Alexa Chung for Madewell

(via A Cup of Jo)

British style icon Alexa Chung designed a collection for Madewell, and it arrived online today! I love the Betty Tea Dress. See all the items here.

Breast Cancer Awareness

How fantastic are these Breast Cancer Foundation ads?

“Do you spend more time worrying about the size of your butt, the pimple on your cheek, or your bad hair day than you do checking your breasts for lumps?

A powerful new ad campaign from the Singapore-based Breast Cancer Foundation asks, “Are you obsessed with the right things?” and serves as a much-needed reminder that breast cancer is a matter of life and death. Your big butt, zit zinger, and hellacious hair? Not so much.”

(Info via The Examiner. Images via Like Cool.)

Less is More

Loving these minimalist print ads. So creative and to the point.

(See more of the ads here)

Secret Show

(photo via Access Atlanta)

Last night was an unexpected adventure for the Roomie and I. As I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I decided to check Twitter. At 11:15, I saw this tweet from John Mayer:

Atlanta people! Lets jam out at Eddie's Attic in Decatur. 11:30pm. Heading over now.

Immediately the roomie and I got dressed and jumped in the car headed straight for Decatur. We were so excited we could barely contain ourselves. The decatur square looked completely empty, so we thought we might have a chance at getting in. No way. We pulled around the corner and saw about 200 people in a line wrapped around the corner. We hopped out of the car, stood in line for about 15 minutes until realizing they were only letting in about 50 more people.

Unfortunately, that didn't work. But I'm keeping my eyes and ears peeled for another secret show soon.

The spontaneity was fun, I'm ready for more.

Ps. I kind of felt like I was in the movie Nick and Norah's infinite playlist.

Glasses

I'm a big fan of vintage and I'm loving how these old-school glasses are making such a big comeback.

(All photos taken by Guy Aroch. Get some vintage Wayfarer's here.)

The lovely Sarah

Last week, I bought a beautiful headband from Naomi over at Rockstar Diaries. I can't wait for it to arrive in the mail and wear it on a date with the boy. It's going to be perfect for Fall.

(Check out more of her headbands here)

Labor Day Weekend

The roommate had some out-of-town company this weekend, so we threw a little get-together on Saturday night and had a blast. We made this fantastic dip (I'll share the recipe soon), ordered pizza, made desserts and also had a little dance party in our dining room. So. Much. Fun.

However, Sunday and Monday I got sick. It's felt like a cross between a cold and strep throat. Thankfully the boy was there to take care of me. (:

House

House is on my list of top 5 favorite shows. How fantastic are these promotional posters for season 7?! Can't wait!

Flowers and Couches

A while back I painted this great floral piece.


Once I entered into the festival, and someone saw a picture, it sold pretty quickly.

Today, I was in Anthropologie and saw the couch that was my inspiration for the piece. I almost screamed. Thank you, Anthropologie, for making my day.

Eva Juliet

I have found a new love on etsy. Eva Juliet. Her prints are absolutely breathtaking. Look at that calligraphy! I'm in love.

(Buttons Print)

(Potage aux Carottes)

(Les Cuilleres)

Love

(Image by James Hopkins)

Some love for your Thursday.

Secret Storage Books

Are you struggling to find some storage space in your home? Check out this great DIY project, secret storage books! What a great project for the upcoming long weekend.

(Project by Brenna via Design*Sponge)

Materials:
- new or recycled clamshell style boxes
- heavy chipboard or tag board
- cardboard tube from a wrapping paper or paper towel roll
- scissors
- exacto knife
- hot glue
- white glue or mod podge
- decorative paper (for covering the outside and lining inside of box. you can also use maps, wallpaper, or any type of medium or thick weight paper)

Instructions:
1. use the white glue or mod podge to cover the edges of the box (where the pages of the book would be) with a decorative paper. i used a woven white striped paper, which makes a pretty convincing “pages” look on a brown box. regular school lined paper is cute too. i also lined the inside of the box with a pretty paper.

2. cut two rectangles of chipboard. the size of the rectangles should be 1/4” longer than the measurement from the “spine” or hinge to the opposite edge of box, and ½” longer than the measurement from top to bottom. these two rectangles will make the book cover.

3. cut the cardboard tube to length. this should be the same length as the second measurement above. cut the tube on one side all the way from top to bottom.

4. open up the cardboard tube and slip the cut sides over the spine/hinge side of the box creating a softly rounded spine. cut off excess if needed to make the soft dome. glue on with hot glue.


5. glue the “covers” on the box. apply hot glue close to the edges of the bottom of the box, put the chipboard rectangle in place with the spine edge flush with the back of the box, and the top and bottom edges hanging over equally. on the top of the box, repeat the hot glue process, making sure not to glue the opening closed.

6. cover the book completely with the decorative paper. use white glue or mod podge and work from one cover around the spine to the other cover. trim and fold in the edges neatly. for the spine, cut slits from the edge of the paper to the tube, and fold down gradually.

7. label if you would like, and fill the box with the things you would like to store. store in shelves or on table surface.