Hello Amy Butler bedroom!

I just found my new treasure hunt!

I've seen people post pics of their homemade amy butler rooms (which are stunning!), and I'd heard somewhere she had a small linen collection, but that it was a bit tame, basic hues, not amybutler'esque... but this is gorgeous!!!

She has other brighter colors in her line, but this one takes the cake! The bright tangerines and hot pink paisley prints are fun, but I like my bedroom to be either crisp white like a spa resort, or dark and cozy. And her sheets are organic and 400 thread count to boot! Wow...

images via amy butler

Summer Hair Care

Summer months always send me for some Paul Mitchell tea tree products. They smell amazing, have great clarifying shampoos and conditioners (to get all that beach water out!), and are known for the cold, massaging tingles.

You know when you smell something and it transports you back to a place? When PM first launched the Lemon Sage (omg!) quite a few years back, I had brought some with me during a summer in Malaysia. I knew I'd be at the beach a lot, and it's incredibly hot so of course I'd love some good teatree shampoo to cool off. Well I fell in love with the new Lemon teatree scent. Every time I took a shower, the whole bathroom had a light air of this lemony herbal fragrance, and now each time I use it, I remember my grandmother's house, and fixing my hair in front of the hanging mirror against open white shutters.

PM Teatree. It's good stuff :)

The best seat in the house

The Sweet Summer Swingason Found at Pier 1, for $269

hanging in a tree, on a porch, or with the stand. So comfy and cute, I had to get one. Side pockets for books & magazines, and cup holders, I could swing all day, flippin thru a magazine with some ice cold strawberry lemonade... I bet it's even nicer in the fall with a blanket... oooh the fall, cool breezes, craftshows... ok I'm gettin ahead of myself... The summer's just started and its gonna be a long hottt few months. So I'll hydrate with these

during the 104 degree heatwaves and hope I at least get a golden bronze tan from it all :)

I went to a MAC makeup class, and learned about new products, and new ways to use staple products, they've got some good stuff this summer! I've been missin out on the wonderful Fix It Plus spray! Setting spray helps keep your makeup in place, and mac artists were saying keep it in your fridge! Spray as often thru the day as you like! Totally refreshing and seems to last for a while. To use primer first, and this after makeup application, your makeup is sweatproof!

My skin's a little toasty

Spent the day soakin up the sun at the "beach" :) and by beach, I mean the lake, and that *orange water is the Oklahoma red dirt :) I'd like to think I got a nice tan, but the water's not exactly crystal clear... so all I got were burnt shoulders and a toasted face with big sunglass tanlines :) sexy I know... but being out on my friend's boat was fun, and the water was cold!! So I was a happy girl. Cheers to the summer time!

I'm in love with this picnic basket at work. If it weren't a wopping $159, I would already have it. So cute, but really, that much for a picnic basket? I haven't succumbed yet... it has wheels like carry on luggage, and has everything you need. It even has a freezer compartment on the bottom half. Oy, I spend way too much money at pier 1... I'm holdin out for a clearance sale

Kindle me this

The long wait is finally over :)))))
My Kindle has arrived!

YAY!!!

And I guess I was a little overzealous... because I immediately added 26 books on the first night :) Most though were either free or sunshine deals costing .99-2.99 so I couldn't help myself.

Three books on my To-Read list

A light summer novel, a bookclub checkoff, and the *fictional read they say is very clearly written about Laura Bush.

Recap and lull music

Winding down after a long week of working & class, with a cup of chai tea (my sweet addiction)... Spent the weekend at the lake with friends, and Memorial Day weekend Texas style :) Found tons of goodies at world market and ikea :) Outdoor furniture is on a super sale at Crate, Pier 1 & World Market! A Kindle is making it's way to me as we speak (Yay! so excited!!) so i've been rifling thru piles & drawers trying to find all my little post-its and scribbles of my jotted book recommendations 

My days are filled with a never-ending soundtrack, of imaginary background music always goin in my head, maybe manifested from only child boredom, who knows. But I do love drives down Oklahoma roads with a convertible top down, it's not much for scenery but you'll have a  déjà vu bob dylan / the wonder years / Elvis and Annabelle scene if you get really lost after a while

Remember

Remember, Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, but backwards and in high heels... - Faith Whittlesey

Happy Birthday Bob!

70 years Forever Youngthat smokey voice...

the crazy 'fro from before Rob Pattinson

the song writer of Tangled up in Blue... Like a Rollin Stone... Sara... Lay Lady Lady... Forever Young... Hurricane!... Knockin on Heavens door...!

I love this guy. Real name: Robert Zimmerman. He makes me smile. As a song writer and musician, he's been making music for 50 years now, and thats what I love about the legends! They're not just a couple of good hits and a reality show stunt... They've lasted Decades!!! Musicians from our generation are doing their 40yr old covers (albeit not always doing them justice) and reintroducing these songs to a newer audience. The good songs are never forgotten. Bob, you're amazing.

All I need for a Perfect Saturday

Lately the weather has been perfect! Some sunshine and a few thunderstorms. There's some great music surfacing. It doesn't take much to make me happy. What would you need for a Perfect weekend? I look so forward to my weekends... For me, the ingredients for a lovely Saturday: a great anthro scarf, boyfriend jeans, a kindle, my cruiser, a goood playlist, spray me down with some tokyo milk, and top me off with a CoffeeBean :) *Bliss* Hope your weekend is beautiful!

Confession #114

I'm a music nerd. My ears are tuned into low strings parts (viola for 8yrs in school) and I can't help loving the cello lullaby twist of Beethoven in this
Admittedly, the song's probably really tiring to play, redundant your arm gets quite the work out, but it is a good song to zone out to. I never get tired of One Republic

Oh Meredith...

This is on a card from my big sis in college. We used to live together, and spent many a nights laughing & crying over grey's anatomy marathons. It was free therapy :) And right abt now... I'm having a Meredith meltdown! I miss being 21, 22, when everything was great and 25 felt forever away! I'm not ready to grow up!! Not ready for the days to blend together. 25 is just exhausting! I'm always in class, or at work. Always. "Free time" what free time? I get about 4hours of sleep a night. And I feel like I'm 50 when I say "i remember when...". I guess the kid in me will just look forward to Harry Potter 7 part2 the last installment.

I just have to keep reminding myself: God has a plan. Everything will work out. Don't question it, just go with it.

Playing House

I have a fascination with sets. :) Magazine sets, window displays, shows, movies, I look at the props, and take in the ambience. I can't help it. I would love to be a stager... or a set designer...! *Dream Job* :) I'm always drawn to the whimsical decor of nancy meyers or nora ephron films (especially their kitchens). And altho this is neither, I do find myself constantly going back to Milly's (mandy moore) apartment in Because I Said So

I don't usually lean towards warm colors, but here it works for me! I love a good tufted sofa, I've mentioned that before, and I've noticed at work, I'm definitely surrounded by perfect pieces for a remake of this room. Pier 1 has some great boho accents that go so well with this style...

And I can't mention this set, without pointing out how much I love her chalkboard fridge :) love love love, this citrus kitchen. Along with Rachel Ray's retro appliances, this would be my dream kitchen. Fun bold colors, with a farmer's market flair, I would be a baking Betty every day!

happy dream house hunting...