Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Wall of Frames
I am inspired.
I know that is nothing new...but since we moved into our new place, all I have wanted to do was decorate, nest, spend all of my money, what have you...errrr me. For our anniversary, Jon framed 4 of my pictures from my photography final, 4 frames, 4 years, awww. The minute they went up, I was in love with the idea of covering up our lovely, white walls with some character, plus, I have many years of photos floating around in cyberspace - Let's get tangible, shall we? The plan is to do black frames (all sorts of shapes and sizes) and black and white pictures. I also want to add in different mediums, like a hand towel my grandma embroidered - more on that later). Luckily, places like IKEA exist for my freshly graduated, poor soul, errrr budget.
An inspiration or two:
It's a start:
I know that is nothing new...but since we moved into our new place, all I have wanted to do was decorate, nest, spend all of my money, what have you...errrr me. For our anniversary, Jon framed 4 of my pictures from my photography final, 4 frames, 4 years, awww. The minute they went up, I was in love with the idea of covering up our lovely, white walls with some character, plus, I have many years of photos floating around in cyberspace - Let's get tangible, shall we? The plan is to do black frames (all sorts of shapes and sizes) and black and white pictures. I also want to add in different mediums, like a hand towel my grandma embroidered - more on that later). Luckily, places like IKEA exist for my freshly graduated, poor soul, errrr budget.
An inspiration or two:
It's a start:
Goodies from Home:
Natural Foods Co-op and Market.
Nestled in thee ever-so fabbbulous Litchfield, Minnesota is one of my favorite places. Ever since I can remember, my grandma has worked there - when she's not busy making baby quilts for the church, planting that 50 square feet of a garden, or baking (kolaches, prune dumplings, strudel..mmm), she practically volunteers as a lovely saleswoman at the co-op. Keep in mind, people, this active lady is 83 years old! When I was young, my favorites were the honeysticks, the assortment of Burt's Bees goodies, soy nuts (still are), the dried bananas, and the list goes on. Well, now I can add a couple more favorites to my list. Thanks GRAMS, youdabest!
Nestled in thee ever-so fabbbulous Litchfield, Minnesota is one of my favorite places. Ever since I can remember, my grandma has worked there - when she's not busy making baby quilts for the church, planting that 50 square feet of a garden, or baking (kolaches, prune dumplings, strudel..mmm), she practically volunteers as a lovely saleswoman at the co-op. Keep in mind, people, this active lady is 83 years old! When I was young, my favorites were the honeysticks, the assortment of Burt's Bees goodies, soy nuts (still are), the dried bananas, and the list goes on. Well, now I can add a couple more favorites to my list. Thanks GRAMS, youdabest!
Salt Free Seasoning: A great mixture that you can literally toss into anything and it will make a world of a difference! It consists of onion, parsley, basil, lemon peel, thyme, garlic, celery and red bell pepper - talk about mouthgasm.
Veggie Pepper: I love this mixture of black pepper, onion, garlic, celery flakes and red bell pepper. I also noticed Non Irradiated labeled on the cute little, baby food jar..to learn more about what this means, click.
Veggie Broth: Last, and certainly not least, a teaspoon of this lovely powder mixes perfectly with a cup of warm water. Making it much cheaper than buying Vegetarian Swanson Vegetable Broth by the can, it's also much healthier, because it's sodium-free.
All three of these wonderful additions made life much simpler (not to mention tastier) when I made this hearty POT of soup (fresh from scratch, yesterday). MMMm.
For more information about the Natural Foods Co-op & Market, click.
For more information about the Natural Foods Co-op & Market, click.
4,000
Views, to date!
This is quite impressive, considering my modest amount of followers. I love you all. But, in doing the math (with my mad skills), that adds up to about 400 views per follower...can't be true! SOOOO, if you read my blog on a regular basis, PLEASE, follow me! Otherwise, I might have to private this baby, because there are a lot of creepers out there. ;]
This is quite impressive, considering my modest amount of followers. I love you all. But, in doing the math (with my mad skills), that adds up to about 400 views per follower...can't be true! SOOOO, if you read my blog on a regular basis, PLEASE, follow me! Otherwise, I might have to private this baby, because there are a lot of creepers out there. ;]
Picture Source.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
DIY: Sexy, Spikey Trench
I'm lovin this website and their DIY gallery.
So hop on the let's-make-something-fab-out-of-nothing bandwagon!
So hop on the let's-make-something-fab-out-of-nothing bandwagon!
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Long Live Elizabeth Taylor
Remembering a Legend
“When people say, ‘She’s got everything,’ I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.”
“When people say, ‘She’s got everything,’ I’ve got one answer – I haven’t had tomorrow.”
Photo Source.
It's been 4 years...
March 17, 2011 - St. Patty's Day.
Since we made it official. And, I couldn't be happier.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Behind the Row: Meet MK & Ashley Olsen
A Vogue Production
"Ashley is often considered the financial brain, Mary-Kate the creative—though it’s more complex than that. Sometimes—you see it in photographs, where they stand, shoulders touching, half-turning inward to each other—they almost seem like a single, self-protecting organism. “Some of our memories are shared,” Mary-Kate says at one point. “We don’t know what actually happened to whom. One of us was stung by a bee, but we can’t remember who, because we both felt it.”
"Ten years hence, it would not be surprising if the tiny Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen turned out to be two of the largest players in mid-twenty-first-century American fashion. “The thing about us,” Mary-Kate says, “is we think big. Huge.” After all, in 2021, they’ll still be only 34."
Article by Sarah Mower
Photographs by Bruce Weber
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