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my iphone!  honestly, i have no idea why the mister made me wait so long and if he would have realized how happy it made me, i like to think he would have: got up in the middle of the night on black friday to stand in line in sleet with waist high snow, wearing nothing but boxer shorts to bring me such joy! and yes, i do own a rhinestone crown!  blackberry, you are dead to me, i shall never speak of you again even if you were pink.  my new iphone is white and pure and clean, except for the makeup smudge on the edge of the case where my face hits, but mr. clean magic eraser is a friend of mine!

please enjoy

yes, this is a stock photo because i live in michigan where there is NO sun right now and my pictures are worse than usual.  yes, this is the exact case that my phone is sporting because

1. it is pink

2. verizon had this one and stupid ones and i didn't want to wait.

this is like having another child and so she shall have more than 1 outfit and unlike my first child (which happens to be a REAL child) she shall be fancy and non argumentative when i dress her up like the fancy girl she is!

if you are also an iphone ifreak, i am going to need to know your imust have iapps

discuss....

so far i have:

instagram

etsy

camera+

histamatic

redlaser

facebook

aroundme

closet (be still my freaking heart!!)

target (duh!)

mars hill

i'm trying not to go all icrazy and buy every app that looks cool because i know me and i know i always think i must have it ALLLLLLL and then i use very, very little. oh look who just might be confronting (and beating) her mild hoarding tendencies!!

xoxo

For Sale

I know, the title is riveting... I'm sick...

I just listed this on etsy

that's all....

Are you hot? or are you not...

I don't know about you but sometimes I feel like i'm SOOOOO out of the loop on home interior design and fashion!  I use to consider myself somewhat of a stylish gal... but when you have to txt (I guess I'm not TOO out of it if I txt, right?) your 26 year old step-daughter and ask her -if you can wear leggings under a denim jumper because you're just not sure- you start to feel a bit old and out of it...

I'm totally UNinspired about our house lately... Reason #1- I don't really LOVE the style of our home.  It's about 9 or 10 years old, has a wide open floor plan, and zero character.  I am in love with either Frank Lloyd Wright styles

 or OLD Victorian homes.

I did a search this morning on what's "HOT" in interior colors and as I told you before, Pantone says TURQUOISE is the 2010-Color-of-the-Year

and why shouldn't it be...

does it get any better than that?  Not in my world!!

According to the experts the hot colors (in addition to turquoise) are:

pink

purple/lavender

muted yellowy greens

now THAT'S pink... not sure I could talk the Mister into that :)  Hmmm, a light pink might look pretty off my butter-yellow entry... :) I do love me some PINK!

I would love that couch to come home with me!!

lavender!

I love the above room!  I've always been a huge fan of purple and all the shades inbetween.  The 1st house I bought I did a LOT of purple... Purple dining room, dark Plum velvet curtains, Lavender counter tops in my kitchen... Hey, I was a single gal and it was a total girly cottage!  but... I kinda purpled myself out.  When I see Lavender used the way it is in that photo, I kinda fall in love with it all over again though...

Ok, so I like the interiors, but gals, let me tell you the Fashion trends for 2010 (found on fashionising.com)....  Well, see for yourself:

HOT pants, or big-momma underpants as I like to call them!  I'm quite sure this is the style my Grandma (who is 100) sports UNDER her light blue polyester pants!

Warrior Style... I'll be right back, I'm going to pick up a loaf of bread and a box of tampons in town, while I'm there I'm also going to fight off that Amish gang that's trying to steal my straight pins for their man-folks pants.

Jodhpurs... Is is just me or should she crawl back into her coffin & shine her fangs?  and Yes, I am jealous of her LONG skinny legs (FYI- i am still 4', 11- 3/4" tall)

SHEER... always nice for your daughter's school functions!

Prints- No, I'm not crazy, why do you ask?

Cut-out Bikini's... Ummmm, I don't even know what to say about these.

Bunny-Ear head bands.  How do you wear these in the car when you're picking your kid up from school?  Do your ears rub the top of your car ceiling?  and where is the wad of cotton that should be pinned to your seat?

Bleached eyebrows...ummmm, again.... I have no words.

Now this, THIS I can get into!

I personally would love to wear rhinestones on my lips, turquoise eye shadow and a goldfish necklace- maybe I'm not as out of it as I thought!!!

