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just because ...
i absolutely love ellen ... and nicki minaj. yup i admitted it. w + i recently memorized the entire rap to "super bass" on a 7-hour drive to illinois. we think we're pretty cool. but obviously not nearly as adorable (or hilarious) as these little gals ...
enjoy! xo.
in other (very random) news ...
apparently we have a green(ish) thumb after all. despite our misfortune w/ fresh herbs earlier this summer ... we have our first crop of mushrooms:
a refresher: we received this little "grow your own mushrooms" pack as a wedding/anniversary gift a few weeks back. and wade has been all about it!
... still a bit odd to me. but now to find a recipe to incorporate these fellas. suggestions?
a refresher: we received this little "grow your own mushrooms" pack as a wedding/anniversary gift a few weeks back. and wade has been all about it!
... still a bit odd to me. but now to find a recipe to incorporate these fellas. suggestions?
{whatever wednesday} busy busy
i know i've been rather absent lately ...
in part because work has been extremely rough. so rough that the g.m. has put a bunch of new practices ... well ... into practice that will hopefully save me some time and major headache. thankfully each year the music business rests during the holiday season. and this year the holidays couldn't come fast enough!
in part because i might have bitten off more than i can chew w/ my 30 before 30 list. as an example ... last night after w + i returned from the gym, i spent an hour reviewing rosetta stone french followed by an hour practicing my penmanship. then i picked out a new book from time magazine's all time 100 novels --- animal farm which i continue to accidentally refer to as "animal house". while i keep reminding myself that i have ALL year ... quite a few of my tasks are monthly ... even weekly.
i did however finally finish + hang curtains in our living room and the bathroom! that means all of our rooms have curtains! and somehow that makes these rooms feel finished. of course ... who am i kidding ... there's no such thing as finished.
in part because work has been extremely rough. so rough that the g.m. has put a bunch of new practices ... well ... into practice that will hopefully save me some time and major headache. thankfully each year the music business rests during the holiday season. and this year the holidays couldn't come fast enough!
in part because i might have bitten off more than i can chew w/ my 30 before 30 list. as an example ... last night after w + i returned from the gym, i spent an hour reviewing rosetta stone french followed by an hour practicing my penmanship. then i picked out a new book from time magazine's all time 100 novels --- animal farm which i continue to accidentally refer to as "animal house". while i keep reminding myself that i have ALL year ... quite a few of my tasks are monthly ... even weekly.
i did however finally finish + hang curtains in our living room and the bathroom! that means all of our rooms have curtains! and somehow that makes these rooms feel finished. of course ... who am i kidding ... there's no such thing as finished.
thanks for sticking around, folks. :)
{whatever wednesday} metro classes
each year i learn a little something new about nashville that makes me fall even more in love w/ it.
i'm particularly impressed w/ centennial park! in the spring, you can enjoy movies in the park every wednesday night @ sundown. july through august spend your saturday afternoons enjoying musicians' corner and stick around for swing dancing complete w/ live big band and free dance lessons. mid-august, the shakespeare festival presents romeo+ juliet thursday through sunday. and of course twice a year, i look forward to the taca craft fair.
recently i found out about classes held by metro nashville through the centennial art center. i'm pretty excited to sign up for my first pottery class (and to √ that off my 30 by 30). at only $85 for a 12 week class - it's an absolute steal!
live in the nashville area? then you should definitely sign up for a class too! click here to download the fall 2011 schedule.
i'm particularly impressed w/ centennial park! in the spring, you can enjoy movies in the park every wednesday night @ sundown. july through august spend your saturday afternoons enjoying musicians' corner and stick around for swing dancing complete w/ live big band and free dance lessons. mid-august, the shakespeare festival presents romeo+ juliet thursday through sunday. and of course twice a year, i look forward to the taca craft fair.
recently i found out about classes held by metro nashville through the centennial art center. i'm pretty excited to sign up for my first pottery class (and to √ that off my 30 by 30). at only $85 for a 12 week class - it's an absolute steal!
live in the nashville area? then you should definitely sign up for a class too! click here to download the fall 2011 schedule.
