Scuntie Happy Time!

One of my very best friends just got engaged!!! I am so INCREDIBLY happy for the both of them. He is the cheese to her macaroni and I am so excited for them! Next summer is going to be one busy summer as one of our dearest scunties is getting married too! I need to start saving up my dinero PRONTO!!

Congrats truckah! Love you!

Love From a Post-it

Perhaps the cutest love story ever. Now if only I had an office to spawn an office romance...oh wait, I have my own romance already ; ) Love you manfriend!

Thanks WorkingGirls!

Ain't Love a Bitch

"And that's the thing people; Love isn't always rainbows and icecream cake. You can't always expect that just because you set up the 'perfect' weekend for love, the 'perfect' dinner, and you wore your cute underwear- that everything is going to work out like planned."

{Excerpt from Chelsea Talks Smack"}

Please please please go read this post by Chelsea Talks Smack. She is my writing idol.

I think I've got marriage on the brain today...

Engagement/wedding/post nup photos + editorial shots = YES PLEASE! Lord I hope I have the funds to do something like this when (*rephrase - IF*) I get married! Absolutely love the grittiness of these photos (Queens, NY!!) and the beautiful shots of the couple. So fashion, so editorial, so couture. LOVE THIS. 

MangoRed Photography thanks to Oh Joy!

It's Official

I'm such an emotional girl. Definitely started to tear up at this story....

Such a great proposal ; )

Found here!

I wish I were crafty!

How fantastic is this? This was a $68 dress from TARGET that the bride fancied up herself! She cut out acrylic-backed felt and printed off designs from the web and HOT GLUED them to her dress! She added tulle to the train in the back for more length and applied more leaves to the train. Included in the detail are leaves, vines, animals, she and her husband's initials, and a quote "it's all true" that is also inscribed on their wedding bands. How amazingly talented is she?! 

View of the train

Detail

The bride and her best-man/brother with the dress in action

Found here via here! 

SEX

So I was actually home ridiculously early today and was able to catch my first Oprah episode in a very long time. Today was another sex talk episode with Dr. Laura Berman. It focused on having the sex talk with your children. Interviewed was a 14 year old couple wanting to take the next step, aka SEX, in their relationship. They have been dating 3 MONTHS. Did I mention they're 14? I am no prude, believe in TRUE sex education, and feel people are free to do as they please as long as they are safe. But these KIDS were so unsure about everything and you could hear in their voices and see in their body language they weren't completely sure, completely comfortable, or completely educated about sex and its consequences. I do however applaud the boy's mother for her openness with her son and her ability to be realistic about teenagers today and their hormones and curiosity. But what I found most interesting, and frankly frightening, is that, according to Dr. Berman, 1/3 of girls in the US are pregnant before the age of 20. TWENTY?!! 20?? 2-0?!!! How scary is that? Thank you former President Bush for your incredibly intelligent decision to fund abstinence-only education in public schools. Giving teenagers all the information and education on safe sex is not going to make them want to do it more. They most likely already want to do it (apparently, they already ARE having it) so they may as well do it safely right?! UGH!!

*Had to get that off my chest. Apologies for any offending comments or annoying writing habits. And apologies for the fact that it is not fashion related haha. Have sex. Be safe. Make love and not war!!!*

You can be loved...

even if you are not perfect

even if you don’t know the answer

even if you are horribly confused

even if you can’t make anyone feel better

even if you don’t know how to make yourself well

even if you made a mistake

even if you don’t know how to be

even if you are ashamed

even if you are hopeless

even if you don’t quite fit in

even if you are scared

even if you are lonely

even if you shouldn’t be having such a hard time right now

even if you don’t think so

even if you haven’t found your place yet

even if you aren’t proud of yourself

even if no one has really seen you before

even if you don’t know what to do

even if you try too hard

even if you’re disappointed

even if you don’t really like yourself right now

even if you are beyond good advice

even if you don’t know how to cry

even if you think this post must be meant for someone other than you

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Oh to be married...

How fantastic are these wedding photos?! Her dress is to die for! And with her hair cut and small bouquet of flowers...so 60s! I love the simplicity of it all. I'm pretty sure I need that dress! 

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Loft Lust

I am absolutely swooning over this loft!! How gorgeous are those hard wood floors and the exposed brick? I'm pretty sure I would give anything for that living room and the beautiful bedroom....ugh lusting can be painful

Thanks to Desire to Inspire for always finding inspiring places to drool over (though it could be considered cruel and unusual punishment!)

Some Love, Sex, & Magic

Ciara featuring Justin Timberlake - New Music - More Music Videos

Oh my lord how I love JT!!!! A) He is a damn good songwriter B) He and Ciara have amazing chemistry in this vid C) He is DAMN FINE!!! Oh what I wouldn't give to be Ciara or Miss Jessica. Lucky ladies!
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I miss home...

I have awesome friends. My loveliest lady of all made me a little photo presentation of their adventure to Corvallis. Pretty much had me in tears ; ) Love you guys! 

PS: that's the man friend on the far right. He's currently in his mountain-man phase ; )

I heart Paris Fashion Week

I know these have been everywhere in another picture from the Sartorialist but I am absolutely obsessed with these leather trousers. If I could only buy one thing this season it would be them. Ugh. Damn you dwindling bank account and no employment...

How fabulous is this fur coat? I am still torn on my feelings toward fur for fashion so we'll just pretend this is faux ; )

Um, feathered mini skirt? Plaid {Burberry?} jacket? Most adorable curled bob haircut ever? Done. Done. And Done. My life just may be complete if that skirt were to become a part of my sad and unexciting closet...

Absolutely adoring the slouchy rolled up trouser pant that is HUGE this season. I wish I could pull them off as immaculately as she does. So simple but oh-so chic.

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Love...

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The Shoe Gods are Mocking Me

Nicholas Kirkwood for Rodarte

In the words of the ever-so-eloquent Rachel Zoe,

I. DIE.

Thanks to Jak & Jil {a fantastic new find in and of itself!}

Yet another reason

To move to England. And how awesome are the Union Jack pillows? And that loft upstairs? LOVE it. Ugh. I need a swoon-worthy boy to buy me this house : )

Found here

Absence makes the ♥ grow fonder...

Do I not have the cutest manfriend around? It's things like this that make being 3000 miles apart just a little bit easier. And it's the things like this that make my day. 

 Love you bug. Wings and all : )

Love Lonely

Vogue Love 

Feet Love 

{this completely reminds me of my weeks at the Oregon coast with my love bug. Grey skies, tattered jeans, and all}. 

The Odd Couple

By far the sweetest thing I've seen in awhile. Being that I am a sucker for animals (literally tears every time), I had tears streaming down my face by the end. Thanks to ...love Maegan for this find!

Donate to WWF or ASPCA...protect our animals! 

Purple People Eaters

So I was in the mood for some purple lovin' last night and apparently went on a rampage saving all photos purple! 

my dream room

probably the most beautiful little girl ever captured in a photograph

another favorite color combo

purple + editorial = more please

loving the purple/grey paint and photograph displays

i feel like i need a chic Gramercy apartment for this

purple lovin'

(this link was temporarily unavailable at the time i posted this...i apologize for not giving credit where credit is due)