Well girls, we are outta here for our annual ski weekend... IF i get really crazy, I'll try to do 1 more blog to post before I leave in the morning :)

I'm dreaming of a PINK Christmas....

Oh my!! Can you stand these pictures? Pink, Pink, & more pink!!!

(all these beautiful photo's were found on flickr & the photographers name is under each photo-go see their other stuff!!)

abbylanes

boopsiedaisy

(if you don't know of boopsie- you need to!! she has a GREAT store on etsy)

also by Miss boopsiedaisy

holiday_jenny

Oh i am in LOVE! I could have just copied her entire folder & put it on here! Beautiful, beautiful pink sweetness! Make sure you go see her goodies on flickr!!!!

holiday_jenny

holiday_jenny

How cute is this button ornament!!

RachaelH

Blythe... although I've never fallen in love with mine (i don't quite get "the love"), I do love the pictures others take of their dolls!

Ragazza

Love the stars she added to this photo... how DID she do that?

slcook52

GREAT...

just when I am getting close to finishing MY advent calendar I see this one by sugarsugar...

DANG, every time I think "man, I'm making beautiful work", I see something I love so much more! Anyone else do that? You make something that you think it awesome & then you find something that makes you feel like yours looks like a kindergarten project...

sugarsugar

I want this for my home... don't you??

beautiful wreath by TreasuredHeirloom

The tree is also by TreasuredHeirloom...

LOVE IT!

I know you're dying to know how my crochet class went... I will give a total update tomorrow because I have my granny square lesson today! I will tell you that at 1 point during my 1st class I thought "OH NO... I am NEVER going to get this..."

Enjoy the pinky goodness & please head over to flickr and type in "Pink Christmas" to see MORE!!

art, giveaways & wedgies at the fair!

FIRST off, i HAVE to mention the Cutie~Cupcake i'm giving away... Go to yesterday's post to ENTER & see the details!! Go, go NOW & tell EVERYONE you know!!!

I don't know if i mentioned we went to the fair last week. A county fair is always a great place to see couture Fashion!

i don't think she's going to lose him... nor will he be shot by a hunter! The local county fair- Once again proving there is someone for everyone!
I'm pretty sure he was with security
is this what they call an oxymoron?
As soon as my book (Skinny B*$ch) comes in the mail, we'll start eating healthy... Until then we had: French Fries with vinegar, ice cream sandwiches and (of course) an ELEPHANT EAR! Darling daughter asked me how they got it off the Elephant- ha!

She's 6 now, but still SO tiny she wasn't allowed on a lot of the rides, but any age can shoot a GUN!

did i mention how awesome the prizes are? who doesn't want an inflatable hammer that says "eat my dust" (perfect for smacking your mom on the bum the rest of the day!). Her outfit cracks me up! Lavender jump suit with a gold metallic cat, makes me wanna break out into "I will survive" by Gloria Gaynor!

I really haven't done much art this summer... It's just too hard with Teddy (the new puppy) and darling daughter. The breeder "puppy-pad" trained him & Grrrrrr.... getting him to STOP peeing on rugs is making me want to pull my hair out. I am constantly watching his water intake & the clock & then yelling for darling to come take him out. Yeah, the work of a puppy... not as much fun as she thought it was going to be! Did i mention she locks herself out of the house every time she takes him out, so no matter what i'm doing at the time (including a shower) i have to run unlock the door!

anyway, i started this several weeks ago & now it's finally hanging!

i usually don't make stuff for our home, so this was a fun project! The little ceramic girl is by Ashley G

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=4187&ga_search_query=ashley&ga_search_type=seller_usernames ... LOVE her stuff!

Happy Tuesday- looks like rain here in W. Michigan! Love to work in the art room when it's raining!
OH... just found this amazing tutorial, a "Frozen Charlotte" tutorial no less! Not sure what this is? Go check it out here on Sandy's Creations:

http://sandy-sandyscreations.blogspot.com/

Sandy's a wonderful artist & will be in Somerset Home magazine soon! WOW! If you love mixed media art & don't know of the Somerset Magazines.... you MUST check them out! Run like a bunny over to Sandy's blog & tell her chinamommy sent you!

enjoy!!