brocade home.

My co-workers told me about Brocade home today.. and I am loving all they have to offer! Number one on my list is probably the the 3 frame mirror for my bedroom. Look at more here!

blue pick-up curtains into somethin' new..

On my first Minnesota camping experience, we hit up some little garage sales and I've always got my eye out for a find. This fabric came from the curtains of a woman who had them up at one point in her classy sassy blue pick up that she would drive to take her kids to 4H events...It was perfect weight for a drape-y little top with an awesome bow.

birthday tree.

The card I made for my mom and hannah's birthdays (where we would live if we caould all live together in the same spot)."In a prairie not to far away lived 4 girls in 4 cottages in a charmingly charming tree..."

my fall wardrobe..if it only fit me.

My world is now encompassed in kids clothing..blame it on the day job. Over the past few weeks as I have been struggling to find a fall "look" to invest in, I have found lots of things I love..but the biggest they come in is 6T. Misha Lulu is has quite a cute and yummy look that I would love to wear! And I love their website..

apple a day.

Another wonderful blog is Apple a Day, the kind that make you want to cozy up under an old quilt, needlepoint and frolick around pretending to be Jo March. I love this post about school supplies. I think an order of these personalized pencils is in order. See more here.

2 carrots and a tomato please.

An old general store's cabinet? I wish going to Super Target looked like this still. Seen on Please Sir blog.

i dream of things like this.

Just let me indulge for a moment (as I do often on this blog) and share this...this is the cutest piece of furniture I have ever see. If left to my own devices, I would maybe just quite possibly choose to pink 8 out of 10 times a decision called for it..but parts of me know better and help reign in these indulgences. But for now, I want this! Check out the rest of the apartment where this lives here!

record the day.

What a wonderful idea from Lobster & Swan. I keep a sketchbook, but this idea seems different and fresh..maybe not as perfect as I like each of my sketchbook pages to be. I would incorporate more drawing but even the thought of each day having a color story..something to think about. See more here. Also, I'm about to get on ebay and find me one of those date stamps.

OOooo...

I am loving this special edition print from Lab Partners. It might have a perfect place on my oh so white walls. Check out there blog here.

yum.

I just happened upon 2 amazing food blogs...and I can't get enough! If you are hungry and want something super fall-y and tasty...visit milk, eggs, chocolate or smitten kitchen. Pictured above is the butternut squash soup with gruyere crutons and rasberry breakfast bars...sigh.

if i were a fabric..

..i might just look like this. I could play this game all day.
Get it here.

heart be still.

In the dear words of doober, heart be still! I have been eyeing Katie Runnel's wreaths for quite some time and think that I will be saving up for one very soon. I especially love this oh so crazy wonderful one.
Look at more here!

my kind of gift.

I have been meaning to share these pictures for too long, but here they are! Our wonderful neighbor Darla brought me an enormously large graduation present to open when I was home over the summer, and to my sheer joy, I looked down at all this! Tucked in a fabulous patent pink purse, was every sort of vintage rick rack and ditsy fabrics a sewing vintage loving girl could want! How nice for her to share these treasures that used to be hers and her mothers with me! Thanks Darla!

flower friend faces.

My sweet friends came in town last weekend and I was brought this colorful bunch of wildflowers. My dear friends all living happily close in this beautiful teal blue vase.
Some day..

thursdays.

Thursdays mean the market on Nicollet. I like to buy from the local farmers, especially an older couple who sells apples from Appleberry Farms. Sorry for the lack of posts... I am still trying to find the balance and energy of work life.

i can't help myself.

Ok, please just let me be a super dork right now and post this picture. I do not get overly excited about any animals, but when it comes to Chows or St. Bernards, it's a different story. Martha's latest task, trying to choose a new Chow puppy..I am super jealous.

vintage dresses..oodles and oodles of them.

I will start with a new favorite, picked up this weekend at Halle's Vintage. I would wear this everyday in my dreams.

A dream print in my book, from Halle's Vintage.

A beautiful, bright floral from Very Vintage, Savannah.

One of a kind reminiscent of Florence Broadhurst, from Minneapolis.

Bright colored muu muu's, I can't help myself, from Minneapolis.

What I like to call my Minnesota weekend dress, Halle's Vintage.

Great print on a shift from the 50's, from Minneapolis.


Italian wool 9 to 5 dress from the 40's, Halle's Vintage.

Black eyelet beauty, from my sweet friend Haylie, on my 22nd birthday.


I do love a vintage plaid, from a flea market in Paris. This one has beautifully hand sewn button holes.

So Jackie and so pink, from Omaha, NE.

Rainbow check halter dress, from an amazing vintage store in Paris.

A true gem, tulip dress in red and white seersucker, from my dear Haylie.

Red Greyhound daydress. One of my very favorites, from Haylie too!

My collection of vintage Dresses..I can't help myself.

black earth prairie girls.

I have wonderful friends and one of them is hidden in the prairies of Black Earth, WI. I drove up the drive way to find myself surrounded by yellow flowers and smiley Emily running to meet me! I was giddy the whole weekend..from walks around the prairie and seeing the magical woods where Emily grew up, eating pears from the pear tree, finally stepping into Halle's Vintage, a mystical mecca in Mazomanie, where 2 giddy girls played dress up for 2 hours and came out with some of the cutest loot I ever did see, a Wisconsin small town extravaganza tour featuring Spring Green, a charming town with a main street full of old cars, and Mt. Horeb, a Scandinavian hub with a mustard museum..yes please!, lemonade spritzer and This American Life...I was refreshed and happy. Love you Em!