Finding Loveliness

I Heart Washington.

2010-07-26T21:19:00.002-04:00

when i see cherries, i think of Washington State.
oxox

Yellow & Turquoise

2010-07-26T21:12:00.002-04:00

these are my new colors.
find it at ohJoy!

Oh Summertime

2010-07-26T21:09:00.001-04:00

a splash of RED.

2010-07-26T18:51:00.002-04:00

hair.
dress.
style.
clogs.
NYC.
red purse.
designlovefest blog.

in the details...

2010-07-26T18:43:00.001-04:00

i found this on my favorite blog ohJoy!

tea time

2010-07-14T21:30:00.002-04:00

(from the same seller as below)
oxox

Gracefully

2010-07-14T21:25:00.001-04:00

Cutest Pride & Prejudice memorabilia = Brookish's Shop at Etsy

JJ Heller: Decorator Extraordinaire

2010-07-13T00:00:00.003-04:00

These images are from JJ Heller's blog Lovely Little Things. I am so inspired by her decorating style and crafty ideas.... and of course, her music.

i want u.

2010-07-11T23:58:00.003-04:00

in war and peace.

2010-07-11T23:39:00.003-04:00

geometric balance

2010-07-11T23:35:00.001-04:00

there'd be sunshine.

2010-07-11T23:18:00.005-04:00

"If I ruled the world, everyday would be the first day of spring. Every heart would have a new song to sing. And we'd sing of the joy every morning would bring."

~Jamie Cullum

surprise.

2010-07-11T00:11:00.003-04:00

The new Norman Rockwell exhibit: Telling Stories, opened at the Smithsonian Art Museum this past Friday. I want to go so badly.

da S'more Dress.

2010-07-08T00:36:00.005-04:00

Dress from Anthropologie, where else? I think you should know... it has pockets.

Bittersweet Thursday.

2010-07-06T00:01:00.002-04:00

Dear Thursday, I know you have to come... but could you just show up a little late? I need a bit more time.

Ode to a Duvet.

2010-07-05T14:24:00.003-04:00

I found these at Urban Outfitters.

colors.

2010-07-05T14:19:00.003-04:00

Happy 4th

2010-07-04T22:00:00.003-04:00

2010-07-04T20:00:00.001-04:00

I see the King of Glory
Coming on the clouds with fire
The whole earth shakes
The whole earth shakes

I see His love and mercy
Washing over all our sin
The people sing
The people sing

Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

I see a generation
Rising up to take their place
With selfless faith
With selfless faith

I see a near revival
Stirring as we pray and seek
We're on our knees
We're on our knees

Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

Heal my heart and make it clean
Open up my eyes to the things unseen
Show me how to love like You have loved me

Break my heart from what breaks Yours
Everything I am for Your kingdom's cause
As I go from nothing to
Eternity

Hosanna
Hosanna
Hosanna in the highest

Hosanna in the highest

~Hillsong

Quote me on this...

2010-07-04T18:38:00.002-04:00

2010-07-04T18:33:00.000-04:00

2010-07-04T18:26:00.000-04:00

perfection.

2010-07-04T18:21:00.000-04:00

Espadrilles

2010-06-25T12:42:00.001-04:00

I just got these in pink from OLD NAVY and love them. For like 14 bucks, they were a steal!

it's all in the details.

2010-06-23T16:58:00.000-04:00

Perfect & Snazzy Seafoam Patterns

2010-06-23T12:11:00.004-04:00

LOVE LOVE LOVE THESE prints by anthropology!

We're all in this together....

2010-06-23T12:03:00.003-04:00

the end of the beginning.

June 19th, 2010

Colorfulness...

2010-06-20T09:34:00.001-04:00

I found this on one of my favorite blogs, oh joy!

If I Ruuuuled the Wooorrld

2010-06-17T23:20:00.003-04:00

I was in Barnes & Noble a few weeks ago browsing the jazz section. I found this album that had come out recently and I had really enjoyed the guy's voice, but I left without buying anything. Yesterday, I was trying to find the album online... with only the memory of the album cover art work to guide me along my quest. Fail. I could not find a trace. Today, I went back to B&N and went through all of the artists determined to find this young pop-jazz artist. Hooray! I found the album. I LOVE JAMIE CULLUM... it's easier now that I know his name.

Meet Plum Blossom... the soon to be newest member of my family.

2010-06-17T23:11:00.010-04:00

I ordered my baby today! Thanks Grandma!!!! xoxox

Her name is, Plum Blossom Macintosh (but she's still just a twinkle in the iDrive)

bright light

2010-06-16T22:46:00.002-04:00

pbteen

border puncher

2010-06-16T22:43:00.000-04:00

I want this!

well packaged

2010-06-16T22:25:00.002-04:00

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

tomorrow, i'm making scones for my teachers. as a going away/ thank you gift. i'm always looking for cute, new, and creative ways to package food gifts. i found these clever ideas on martha steward's website.

