Neglected.

I could not believe my eyes when it said my last post was from April.  Whoops.  Sorry I've been neglecting you.  Here is a photo dump from the last few months...

 

Loving the ticking stripe chair in this little nook...and the plants in baskets and paintings in gold frames...pretty much love it all.

 

Huge windows and cozy blanket?  Yes please.

 

 

Love this art by Michelle Armas.

 

Might have to recreate this...

 

Attractive bathroom storage...you know I love a built-in, even in bathrooms!

 

Love the tiny cakes and sprinkled cover numbers!

Photo Dump

 

Champ, nails, ring, print...all perfection,

I want to have breakfast here.

 



 

Going to make this dessert a lot this summer.  I'm pretty sure its a sheet of sugar cookies, but I think you could also do it with puff pastry.

I want my weekend to look like this...

I found this pic saved on my iPad 3 different times, I must have really liked it.  I've loved all my adventures this summer but I'm ready for a lazy Saturday morning that looks a bit like this...

Randoms

 

I volunteered to make a cake for an engagement party a few weeks back.  Apparently my cake frosting skill were a little rustier than I thought they were.  Really, I'd like to blame it all on the super moist cake I made...so moist that it basically fell apart every time I tried to lay some frosting on.

 

Next time I think I'll go for just drizzling frosting over individual pieces.

 

 

I hope I have a sweet little family that hangs out inside in homemade tents some day.

 

 

I always love a good tray but even more so when it serves as a coffee station for quests when they wake up a tiny bits earlier than you do and you're not quite ready to get out of bed and assist them in the kitchen.

Randoms

Since its been awhile...here are a few inspiration pics I've been saving...

From now on all the snail mail I send will be addressed like this.

Love the gray and green color combo.  May have to get some of those storage bins to fill with Sadie toys.

Want to attempt to do something like this to an old chair I have but I'm sure it will be very difficult to make something look this distressed...we'll see.

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Love this sink area.

Stovetop potpouri...lemon, rosemary, vanilla - it's supposed to make your house smell like William Sonoma.

Braided top knot...I think my hair might need to be a tad bit longer for this one to work.

Perf sunday brunch outfit!

Love these bright wildflowers!

Need to make these for St. Patrick's day!

Task light in the kitchen!

DIY broomstick horse...def making one for Baby Belknap when he/she is old enough to use it! 

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I want Alex to get a pair of "dress" shoes like these...neon laces and all.

Aww...heart shaped bacon.  Valentine's Day doesn't get any better than this!

DIY "hurricanes" for all the romantic outside dinners I plan to have this summer.

If I ever own a store this will def be on the door!

This pic makes me want to skinny dip.  There I said it.

I ordered my chambray shirt..don't know if I'll wear it as part of an outfit quite like this, but I still think its good inspiration!

Voice of Reason 2

Remember this pic from the post where I wrote about how Alex told me he was thinking about getting a tattoo because he assumed I'd say bad idea but instead I said go for it...well, I can't stop thinking about it and now I kind of want to get a tattoo, well really two, myself.

Before you go crazy...remember all those puppies I was just sure I was going to get?  I'm still not a pet owner am I?  I'm trying to really think through this since its permanent and all so this idea might pass along with all the adorable puppies I found over the last year.  What are y'all thoughts?

I think these tattoos would be sweet and quirky...kind of like me.  And the wouldn't be super visible/obvious...but I'm still trying to decide if I would want them F-O-R-E-V-E-R.

Voice of Reason

Alex always tells me the most off the wall things thinking I'll be his voice of reason and talk him out of it.  Wrong.

A few weekends ago we were at Urban Outfitters buying friendship bracelets...a different story all together so back to the point...he told me he wanted to buy a tank top thinking I'd tell him he'd look silly in it...instead I told him to go for it.  He can pull off things other people can't so I feel like if he wants to rock a new style he should.

Then a week or two ago he told me he was thinking about getting a tattoo...all though he prob wasn't that serious about it.  I listened to what he wanted, where he wanted it and of course said go for it again.  I think the right tattoos can be kind of sexy and I think his tattoo idea is well thought through and not something he'd regret.

I probably wouldn't ever get a tattoo but I kind of liked these hearts on the back of this girls ankles...another pic from Cup of Jo.