blog neglect

i'm sure none of you care that i haven't updated my blog in nearly six months, so i won't even bother apologizing.
turns out at my new house blogspot kills my internet. as in the internet freezes up and stops working, you must go unplug the router, wait two minutes, plug in the router, and begin the process again approximately every 5 minutes. with that being said, my laziness and technological frustration overwhelm my desire to blog on here, so i just haven't.

there has been little to blog about on here anyways, as this always just served as my frivolous little getaway for all things fashiony and artsy and pretty and whatnot, but as i don't have time for such getaways as of late, it has come to be pointless.

because of the above listed reasons, i only have two more things to say before i retire this blog indefinitely (maybe until i get new internet, maybe forever, maybe til tomorrow...it really doesn't matter to me or you so why try to put a date on it, eh?).

1. i've begun sewing again lately, and its delightful. there's nothing quite like the whir of a sewing machine and a hot cup of tea on a dreary day, and thus i'm beginning to think sewing may be a good way to put me in my happy place this winter. in a career of an abstract nature (like social work) that deals with abuse and trauma and sadness that you have no control over on a daily basis, i believe doing work with my hands is one of the greatest things i can do for myself.
also, the feeling of wearing something you made/altered/spent a good deal of time on is an odd sort of confidence boost, so that can't hurt, right?
all that to say, i'm sewing again, i like it, i'm going to keep doing it until i don't like it anymore.

2. i've been blogging a bit of my random thoughts over on my tumblr on a fairly regularly basis (as it does not ritually slaughter my internet access) so if you care to read them you can find me there.

this had absolutely no point other than the fact that today i remembered i had abandoned this little guy for  awhile.

pantalones

its weird, because all winter long i'm always dying for warm weather, but all i want to buy or wear right now are pants.

 i bought an awesome pair of trousers at Gap last week, and i would kill for below-90 weather so i could  actually wear them without dying of heat stroke.

how fantastic are those three bottom pairs of trousers?! especially those blue ones....oooh, what i wouldn't give.....

i need fall soon. 

(photos via vanessa jackman)

when advertising folks and adorable models do their job well

i'm kind of in love with this j. crew 2010 collection video. 

my fellas

Mumford & Sons - The Banjolin Song / Awake my soul - A Take Away Show #105 from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.


tell me their music doesn't make you want to cry out of sheer beauty and i'll tell you you're lying.

do me a favor

go here, right now

watch the video, right now.

believe in the most precious, wonderful kind of love you can imagine, right now.



seriously obsessed with this wedding and couple. i've seen few things in the world more fantastic than this. 

current fixations

these outfits (and sienna's haircut):

(photos via sartorialist, vanessa jackman, le fashion)

strawberry pie:

motorcycles:

the world cup:

(i just love it when they dog pile)

anything k'naan, but mostly this song, because of the aforementioned world cup

sad thing is, besides the world cup, i have none of the above currently in my life, and that one is about to be gone too. 

ah well, c'est la vie.

peace

too much has been going on in my life to actually even THINK of blogging, but i found this today via my lovely friend kelsey and found it too incredibly beautiful not to post, so here. i love that it is called duet:

Duet from Robin Cantrell on Vimeo.

why hello...

metallic leopard print miniskirt.

i love you.

thank goodness for friends who talk you into completely ridiculous $3 purchases.

grace

what a goddess. geez.

home

i'm home for the week and its completely unproductive and perfectly wonderful.

home has got me loving the following:

think what you will about the band's pure insanity, but this song
is perfection.

this hair. i want it. give it to me. i'm getting a haircut when i get back to nashville asap. 

this. all of this. she's perfect here. 

i just love clémence poésy. flawless, flawless, flawless. i always online-stalk her obsessively, i confess. but particularly when i have spare time, aka this week. 

my new (clearance) lace dress. cue the hallelujah chorus, i've found my lace.

{can you tell from my current women obsessions that i really really 

really am missing being blonde lately? curse you age/time/summers

spent away from constant sunlight. i don't even think i qualify as one 

of the crowd that self-describedly "has more fun" anymore. i may give 

in to my arch nemesis (hair dye) soon and splurge at the salon. 

sometimes a girl just needs it.}

(photos via garance and le fashion)

i have a thing for...

a thing for. 

it may sound redundant, but i swear you too will probably have a thing for a thing for once you look at the blog. lovely bits of inspiration. 

new treasure

                                          

guess what i'll be getting in the mail any day now? this lovely little necklace that i WON yesterday in a giveaway over at (never home)maker. i never ever ever win anything ever so i'm beyond overjoyed to have won this gorgeous little treasure. everyone should go check out ashley's blog. lovely vegetarian recipe ideas and even some yoga!  

parisian

if there's one shallow goal i have for the summer, its to become a headscarf wearer. 

that may seem stupid, but when you have an unusual hairline, hair accessories are no easy feat.

my theory has become: if you can wear it, you can pull it off.

so now i just need to find one good enough to wear. 

(photo via garance doré)

tightrope

what i love about janelle is that she's simultaneously crazy as hell 

and flawless.

that, and her dance moves are wicked.

outfit lust

gimme.

(via the sartorialist)

ladylike

pretty, sexy, girly, flowy, flirty. 

i adore it. 

but that also may be because i think natalia is one of the most beautiful people on earth.

via fashiongonerogue

"coins, keys, and candy for cuties"

i wish this was true. ok, not all of it, but some of it.

new love

i have a new designer obsession for this new girly phase i'm in right now. her name is juliette hogan, and she's from new zealand, and she's fabulous. 

its official. i want essentially everything in all of her past four collections. 

also, please note the below photo of all of my recent thrift store finds. not an article of men's clothing in sight.

i'm so proud of myself. 

what a girl wants

i have a recent obsession with all things girly. lace, florals, sequins, rose colored things, more lace.

this is unlike me.

 but i love it. 

(via shopbop.com, fashiongonerogue, thefashionspot and anotherdaytodressup)