some polka dots i spotted...

Speaking of friendship bracelets, isn't this the most adorable friendship braid?

Photo from J.Crewing.

cork art

I thought a cork's life ended at the end of a party.

Until I saw this...

Anthropologie's Earth Day campaign this year led to incredible window displays using corks!

Amazing, right? Cork as art. Who would have thought?

Photos from greenweddingshoes and i'mjustsaying.

God made stripes.

My 6-year-old son recently declared, “I don't think God made everything. He didn't make the cars, the bikes, the toys.” While my 13-year-old daughter’s response that God made the men (and materials) that made the cars, bikes and toys is completely true, I got to thinking that man does make some pretty cool things. Like stripes.

It’s easy to imagine stripes on the walls or floors of a room (or Kate Spade store for that matter).

Or even photoshop-ed on a bike lane in a print ad (still Kate Spade).

Or actually painted on on the road!

I was already amazed by the actual striped street. Who would have thought God would top that with this?

God did make everything! Even stripes! :)

Enjoy God's day!

Photos from sparklesandpretending, kate spade and bippityboppityboo.

Today, I am loving...

Are these really friendship bracelets? They seem to be woven skeins of the thread and string I used to secure with either a binder clip or the inside of my gradeschool textbook's spine.

Are you still in touch with your gradeschool friends? Isn't it great to have known people for decades and still be bound to them - with or without a friendship bracelet? This one with the friendship bracelets though has an invite to the Ralph Lauren show. Perhaps it's time to start weaving again?  Hmmm... maybe I should exchange bracelets with my bestfriend, my TV-buddy, my fashion consultant, my 13-year-old daughter?

Right this minute, I am loving the idea of swapping sentimental bracelets with my Isabella. 

Photos from becausei'maddicted. 

love advice

Oscar Wilde said, "How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being?"

So when you find a man who adores you...

Who puts you on a pedestal...

Who dresses up for you and can't take his eyes off you...

... go ahead and fall in love.

But not until then, my Isabella. Okay? :)

Photos from my latest discovery, an unofficial tumblr exclusively dedicated to all things J.Crew, J.Crewing.

Color Obsession: Tangerine

You could start with just little accents of tangerine... 

Or you could go wild and wear tangerine all over...

Personally, I'm for putting tangerine on centerstage, but with some accompanying neutrals...

Sure, tangerine with tan or white. That's easy. But I never thought tangerine would go so well with those baby blues. My absolute favorite though is this Zara ensemble with the black, gray and cream animal print pants!

 Heading off to Zara now for this outfit!

Chloe Resort 2012 photos from Vogue, Zara photos from everythingfab and Zara, Tory Burch SS2011 photos from everythingfab, photo with orange hat & the slightly-sheer wide-leg pants I love is from becausei'maddicted, home photos from frommetoyou, nursery photo might have been from Martha Stewart (but I'm not sure. Sorry.).

power suit

"A bit of bows and an attitude - that's MY power suit."

                                         - inspired by Willow Love

Prabal Gurung for J.Crew via frontrowview.