Tickled Pink

Happy Friday Everyone!

I have to admit it's been an absolutely exhausting week for me and I've been saying that a lot lately. Hope everyone has a relaxing weekend.

Since October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I decided to focus on pink today. My grandmother died of breast cancer when I was in high school so this is an issue that's near and dear to me. Here are my favorite pink things...

Everything LEB did a great post on pink things.

The Blog Crawl- Jessica's World

Beth over at Hello, Splendor asked me to be part of her blog crawl. I of course quickly agreed.

Here is the task we were given...

"My Life is An Open Book"

Come up with...

The Author, The Setting, The Characters, The Plot and The Twist.

My regular life is far too boring to write about so I decided to take another route. I was inspired by this clip from Horton Hears a Who...

Someone told me this reminded them of me. I don't think that's a compliment but what the heck let's embrace the narcissism.

So today our story takes place in Jessica's Kingdom...

I am Queen Jessica. A noble, kind and well dressed queen. I run a tight but happy ship here. The best way to describe Queen Jessica is through the quote by Karen Walker...

"I'm fabulous. I am a great dresser. I have buckets of money. I am a hoot and a half and I have a great rack."

(I said it's a fairy tale, right?)

Anyway, so let me tell you about Jessica's Kingdom...

The Setting.

My castle. Flowers bloom year round. It's awesome.

Decked out by Jonathan Adler.

The Characters.

I have carefully chosen those that will work and live in Jessica's Kingdom.

Chris is there of course. Not entirely unlike this.

Joan Holloway Harris is my chief of staff because this place runs like a well oiled machine. :) She even has her own barbie doll.

Don Draper is in charge of PR. We are a no nonsense creative kingdom and we push the envelope. We also drink at 10 AM. It's how we roll.

Ina Garten is my personal chef. Don't worry. Our scientists have figured out how to remove the calories from all food so there's lots of butter. Lots and lots of butter.

The Glee Cast. They perform daily. Except Schuster's ex-wife. We banished her.

Jenna Lyons (creative director of J.Crew). We are best friends and she picks out my clothes.

My blogger friends of course can live in my kingdom.

Now like any good kingdom we have rules and they are as follows:

1. No one is allowed to speak the name of the Kardashians, Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan. EVER.

2. You must receive pre-approval before being allowed to wear open toed shoes.

3. Hummers are outlawed. We are an environmentally friendly kingdom.

4. Everyone is required to recycle.

5. All citizens are prepared to break into random song and dance at any moment. If you have coordinating outfits, you get a tax credit.

6. Anyone who is currently on the Disney channel is not allowed on the cover of InStyle Magazine

7. White Plastic Sunglasses are to be recycled immediately.

8. We are Macs. Not PCs.

9. Everyone gets a clothing allowance monthly.

10. Long lunches are a must.

11. Sushi and chocolate chip cookie breaks everyday at 2 PM.

12. Starbucks is free.

Now...

Beth said there is supposed to be a plot and twist but it's my kingdom so everything is wonderful. There are no oil spills, no horrible political analysts, J.Crew clothes are never backordered and everything in Kate Spade is on sale.

Hope you enjoyed this ridiculous look into what my fairy tale would be like!

Special Thanks to Beth for letting me be part of her Blog Crawl. Check out yesterday's poster... So About What I Said and tomorrow be sure to check out BluLabel Bungalow for another fabulous post!

Luxe & Lilies

Hi everyone! I'm back from my conference but still trying to catch up so Kelly from Luxe & Lilies has been kind enough to entertain you today.

I asked Keely the same question I asked myself... I want my home to be ______

and Kelly has done a great job telling you about her home....

Hi! I'm Keely from luxe + lillies and I'm excited to share with you all my home for the first for the first time! Jessica asked us to fill in the blank...
I want my home to be... comfortable a place to find peace and familiarity from the hectic world...

I want my home to be... a representation of who we are, together and indivdually [ its important to keep things in our home that remind us of where we came from, and where we are going]

I want my home to be... a place with style, somewhere that inspires me everyday...

Our apartment is small, and I wanted to make the very most out of all the spaces I had. The apartment is completely white, and while unsure of it when we moved in, I have learned to completely embrace the cleanliness and fresh feeling of the palette. However, with so much white space in the main area [ which is open floor plan] I wanted to add a little character which was easy to do through a few pieces without transforming the apartment with paint...

I took home a few of the paper menu's from a from one of our local favorites with a drink menu to die for that boasts silly names [good morning bangkok, crack ho mojito] and framed it as a "menu" for our own bar.

Finally our bedroom. This is a sanctuary for M too, and its important that the space we share as that fits his personality. Crisp white bedding is a must for both of us, and with the palette of white, it was essential to bring in some soft elements. I used velvets, faux furs, and silks to create texture that was masculine and luxurious

Thank You SO much Jessica for having me today!

Crabby

Happy Weekend to all! Luckily it's the first weekend of fall and we are supposed to dip into the 80s here. It's been in the 90s all week and not very fall like.

Here are my favorites this Friday!

Loving Anthology Magazine. I love that people still hang onto their teddy bears like me and the easy style in every page.

I also love...

Benches from Garnet Hill.

Eddie Ross' amazing window display. What a fun job!

Loving Rue...

and more Rue.

Love this chalkboard feature from Style Files. It looks like a bistro!

Hope everyone has a lovely week. I am heading off to the coast this weekend for a conference. Brutal honesty.... I am totally dreading it including the 4 hour drive. I will appreciate good thoughts and prayers for my husband who I worry about when I am away.

Happy Weekend!

Woo Hoo!

Hope everyone had a good week and you are as ready for the weekend as I am.

These are a few of my favorite things this week...

Do you ever have another blogger post one of your favorite pics ever? I did. Deliciously Organized posted this pic. I need some green boxes.

Love Emma Stone's dress!

Great wall stencil giveaway at 6th Street Design.

Wallpapered Closets at High Street Market

Jonathan Adler umbrellas from See Jane Work. Need one!

Love this house from Full House.

Love this Journal from Kate Spade! Adorable.

Also, Luxe & Lilies highlighted the best parts of fall!

Happy Weekending!

Making It Work

I hope everyone had a great week! I am so glad for the weekend and lots of college football!

Here are a few of the things I oohhed and ahhhed over this week...

This tablescape from Eddie Ross. He and Jaithan are amazing!

The amazing Tim Gunn was hilarious on Jon Stewart and I can't wait to read his book (Anna Wintour was carried down 5 flights of stairs?!)

Now onto a special shout out. I don't know about you guys but I am infinitely thankful to those bloggers who are faithful commenters. A lot of times I look and don't comment simply because I don't have time but this is one of those that I always her smiling picture commenting on everyone's blogs....

The Zhush! Thanks for being so faithful and for your fabulous taste!

I simply must have this hat and these earrings from Kate Spade!

Love this exterior from Architectural Digest!

Need this bracelet from Garnet Hill!

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!