{whatever wednesday} save your sole!
did you happen to catch this video on the today show earlier this week regarding healthy yet stylish alternatives to painful women's shoes?
according to the video, 87% of women complain about foot pain {source: the american podiatric medical society}. the result? bunions, stress fractures, joint pain, morton's neuroma, corns, calluses, hammertoe, and toenail problems ... just to name a few. an article called on your feet published in the washington post in 2007 stated that "approximately $3.5 billion (is) spent annually in the united states for women's foot surgeries, which cause them to lose 15 million work days yearly".
let's face it ... when it comes to footwear, fashion trumps function.
and i am completely guilty:
all-time favorite // carlos by carlos santana's bungalow peep. i originally bought a pair in brown and of course had to have a matching pair in black. i am so crazy about these heels that when they stopped manufacturing the style, i took to ebay and bought 2 add'l pairs in brown. i'm now on my final pair. *tear*
most recent purchase // hiala by nine west. these beauties rock a 5" heel!
major shoe fail // just last week, i had a major foot hangover for 2 days after spending 4 hours at a david nail concert in 5" heels. my friend faith teased me all weekend - apparently rule #1 for concert goers: wear comfortable shoes!
okay okay - at this rate i'm definitely going to be among the 87%. but what's the alternative?!? introducing not your grandma's healthy shoe ... YOU by crocs (yes - i just typed that ... by CROCS!)
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according to the video, 87% of women complain about foot pain {source: the american podiatric medical society}. the result? bunions, stress fractures, joint pain, morton's neuroma, corns, calluses, hammertoe, and toenail problems ... just to name a few. an article called on your feet published in the washington post in 2007 stated that "approximately $3.5 billion (is) spent annually in the united states for women's foot surgeries, which cause them to lose 15 million work days yearly".
let's face it ... when it comes to footwear, fashion trumps function.
and i am completely guilty:
all-time favorite // carlos by carlos santana's bungalow peep. i originally bought a pair in brown and of course had to have a matching pair in black. i am so crazy about these heels that when they stopped manufacturing the style, i took to ebay and bought 2 add'l pairs in brown. i'm now on my final pair. *tear*
most recent purchase // hiala by nine west. these beauties rock a 5" heel!
major shoe fail // just last week, i had a major foot hangover for 2 days after spending 4 hours at a david nail concert in 5" heels. my friend faith teased me all weekend - apparently rule #1 for concert goers: wear comfortable shoes!
okay okay - at this rate i'm definitely going to be among the 87%. but what's the alternative?!? introducing not your grandma's healthy shoe ... YOU by crocs (yes - i just typed that ... by CROCS!)
{click to shop}
cute - right? too bad i didn't know about these little lovelies earlier. i do after all have a birthday TOMORROW!
your turn:
1 // what is your all-time favorite shoe?
2 // what is your most recent shoe purchase?
3 // what is your major shoe fail?
your turn:
1 // what is your all-time favorite shoe?
2 // what is your most recent shoe purchase?
3 // what is your major shoe fail?
{whatever wednesday} climb on
w + i have been consistent gym members for almost 3mo. woo hoo. we finally decided it was time to commit and purchase our own gear - consider it an early birthday gift to the both of us:
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very purple - eh? i'm not even a big purple person.
the word "purple" alone is very odd.
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very purple - eh? i'm not even a big purple person.
the word "purple" alone is very odd.
my feet are sooooo excited! our climbing gym is very hippie (i suppose they all are) - and the particular young hippies that workout there tend to smell - especially like feet. just saying. so i'm pretty excited to have my very own pair of climbing shoes.
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when you first begin to climb, the goal is to simply get to the top - no matter what path you take. but the more you climb - the more you want to challenge yourself. paths at our gym are labeled 5.6 - 5.12 - increasing in difficulty w/ #. each hold is marked beneath it w/ a dif color tape to designate path.
w + i would quickly become frustrated when we first started climbing with the other person below shouting out "there's a hold a little higher on the left" "move your right foot up about 10 inches". mostly i think we were frustrated w/ ourselves. nobody wants to be a 5.6 climber for multiple weeks. you want to jump right in and be a 5.12.
and then you begin to realize climbing is a 2 man gig. when on the mountain, you're focused on your aching arms and your current foothold. it's a challenge to see the color of tape below each hold. for me there's the added challenge of being horribly afraid of heights. i can only look around and down so long before psyching myself out. and all the while your partner on the ground has an entirely different perspective. they see the wall in its entirety and all that colored tape.
sometimes i think of wade and i as "beginner climbers" in our marriage. again mostly i think we become frustrated w/ ourselves when the other person is offering up advice. we've been married for a whopping 10 mo now - and we're not 5.12 married people either.
who knew a smelly hippie gym membership would teach us a little life lesson on perspective.
