Today is my birthday. I'm 32. Not sure yet how I feel about that number!?!?! But it feels OLD. :)
We celebrated with the family at the Olive Garden last night. (I love their eggplant parmesan, salad, and breadsticks). And today Josh is spending some time with me, just the two of us. Birthday's aren't quite what they used to be when we were younger, but I can honestly say I am having a great one this year.
I wanted to share these two diptychs I created tonight, as I am rather fond of them. I'm not sure if it's the soft color, or the image content that speaks to me, but I just feel good about them. I just love it when that happens. :)
Well I finally got out my Halloween decor and snapped a few pictures for the blog. I can't say I bought many new pieces since last year, so it may all look very familiar to my long time readers. But I did get two new items that I absolutely adore! Halloween Pixies created by Miss Cari Kraft. They fit right in with my black and white favorites, and really take center stage this year.
I love the way the clock above my piano looks with the Halloween stuff, so it gave me the idea to string old clock faces from my chandelier. Something about them say Halloween to me?? I just love this time of year!
I wanted to share a few pictures of my home office. I know some of these photos have already been seen in the Dovetales article, but I have added a few more recent pictures into the mix.
The space has really come a long way from the blank space we started with. I am loving the bits of orange and red around the space, it seems to really warm things up nicely. And I love having a way to display and use all the wire baskets I collect (some vintage and some new). I also traded out the black and white numbers above my desk for a chalkboard and two oil paintings I purchased from Heather. They tie in with the antique sewing desk (in the middle of the room) so perfectly.
The old door I purchased at the Long Beach flea market blends right in with the autumn inspired color pallet. (It's a yellowy-cream). It's funny because I don't think I would ever set out to purchase "orange" home decor, but somehow I acquired quite a few pieces over the years that all seem to play well together. The orange stool you see with the polka dot bobbins, I actually purchased five or so years ago at our first house. It was a flea market find and there were actually two matching stools, and I constantly beat myself up for only buying one of them. (When I went back to buy the second one, it had already sold).
I hope you enjoyed my little tour. It's a fun space that keeps me inspired; and inspiration is a must in a home office.
I don't even want to talk about how long it's been since I've had my hair done.... (since February! ACK!) Well I was finally able to get a new "do" and I decided to try something a little different. My hair girl is between salons and she actually made a house call, so it was kind of an adventure this time around.... :)
I was inspired by Marissa's hair and all of those models I see in catalogs with the fun bangs. (I haven't had bangs since the 8th grade... when it was popular to curl them under with the curling iron. I had braces at the time too and you can see how awful that looked....
The first picture I am on the left at my sixth grade graduation and in the second photo I am all dolled up on the right for a Winter Formal dance in eighth grade (I think?) with my younger sister Lindsey. Yes those are blue Christmas bulb earrings..... you know you had some too, don't lie. :)
Well, thankfully, my bangs don't look that bad. I had a hard time getting used to them at first, but I'm slowly starting to come around to liking them... I took a few self portraits so I could share my new hairdo with you all. :)
What do you think? At least the braces are off this time around!
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