Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fashion. Show all posts

Friday, July 25, 2014

Have a colorful weekend

Wine-throated hummingbird

What are you up to this weekend?  We're going to (try to, finally) tackle some indoor painting projects.  The previous owners of our 80 year-old house favored the color pale yellow.  It's sallow and dingy and kind of makes you feel uneasy, and it's everywhere.  Our biggest hurdle for getting painting projects done, however -- of course, after trying to do this with little kids running around -- is choosing paint colors that we both like.  Jesse and I have very different (strong) opinions about wall colors and it takes us forever to agree on a hue that we both don't hate.  Thank goodness for the sample-size jars of paint.  We've bought at least a dozen this time around!


Have a great weekend and here are some fun posts from around the web:

Five mistakes everyone makes (well maybe not everyone, haha) when choosing paint colors.

Getting eight hours of sleep might actually be bad for you.

A wear-everywhere tank dress.

Craft beer bars in Paris.

Eye color may be linked to pain tolerance.

Delicious fruit-infused waters.

Strawberry lime cucumber mint water


Hummingbird photograph by Jose Yee.
 

Monday, April 28, 2014

Lip Service

One of my favorite springtime rituals is to freshen up my makeup bag.  There's something about a great new lipstick that just pulls a whole look together.  Check out the 50 Best Cult and Classic Lip Shades of All Time for some ideas.  And in case you were wondering, We Still Hate Lip Gloss.


P.S.  The best of the best at the party for the best and another Beatles domination anniversary.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

For The Record

I'm experimenting with sewing kiddo dresses... I made these two for the girls for Easter.  I didn't do a good job at all documenting the sewing process or the fabric selection or how I labored for hours over writing new patterns by using an existing dress as my guide.  But since I'm a blogger now who promotes "cool new things" and I'm happy with how these dresses turned out, at the very least I should post a few photos!  I can tell you that I LOVE my local fabric shop Treadle Yard Goods.