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when you first begin to climb, the goal is to simply get to the top - no matter what path you take. but the more you climb - the more you want to challenge yourself. paths at our gym are labeled 5.6 - 5.12 - increasing in difficulty w/ #. each hold is marked beneath it w/ a dif color tape to designate path.
w + i would quickly become frustrated when we first started climbing with the other person below shouting out "there's a hold a little higher on the left" "move your right foot up about 10 inches". mostly i think we were frustrated w/ ourselves. nobody wants to be a 5.6 climber for multiple weeks. you want to jump right in and be a 5.12.
and then you begin to realize climbing is a 2 man gig. when on the mountain, you're focused on your aching arms and your current foothold. it's a challenge to see the color of tape below each hold. for me there's the added challenge of being horribly afraid of heights. i can only look around and down so long before psyching myself out. and all the while your partner on the ground has an entirely different perspective. they see the wall in its entirety and all that colored tape.
sometimes i think of wade and i as "beginner climbers" in our marriage. again mostly i think we become frustrated w/ ourselves when the other person is offering up advice. we've been married for a whopping 10 mo now - and we're not 5.12 married people either.
who knew a smelly hippie gym membership would teach us a little life lesson on perspective.
{whatever wednesday} 30 hairstyles in 30 days
i basically wear my hair the exact same way every day. i remember thinking that when my hair finally grew out, i'd go crazy w/ new styles. but let's face it - i rarely wake up w/ enough time to try something new.
today i stumbled upon abby at my yellow sandbox's 30 hairstyles in 30 days challenge. and am pretty excited to try several of her easy tutorials:
today i stumbled upon abby at my yellow sandbox's 30 hairstyles in 30 days challenge. and am pretty excited to try several of her easy tutorials:
{source: my yellow sandbox}
thanks, abby!
hey readers - should we accept the challenge?
and do you use tutorials to pull together a new look? if so - who's your go to?
hey readers - should we accept the challenge?
and do you use tutorials to pull together a new look? if so - who's your go to?
{whatever wednesday} pantone!
when work is THIS crazy ... i retreat every free moment i can get. today that little pinwheel is a turning more than usual while my mac considers whether it wants to open my file or not. so i've been day dreaming about color ... pantone® color:
1 // uncommon goods pantone® folding chairs {75.00}
2 // dick blick pantone® universe colored pencils {29.59}
3 // whitbread & wilkinson's pantone® espresso set {50.00}
4 // pantone® wallpaper for your ipad, iphone or desktop {FREE}
4 // sonia spencer designs pantone® cufflinks {67.00}
2 // dick blick pantone® universe colored pencils {29.59}
3 // whitbread & wilkinson's pantone® espresso set {50.00}
4 // pantone® wallpaper for your ipad, iphone or desktop {FREE}
4 // sonia spencer designs pantone® cufflinks {67.00}
and just for kicks ... pantone has joined w/ michele bernhardt to provide you with your colorstrology:
{click above to get your own!}
{click above to get your own!}
too funny that my color would be sunflower. my best friend laura loves sunflowers - but they are definitely my least favorite flower ... hmm. i apologize colorstrology followers ... but i will not be "wearing or surrounding myself w/ sunflower" anytime in the near future.
okay back to it! :)
okay back to it! :)
you sexy thang ...
what is it about ruffles!?!
love this little ruffled bikini from jcrew. though i don't know if i'd be brave enough to wear it out of the house. then again - that might not be such a bad thing! ;)
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love this little ruffled bikini from jcrew. though i don't know if i'd be brave enough to wear it out of the house. then again - that might not be such a bad thing! ;)
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{whatever wednesday} wedding madness!
a couple of weeks ago i went to a girls' night honoring our sweet friend taylor (the taylor that was married this past weekend!). we drank wine, ate way too much, and flipped through each guest's wedding book. a fun wedding shower idea! there were books {+ weddings} of every shape and size.
one of the girl's pulled out a couple of random pics from her wedding. 10 YEARS had passed since her wedding and her professional pics were still in a box waiting to be sorted. yowch! while i have all our pictures on disc, i've been procrastinating. this was major moto!
let's be honest ... it's an OVERWHELMING project. (and thus my limited posts this week.) since i am knee deep in wedding book madness - it thought i'd share some of my progress:
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one of the girl's pulled out a couple of random pics from her wedding. 10 YEARS had passed since her wedding and her professional pics were still in a box waiting to be sorted. yowch! while i have all our pictures on disc, i've been procrastinating. this was major moto!
let's be honest ... it's an OVERWHELMING project. (and thus my limited posts this week.) since i am knee deep in wedding book madness - it thought i'd share some of my progress:
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confession: i am not a scrapbook person.
back in college - i attempted to be for a while. but to be brutally honest - i didn't enjoy it at all. then i fell in love w/ shutterfly books. much more my cup of tea. and super duper uniform - perfect for the obsessive compulsive in me. for our wedding book, i decided to upgrade from shutterfly to blurb (a recommendation by friend/photographer kyle shultz).
for my married readers - do you have a wedding book? did you do it yourself or did your photographer put it together? any recommendations?
