DIY: Painting the Floor

Did everyone see this beautiful painted floor on design sponge yesterday? Look at the before picture. It's kind of incredible what she did. Do you think you'd get sick of it though in like 2 months? It does give me hope if we need to shape up a less than desirable apartment.

Baby Announcement Flip book

Flip books. Who didn't love these animated books as kids? This flipbook such a clever way to make an A. birth announcement and B. include all the photos you want (choosing one is the hardest part anyway). With all the great online photo shops right now, this would be such a breeze to make or you can take a stab at it yourself.

{Seen on Slideshow Press via Cup of Jo}

Mini Altoids Toolboxes

Love these mini toolboxes made from Altoids tins found on alphamom. Originally made for Father's Day, but would also be cute for a tool-themed child's birthday party

Treehouse Room

I think everyone, young and old, should live in a tree house at some point in their life.
Isn't this tree house room amazing?

The Perfect Striped Tee...

...found at French Connection here

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Susan's Fame

One of my very dear friends I met in Salt Lake, Susan, of freshlypicked, had to go and get all famous on me. Her pillowcase dress tutorial was featured in Simply Handmade this month.
Don't they look gorgeous? I'm hoping to find my very own copy of the magazine tomorrow.

fyi Susan is doing a giveaway for a copy of the magazine ($15 each) on her blog today!

Ferm Living

Beautiful graphic home decor items (including wallpaper and wall stickers) found at Ferm Living via Turquoise.

The Beach

Let's please not talk about apartment searching in SF. Let's talk about the beach last week.
If you've ever been to the outer banks of north carolina you will agree with me on this: it's the best place. ever. and don't try to tell me california beaches are better. they are cold. they are crowded. the water here was like a warm bath thanks to the gulf stream off shore.



baby hank's cousin, gigi. don't even try to tell me you have a cuter niece. you lie.

Sohomode

I included sohomode's tea dresses in a etsy roundup a while back but thought they deserved their own post. Perfect summer dress, don't you think? In addition to the tea dresses, her skirts are adorable too. Also loving her kids shop, sohokids!

How to: Vintage Hairstyles

Lat week I spent like 45 minutes watching Strawberry Koi Vintage's instructional videos on creating vintage hairstyles. I'm pretty awful at hair-dos but this is inspiring me to try some of these out.


{seen on love it a lot}

30 Strangers Exhibit

If I were in Utah today, I'd definitely be hitting up Justin Hackworth's 30 Strangers exhibit in Provo. My mom and I were part of his project a couple months ago, remember here?
The whole exhibit looks incredible, make sure to check it out if you're in the area.

July 2nd, 6-9pm
1 East Center Street #215
Provo, UT

Short Summer

This week is pretty much my last week of real summer since San Francisco is cardigan weather right now-well, most of the time. I'm spending it on the beach before we fly out to California this weekend. I bookmarked these ice cream images a while back on Sweet Paul, and keep on coming back to them. Aren't they beautiful?
I think I'm going to miss real summers.
{photos from Sweet Paul}

Matchstick Candles

Perfect matchstick box of candles (not matches) for last minute birthday celebrations.

{Seen on Love it A Lot}

DIY: Fourth of July Baby Sun Hat

We'll be spending the fourth on a long plane ride from North Carolina to San Francisco, but if you're doing anything more interesting than that, you might want to attempt this cute baby sun hat project seen on Purl Bee. Please send your fireworks high on Saturday night so we can enjoy them from the plane!

Moving Day

I think I'll feel much better tomorrow after this house is cleared of all the boxes and junk. I miss those days when all my belongings could fit into small car!
Saturday we are headed to the Outer Banks beaches of North Carolina with my family where I'll be blogging sporadically for a week. I can't wait for Jared and I to take a long deep breath on the beach with our feet in the cool sand.

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DIY: Ruffle Headband

Another pretty ruffle headband tutorial seen on Heart of Light. Are you bored sick of these yet? I'm not
{seen on for you for me}

Red Lipstick

So what do we think of the red lipstick? Lately, I've been all about it.

On a slightly different note, can you tell from the crazed look in my eyes that it's moving week?

Present and Correct

Very cute french alphabet prints seen on Present and Correct. They have some great vintage-inspired paper products too and their styling is super pretty. Love the layout below.

Recovering + Moving

I'm recovering from a night with the flu (had to leave my own goodbye party early last night!) but still have a million things to do before our moving truck comes on Thursday. Just my luck. Posting will probably be here and there for the next few days.

Linda and Harriett

A friend I coached lacrosse with in NJ, Liz Libre, has a really beautiful letterpress stationary business called Linda and Harriett. Aren't they adorable? Check out this podcast here where she talks about how she started her stationery business and what inspires her.

She's one of those people that's really good at lots of things. I still have pages and pages of notes of drills and plays and concepts from coaching lacrosse with her that I keep under lock and key. She's just a really inspiring person, all around, and incredibly sweet.
So happy for her success with Linda and Harriett. She totally deserves it.

Me Looking Nervous on Fox News

Found the clip of the interview they did for Fox News! It aired tonight on tv. Seriously, could I look or talk more terrified
"Ladies, are you lost in the tweet-o-sphere?"