31 August 2011

August Playlist


I love this one..

1. Wrong Side of Love - Augustana
2. Winter Beats - I Break Horses
3. When I'm Small -Phantogram
4. We Can Stay Away the Sound Underground - Supervisor of the Loveless Average
5. Vessel - Zola Jesus
6. Twenty Questions - Hotels & Highways
7. Tulip - Here We Go Magic
8. Trap The Mouse - Winter Gloves
9. Sweetness - Peal and the Beard
10. Sweet Impressions - Hjaltalin
11. Surgeon - St. Vincent
12. Stitches - Stolen Jars
13. Steal Your Heart - Augustana
14. Some Children - Holy Ghost!
15. Say Something (Ukelele Version) - Ian Axel
16. Saw You First - Givers
17. So Close to Paradise - Elite Gymnastics
18. The Piper's Song - Gypsy and the Cat
19. Pacific Sun - Ian Axel
20. Night - Zola Jesus
21. New Ceremony - Dry the River
22. Nail In My Coffin - The Kills
23. Monopoly - Danny Brown
24. Money - The Drums
25. Midnight City - M83


Photo thanks to Dress, Design & Decor

30 August 2011

Party Animal Cake Toppers

These DIY gold animal birthday candles from "The Sweetest Occasion" are so incredibly easy to make and perfect for party animals of all ages! (I love the squirrel!)

Supplies -
  • plastic animals
  • plastic candle holders
  • drill with 1/8″ drill bit
  • pliers
  • gold spray paint
1. You can use any type of plastic toy animal, it is recommended to use animals with flat backs in order to keep the candle holder steady.
2. Using pliers to hold the animal in place drill a hole into it's back, it only needs to be big enough to hold the candle holder. Make sure you do not drill through the other side!
3. Using metallic spray paint spray all of the sides of the animal evenly. With metallics you do not need to use a primer, but if you want to use different color varieties a primer is necessary.
4. Spray paint the candle holders and once dry place inside the drilled hole.
and ta-da..now it's time to celebrate!

We Finally Have Power!

Hurricane Irene had me terrified; hiding on the living room sofa away from my bedroom from 3am until 6am. I waited and waited while the storm passed my house which is surrounded by giant trees. (My bedroom is the two windows you can see in the linked photo). When I finally fell asleep I had the weirdest dream that a  tree fell into my house and inside was a talking owl that reminded me of  X the Owl from Mr. Rogers. I was definitely sleep deprived.
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26 August 2011

Creepy Cool Family Resemblance

How strong is your family resemblance? I would say I am a mixture of both of my parents equally, and I really don't look too similar to any of my four siblings. People have always said we look related, but the resemblance isn't shocking or incredibly noticeable in my family as with others. One of my good friends,Carter, and her two brothers, Rustin and Jackson, could be triplets there resemblance is so strong.

Photographer Ulric Collette has created a series of portraits called Genetic Portraits. He takes two family members faces, whether they have a strong resemblance or not, and puts them together making them into one portrait. Below are a few of my favorites, see more here .

Sisters - Catherine,23 and Veronica,29
Brothers - Christopher, 30 and Ulric, 29

Father/Son - Laval, 56 and Vincent, 29
Father/Son - Denis, 53 and William, 28

Son/Father - Nathan, 7 and Ulric, 29


25 August 2011

Kardashians

The Kardashians are my guilty pleasure, I love them. I follow their twitters, I watch their shows, I even check their blogs every once and a while. I am personally a huge Kourtney fan - she's the most stylish in my opinion and I am very very entertained by Scott's antics. I am beyond excited for Kim's wedding premiere in October! Until then the pictures will have to do...

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24 August 2011

Selfies with The 8.

As everyone heads back to school I cannot help but be sad and depressed. This is the first time in 18 years that I am not going back to school, which means I am not going back to school shopping AHHHH, the horror!!! I'm seriously upset. Here are some self-timer pics from before our Senior Bar Crawl just before graduation this past May. I wish I was back there now.


23 August 2011

In Honor of the Earthquake

Anantara Kihavah Villas

The Anantara Kihavah Villas opened earlier this year in the Maldives. Even before seeing these villas I had always pictured the Maldives as being as close to paradise as possible and now that this luxurious getaway actually exists I know that paradise truly has been found. These villas are a part of Anantara Resorts, and have been described as a sanctuary within a sanctuary. Maybe one day...














Photos thanks to adelto

22 August 2011

Picnic for Two

Max and I love picnics, so he recently surprised me with the cutest picnic basket and accessories, as seen in Matchbook Magazine issue 5, my favorite! But, the past couple of weekends have been so rainy that we have been staying in playing Scrabble (another favorite activity) instead of picnicking, but hopefully the sun will shine on us soon. Until then I am inspired by these wonderfully romantic picnic photos, it doesn't get much better than this.






Photos thanks to Dress, Design & Decor

21 August 2011

Now Playing

Midnight City by M83..super catchy, loving it right now.

Leaf Cuts

How cool are these Leaf Cuts by artist Lorenzo DurĂ¡n?! The detail and precision in each and every one is  absolutely amazing, my mind is blown.  Click through to his site, here, to see more.





Photos thanks to Designer Daily