Happy Friday!

Now, to introduce what I know will be a fabulous

party accessory for our wedding/anniversary party..

I give you BLOOM!

Mine, of course, will be made

custom by Myra Kim to match my party attire.

Isn't bloom amazing!?

More on wedding attire on Monday.

Perhaps another round of which girl are you game

as it applies to parties? fun!

Happy Weekend!

I'll take all of it.

Um, just when I was eying our breakfast nook this morning,

shaking my head over what seems like a BIG job, I saw these on etsy.

We all know I love crochet. Crochet on the seat, on the wall,

cozying my drinks.

These nook beautifiers are all from the EmmaLamb shop.

Considering I do a 'crochet' search on etsy at least once

a month, I find EmmaLamb very mysterious.

That is part of the attraction. I am really starting to buy into the

crochet corner. I was going to base the kitchen with the vintage

yellow-y palette of the top left pillow in this first stack image, as well.

These cushions give me hope!

Diary of a Party Planner, part 1

And so it begins, the daily trials and tribulations of Party Planning.

This post is the first of many. Currently, I am working on the

table settings. I pulled this 'Pearbrook Farm' wedding

(as I call it... who lives on Pearbrook farm anyway? It is all too dreamy.)

feature out of the Martha Stewart weddings SPR08 magazine last

year.. and I just found it online. take a peek! Swoon-worthy.

This wedding is amazing. More on that later. I love the country

feel and the butcher paper tables with vintage printing.

We are also dying for the unmatched vintage chairs.. but, not sure

that is in the cards. sniff.

I am thrilled to pieces that Corra from the amazing Corrabelle shop

on etsy is willing to carve our art stamps for us! She has an amazing

style and I am so excited about our table settings. Too, she is doing

the table numbers, which, of course, means that I will not have

to embroider them.. and that is exciting!

In need of a fun stamp? Check out her shop.

She is the cutest!

Weekend is over!

But, you already knew that. The week is just starting

for me. I am loving some of the summer sales online.

Super cuteness on sale at Opening Ceremony.

Sort of looks like our Fourth of July leftovers.

Vintage-like Fun.

And, Opening Ceremony just opened a very kitsch-y

accessories store in LA and I am dying to find some pics.

Apparently, the 'Little House of Accessories' has

oversized food and animal display cases. yes!

Ooh.. found some. Amazing.

Happy Weekend!!

Not to be a complete notcouture slave this week..

but I am a huge glasses lover and these are just Amazing.

One lense. One! lense.

[from Martin Margiela]

I fear that my days of extreme fashion are over, sadly.

I think wrinkles have something to do with it.

Have a good weekend!

I am off to SF for what will be a beautiful wedding;

I am sure of it.

Congrats Mary Pat!

buzz buzz busy bee!

Sorry the blog love has lacked enthusiasm..

busy to work on a new Fall 10 line.

Of course, I am taking inspiration from all

my favorite internet nooks and crannies that I

have and will continue to plug shamelessly.

Can't wait to show off the final product!

a little eye candy.

Some serious cuteness happening today

[via notcouture]

Super fun Spring fashions from Guy Baxter.

But, where is Fall? I'll be waiting.

Is it possible that Guy, too, fell in love with THIS?

Seriously, an uncanny resemblance. hee.

I am forever loving this seventies stewardess palette.

Spring, Summer, Fall.. whatever.

The saltiest tears

The photo booth was slightly hit or miss this year..

A shout out to Leonard from the

OC woodworkers who made this top

on site for the little one!

Such a treat!

a fair is a veritable smorgasbord

In the words of Templeton the rat from Charlotte's Web.

And, it is. This weekend we did a quick fair stop that

included fried zucchini( sorry, for the lack of excitement here),

livestock perusal, oohing and ahhing over the veggies( we are

such home farmers now), and of course, another trip to

the photo booth.

The Fair has lost a bit of its luster from its

'Some Pig' past, sadly.

I must say that these amazing images from Yee Haw

letterpress say it the best. Good humor is

essential for a good time at the fair and

surprisingly, Yee Haw has devoted a serious amount

of product to fair related goodies!

I totally missed Condi the singing gerbil.

Mule sniffing, anyone?

last years pics.

Many salty tears were experienced and witnessed.

I for one, cried many salty tears over being shoved

by literally each and every passerby -er.

Oh well.

This years fair pics coming soon under the title 'salty tears'.

Etsy love on Friday

What is the likelihood that every time you go

to a page, you see new, beautiful things?

I just love the allencompanyinc shop.

And, they got featured not to long ago!

Always my favorite..

Like a rainbow of vintage goodness! Have a good weekend!

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Friday!

The beauty of art is how you relate to it.. a song, an image.

A mixed media print/painting by artist Michele Maule was

featured today on the etsy homepage.

It was another image of a single plastic school chair and

it totally hooked me. Her style is darling (reminds me

of someone else I know - you know who you are) and

here images are clearly relatable.

I pulled up some pics from the archive to prove my point.

Am I the only one who sees a lone school chair in the corner

and thinks of time out? Am i the only one who actually has a

picture of myself in time out? Thanks mom.

Do other kids get time out(?), because I strongly feel that Ava

is headed in that direction from the looks of dance class.

sigh.

This painting is titled 'You're Not Here'.

Oh, but I am.

This 'My Blue Boots' painting has a special place in

our hearts at this moment in time, seeing that

one member of the family wears stinky rain boots

on every day of the week. She just got a new more

wellie-looking pair, too, so more boots to come in the future.

Who can't relate to this?

Happy Friday!

sneak peak...part 2

So begins another month and a half of crafty goodness.

We finally received the pieces for our little anniversary party

invites and they look so awesome!

I am loving the muslin grain, the exposed threads, the pop of

coral, the capital I-talian country grass icon.

I have to assemble these this week. All pieces will be tucked

into a sweet dark red folder and sealed with the grass/date icon.

Excuse the whited out street address, Law and Order induced

paranoia made me do it!

A close up of the pencil lines and loose threads... even the folds

of the fabric made it on the page! woo hoo.

back and tan

get it? I am back. And, though I would not really

classify myself as 'tan', I am definitely not opaque

anymore. phew.

And, while I should be thinking about warm weather,

having been surrounded by florals and skins only

for the last week plus, I am still obsessing over

sweaters and cardigans. Let's remember the

killer Bjorns sweater from before?

Well, these other new sweaters are giving me

much inspiration for Fall design..

The two monochromes are from Henrik Vibskov,

[via Oak NYC],

whose own V-store is very cute,

and the very Bjorns like sweater in the middle

if from the Gap Fall 09 line

[via style.com]

I just love a good sweater. Can't wait to produce

some of my own.

I am expecting some thrilling mail this week,

so don't worry.. the tan will come out. In pictures.