1. velum cookie envelope
2. homemade packaging box
3. decorative paper bag
4. tissue paper rapping
5. card stalk platter

adorable fabric pom poms

2010-06-16T13:15:00.003-04:00

These are the cutest things ever! get inspired at onceWED blog (with how to instructions!).

welcome to my lovely abode

2010-06-16T12:57:00.003-04:00

These photographs from Lovely Undergrad blog have been inspirational. I have so many ideas in my head, it helps to find examples that are similar to mine. Hopefully, looking back at this post will jar my memory.

... I find out who my darling roomie is on july 1st. a.k.a.- 15 more days of anticipation.

and all that jazzzzzz

2010-06-15T21:44:00.003-04:00

I'm exploring the world of jazz. Wanting to acquaint myself with some artists, I came across Melody Gardot. I adore her voice, and her gorgeous smile.

2010-06-15T21:19:00.001-04:00

the summer of george.

pondering alone

2010-06-15T21:03:00.000-04:00

dorm decor

2010-06-15T20:57:00.002-04:00

I really like the wall arrangement in this dorm ------>>>>>

oh Bob.

2010-06-15T20:46:00.002-04:00

Bob Dylan reminds me of... men. in a simple, complex way. It makes me think of my daddy, a strange history teacher named mr. walsh, my friend owen, martin luther king jr., my english teacher mr. charron, my childhood best friend named dan, jesse mccartney, and pablo picasso. all these men are extremely, distinctly distant from each other. no correlation. in another sense, equally impossible to decode.

2010-06-15T20:39:00.001-04:00

I DO. I DO. ban.do

2010-06-14T13:22:00.002-04:00

find them online at ban.do

her.

2010-06-14T13:18:00.002-04:00

I love her dress.
I love her hair.

dirt + me = free fun

2010-06-14T12:45:00.001-04:00

PlaYiNg In THe diiiRt + : ) = WoRk ?

I have the best job in the world!

2010-06-13T02:19:00.001-04:00

the contrary

2010-06-13T02:12:00.001-04:00

oh, to be a brunette and a lover of blue.

the 1 and only

2010-06-13T02:00:00.002-04:00

i don't want to be a married person. am i selfish? am i naive? am i correct?

"Katherine, you're like no girl that I've ever met." ~my mom

too cute.

2010-06-13T01:37:00.002-04:00

1:35 am

2010-06-13T01:28:00.002-04:00

yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
yes
no
no
no.

"you don't have what you wanted & it's hardest because you couldn't have it, not because you shouldn't have had it in the first place"

Classic to the Max

2010-06-11T00:07:00.001-04:00

Best movie ever!

Totally Kay

2010-06-10T23:55:00.002-04:00

So I bought a really cute bedspread/ quilt for my dorm room. It's kinda a bohemian, shabby chic, floral style. I LOVE IT. Perhaps I'll still end up getting these PBteen sheets!?!

Finding the chic in the shabby.

2010-06-10T23:36:00.003-04:00

When I'm a big girl, I want a Shabby Chic house.

The Girl with a Trash Earring

2010-06-09T13:42:00.001-04:00

Check it out!

2010-06-09T13:13:00.002-04:00

the undocumented finale.

2010-06-09T13:04:00.002-04:00

So, I'm forcing myself to post because I haven't in a really long time. I've been afraid. Afraid that if I documented these past weeks that time would speed up. Afraid that if I attempted to capture my feelings and thoughts that it would be incomplete or distorted. But, I think in the coming days, I should try. I will try to record the finale of high school and life as I've known it.

the Printed Platform & the 8x10 Print

2010-05-20T17:31:00.000-04:00

Block Art

2010-05-20T17:15:00.002-04:00

2010-05-20T17:09:00.001-04:00

"You have made known to me the paths of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence." -Acts 2:28

Summer on a Thursday

2010-05-20T17:00:00.003-04:00

I love these prints by ChipmunkCheeks.

Moccasin Love

2010-05-15T16:07:00.004-04:00

These moccasins by Darlingtonia Moccasin Co. are so cute. If I was staying in Vermont, I'd have to buy a pair.

2010-05-15T15:52:00.000-04:00

Is this what I want or what I need?

The Adventurous Lady

2010-05-14T22:34:00.008-04:00

Heels in the barn, pink dress and mud boots, hiking in a skirt, gardening with lipstick on...
is what I call being Kay.

