Lots of thoughts, mostly good stuff
here is some cute stuff i found in a decor inspiration folder on my computer -

Business Cards

So yesterday got me thinking about business cards. I absolutely refused to let myself take any because I cannot afford to get more work now - I NEED to graduate! Anyway, I have no acutal business cards of my own and I really need some for June when I begin my own work. I think that Business Cards should be an expression of self and show people what you are all about so I have been thinking about what would be a good design, colors etc. for me. I would like letterpress but I don't really have the mental capacity to make that serious of a decision right now. I really like the cards that are skinny, I am also a fan of rounded edges or other unique edging (but not together). Anyway, I am excited to be creative about this. I've thought about using some colored stitching on an otherwise plain card. If you have any ideas for me let me know!

The first in a series

Nice Things To Look At

Every year for Christmas my Aunt Debbie and Uncle Gerry get me the Sierra Club "Engagement Calendar" I was flipping through it today realizing just how much it brightens my to-do list. I don't know enough about the Sierra Club policies to comment on the organization as a whole but they put out one heck of a calender every year, this is my second year using it. It is really something inspiring to me. There is a book I have been wanting for quite some time now, it is big and beautiful with the most amazing illustrations of plants and animals but if I had it now it would sit in a corner waiting to be read this I can see now everyday, and I do because it would be really hard to keep track of myself without it.
Hope everyone is having a beautiful Friday!

Maraianna gets famous!

One of my bestest friends in the whole wide world...

Marianna Symeonides

Is performing the first movement of Grieg's piano concerto with the Whitman Symphony Orchestra! I wish so much that I could go see her in Walla Walla! I am so excited for her!

Good Luck!

Vera Wang

Tonight I thought I would blog about an inspiration of mine whose work gave me ideas and a creative outlet all through high school - Vera Wang.

I still cannot put into words all that inspires me about her designs but like many others I have fallen for their beauty. I cannot tell you how many times I have read her book Vera Wang on Weddings and found something new and beautiful. I use to make her wedding dresses my desktop background when I was majoring in apparel design. I had a boyfriend who was so sick of hearing about her that by the time we stopped dating people would sneak into his room to tape pictures of her designs on his wall just to drive him crazy - I didn't know it was that bad but apparently it was, he told me a few years later.

Vera once said "Conventional clothing has always looked pretty ridiculous on me" which may explain why her bridal dresses are so refreshing. Her use of color that year there was a large amount of green and some orange was a much needed addition into main stream bridal. This dress with a green velvet sash was one that I highly considered when I was engaged to be married in 2005 but I choose a choosing a Carmela Sutera gown that had a more attractive neckline

What really happend

Sooo... Mr. Joshua was planning something BIG for our 1.5 Year Anniversary!
He decided to take me to McMenamin's Edgefield Resort in Troutdale, Oregon! Too bad we got suck in bad weather and bad traffic and had started too late to being because I didn't know we we were going very far so I didn't get the day off work so we were going to get there at around 8 to stay for one night - So we called and they were really nice and let us reschedule for my birthday which will be much nicer and I will get work off and everything. Mr. Joshua picked a very nice Winery Package so we could have dinner and breakfast and wine and all that jazz while soaking up the atmosphere. I am so excited to go there for my birthday it will make the next three months super long! Anywho, so since we were half way there we just went to Lake Oswego where Mr. Joshua's parents live and went to Stanford's for some drinks and stayed with his parents. The next day we relaxed and did nothing but did manage to make it to a super cute vintage shop in Portland in a great little neighborhood which we plan to go back and explore sometime! All in all despite not getting to go it was really a nice mini vacation.
Thank you Mr. Joshua, I love you!

Movin On Out!

Hi everyone!
I have decided to be homeless!
Not really but kind of. I will be spending weekends with my parents and weekdays with Joshua and friends. I am so close to graduation (June) and I had planned on doing this in May but my apartment has developed a large mold problem which my property management company has refused to address. Five months is not long enough to move and put a deposit down for so this is the alternative. I am also looking for house-sitting jobs etc. but all I can say is this should be an interesting experience and I think I will get quite a bit more reading done now because I will be on campus a lot more and cleaning a lot less.
We shall see how this goes...


This is an interesting movie i watched last night for film class, I enjoyed the unexpected plot!

A long week but plaid is Beautiful

Almost done with the first week of school, so far so good except natural resources economics. Ugg I thought I was done with Econ of any kind! Anywho I have to read lots of stuff and clean the house but i think I might get to take Sunday off to go to Portland with Josh and vintage shop.

I love this dress and want it SO bad - I'm not Scottish for nothing you see, its because I LOVE PLAID!

Vintage Beauties!

In my quest for vintage designs yesterday I found the most beautiful vintage website, some of these dresses are so beautiful words can barely touch on describing them. These are a few of my favorite! I think half the fun of having a vintage dress is the experience of finding it at a thrift store or a closet at an estate sale or knowing you got a fabulous deal on it so I probably won't be buying from here, but none the less these are something else! The website is run by one girl and I do wonder where she got such beauties and how I could ever come to be so lucky? She said something about an old warehouse, wouldn't that be beautiful to stumble across. As a little girl I dreamed of being allowed to visit the wardrobe department's costume warehouses, or better yet becoming a star and getting to actually ware some of those creations! Clothing was made so much better back then and with such flair and respect for the occasion I am happy to be able to have a few vintage pieces of my own.

Unusual Inspiration

Can you guess what it is? Find out tomorrow when i have time to finish this :)

Amazing Tesla

Vintage Inspiration...

Mack Sennett's Bathing Beauties

New furniture

Okay, so I know it is six months away, my new apartment, but I can’t resist thinking about what I am going to put in it. Lately I have been hypothesizing about a new couch or chair – do I need one - nope but I really really want one. Lately I have been stuck by bold silk fabric prints that have an old-fashioned feel but with a punch of color. This one on the left was the first to catch my eye. I don't have a use for such a chair being uncomfy and all but the fabric is fabulous. The couch below is another pattern that I really liked – I don’t actually like the couch but I do like the fabric. As much as I love these patterns my boyfriend says they will be "out of style yesterday" and I think he has a point and that I might get sick of them asap which leads me to think that I may want to just keep these silks to some nice throw pillows.

They could look great with the chair that I know I will be purchasing first thing for my new apartment. I have had my heart set on a comfy leather chair for several years now, something I can crawl up in and write and have “me space” in, it has been my long anticipated graduation present to myself. I call it my Aidan chair because I first fell in love with it on a Sex and The City episode. Mine will be slightly different in that I want leather on the arms too to make it a bit more comfortable. This is about what it will look like.