{our wedding photos: adrian hitt photography}
back in college - i attempted to be for a while. but to be brutally honest - i didn't enjoy it at all. then i fell in love w/ shutterfly books. much more my cup of tea. and super duper uniform - perfect for the obsessive compulsive in me. for our wedding book, i decided to upgrade from shutterfly to blurb (a recommendation by friend/photographer kyle shultz).
for my married readers - do you have a wedding book? did you do it yourself or did your photographer put it together? any recommendations?
{our wedding photos: adrian hitt photography}
{whatever wednesday} on a thursday ...
i love a good mashup to get me through my humpday ... or my thursday. this week feels ridiculously off a day! :) enjoy.
dj earworm - like, omg baby
{whatever wednesday} upcycled boots!
a couple of weeks ago i went on the hunt for the perfect tall black boot. completely out of season - spring and all - but i didn't care. i had seen too many of my stylist friends rocking tall black boots and leggings - and i NEEDED black boots.
during my big goodwill shopping spree a few weeks back, i picked up these funky things at goodwill. i say "funky" because i haven't actually had the guts to wear them - a bit too 80s. a bit too biker. and definitely a bit too diva for me. but at $2.00 (hello 1/2 off day) ... i couldn't pass them up:
during my big goodwill shopping spree a few weeks back, i picked up these funky things at goodwill. i say "funky" because i haven't actually had the guts to wear them - a bit too 80s. a bit too biker. and definitely a bit too diva for me. but at $2.00 (hello 1/2 off day) ... i couldn't pass them up:
well - while in boston i finally found the perfect pair of tall black boots on sale at urban. so last night i decided to give the goodwill pair a makeover.
inspiration:
inspiration:
i cut off the top half of the boot shaft. flipped it inside out and then stitched it to the bottom half of the boot. this way - when i fold over the top the stitching is hidden beneath the cuff on the inside. finally, i add a few stitches to tack down the extra fabric inside.
(want to know a secret: i COMPLETELY intended for the snaps to be on the outside of the booties. but doh - after finishing the first boot i realized that they were on the inside. hand stitching leather w/out a thimble - there was no way i was going to seam rip and start over. i guess now they're like a little hidden surprise.)
(want to know a secret: i COMPLETELY intended for the snaps to be on the outside of the booties. but doh - after finishing the first boot i realized that they were on the inside. hand stitching leather w/out a thimble - there was no way i was going to seam rip and start over. i guess now they're like a little hidden surprise.)
i think they're pretty h-o-t! wade's out on the road until thursday - so i'll have to wait to get his opinion. ;)
by the way - what's with me and headless pics this week!?!
by the way - what's with me and headless pics this week!?!
{whatever wednesday} upcycled earrings!
since returning from our honeymoon in morroco, i've been a bit obsessed all things moroccan. (i'm sure you've picked up on this by now!) it's no surprise that i've fallen madly in love w/ these honored artwork hoops from anthropologie:
i just happened to have some wooden hoops in my desk drawer at the office. so last night i sat down to make my own upcycled pair:
whatever wednesday: six confessions
after reading i go by katie's post with the same title and a long weekend to think, i wanted to share my six confessions with you all. however, today's 6 confessions are specifically about blogging on "a case of the mundays":
1. a lot of bloggers that i follow (including myself lately) just post about "stuff". i find myself so greedy - "wanting this"/"needing that". i don't like myself very much when i get in these ruts. my favorite blog aren't the ones w/ lead ladies with lavish wardrobes & perfect homes - but rather real moms/wives who live on a budget & make do w/ what they have.
2. wade and i are trying to budget & save for more important adventures in life. and w/ limited "blood money" for each of us to spend each month, i don't buy most of the stuff i post. i am trying out a new tagline: dress and decor for little more than a pretty penny. i hope to tweak some of my posts to focus on how to live on a budget.
3. about once a week, i look at wade and say "i think i'm done blogging". blogging can feel overwhelming. there's always this desire to one-up yourself & sometimes life doesn't allow time for one-upping. nor is one-upping really necessary. i also have found that i'm ridiculously competitive w/ other bloggers - honestly the ONLY thing in life i've ever been competitive about. ha!
4. blogging isn't my day job. it doesn't bring in an income (yet) and is something i have to find time for between my already busy work schedule & personal schedule.
