white wash

clean & simple.

Photos: RusticJacketattic.blogspot.com

minty fresh

YSL Gold-Plated Glass Ring, $290

Christian Chaize - 25/08/10 Praia Piquinia Photograph

Dannijo - Roe Necklace $495

While I plan my big move, my new favorite pass-time has quickly become 'apartment decorating'. Next thing I knew, I was stocking up on House Beautiful, Domino and other fabulous decor periodicals, instead of my usual gossip gags (People, US Weekly and when the moment calls for it-- OK Magazine). When I landed at the the newsstand register, I took a gander down at my masterful magazine collection... immediately realizing I have (yes, it's official) become my mother. 

Despite the fact that many women dread realizing this life-altering moment, I've come to embrace it. Good 'ol Wendy has opened my eyes to bright colors ever since I was a wee one.  I've always lived in what we joke to be 'fruit salad homes'. Kiwi green living rooms, grapefruit pink bedrooms, banana yellow bathrooms... if it was colorful (& edible) we lived in it. 

At some point during my 2 year residency in NYC, my inherited vibrant palate has become-- for lack of a better word-- dark. I've tucked away my cheerful hues for the city's sleek blacks and greys. 

Thankfully this minty fresh hue has awaken my dreary New Yorker spirit and
encouraged me to think-- inside -- my Crayon box.

Happy Decorating, my friends. Happy Decorating.

Images brought to you by: 

HouseBeautiful.com, APerfectKindOfDay.com, RealSimple.com, TheDecorista.com, Dannijo.com & Polyvore.com

While you were sleepin'

As some of you may recognize, I have taken a (serious) hiatus from my site. For my distinguished followers, I apologize for my lack of attention. While on this leave of absence, I had an abundance of time to think and truly process where I stand in my life. What I really want to do.. where I want to be.. etc. In our world today, I feel we become so consumed in our immediate lives that we don't-- sit back and smell the flowers. 

My friends, I have finally smelled the flowers. While I may have smelled these flowers in a car... at a stoplight near a park... I figure the saying still counts.

While I often dislike reading overused clichés, I will keep this short. Scare yourself. 

It's your life, why not live it?

Image brought to you by: La Dolce Vita (paloma81.blogspot.com)

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O.M.Dree

Elle Spain April 2012

Photographer: Matt Jones

Stylist: Inmaculada Jimenez

Hair: Kristin Ess

Make-up: Amy Nadine

Model: Dree Hemingway

Images brought to you by: Elle.com

stop & stare

While I was flipping through the pages of Vogue's March issue (w the gorgeous Adele cover), I was literally stopped in my tracks by this ad for Alexander McQueen's Spring/Summer 2012 collection. With the whimsical layers and romantic colors, it was hard not to stare. 

Exactly what an ad should do.

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ruby blues

ruby aldridge for MiH jeans s/s 2012

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need to know: rabens saloner

Rabens Saloner was established in 2007 by designer Birgitte Raben Olrik. 

Rabens Saloner is an amazing women's clothing brand that has been 

able to capture laidback style with just enough texture to 

appeal to the ultimate 'cool crowd'.

Images brought to you by: RabensSaloner.com

la dolce vita

photographer: steven chee

stylist: marina didovich

model: mariana braga

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