Found Treasures

Good morning {afternoon?}!

I just wanted to share a couple of vintage finds that I acquired over the weekend! Sorry for the bad pictures, but I've never claimed to be a photographer... The tiny vanity chair I plan on updating, but the decanter set is perfection and I'm soooo in love with it!!

Sunday's Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak

"She got back on the Vespa."
-- Josh McHugh

{Image via peacescooter.com Flickr}

Because the world was so beautiful...

{image via Art Pixie}

A Video's Worth a Thousand Words

Don't you just love Love? I know it's traditional to have a photographer take a million and one pictures of your wedding day, but when it gets down to it, I think video really brings the memory back to life so much more dramatically! Background songs, a beautifully caught moment, seeing and hearing the smiles and the laughter... I think I'm much more inclined to splurge on videography than photography! Not that I wouldn't want some pictures, but just enough to keep the tradition going :)

Isn't this video perfection? It's everything you could want in a memory!

ainjil + chris from joel serrato on Vimeo.

{via design*sponge}

Thakoon Love

Loving this dress from Thakoon's Fall line. This looks like a future Michelle Obama outfit, but I'd take it for a simple day at the office {figuratively of course... still unemployed..}!

I think it's a testament to good design when clothing is as interesting from the back as it is from the front: the asymmetrical neckline and the bow really make a difference!

{image via ShopBop}

One Room Challenge

Ok, ladies and gents, this is one HARD challenge!

Alek of From The Right Bank to the Left Coast has challenged all interior design bloggers to find one room/picture that encompasses your style. Now, all of you design lovers out there know that this is cruel and unusual punishment. But upon further inspection, I realized that this is actually fun! Hard? Yes. Torturous? Yes! But all decisions aside, this challenge really pushed me to define my style. I have a million pictures in my deco files, but I have a wide array of tastes, so as I was looking through them, I realized that as much as I love and am inspired by all of these rooms, only a few I loved completely and fully. So after much deliberation, I've stepped up to this challenge and chosen my room(!):


Why?
White walls
Bright, colorful accents
Beautiful built-ins
Big, big mirror
Modern Coffee Table
Updated Louis XVI chair
Wood Floors
Loft Ceiling
Saarinen Tulip Side Table
Simple yet powerful pallet
...everything!!

Now, Alek has so graciously turned this challenge into a seasonal occurrence, so I'm not obligated to my choice for ever and ever!

So now I turn the challenge back to you: What's your style in one picture?

I <3 Momsen

Taylor Momsen has to be the best-dressed sixteen year old on the planet, if not, at least in the U.S. She can't even drive {maybe now that she just turned 16} and she's a full-blown fashion icon and trendsetter who keeps the best fashion minds and blogs talking. Needless to say I'm smitten by her sense of style! Apparently she's also the most mature 16 year old you've ever met because word is that she couldn't possibly hang out with people her own age due to her lifestyle... they just wouldn't understand. I never thought I'd be interested in hanging out with a teenager other than my little sister, but I can't say I'd turn down a chat with Ms. Momsen!





{all images via FYTM}

Where the Bright Things Are

If you're going to have a summer wedding, I can't think any better way to celebrate than with bright colors, green countryside, and Spanish architecture. Michelle and Rich got married at the Maderas Golf Club in San Diego where the beautiful greenery and club house served as the perfect backdrop. It looks like the weather was gorgeous, but that's no surprise in San Diego!



{all images via InStyle.com}

Feeling Blue

Sometimes Mondays bring the blues...

{Kristine May}

{Kristine May}

{imfreelykeely}

{Bighugelabs}

{annakieblesz}

...but at least they can be pretty blues, right?

{all images via Restart My Heart, my new favorite photo tumblr!}

Sunday's Six-Word Memoirs

"Lovesick. 1985. Suicide by Pop Rocks."
-- Jaynel Attolini

{Image via Le Love}