The Joy of Optimism

2010-05-14T22:20:00.000-04:00

Prom

2010-05-13T22:15:00.001-04:00

Dreamin of Summer '10

2010-05-13T21:40:00.001-04:00

2010-05-12T23:33:00.001-04:00

everything happens for a reason.

simple to say but hard to trust.

I love this song by Krystal Meyers!

I was consumed
By a life that I made
Destined to crash
Beat up and bruised
By the flashbacks of my own past
I tried to hide away
Till I heard you say

[Chorus:]
Lovely traces fall behind you
Turn around and you will see
Lovely traces to remind you
Everything that you've been through
What it took to get you to me

All my mistakes
Regrettable choices I'd like to forget
But somehow you make
All that I wasted useful again
I thought I fell from grace
But you can't erase

[Chorus:]
The lovely traces behind you
Turn around and you will see
Lovely traces to remind you
Everything that you've been through
What it took to get you to me

I lost my direction
'Cause I couldn't see
What a beautiful picture
You would complete in me

[Chorus:]
The lovely traces behind you
Turn around and you will see
Lovely traces to remind you
Everything that you've been through
What it took to get you to me

Princess Hair

2010-05-12T23:26:00.005-04:00

LOVE IT.

2010-05-09T13:49:00.001-04:00

I adore this necklace by Babette. I'm actually creating a necklace inspired by it, made out of various metals in jewelry class... I hope it comes out half as cute as this.

Technology, meet Nature

2010-05-09T13:43:00.001-04:00

so cool. I'm a little obsessed with covers for your mac. This one is from Karvt.

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T13:28:00.002-04:00

To: Mom, the most caring, selfless, relatable, spontaneous, encouraging & inspirational one out there

I LOVE U and thank God for placing you in my life everyday.

Love: Your little girl

Top Notch Dazzle & Charm

2010-04-27T22:58:00.018-04:00

Here are my favorite actors (in no particular order)...

Zac Efron
(love him in: 17 Again)

Matthew Macfadyen
(love him in: Little Dorrit and Pride & Prejudice)

James McAvoy
(love him in: Becoming Jane)

James Franco (love him in: Fly Boys)

Matt Damon
(love him in: The Bourne Trilogy)

Hugh Dancy (love him in: Daniel Deronda and Confessions of a Shopaholic)

Jimmy Stewart
(love him in: Rear Window, It's A Wonderful Life, and The Man Who Know Too Much)

Rainbow Room

2010-04-26T20:46:00.004-04:00

After hours of searching online for dorm bedding, I have come to this conclusion: I sure hope that my roommate has some ideas for a color scheme. I like so many colors. It'll be RAINBOW ROOM if I continue on in this direction. I just can't decide on a color pallet. I like:

*Peacock Blue, Rust, & Purple
*Pink, Turquoise, Black, Lime Green, & Yellow
*Rainbow Florals (like this one from pb teen)
*Green & Purple
*Pink & Yellow
*even Turquoise & Orange

Perhaps this is God's way of saying, "Hold on girl, you haven't even taken into consideration the opinions, ideas, and dreams of your roommate. Don't get your hopes up at this point because it may not play out just as you have planned. Love, Your Best Friend" My prayer is that 1) my roommate and I get along 2) we have similar decorating styles 3) we can create a calm yet bright home together that we both love.

I find out who my roommate is in July. I'll be counting down the days. No joke.

Smitten

2010-04-26T00:58:00.001-04:00

This one's for gwen.... & well, me too.

Chic Metropolitan...

2010-04-25T19:19:00.008-04:00

city. apartment. life.
I love Urban Outfitters', home decor, online store.

Garden Girl

2010-04-23T21:24:00.003-04:00

by Peggy Wolf.

I enjoy my job working at Lang Farm Nursery. It makes me feel intense, strong, and almost organically-hippyish. It's the best!

Finger Painting

2010-04-23T21:20:00.002-04:00

I KNOW that I could recreate this. Maybe in different colors? For my dorm! oxox Found it on Berkina's online store.

Pink & Yellow Sunshine

2010-04-18T20:12:00.002-04:00

If I ever have a little girl, I'd dress her in this.

J. Crew's Crewcuts have the cutest kids cloths.

A Stroll Downtown

2010-04-18T20:01:00.004-04:00

I went for a stroll in the rain today. It was a beautiful thing.

