Monday, February 13, 2012

Pink + Red = Love

Valentine's Day is just around the corner

Of course it's only natural to think of pink + red 

While the hubs and I don't exactly have anything fancy planned for Valentine's Day itself, except a hot date at home with our baby girl....we will be celebrating this weekend (thanks to the in-laws!)

I'm delighted because it'll give me a reason to get dolled up for a change (like I've said before, those days are far and few between)

Here's just a few fun + flirty delights for you to gaze at as we celebrate cupids day...

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{Essie :: Knockout Pout}



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Friday, February 10, 2012

DVF + Baby Gap

I'm pretty sure that my heart just skipped a beat. 

I first heard of the news over at a daily read of mine, Designer Bags and Dirty Diapers, and pretty much died and went to heaven when I saw this...

Diane Von Furstenberg is set to release a collection with Baby Gap next month!!!!!! 

The sizes will range from 2-14. Peeerrrfect!!

You can view the link above for some sneak peek pictures of what these precious bity wraps are going to look like.

It's going to be baby girl's lucky day! 
*good thing her daddy doesn't read this*

Now while her mama has never been lucky enough to own one of her infamous wrap dresses (that I drool over often), I'm certain that we'll be able to splurge on all the mini cuteness that's going to be available. 

Here is a link to when it was first released last June. Sorry if I'm late to the game with this one folks, but those of you with mini fashionistas, I highly suggest you get your butt to Baby Gap next month because I doubt these gems are going to last long! 

Your welcome!

Thursday, February 9, 2012

New Goods

I was a little giddy while in Atlanta.

Why you might ask?

They have West Elm...

they have a Ballard Designs Outlet.

Two of my favorite home furnishing go-to's!!

So naturally the sister + baby girl + I had to venture there.

Here's a snapshot of the home goods I drove home with...

{our new jute rug via BDO : I just hope she works in the space I've got planned for her to go in. if not, no biggie b/c she was SOO on clearance, I won't even bat an eye if we have to stow her away for later}

{the goods :: serving bowl + bedroom shams + guest bath towel + gold starburst tray for guest room + trinket tray to go somewhere + antique pedalburst votive holder to go somewhere} 

{what i would have given to bring these puppies home with me for our kitchen, BUT, for those of you that know, there is no space for them in our pint size cooking haven}

{these aren't new, but we just had two of our couch slipcovers monogrammed and i do LOVE how they turned out}


**I am sad to report that the fun projects at our house have been temporarily placed on hold. We are having to tend to some of those other "not so fun" joys of owning a home...
aka: new roof + new windows (and that's on top of the new car).
I do still have some finished "house updates" posts lingering, I'll get those up soon**

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

We Heart YOU

One of my favorite candy-colored holidays is just around the corner and we're giving away our delicate and sweet Pave Double Bar Necklace ($79 value) when you spend $125 or more, simply because...

we heart you!!

All you have to do is place $125 worth of product into your shopping bag, then go back and add the necklace before you checkout.

Go ahead and spoil yourself with some glamourous new baubles for Cupid's Day, you deserve it...

or feel free to pass along my info to your favorite significant other, and I'll be sure to help them out!!






*Offer ends 2/9 at midnight 
*The last day for standard shipping is 2/9, in order to receive your goodies by 2/14

I'm back...


but barely.

This trip just sucked the life out of me in more ways than one, so pardon my brief hiatus, but I do hope to be back later this week or next, once I am fully functioning and re-charged. 

Stay tuned for some great stuff to come!

Until then, I shall leave you with our bite size good luck charm....




That's right, baby girl got decked out in her Manning jersey and I do believe it was all her hootin' and hollerin' (literally) that resulted in the amazing

GIANTS SUPERBOWL WIN!!!

Friday, February 3, 2012

Photo a day challenge

So I started the "February :: Photo A Day Challenge" 

Wish I had done it last month, but here we are already in February, so now we shall begin. 

Figured it would be a fun little game to play, you know, just something else mindless to waste my time with..wink wink!!


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Thursday, February 2, 2012

TOMS :: the ballet edition

Looks like TOMS has created yet another masterpiece...


Yes, please! 

Just a few that I've got my eye on...

Good thing I have a birthday coming up next month :) 




{sorry for the god awful quality of these pictures, you get the drift}



What's your favorite pair??

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Bluum

 I learned of something new recently, and figured I would share with you, my favorite readers.

This one is more for you mama's or mama-to-be's.

And I kinda wish I knew about this when baby girl was real little...

but will definitely keep in mind for next time.


The box includes fun little goodies for mom + baby...double bonus! 

For just $11/month, your bluum box gets delivered to your door each month full of delux product samples, each with a different theme.



GO check it out!!

This would also make a great shower or baby welcoming gift!

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Rug Delight

Rugs and I have a love hate relationship.

You see, I love them because I have this weird thing about my feet and walking on hardwoods

but I hate them because I'm super picky when it comes to choosing them.

We hardly have any decent rugs in our house and personally, it's driving me nuts.

Mostly because of the above mentioned issue with me + feet, and then because of all the dog hair lingering around since there are no rugs to help catch it.

I've aimlessly been searching for years now (literally people!) and still have not found one that doesn't cost us more than like $800, which obviously we aren't going to spend. Oh, and I'm referring to our bedroom which means we need the grande size.

We have tough bedding to match which has been the main problem making this hunt so treatcherous, so the simple solution to fix that, well, that is new bedding....(which we did get, but that will be a much later post once it's finally all put together!).


So here we have a few options that are being considered for our hallway + master + dining room (this rug is circa Matt's grandmother's...it's time!) ....

Hallway ::


{the middle navy/white rug got delivered to us last week, and while i'm beyond in love with it, i sadly had to return her today because she was just a pinch too short. don't fret, i'm sure you'll be seeing it somewhere else though because yes, i loved her that much}


Master ::

{i'm obsessed with this rug above in these colors and am kicking myself because i kept checking the site for a good sale, and must have been a day late and a dollar short because now it's sold out in the size we need.  i'm not happy, but i'm not giving up!}




{reverse colors}


{if that other one doesn't become available, then it looks like we may settle on this one}


Dining ::

{Natural Jute}

{great color}


{love the subtle detail on the ends}

{love this pop of color}


Let's put it this way, I'm all over the map with rugs!

Decisions...Decisions

Monday, January 23, 2012

life lately :: weekend edition

Considering it rained the entire weekend, you can probably guess what we did a lot of?! 

Friday night consisted of take-out chinese, again (I told you here that the hubs loved it and he wasn't kidding) + Moneyball. Friends, I am not a baseball fan at all but this was a good flick!

Saturday was a whole lot of laziness + a few mini house projects + baked cream cheese spaghetti casserole + The Notebook, again. 

Sunday we managed to get up and head on out for a family breakfast at The Flying Biscuit -always one of my favorite parts of the weekend.


1 : new foyer rug via (this was half the price of the other i ordered, so this one it is!)
2 : new guest room goodies....lamp shade + tray (both via) + leopard bowl (via)
3 : new hallway rug (check back for tomorrow's post)
4 : breakfast + Giants gear per her daddy's request
5 : vino + bake cream cheese spaghetti as mentioned above
6 : cake batter rice krispy treats via (um, ah-mazing)
7 : appies + Giants game = two beggers
8 : diy canvas (finished piece to come)

Have I mentioned how much I am LOVING being home this month?!? It has definitely done this mama some good!!