Bits of My Weekend

 

Since the beginning of the new year, Alex has been working non-stop...literally! He hasn't had a day off since the 2nd or 3rd! So on Saturday after he finished a short shift at work, we took a trip down to Corte Madera and had some clam chowder in bread bowls at the famous Boudin. It's our favorite place for clam chowder... we usually head all the way down to San Francisco for it but thanks to Foursquare, we found out that there is a restaurant much closer to us.

While we were out, we saw a cute dog playing in a water fountain. I don't know about you guys, but I loooove dogs so I just had to get a few pictures of the cute little guy. I wasn't the only one either, a crowd had gathered around the pup ooh-ing and aw-ing. It was just too cute!

We also finally took our Christmas tree down (yea, it's the middle of January...we're procrastinators who love Christmas!)
Since I'm the most organized person you will ever meet (not!), I found mustaches from my 2010 Halloween costume in our "Xmas Decorations" box. There were only two left, so we did the only logical thing there was to do and wore them while we undecorated. Not gonna lie, I kinda want Alex to grow a real one... too bad he kept complaining that it was itchy.
I'm thinking that last picture of us might be a future Christmas card... hehe, I love it!

Liked Links

I'm probably subscribed to thirty-something blogs on my Google Reader so I am constantly going through and finding amazing posts on interior design, fashion, and photography. Sometimes I like to write specific posts down so that I can go back and find images to post on my tumblr. Most of the time though the posts go unshared. So now I'm going to start a weekly post called Liked Links (name soon to be changed once I think of something more clever). I'll share some of my favorite posts of the week and hopefully you'll be as inspired as I am!

01 // This sweet Valentine's Day card can be purchased on Etsy, but it makes me want to try to do it myself!
Found on Design*Sponge.com

02 // Who knew cords could bring so much personality to a lamp??
Found on B for Bonnie

03 // Of course the home of two photographers is picture perfect!
Found on Desire to Inspire

04 // Want to be inspired by a truly amazing designer? Go see Faith.

05 // I wish I could capture the simple moments in life the way Dabito does.


Have a good weekend everyone! I'm off to have good old fashioned R&R.
P.S. It's Friday the 13th!! Ahh!

Let Them Eat Cake!

Wayne Thiebaud Cakes, 1963, oil on canvas

Maybe it all started the day I was in the SF MOMA gift shop and saw a book of Wayne Thiebaud's work but ever since then, two things have occupied my mind. Cake and oil paintings (weird combo, right?)

I keep finding images of simply decorated and delicious looking cakes all over the blog-o-sphere and on Pinterest. As a result, I've come up with a couple of New Year's resolutions:
1. Bake and decorate a cake.
2. Make an oil painting of said cake.
That way I can have my cake and eat it too! *har har*

Images:
1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6

Wear This in That

Inspired by Kat's posts of Outfits Inspired by Dishes and I thought it would be fun to do an outfit inspired by an interior. I don't know how well the two images correlate but it was fun looking for elements in the interior that could be translated into something to wear.

Photo Credits:
Interior // Outfit (created in polyvore)

Wanderlust

 

As I was scrolling through the pages of my Tumblr dashboard yesterday, I noticed that people were posting a lot of pictures of nature. Usually during this time of the year my dashboard is filled with photos of cute girls wearing warm knitted socks, holding cups of delicious tea/coffee/cocoa, and sporting perfectly tousled hair (not that that's a bad thing!).
However, seeing photos of green mountains, dirt paths and misty forests was a breath of fresh air and made me really want to go hiking. I know it's winter but lucky for me, the Bay Area doesn't get too cold and (for some reason) hasn't really hit its full winter potential. This brings me to my next point: winter hiking!!
To me, hiking has always been a summer activity but since we are having some unusually warmer weather this year and I'm having some unusual urges to reconnect with nature, perhaps I'll find some time to get out there and do it.
Now if only Alex had a free day to go for a walk...

Photo Credits:
1 // 2 // 3
4 was taken by yours truly :)

DIY Felt Garland

I was going through my blog reader yesterday when I came across these photos of felt ball garland on Angela Hardison's fab blog. I've been feeling the urge to do some DIY projects lately and figured that this project would be a good one for me. I didn't want to just buy felt balls and string them together so I looked up a "How to make felt balls" tutorial. Turns out, there is a really simple one over at Pickles.no! I love finding new and awesome DIY blogs and websites!

My dad is sort of a DIY project nerd too so when I told him of my little plan, he advised me to buy plain white wool and then dye it with Kool-Aid! I have no idea if it will work, so I guess this will be a fun little experiment. 

I'll let you know how it goes!

Photo Credits:

1 & 2

All white? All right!

Do you live in an apartment with boring white walls? Do you say to yourself, "If only I could add some color, I'd love this place?" 

I was in the same boat as you but now, I am obsessed with all white interiors!  

I would say the key points for a perfectly decorated white interior are:

1. Good natural lighting

2. Some fresh plants or flowers

3. A nice punch of color

4. Interesting wall art or decorations (i.e. mirror, painting or pictures)

Below are just some samples that are really inspiring me lately:

 

Photo Credits:

1 // 2 // 3