Movie Review

2010-04-17T23:12:00.002-04:00

Last Song is... well, a typical Nicholas Sparks plot: a tragic love story. So much better than Dear John. The guy was pretty but totally was a bottle blonde; way too fake yellow. Miley Cyrus was good, I did laugh out loud occasionally at her attempt to act (yet I secretly love her). The story was touching and romantic. But to be honest, the best part of going to see this movie was spending time with my friend Sammi. It was our first movie date, hehe, and we had so much fun. Candy. Whispering. You know, the whole girly giggle thing.

“A Happy Period”

2010-04-17T17:09:00.002-04:00

I found this on one of my friend's tumblr and found it so true, I just had to post it.

“This is an actual letter from an Austin woman sent to American company Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets rolling after the first paragraph. It’s PC Magazine’s 2007 editors’ choice for best webmail-award-winning letter.

Dear Mr. Thatcher,

I have been a loyal user of your ‘Always’ maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I’d probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I’d certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can’t tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there’s a little F-16 in my pants.

Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from ‘the curse’? I’m guessing you haven’t. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I’ll be transformed into what my husband likes to call ‘an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.’ Isn’t the human body amazing?

As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you’ve no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customer’s monthly visits from ‘Aunt Flo’. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it’s a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the viole nt urge to shove her boyfriend’s testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey’s Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy!

The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants… Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: ‘Have a Happy Period.’

Are you f——— kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James? FYI, unless you’re some kind of sick S&M freak, there will never be anything ‘happy’ about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don’t march down to the local Walgreen’s armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.

For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn’t it make more sense to say something that’s actually pertinent, like ‘Put down the Hammer’ or ‘Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong’, or are you just picking on us?

Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bullshit. And that’s a promise I will keep.

Always…

Wendi Aarons

Austin , T X "

I love this. Why do we have to be so crazy?

My New Obsession

2010-04-16T18:37:00.001-04:00

I'm so watching an episode tonight! oxox

Too Cute

2010-04-16T16:47:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday! One day, I want a garden of my own. Perhaps I'll make these antique spoon labels for my herbs as a darling detail. They're adorable.

Home Sweet Dorm

2010-04-15T23:58:00.003-04:00

BIG BLOOM DUVET

For my dorm in the fall.... I'm thinking bright and colorful. This pbteen duvet is just perfect.

Hibiscus Vista Rug

2010-04-15T23:20:00.003-04:00

I found this rug which is too cute to forget.

Spring Fling

2010-04-15T23:06:00.004-04:00

I love these springy things from Anthropologie. Unlike in Vermont, in San Diego I'll be able to wear lightweight clothing all year round! It will be splendid.

You Are My Strength

2010-04-15T21:42:00.003-04:00

There is love that came for us
Humbled to a sinner's cross
You broke my shame and sinfulness
You rose again victorious

Faithfulness none can deny
Through the strom and through the fire
There is truth that sets me free
Jesus Christ who lives in me

You are stronger you are stronger
Sin is broken you have saved me
It is written Christ is risen
Jesus you are Lord of all

No beginning and no end
You're my hope and my defense
You came to seek and save the lost
You paid it all upon the cross

So let your name be lifted higher
Be lifted higher be lifted higher

~Hillsong

Prom 2010

2010-04-14T21:38:00.000-04:00

I need to start looking for a dress.
And a date.

I Saw What I Saw

2010-04-14T21:29:00.002-04:00

I love Sara Groves' voice and her passion for Jesus, people and life.

Future Best Friends

2010-04-14T21:06:00.003-04:00

I just love Twelve South's BookBook hardback leather case for MacBook Pro. MacBook + BookBook Cover = BFF

wE'Re s0 aRTsY!

2010-04-14T20:24:00.007-04:00

New York City was fabulous. This sums up some of my top memories:

...always on the search for the perfect club

"Bring your bags down to the curb, that means by the side of the street." ~William, our tour guide

Weekend in the City

2010-04-07T18:47:00.004-04:00

I'm heading down to NYC with Fine Arts Students from my high school this weekend. Excitement, oh excitement!

Here's our plan of adventures:
West Side Story on Broadway
Tour of the UN
Museum of Modern Art (da MoMA)
Dinner at Stardust Diner
Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
Shopping at Times Square
The Guggenheim Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art
and many memories.

I CAN'T WAIT!

A Summer of Floral

2010-04-06T19:00:00.000-04:00

I'm super excited that floral is back for 2010. It brings me back to the days of sundresses and lemonade as a girly girl growing up in the 90's. I love these from J. Crew's summer collection

Happy Easter!

2010-04-03T16:08:00.000-04:00

Hello, my name is...

2010-03-29T16:11:00.000-04:00

So, this is my very first post as a blogger. I am unsure where Finding Loveliness will take me. Hopefully it will become a journal and online bulletin board of my favorite lovely things that I discover as a life long learner, adventurer & creator.