5. i post about things i love or projects i'm working on. at times i feel completely narcissistic. who am i to think i have anything worth sharing. plus it's a very one-sided conversation. i love feedback about my posts - what you like/dislike.
6. i sometimes wish i hadn't limited myself w/ the blog title "a case of the mundays". it would be super cool to pair up w/ other bloggers to consolidate ideas. i think this would attack a lot of my other confessions - the overwhelming-ness the narcissistic-ness. any other mundays out there?!? bueller?
what are your 6 confessions?
1. a lot of bloggers that i follow (including myself lately) just post about "stuff". i find myself so greedy - "wanting this"/"needing that". i don't like myself very much when i get in these ruts. my favorite blog aren't the ones w/ lead ladies with lavish wardrobes & perfect homes - but rather real moms/wives who live on a budget & make do w/ what they have.
2. wade and i are trying to budget & save for more important adventures in life. and w/ limited "blood money" for each of us to spend each month, i don't buy most of the stuff i post. i am trying out a new tagline: dress and decor for little more than a pretty penny. i hope to tweak some of my posts to focus on how to live on a budget.
3. about once a week, i look at wade and say "i think i'm done blogging". blogging can feel overwhelming. there's always this desire to one-up yourself & sometimes life doesn't allow time for one-upping. nor is one-upping really necessary. i also have found that i'm ridiculously competitive w/ other bloggers - honestly the ONLY thing in life i've ever been competitive about. ha!
4. blogging isn't my day job. it doesn't bring in an income (yet) and is something i have to find time for between my already busy work schedule & personal schedule.
5. i post about things i love or projects i'm working on. at times i feel completely narcissistic. who am i to think i have anything worth sharing. plus it's a very one-sided conversation. i love feedback about my posts - what you like/dislike.
6. i sometimes wish i hadn't limited myself w/ the blog title "a case of the mundays". it would be super cool to pair up w/ other bloggers to consolidate ideas. i think this would attack a lot of my other confessions - the overwhelming-ness the narcissistic-ness. any other mundays out there?!? bueller?
what are your 6 confessions?
whatever wednesday: if i had kids ...
... i would totally order this official tooth fairy kit right this second from house8810:
{source: house8810}
{source: house8810}
so cute! in fact ... everything on this site is so cute!!! check it out! {i'll do a little feature later this week w/ some of my favs.}
wade and i decided this morning that we need to get serious about budgeting. next month we will start divvying out "blood money" - our much cooler version of fun money that has to last each of us the entire month. i might have to stop "window" shopping. grr. there are just too many cute sites out there!
wade and i decided this morning that we need to get serious about budgeting. next month we will start divvying out "blood money" - our much cooler version of fun money that has to last each of us the entire month. i might have to stop "window" shopping. grr. there are just too many cute sites out there!
whatever wednesday: HOT thoughts
{source: zara}
these HOT pink, green, orange and blue trousers make me think nice warm thoughts - which i need right about now. {i'm especially a sucker for the pink!} we definitely need a zara in nashville OR they at least need to open an online store.
more snow ... again, nashville!?! boo hiss. maybe we'll be snowed in & i can dig further into my etsy idea (more to come!)!?! happy thought. but that would mean we'd have to reschedule the photo shoot i'm coordinating for tomorrow. {un}happy thought.
for more warm ideas, check out my friend ellen's post "how to make the sun shine" ... on her blog black and white and loved all over. since i don't foresee a trip to HOT-lanta and zara in the near future, i can at least take ellen's advice - and rock some summertime on my nails!
more snow ... again, nashville!?! boo hiss. maybe we'll be snowed in & i can dig further into my etsy idea (more to come!)!?! happy thought. but that would mean we'd have to reschedule the photo shoot i'm coordinating for tomorrow. {un}happy thought.
for more warm ideas, check out my friend ellen's post "how to make the sun shine" ... on her blog black and white and loved all over. since i don't foresee a trip to HOT-lanta and zara in the near future, i can at least take ellen's advice - and rock some summertime on my nails!
whatever wednesdays: animal inspired
i am not one to decorate with animal print. and we're not getting an indoor pet any time in the near future. but these guys are welcome in our apartment any time!!!
1) this adorable "scratch my back" cheese grater (designboom).
1) this adorable "scratch my back" cheese grater (designboom).
2) these lovely bird salad plates from pottery barn (and nest chargers of course!.
3) this winking owl cookie jar from anthropologie:
and of course ...
4) this squirrel nutcracker from west elm that wade got me for christmas:
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