IN SOME FORM OR FASHION

I am a huge advocate of indie movies & watch as many as I can. Garden State & Little Miss Sunshine  are two of my all-time favorite films. It all began in those early 2000's days of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind/I Heart Huckabees/Lost In Translation around age 15, when I first found my love for them. Then in my early college days I used my library card to watch many more...this was before Netflix. These days I jump at the chance to catch one at a "select theater near you" when I can or catch them on Redbox/Netflix. Here is a list of my top favorites that I suggest you watch too! (in no particular order) "Running With Scissors" - Based on a memoir of the real Augusten Burroughs all about his bizarre childhood & kooky family in the 70's. "Our Idiot Brother" - Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Rashida Jones...what's not to love? A sweet & humorous story about siblings. ...

This week I was inspired by the great outdoors. But not in the earthy, granola way you might think. In the dark & dreamy, celestial way. The stars, outer space, & the milky way. Gemstones, geodes, & pink sunsets. The color palette: cobalt, magenta, rosegold, indigo, silver, grape, & of course black. Beauty, fashion, interiors, art...my mind has been flooding with the endless possibilities of how one could incorporate this beautiful inspiration into their life. To help me better explain, take a look at the ideas that have completely taken over my day dreams in the past few days & maybe they will inspire you too! That effervescent wallcovering & those chic lamps are just divine. I'm just a little obsessed with the look to the left & officially on the hunt for that Zoya polish. These shapes, textures, & colors would make any living space a heavenly one. In love with these iPhone cases, magnets, & coasters.  These lively fro...

Here's five things that made me smile this week! 1) My co-workers & I often joke how when there's carrot cake in the kitchen, it is totally acceptable to eat because technically, it's a vegetable. Or ya know, a peanut butter cookie is just protein right?! lol. So when I saw this on Pinterest I laughed. This will definitely be our new motto. 2) This quote: "For most of life, nothing wonderful happens. If you don’t enjoy getting up and working and finishing your work and sitting down to a meal with family or friends, then the chances are that you’re not going to be very happy. If someone bases his happiness or unhappiness on major events like a great new job, huge amounts of money, a flawlessly happy marriage or a trip to Paris, that person isn’t going to be happy much of the time. If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit of happiness."  — Andy Ro...

Alright, so it is now officially Autumn. Say goodbye to your sundresses. And although I'm just excited as the next girl to bust out my scarves & boots, Mother Nature is just not quite there yet. If you live in Atlanta like me, or perhaps in Florida &/or Arizona where I grew up, then you know it doesn't typically get cold enough to really bundle up until around Thanksgiving. So what do we wear in the meantime? Here are my suggestions for a kinda fall wardrobe to wear before we go full Eskimo from head to toe. This is the perfect time of year to switch up your color palette but still show a little skin.  Try a leather mini like one of my favorite muses, Reese Witherspoon. Take a note from J. Crew & ease into those fall neutrals by going with the new 2014 Pantone colors,  "Sand" & "Paloma" instead of jumping right to blacks & browns. I especially love the monochromatic idea. I've never actually tried the shorts with t...

Did you know this past Tuesday was National Punctuation Day? I know this because my mother is a high school english teacher, of course.  Needless to say, things like punctuation have been engraved into my brain. So in honor of this, I decided to do a fun post dedicated to punctuation, good grammer & well...intelligence in general. " Today is the day to pause, perhaps with the help of a comma or two, to commemorate National Punctuation Day. It's part awareness, part celebration of how important punctuation marks are to accurately express, define, even truncate (thank you, ellipsis) our writing." - http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/ My favorite punctuation mark is the oxford comma, followed by the exclamation point! Anyone who's ever received a text from me knows this well. :) I also have a deep love for the ampersand. Which I know is not punctuation, but it's in the same family. Always remember the rule of "it" Yes, yes, s...