Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009

Kati's Bridal Shower

Kati's bridal shower was this weekend, and it turned out great! I am Kati's maid of honor and helped get the shower together with party favors and organizing games. All of the hard work was completed by Kati's family. What really made the shower unique and quite pretty was the venue. We held the shower at The Blum House in Collinsville, IL. This house was built in 1900 and was donated to the Mississippi Valley Public Library District in 1997. Since then, the house has been used for rental to individuals and businesses for meetings and social gatherings.
This is the home from the outside:
This is the sun room where we put presents, cake, and the buffet line:
We also used it later for the judging of "Toilet Paper Bride."

Main room where all the guests sat, I assume this was the living room:
The bride to be and I:

We used the staircase as a place for photo ops. Here are the girls in the bridal party.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Regina Spektor

Rediscovering Regina Spektor. I listened to her music quite a bit back in 2007, and it's been nice listening to some of her music again. I got to see her live at Bonnaroo 2007, and here is "Samson" from that show. Love.

Monday, June 22, 2009

Pretty Interiors


Love these pretty rooms spotted over at The City Sage.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Party Decorations



Trying to get a few ideas for party decorations since Kati's bachelorette party is in early August and I'm hosting (at least for a portion of the party). I really like the paper lanterns, which I've seen before. I saw a tissue paper pom kit from Martha Stewart at Micheals the other day and thought that those were pretty fun as well. I'd prefer to do bright and cheery colors since I know that's what Kati likes. Hopefully I can find some decorations that will be on the cheap side since I'm on a budget.

Sources here and here

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Adorable Summer Look

Such sweet style. :-)
Photo from Altamira, a great blog showcasing models' street style.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Meet Me In St. Louis

Wanting to see the musical, "Meet Me in St. Louis" at the Muny this summer! Appearing July 6-12. I will try to go and score the free seats. :-)

Saturday, June 13, 2009

All in a Row

Flickr Love



Liking these photos from abbytrysagain's photostream. She takes such pretty photographs! Photos from here.

Friday, June 12, 2009

The Dreamers



This film looks really interesting and so visually beautiful. There are so many movies I need to rent!

The Dreamers
, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Wiyomu

Etsy Love: Wiyomu

This seller has many pretty necklaces and earrings. My favorites are all of the lovely lockets!



All photos from Wiyomu
Via A Cup of Jo

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Alexa Chung

Fashion Icon
Alexa Chung is an English TV presenter as well as a model, and will soon have her own show on MTV- "It's On With Alexa Chung." I love her style, and here are just a few of her many great looks.




Monday, June 8, 2009

Sweet spaces




Love, love, love.

Wedding Weekend







Good times with friends. :-)

Friday, June 5, 2009

Giraffes




Went to the zoo last week and took a few pictures. The giraffes were so adorable and I loved these pictures. :-)

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Shoulder bag



If I had $840 lying around, this shoulder bag by Tila March would be pretty sweet. Love the messenger-style and that perfect chocolate brown color. :-)

Two Lovers



Wanting to see the movie, Two Lovers, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Vinessa Shaw. Came out earlier this year so I'll have to hunt it down.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The puppies


Here are Tiara's puppies.
I love that all of them made it into this shot. So cute. :-)

Monday, June 1, 2009

Ballet/Chanel

Karl Lagerfeld designed this tutu as well as other costumes for The English National Ballet principal dancers. This is Elena Glurdjize performing for Karl Lagerfeld in the Chanel Couture Salon. So pretty. :-)



Via chelsea fuss
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