Operation: Rainy Day Smoothie

It's pretty dreary out today, so I decided to brighten up the kitchen with some colorful fruits and make myself a rainy day smoothie. This one consisted of banana, strawberries and blueberries. 

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Treating Myself

After stopping by Border's to get my magazine fix in (if I bought or subscribed to every magazine I looked at, I'd be dirt poor), I headed to The Cosmetic Market next door. I had read about this yummy soap by the brand Fresh in another blog and when I saw it in the Market, I immediately picked some up. I hope it lives up to the blogger's praise. I think it will though, because its fragrance had already filled the car by the time I got home. Here's a link to the one I bought. I picked up an eyebrow definer pencil thing, as well. I have a kind of strawberry blonde shade of hair and during the warmer months when I spend lots of time outside, my eyebrows get so light they almost disappear. 

(P.S. Look at this packaging. Gorgeous!)

10 Things I Love...

No new pictures today, so I'm going to instead give you a list of ten things that I'm loving right now (in no particular order):

• cupcakes
• floral patterns
• polaroids/film
• Simon & Garfunkel
• the cool breeze outside
• fresh strawberries
• wellies
• fresh flowers
• hum of the air conditioner
• ice cream sandwiches

Abandoned

There is an old abandoned school about 20 minutes from where I live and I've always wanted to go shoot some pictures of the poor thing. It's not that sad of story though; the school was just moved into a nicer, newer building a few minutes away. It's not like it became abandoned because the city didn't have enough money or children to keep it running. It is a little creepy though, and every time I looked up into a window, I expected to see some ghost child staring back at me. (I'm terrible with scary things; I've never even seen a scary movie. It's more the ghost and paranormal things than the blood and guts stuff. I started to watch The Messengers one night, but embarrassingly had to turn it off practically right after the opening scene...)

Anyways, I managed to take some pretty interesting photos with a new film camera I bought. I'm still trying to figure it out, but I feel like the fact that it was film kind of added to the old, abandoned feeling of the pictures. (Let me know if you see any strange shadowy figures...)

Weekend Recap

I hope all of you followers had a lovely holiday weekend. I know I did! The fourth was actually kind of rainy here, but the neighbors still managed to light up the sky:

Sunday consisted of insanly long, but equally exciting Wimbledon tennis matches and cutting/folding new printies for the dollhouse:

Tea and Toast

Had some tea and toast this morning. Can't get a much better breakfast out of something so simple. The jam I used was so yummy. It was from an organic brand at Whole Foods(I'm trying to do this whole organic/fresh/healthy thing...we'll see how long it lasts).

On another note, I'm going to do a whole update for the store soon. It's looking a little empty right now, but I recently got some great new products to add.

Nature Walk

It's been raining like crazy here, but I managed to go for a run in the local park early today while there was a little break. Afterwards, I snapped some photos for your viewing pleasure. Nature is beautiful, isn't it?

Thrift Find: Treasure Chest

I found this cute little treasure chest (a.k.a. a tin box) at the flea market a couple months ago and am still infatuated with it. I love the colors. I think it's supposed to be a Christmas tin, but really I think I'll keep it out all year. Right now it's holding various ribbons and buttons.
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Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's day with those you love. I know I did...

(roses for my mom)

(sugar highs)

(someone got a little haircut!)

Smoooooothies

I love homemade smoothies. Love them. I don't make them very often, but when I do....mmmmm. I usually don't use recipes, I just throw together whatever fruit we have sitting around in the kitchen. For this one, I used some blueberry yogurt, a chopped and skinned apple and a banana. It was delish. And I had forgotten just how filling smoothies can be. I could only drink half of this before setting it in the fridge for another time. I think the color is kind of pretty, too. It's like this bluish purple pastel color.

Checking In

Just checking in to see how your holidays are coming along... hopefully you were all able to relax and enjoy time with family and friends. Posts have been sporadic, but after New Years they should become regular again!

(vintage little knick-knack)

(vintage deer found at flea market)

Winter Wonderland

{Sad story about Mr. Snowman- we found him run over by a CAR the next morning (we could see the tire tracks through the yard) ....seriously, why would someone do that?}

Paris Part I

If I had a magic carpet, I think I'd fly to Paris. Photos from Paris que j'aime, which I got from our local library a couple weeks ago. I just had to show you some of these magical vintage scenes:

Dollhouse Update

I bought some super amazing furniture from Hobby Builders Supply online and it arrived a couple days ago. I'm in love. It's going to take awhile before a room is fully furnished, but I bought a few essential pieces- a kitchen table, a plate ware set, 4 piece furniture set, a sideboard, and a fireplace. The vase on the table is actually a bead that I painted (as are the vases on the fireplaces) and the things sticking out of it are some little baubles I bought at a flea market.
See those colorful things on the couch? Those are "yarn balls" that I made out of embroidery thread.
Can I just tell you how much I'm in love with this fireplace? So romantic...

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas...

Busy, busy, busy with all of the Christmas preparation and life in general, I've ended up neglecting the blog. But don't fear, I've been taking some lovely pictures and have some great posts coming up. So don't give up on me and the little blog! For now, here's a little bit of Christmas magic...

Thanksgiving

I hope you all had a lovely, relaxing Thanksgiving. I know we did. I still have very little appetite from all of that delicious food: stuffing, rolls, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, deviled eggs, cookies, pies...mmmmmm so good. Although I didn't manage to get any pictures of the food (it was gone so fast!), I did get some photos of relaxation in the morning.

Began my morning with a coffee...

....then got right down to the ads....
...while the pup slept on and off...
...and watched the Macy's Day Parade....
...while knitting.