Thursday, February 21, 2013

100 page views!

I am very excited to have 100 pageviews, so I am celebrating with a post about one of my greatest loves:

Neutral home decor!

The spaces below exemplify sophisticated, calm and easy-going. There are times when I want to smother a room with rich jewel tones and some blazing poppies wallpaper.


But then I'll see a gorgeous linen draped bedroom or a marble lined kitchen that just makes me stop dead in my tracks.

So enjoy my best-of neutral rooms and please comment on your favs.






Check out that ceiling.












Saturday, February 16, 2013

Muses: Jessica Chastain

There is a lot out there to inspire us. The smell of snow, a fantastically crafted work of art, a look, a beautiful scene. All these small things can jump start one's creativity. I am often inspired by strong women and today, it's Jessica Chastain.

I first came across Ms. Chastain in her role as Mrs. O'Brien in "The Tree of Life." There were a few in the theater who were expecting this to be the Brad Pitt they saw in "Thelma and Louise," but it was not he who captured my attention. Jessica is captivating on the screen; she is boy enormously talented and ravishingly beautiful. Behind that hair (holy waterfall of gorgeous orange hair, batman) are hypnotizing, confident eyes that give one the feeling that you're lucky just to gaze upon her.
But again, this is not just another sparkly star the boulevard barfed up. She has already been acclaimed as one of the most important actors of our time. If you haven't seen "Zero Dark Thirty" yet, clear your schedule. I give it a 10. She brings the audience to the depths of predatory desperation as Maya's (protagonist) life's work approaches its climax. She made me want to go out and do all of the things there were to do. I not only believed her as Maya; I wanted to be a crazed workaholic who accomplishes all of her goals by 35.

"Mama" is out now and with her talent and the unique vision of director, Andrés Muschietti, it's sure to be the first stylish and well-thought out horror flick since Hitchcock.

Now go fall in love with a great actress with great taste starring in wonderful films.












Sunday, February 10, 2013

Buying small things for your great loves

Evening my little valentines.

My mister gave me a v-day gift early and she is a beauty.
Inspired by love and generosity, I have included some of my picks for valentines gifts for the great loves of your life!
For him
For her
For Mom



For your favorite little one
For your best bestie



For your bestie


and lastly, for those in your life who love to eat but hate to cook.

I realize there are folks out there protesting the outrageous and superficial hallmark holiday from hell.
Well I'll have none of it!
The best medicine is a movie marathon. Get some of that booze up there and revel in some love stories that don't go totally to plan and one seriously funny film called love actually. All of the product sources can be found on my Pinterest page.
Myself, you ask?
Well alone time is sometimes the best gift ever. So this is how I treated myself to some loving:

I just love that story.


Go on people now, send some valentines via (snail mail is my preferred medium) and get lovin.

Here's some inspiration:

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

A spot of tea cozy

Hello all!

A little quiet time after the baby shower did me well. Now I am excited to share with you a little project I completed this past weekend!

I love my tea and have been dreaming of an adorable little tea cozy ever since I left the tea room.





Ta Da!





I wanted the tea cozy to be reversible so I could have a fun side and a more fancy side



First I created a pattern using some scrap fabric. The kitteh helped a lot.








Once I had my four identical pieces I sewed all four pieces together. Like sides facing each other on on top of the other.









I left the bottoms open for easy insertion of the batting. Just a little invisible stitch then...






Voila!






Tea party to come.
Cheerio!