A few things...

I wanted to mention that my friend Jethany Lee (who I went to design school with) got one of her kitchen designs published on the front cover of a little publication you may have heard of called Better Homes & Gardens. It's a spacious and bright kitchen located on Burt Lake, MI with lots of room for cooking & entertaining. If you get a chance, check out this issue, she did a great job!

I also wanted to give a big thank you to Desire to Inspire for featuring me as part of their holiday reading guide for 2010. I'm beyond flattered to have been included with such an amazing group of bloggers, thanks for the blog love!

And lastly, I'm not big on reality tv shows, but I cannot resist watching The Bachelor. I'm so excited the new season started last night, and this could be why:

Gotta love a man in uniform! It looks like there will be a lot of drama this season and I can't wait!

Happy New Year!

Happy 2010 everyone! I'm back to blogging after a nice little holiday break and now I'm easing back into my normal daily routine. Like many of you, I've been on a major cleaning/organizing kick lately, going through closets, cupboards, drawers, and my sewing/craft studio, which is the biggest project of them all. I still have a lot to do (like putting my Christmas decorations away), so for today I'll just leave you with a few photos of my favorite house from this month's House Beautiful. It's a lovely converted ranch that mixes industrial and provincial styles with a little bit of girly flair thrown in the mix.

Doesn't the master bedroom look dreamy?

I love the overall light & airy feel of the house. It looks clean, cozy, and inviting...a perfect way to start out the new year!

Merry Christmas!

I'm signing off until the new year to enjoy the rest of this wonderful holiday season, hope your Christmas is merry & bright (and maybe a little glam)!

See you next year!

*via southern living

Pink & Pretty

I wanted to share some photos from a lovely bridal shop in historic downtown Chandler, AZ called Uptown Bridal. My bff recently got engaged so we went on our first dress shopping adventure a few weeks back and started out here. This decadent tree greeted us as we entered the shop:

Here's a view of the rest of the bridal boutique, we loved the pink & gray color scheme...

I made her try on this gorgeous belt...if I was getting married I would SO wear this...

Don't you just love weddings? It seems like there are so many more options as far as dresses/decorations/themes/etc than there were when I got married only 6 years ago. Don't get me wrong, I loved my wedding (& my dress!) but I would do so many things differently if I were to do it again today. I know styles come and go and there's always going to be something new that comes out later that you wish you could have done and at the end of the day it's the marriage part that's important, not the wedding. But still, I'm not ruling out renewing our vows someday and throwing a nice little shindig to go along with it:)

Seriously Considering

...this pendant for above my dining table:

It reminds me of the light fixture in this beautiful eat-in white kitchen...

I'm going to West Elm later today to check it out, I'm crossing my fingers that it looks as good in person!

*via west elm & skona hem

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Here's a glimpse at some of my holiday decor...

My version of the Eddie Ross wreath

I love my white tree...

I have a little thing for these mirror trees it seems...

I bought these at Target a few years ago:

And I found the one below at the Dollar Tree this year! I couldn't believe it, it's definitely not the same quality as my Target ones, but you can hardly tell the difference looks wise. RUN, do not walk to your local store to get a few for yourself. (Just don't go to mine because I cleared them out, I think I bought 7 total!)

Black and White Friday

I guess I'm sticking with my yellow theme from yesterday. There's so much I love about this room it's hard to single anything out, but for sure I'm loving the perfect warm gray wall color, the chandeliers, the console in the dining area, and lets not forget all of the zebra print. You just can't go wrong with that! This space sort of reminds me of Jenna Lyons house, no?

I hope you have something fun planned for the weekend, I'm sure we all have a lot that we have to do, but hopefully you have time to do something for yourself, too. I'll be hitting up some estate sales today, wrapping up my Christmas shopping, hopefully getting my Christmas cards out, and checking out the winter edition of Lonny. It looks like another great issue and I can't wait to see all of the gorgeousness inside! See you Monday!

*via desire to inspire (photos by Michael Partenio) & lonny