Christmas Already

I finished decorating the house last weekend, except for the tree since it will surely be dried out by Christmas. We always get a small tree (3' or so) so it won't be too much of a task to decorate.

The perfect finishing touch to decorating is filling my house with some Christmas tunes. So it was mandatory that I get 'A Very She & Him Christmas'...and on vinyl. I love Zooey's classic voice, so perfect for the classic Christmas songs ("I'll Be Home for Christmas", "Baby It's Cold Outside", etc.). The album cover art is great, red vinyl, and a little bonus Christmas card from Matt & Zooey. Cute! And I threw in some soul from Otis Redding (also mandatory for my vinyl collection). Opening these, it felt like Christmas already!

Yesterday, I received one of my "Black Friday" purchases. (Yes, I can't help but do the 'one for you, one for me' deal. Yikes!) It is the most darling little dress with vintage label "Nancy of California". Great details like yellow rid-rack, brass heart shaped faux buttons, and embroidered ribbon at the sleeves and near hem for a folk-y look.

Dress - MoonShine Junkyard, Tights - UrbanOutfitters, Shoes - Forever21

Art & Charity

This weekend Will and I went to a charity art show that was held in our apartment complex. The art show featured local artists from painters to sculptors to jewelry makers who created pieces during the show. Everyone mingled, watched the artists, and enjoyed hor d'vers and cocktails. A dj played for dancing and inspiration for the artists too.

I wore a vintage cream colored dress that I purchased on eBay. The length had been altered by the seller, which made it more contemporary but still with 60s flavor. I wore this with white knee socks (target), t-strap mary janes (nordstrom's), and white bead drop earrings (forever 21).

And a photo of Will & me...

St. Pattys & Ikea

No better time to wear green than on St. Pattys! I wore this outfit out on St. Patrick's evening. The original dress/top must have had matching pants at one time, but I paired it with black cropped pants. The pants are from h&M. The dress/top is thrifted and my (in)famous black purse was purchased on eBay. I wore black peeptoe heels from Target.

And my dog, Doodle, was in the spirit (briefly). I tied a chiffon scarf on him and he was good for about 5 minutes before he started to try to bite it off.

I recently went to IKEA and fell in love with all the cool paper napkins they had. They are almost barkcloth-like prints. Here are a few from their site:

IKEA has some neat brightly colored striped rugs. I purchased one, but am thinking of getting another. It really brightened up my apartment! This photo is from apartmenttherapy.com (I had trouble finding the rug on the IKEA site).



Other than that IKEA was a bit empty since they are getting new merchandise in. I needed a few things but they had cleared out most of it. :( Hopefully, next time.

And lastly, a shot from my apartment window...

New Pic

Here is a photo from one of my recent shoots: