Everyone loves a man in uniform, but I’m really talking about nautical-theme clothing. I was pleasantly surprised by my email from UO this morning. Some of my favorites, below.

And then I also just remembered that I was a sailor for Halloween, and that made me happy, too. Too bad I lost those gold earrings that night, though.

Happy Friday!

This is making me want to grow my hair out in a major kind of way. Although in actuality this would NOT look good on me…I don’t think petite frames should not be overwhelmed by that much hair. Pretty, though!

Tibi, Fashion Week 2010.

After I hung these, I did one more just because, but I don’t have a picture of it yet. Overall pleased, but it makes me want to do a for real inspiration board, like the ones over at Made by Girl & Ish & Chi.

I’ve also found some cute tutorials lately, one for an oversized mood board, and another for a leaning mood board. lovelovelove.

What inspires you lately?

This weekend I:

• Cleaned my apartment…kind of.
• Planned a menu for tomorrow’s dinner with Kim. {Brussels sprouts with white beans and pecorino. And pilaf, yum}
• Watched both of these:

Factory Girl and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

Two style icons in one day! Edie Sedgwick and Audrey Hepburn are both completely mesmerizing in completely different ways. Incredible. It’s crazy to me that Breakfast at Tiffany’s debuted in 1961, and Edie Sedgwick was dubbed the first “it-girl” in 1965-ish. Same era, same city, worlds apart. Well, of course, Breakfast at Tiffany’s is fictional and all.

But I digress. I also:

• Finished my clipboard project…and the cross stitch part of my cross stitch pillow. It’s been raining all day, as predicted, so it was a great day for catching up on things. Pictures to come soon, promise!
• I read this from cover to cover. Un-inspiring projects, but extremely informative. I’ve already started carving a stamp for a project I’m thinking of. I actually think I am really going to get into this mixed media thing. It’s perfect for me {here’s why}!

Sad that it’s over, but it lovely while it lasted.

Love these little Lacoste Rainboots.

Lots of rain in my forecast, along with crafting, movies, and napping. Have a lovely weekend!

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Today I’m guest blogging on Good Girl Gone Blog…you should def. check out Alana’s Blog if you haven’t already.

And, if you’re here because of GGB, thanks for coming! I’ve included more shots of my style file below, and you can see some of my recent projects and interests {bad haircuts and tree houses and summa, summa, summatime oh my} by following the links.

Front porches and fireplaces. Just sayin’.

I love where I live. Don’t get me wrong. But, I think eventually I want to end up in a place where I have a lot of land (acreage I used to say. Acreage, people). Pretty much the exact opposite of what I have now, but I think I’ve kind of mellowed from the term acreage a bit. I do want a house that is not in a suburban area. I don’t want to be able to look out my window and see into my neighbors. Gross.

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or a back porch would be okay too
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That’s all. A girl can dream, can’t she?

5 Things I am looking forward to:

indie business class, guest blogging for good girl gone blog, dinner with Alexis and Kristin next week, getting my new dress in the mail, wine tasting next month.

5 Things I did yesterday:

Ate delicious BBQ, went hot-tubbing, saw valentine’s day, spent time hanging out with FJ, ate yummy cookies.

5 Things I wish I could do:

own a house, see my family more, be my own boss {someday!}, travel, buy a new camera.

5 Words to describe my style:

quirky. traditional. feminine but not girly. {okay, that’s 6}

5 Cute things I’ve found online lately:

Alli’s Legwarmers, Darling Dexter’s charming plate collection that is just so ME, Burdastyle patterns in general {so cheap!}, adorable leather bracelets by Brooklyn Thread, and I kind of hate to admit that I love this watch.

PS - I hate roller coasters. And this was one of the first times FJ and I EVER hung out. See how much I must have liked him? I’m not very good at pretending to have fun!

Happy Monday!

Good morning! I’ve got such a busy day ahead of me. Need to finish up my vday gift for FJ, run some quick errands, wash my dishes, and DEFINITELY get some crafting in.

Just wanted to share these super cute leg warmers from Alli at One Pearl Button. They are part of our style school class {taught by Elsie and LA!}, but I loved hers so much it prompted to me to take a trip to the thrift store TODAY. They’re cashmere too….mmmmm. I love that they don’t remind me of ONJ in the slightest. ONJ, you ask?

However, they do remind me of these thigh high socks that I swooned over not too long ago. Happy Saturday! Hope you all are enjoying a lovely 3 day weekend!