Spaces

The empty spaces of this building had me wanting to open up a few dance studios, or spin around them myself! Wouldn't these just be the most stunning dance studios? I was envisioning wall-length mirrors and all, wish a few of the pillars were out of the way. Not to mention this crazy bank vault door from god knows when leading into a mirror'd tunnel (last picture)! Gorgeous.

Garden Globes

As my graduation gift, I had my grandma (who was once President of the Missouri National Garden Club thank you very much) work on a terrarium with me to take to my dorm!

I now consider myself to be a bit of an expert (cough cough) so I can lay out the steps for you! So simple once you have all your stuff together, most importantly your terrarium (any glass dome/jar/mini-greenhouse is perfect) and small plants to put in! Succulents should be a priority.

You can also throw in fun little "accessories" that they sell in most nurseries close to the small plants or around large garden accessories (ie. flamingo's, duh). I picked out this sassy little lady (name ideas plz) and a mushroom!

This is the order in which you throw things into your terrarium^^^.

Voila! A perfect little home for sassy pigtail girl, her mushroom and her succulents/moss. My grandma also highly recommends mini African Violets (if you can find them, the ones we found were too big for this tiny space). Mist them daily, take off the lid when it gathers moisture and leave it off for about a day, and don't keep it in direct sunlight!

Band

Dress: Nasty Gal//Coat: U.S. Apothecacy//Headband: Anthropologie

Soaking up the tasteful back-patio space of Sara's gorgeous Beaufort home with Henrik one warm July afternoon in a hand-sewn coat unlike any I've owned or seen that I can't wait to whip back out again in the fall. You'll be seeing much more of this piece. With just enough sun on my face to make me stand out from a white wall, I'm almost too happy here.


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The Doors Pt. 2

{East and West and Green}

Bedside

Considering I've been on bed rest for almost two weeks now--wait make that officially two weeks! congratulate me! blehhh--I'm struggling to come up with what to post when all I see is the messy contents of my bedroom and occasionally wobble out to the living room (on Saturday I even went and sat on the porch, it was a big day). Looking around, I realized the only thing I was interested in photographing was my bedside table because it is in a constant flux of books, candles, and notebooks. Soon I'll do a break-down of the books for you :)

Happy reading and rest rest rest, I've done more than enough!

The Doors pt. 1

Inspiration in blue!

May Flowers

April showers brought us May flowers. These were given to me by friends and family after my Friday and Saturday performances of 'Seven' the second semester dance performance for my school, and my last one at SAS and in high school. Flowers enough to brighten up a sad closing for me :)

Reflectings

The front garden, home to gnomes and fairies in dazzling afternoon sunshine. Ahhhhh.

Beach Lodging

I was that kid who spent a good portion of their childhood watching HGTV and planning on becoming an interior designer...maybe landscape if I had to. Alright, I started that out as if everyone knows who that kid was but I don't think it was entirely all that common. But yes, Candice Olsen was my hero, above all others. And while I don't think I'll be pursuing that anymore, home decor is still one of my all time favorite things to daydream about, design, drool over, watch on tv, and surf the web about (pun intended). So after seeing this post on The Glamourai, I decided I'd throw together a few things I'd put in my perfect beach lodge. Graphic patterns in beachy colors seemed to be the way I naturally went, and I'm quite happy with it. Now, on to getting a beach lodge...