Weekend Retreat.

1./2./3./4./5.

Just in time for the weekend, more so that special evening.

Exchange.

I'll definitely have what she's having! I wouldn't be mad about exchanging outfits today (or any other day)!

Check out what else Karla has in her closet. 

I don't think she'd mind a friendly note if you decided to leave one.

Karla's Closet [blog]

Karla's Closet [awesome]

This post is a part of the Six Word's Friday weekly with Melissa Camara Wilkins. #sixwordsfriday. The

topic this week "EXCHANGE"

Alexander McQueen

SAVAGE BEAUTY

Alexander McQueen

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

May 4–August 7, 2011  GONE

(4hr wait time or more. 2.5hrs for the lucky ones)

Here's what you missed:

It’s Only a Game

spring/summer 2005

Bodysuit and obi-style sash of lilac silk satin and chiffon embroidered with silk thread; shoulder pads and helmet of fiberglass painted with acrylics. Courtesy of Alexander McQueen. Photograph © Sølve Sundsbø / Art + Commerce. Source: The Met.




“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”
-Alexander McQueen


Missed the exhibit, see more here.

Morning Breakfast

...will never look this beautiful.

found via design for mankind
courtesy of Zeutch
p.s. Can someone translate? Babelfish is not!

School of Blue

The Gap, Toddler Boy Hamptons Collection, and how cute! 

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1. Blue Plaid Drivers Cap
2. Western Polo
3. Deep Sea Graphic Ringer T
4. Plaid Flat Front Shorts
5. Chamray Anorak
6. Striped Flip Flops

Tutu's, Peep Toe Shoe's & An Urban Garden Project

A few things in the spirit of handmade...

Below are a few of my favorite finds on Etsy this week:

Find pixelthis, PomLove, Lana Kole,  Beads in the Blefry,  Nana’s tutus’, and Milk and Honey Handbags here.

AND

a few Easter/Spring time delights from JCrew:

 

1. Flowerette Sash

2. Girls' cotton Maisie cardigan w/splatter flower tee and tulle plié skirt

3. Boys' seersucker sportcoat and pant, lightweight solid oxford shirt, w/ plaque belt

4. Martina satin peep toes

...for a finishing touch…how about checking out the Urban Garden Projects, Dying Easter eggs the natural way here.

Home Inspiration.

I've been trying to come up with a design concept for my sons room - something modern yet traditional, a little boyish but not.  Makes no sense huh? I know the politics of decorating...one could go on for days!

I did an online search of kids bedroom design ideas or something of the sort and during my very short search (short attention span), I came across the two rooms pictured below (HI FIVE!).

A bunk room that sleeps four boys w/a vintage bathroom 

door that reads "gentlemen" separates the boys' 
bedroom from the bathroom area.
Photo: Laurey W. Glenn, from Southern Living

 

A coastal vacation home.  The children's bunkroom is decorated 

with a tropical color palette of sunshine yellow, cobalt, lime and tangerine.
Designer: Phillip Sides

Seeing these two pictures brought back childhood memories of me and my cousins when we were kids. I have no siblings...well I  call my cousins my siblings because we grew up together.  At one point or another we all lived together.  However, I don't think our bedrooms were this great!  Oh how I wish they were (oh the 70's).  I then thought about my cousin and her kids. She has four (4) kids and we always talk about redecorating the kids rooms. More so, I always try to talk her into buying a larger home so that her kids could have a shared bedroom. She hasn't moved (after years of conversations)...so as you can imagine my persuasion isn't going well!
 

Anyway, my search didn't go very far because I remembered another project I was supposed to be working! However, I really liked both of these design ideas and maybe sharing these images with you will inspire me to work harder on coming up with some design concepts for my son? Maybe I should give myself a deadline? Well just maybe...but not before I finish that last project.

Happy day!

(*Note: both images are from the children's room galleries on myhomeideas.com. Clicking on the photo and designer link under the pictures will take you to the bedrooms shown.)

Winter ode to spring.

Not another love song but an ode...to spring

(Source: Anthropologie.com, The New Nautical)

with all this snow in sight,
Oh how I'm dreaming of that day,
so far away but so near,
where I will be by the water once again...
catching sum rays enjoying the spring breeze,
laughing and playing with my little busy bee.