babes

my baby fever has reached a new high. (images via Say YES! to hoboken, and seesaw)

found a new blog: Say YES! to Hoboken

gosh darn it, i want this outfit real bad. i'd wear it every day.

found a new blog: Lox Papers

holy-collage-heaven. most of her posts are themed collages. very inspiring.

found a new blog: Senses Five

hair inspiration. a redhead! she's pretty. followed by the perfect messy bun. (her eyeliner and turtleneck don't hurt)

ze perfect Frenchy wedding cakey

argh. i forgot which blog i stole this from. my apologies.

a neck ornament that i WANT, perfect for Dia de los Muertos.....the perfect, perfect fall outfit.....and a girl who can't possibly get any more gorgeous.....all via 'i am a greedy girl'

well, hello there, cute backyard.

spotted on 'aesthetic outburst'

i want to travel.

i have a BIG itch to travel. period. the travel bug is bite bite biting my heels. i want to run to europe, and sit on river boats and ride bikes and carry baguettes and buy postcards and dodge vespas and drink port and stroll through gardens and hear different languages. (image via 'life according to celia')

finger ornaments

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kinda love these rings. no, i truly love these rings. i think they're pretty g.o.r.g.e.o.u.s. And i'm not much of a jewelery gal. No, i do enjoy jewelery, however i have pretty simple taste. if i wore such a ring, i wouldn't feel comfortable wearing one more piece of jewelery. i'm a nerd. these are via 'a desert fete'

lucy

check out this GORGEOUS photo of a young Lucille Ball! this is rare form, for those who are so used to seeing her in an apron with a crazy up-do. i love this. spotted it on Life According to Celia

girly

bows seem to be all the rage, whether it's a big bow smack on the top of your head or even bows made out of hair. i'm loving this bow scarf, which i spotted on you are my fave.

halloweeeeen!!

i am pretty darn excited for halloween this year, because it's on a sunday and my days off are sunday-monday. no idea what my costume will be. but there are sure to be some good festivities-the birthday mania that exists within my realm of loved ones ends with julie on the 29th, and ericka and my dad on halloween itself.

cuuuuuuute short dress

via: you are my fave.

cupcake tower for one

via: you are my fave

sunday sunday

pumpkin pancake breakfast-yes, please!! i would especially love such a fall-themed breakfast, eaten outside on those cute cushions. i'm growing to love sundays. they used to make me antsy. now, i'm so exhausted by the end of the work week, and especially after the festive fridays & saturdays we've been having (birthdays and weddings galore) that i truly indulge in a relaxing sunday. today i made myself coffee, eggs with veggies, and a big warm bran muffin. my friend julie is on her way over-we're going to take advantage of this weather, and avoid spending money, by walking around my neighborhood-tons of cute homes to look at, and a hillside which provides for quite a good burn. happy sunday!

quick-click

so, hubby has a pretty amazing (and pretty old) Panasonic camera with a Lumix lens. yeah baby. funny part about it is that all it takes is a quick tap of the finger to take a photo-but i'm talkin such a quick tap that no one understands/can tell that it is really all it takes, and so most everyone that grabs hold of said camera to shoot a photo ends up taking about 5 pictures instead of 1. case in point is seen below. these are images of my dear friend julie and i in my parent's cute backyard. i forget who took these photos, but obviously, they didn't realize the shutter going off at warp speed. what resulted was a mini photo session of almost-mirror images, as if it's one of those flip books you had when you were a kid, of an image that changed rapidly with each flick of a page. this is particularly hilarious with these images because of the corny images julie and i were purposely doing in order to fit in with the cottage/romantic vibe of the stone bench we were sitting on, in the quaint backyard. love it.

pretty....

....via Scout Holiday

just because....

...my fave shades of blue and yellow, for your viewing pleasure.... (via ?)

FALL!!!!

Autumn is slowly but surely arriving, and i couldn't be happier! when the air is crisp, i wake up with a smile on my face. coffee even tastes better. denim feels better. cats and myself sleep better. books call my name. pumpkin-scented candles become my most sought-after. everything about life automatically gets cozier. with that said, the blogs Life According to Celia, and Scout Holiday, are prepping me even more with the above images. (my mission this Fall is to successfully pull off the knee-sock craze. i'm lovin' it, i gotta say)

i've recently found two blogs that i'm enjoying: Dores-(super cute cat image), and That's Happy-(beautiful glittery cupcake image) *The author of That's Happy lives in AZ with her hubby and baby...hmm....

LET'S GO!!!

this super rad hotel is in Austria. i want to go, now. i spotted it on the blog Black Eiffel.

one more birthday-inspired image...

can you BELIEVE how amazing this fig cake looks??

birthday!

september is a FULL month of birthdays in my world. i have a long list of leos, fellow virgos, and libras in my life. as my birthday was approaching, i was collecting images (above) to inspire me to create a festive birthday party of my own. my birthday consisted of a lovely afternoon bbq with loved ones at my parents house-plenty of kabobs and sangria for all, followed by (on my actual bday...) a fancy schmancy seafood dinner at the Water Grill restaurant in downtown LA with hubby, and a cocktail at the historic Biltmore hotel. Pics of all that soon, as well as the banner of cards I've hung on my wall which i'm not taking down anytime soon. i am so lucky! i had the best birthday ever...