8twelve.com/

too, twenty8twelve is available at my favorite 

Sydney Michelle. 

I regret to inform you

That I absolutely cannot be inside on the computer today. 

The butt dragging occurring surrounding the Anniversary party invites

stops here. More to show later. 

And, there is a new crop of delicious veggies to be planted...

to supplement an already sexy garden. 

I will be back again.. 

Oh geez

The guys may be a little past their modeling prime, at the

ripe age of 10, but you know who aren't? The amazingly cute bunnies

on daily bunny. Seriously ridiculous. You will have to 

see for yourself. I couldn't bring myself to post such 

cuteness for fear that the guys would get jealous. 

Thanks, Sweetie for the bunny cheer!

Second Verse

And, how fun are these from the button shop?

The Button Shop is apparently 'the home of the 

original tree branch buttons". Very official and full

of really cool stuff.

Who doesn't

have a thing for Vintage plastic buttons?

I am tempted to say they are 'like candy', but fear I have 

been doing that too much lately. 

Top and middle images are magnets from polished two, cute, and 

the bottom image are cabochons with button details from snew. 

Pretty is

I followed a link from the Storque on Etsy, god love it, 

to this darling vintage leather jacket. 

And, it shares a store with these super sweet dresses

at Pretty Talitha. 

Today's the day!

Happy Birthday Sister!

snapshots of a green weekend.

Happy weekend! Be outside. 

a grape shaded tea table?

Even the guys are growing!

Like candy

How lucky am I to have a sister who travels 

around the world bringing me amazing beads and 

fabric. All I have to do is play with them! 

Fun for me. 

New arrivals

The Hutch is looking super official thanks to Marcia and 

the new arrival of these amber goblets from 

Anthropologie! Hmm, my house is looking less hacienda, 

keep dreaming, and more Portland vintage each day. 

Oh well!

Not that it's sunny..

But, I love summer florals. And, tiered anything.

All from Allen Company Inc.

They always have beautiful things. 

Hey - who bought that lion head clutch 

I was dying for? boo. 

back to reality?

Yesterday..a long travel day. Today.. back to reality. 

The new May Anthropologie catalogue has jumped on 

the lakeside photo shoot bandwagon.. and would you believe

that any piece of furniture or home accessory submerged in 

water looks substantially cooler than dry on land?

Well, it does. And, Anthropologie knows what

they are doing... because these boat pics tickle a fond

childhood memory of Anne of Green Gables..

overly dramatic and saturated with sappy poetry, 

a favorite of women everywhere. I was going to 

try to hold myself back, try to maintain my one shot at being 

hip and cool. But, why? Here is the above mentioned,

 über cheesy Lady of Shalott boat scene. Hilarious. 

Now we must all have the bedding. 

(or its superior look alike at Kerry Cassill.)

Loving these lights. All at Anthroplogie.

Ooh.. got some goodies for Mother's day. 

More to follow