Against my will, I am starting to consider Christmas, which prompts me to post a link to my current favourite Etsy finds… there’s soooo many adorable gift ideas & more each day!
xo
Category Archives: inspiration
favourite things this week
I have two favourite things this week.
1. the movie Wild Target, with Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint, & Rupert Everett!
2. this awesome video, seen on Rockstar Diaries…
Postcards From Italy from ForYouLoveMe on Vimeo.
it makes me miss making videos sooo much. I have to get batteries for my camera and start making mini-videos again. The last time I made a real video was (sadly) during university… it has concrete hippo statuettes and the music from Amelie. Haha, oh randomness. Anyways, this video is amazingly adorable and beautifully staged.
Enjoy your weekend! I have to work tomorrow morning and afternoon, but then it’s lovely relaxing free time for a day and a half!
of weddings
Hi there! Wow, so I have turned into a wedding-minded gal… it didn’t take very long either. First came a few magazines from my mum… then a few more… then bookmarking websites and subscribing to feeds in my google reader… and now this: I have wedding dresses in my Etsy favourites!
Want to see? (click on photos to visit the shops they’re from)
… Yes, I am pretty much all about a big skirt. And tea-length hem.
Okay, my dress budget started off as “I bet I can find a cute dress at the mall for like 50 bucks”… and then it was like “Well maybe I should spend like $100, and get something a bit nicer”, and now I’m bookmarking $350 dresses like they’re going outta style. Haha. Well $400 is my ABSOLUTE limit, and if I spend that much (if I have that much saved up to spend!) I may possibly cry. I love bargains.
Here is my ultimate favourite though: I spotted it in a magazine (it’s from David’s Bridal, which we don’t have in Canada)
image courtesy of David’s Bridal
It’s $450 and you can only buy it in-store, not online… booo. But I’m going shopping with my mum in a week and a half, and I’m hoping I might fond something similar… for a lower price… is that even possible?? Haha, I’ll stay positive.
Incidentally, Himself will be wearing a kilt. Maybe not the one he has hanging in the closet, which is mostly red and green, but even that one will look quite dashing, I think!
In related news, despite the fact that I work for a wedding-invitation printing company, we are designing our invites ourselves (ah, contemporary media art classes, how you come in handy!) and printing them on Himself’s awesome home printer (it’s a Brother). We got suuuper cardstock for a suuuper deal, and I can’t wait to choose fonts and stuff. I even want to make up a small illustration (maybe two owls?) to scan onto the computer and use.
And since I do calligraphy, I can address the envelopes myself. The best part about being creative AND broke is that the creativity allows you to do a lot of stuff for free.
Oh PS: speaking of diy stuff, I have to link to this awesome shoe-tutorial from one of my favourite wedding blogs: The Broke-Ass Bride. I specifically noticed it because the shoes look like a black version of the white ones the gal is wearing above, in the David’s Bridal pic. You know, with my favourite dress? Eeeeep!!
But actually, while I love these diy shoes, my current faves are peep-toe pumps with a huge bow. Like these:
{image by Erin Hearts Court, via The Loveliest Day}
Sigh… I do quite like shopping for shoes and dresses! xxoo
saturday loves
Hello! First of all, I got the Spring/Summer House & Home Toast catalogue and it is gorgeous…
I am absolutely in love with these yellow slippers:
and also I want this breakfast every morning, please:
Thank you.
And then I found a bunch of other lovely, pretty things to feast your eyes on for the weekend…
these cool hedges:
another breakfast themed pic, but I would really actually love to knit the socks:
the awesome greenery in this place:
the crazy-cool colour combination here: (and the mural)
this glamourous hideout (see the chandelier peeking out?):
and finally, wouldn’t you want to sleep amidst all these books?
(click on any image to link back to its source ♥)
So that’s it for my miscellaneous loves… I’m going to enjoy the rest of the afternoon before work, and then prepare for a day of family visiting tomorrow! Happy Easter!
yellow
I’m so excited that spring is here and bright colours are everywhere! I loooove yellow right now, especially when paired with a bright, cheery fuschia-purple.
(PS: I actually have the lemon lip cream by C. O. Bigelow… a Bath & Body Works recently opened up in our mall and I treated myself… and I can highly recommend it. It tastes like lemon squares. Mmmm.)
