Sorry I haven’t been posting much lately, but I have been doing lots of other fun things (read: law school).  However, I have found some pretty fun time-wasting sites if you’re interested in checking out some new material while I’m away.  Hope you like them!

www.notalwaysright.com

www.cakewrecks.blogspot.com

And, if you want to send someone a hilarious e-card, www.someecards.com

I’ll be back soon, I promise!  Just not this week…

It’s Wedding Wednesday time, hooray!  This week I thought I’d start a series of weddings based on the signs of the zodiac.  My mom and I were talking yesterday, and we came to the conclusion that I am 100% Pisces (even my name is a Pisces name, how fun is that?).  Unsurprisingly, there were several Pisces elements in our wedding.  We centered our cocktail hour around a giant fountain, my ring has emerald and aquamarine in it (the colors of the ocean), and of course there was a delicious fish dish!  But why not go all out and design your wedding to coordinate with your sign?

Today’s board is about Aries, the first sign in the Zodiac.  Aries is a fire sign, they tend to be very adventurous, persevering, and exotic.  So why not try a destination wedding in an exotic place, maybe even Tahiti, and have a big beach bonfire at the reception.  You could use a warm color palette (oranges, pinks, and reds) and use tons of wild orchids.  In a way, orchids are a lot like an Aries person – exotic, innocent, unique, strong, and fragile.

For all you Aries out there, I hope you like this board!

1. Dress by Reverie by Priscilla of Boston

2. Linen Suit from Nordstroms

3. , 4. Tropical Leis

5. Picture via Getty Images

6. Floral Flurry Invitation by Wedding Paper Divas

7. Bali dress by Swoon Bridesmaids

8. Orchid Centerpiece

9. Felony shoe by Corso Como

Sing it with me!

Somewhere – beyond the sea – somewhere – waiting for me…

That was beautiful, you all get Grammys!

I’m in an oddly coastal frame of mind today.  I was looking at Pottery Barn for some good inspiration photos, and they did not disappoint.  But instead of finding all the lovely spring-y pics I was looking for, I found that they had jumped ahead and already started with summer.  Well, why not!?  I’m all in!  Here are some of the pretty little pictures I found that have me longing for sunshine, water, a beach, and time to enjoy them:

Is anybody else itching to get outside?  I have so many things I want to do when the warm weather returns, a lot of it is DIY stuff which has to wait until warm weather returns because we don’t have a garage in which I can work.  It’s pretty much the balcony or nothing.  So here’s hoping that the forecast for 50 degrees over the next several days is right!

Well folks, it’s officially shower season!  Hooray!  I absolutely love showers – everybody gets dressed up, there’s tons of good food, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to congratulate the mother or bride to be.  The question that everyone seems to have, though, is what to wear to a shower.  Or at least that’s the question that I always have.  So I’ve put together a couple different outfits.  No, I didn’t really take price into account, but at least these outfits give some idea of what to wear to bridal or baby shower.

If the shower is casual, feel free to wear jeans.  But make sure that they’re nice jeans in a dark wash, like a trouser jean.  Then you can toss on a pretty shirt, a necklace and a pair of flats, and call it a day!  Like this outfit:

Mercer Ginger Trouser Jeans from 7 for all man kind

Beyond Vintage from Piper Lime

Floral Pin Bead Necklace from Forever 21

Veronica shoe by Seychelles

If you’re going to something that’s dressy and casual, switch out the jeans for a simple dress and add some contrasting colors for a bright look that’s really fun!

Pleated Floral Dress from Old Navy

Perforated belt from Old Navy

Miz Mooz shoe from PiperLime

But at a shower, why not go all out?  Here are three definitely dressy looks – one for pants lovers, one for skirt lovers, and one for dress lovers.

For when you want to wear pants (and/or it’s too cold outside to pull off a dress):

Slim cropped pant from Gap

Springing Splendour Embroidered Top from Ruche

Beach Umbrella Espadrilles from Anthropologie

Into-My-Arms drop earrings from Anthropologie

For the skirt lovers out there:

Tucker Camisole from PiperLime

Classic Pencil Skirt from Banana Republic

Guess Footwear Carrie shoe from PiperLime

Layered Elegance Necklace from Forever 21

And for those, like me, who will take any excuse to wear a dress:

Plains & Prairies dress from Anthropologie

Lela Rose shoes from Payless

Longchamp Planetes Bag from Nordstrom

Alright, well I have to go do some final preparations for the baby shower that’ll be tomorrow – I hope my pictures of it turn out well!

Have a great weekend!

One of my most recent obsessions has been with really cool architectural features.  You know, corbels, gables, eaves, gingerbread, posts, those kinds of things.  And one idea that I’ve really fallen in love with is a spiral stair.

Now, I’m not saying they’re perfect.  I can actually see a couple things that are wrong with them practically (hard to move into a house if the only staircase is spiral, you don’t – usually – have backings to the stairs, just the ledge part, and I could see them being particularly difficult to navigate for really small kids and small pets.  But they’re so cute!  And who didn’t want a spiral staircase to a tower bedroom when they were little?

So now, without further ado, some really great ideas for spiral staircases:

from Archie Expo

from Furniture Store Blog

from Great Interior Design

from Hall-Gate Stairs

from Just Stairs UK

from Mylen Stairs

So that satisfies my newest obsession with spiral stairs, hooray!!!!  Seriously, I really need to save more money – I need a house to fix up ASAP (and time to do it and money to finance it… but that’s for later)!