Happy Leap Year!

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What are you doing with your extra day this year? Proposing to your boyfriend? Sleeping? I am using the extra day to finish packing! (Maybe while watching this Amy Adams movie :p)

Impromptu Masquerade

Last weekend Tallman and I were invited to a masquerade, at the last minute of course! But I gathered myself and prepared for the challenge :p Basically I bought masks and looked at evening dresses.

Sucess Creations Masks

Sucess Creations Masks

(the website I got these images from wants you to know that their images are copyrighted, but I sited where I got the masks, and now I'm telling you about the copy right... so I'm good...right? I'm not an intellectual property attorney)
I did not buy an evening dress, which is good because we didn't end up going, but if I had I would have wanted one of these:

Arabelle Long Dress- Jcrew

Evie Long Dress- Jcrew

Dessy

Do you have a formal dress sitting in your closet ready to go in case you get invited to a fancy event? I don't. But now I have masks!

Time Flies, or Blogoversary came and went

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So this [very] little blog has been in existence for over a year, and I was so busy last week I didn't even mention it!

I think anniversaries are nice, and a lot has happened in the past year...




I moved.

I graduated from law school.

I met and visited Tallman's parents.

I studied for the bar.

I passed the bar.


I got a job.

And now exactly a year later I'm moving into a new apartment! (Wasn't planning it that way!!)

If I weren't so busy packing I'd probably toast all my dear readers for continuing to read my blog... thank you, without you I would just be rambling to myself :)

Almost the Weekend...

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Last week Knowledge pinned this... I love it...it really reminds me of me (sans beard) and Parsley (who is a cat)

I hope you all have an amazing weekend cuddling.

Purple Patterned Fabric

Almost an alliteration, but almost never cuts it in alliterations does it?

So per my bed post yesterday I've been thinking about what kind of purple fabric I'd cover a head board in. Obviously not something too girly, Tallman wouldn't stand for it, obviously not something to bright or busy, I want it to be soothing since its a bedroom after all.
These were the selections I came up with (warning there are a lot!)
This first one is just something I like, I realize it isn't purple...

Dwell Studio

Rose Damask Tonal Lavendar (Shabby chic)

Jennifer Paganelli Honey Child Geo Purple

West Indies Chandler Grape

Michael Miller Botanika Mod Lattice Violet

That one is a definite front runner.

Waverly Network Plum

Waverly Luminary Lilac

All these fabrics are courtesy of Fabric.com (which if you're at all interested in fabric I suggest you check out, they've got amazing prices and selection!)

Of course, because of the selection, now I don't know what kind of headboard fabric I want at all!

WE HAVE AN APARTMENT!

Super excited to tell you all that we have an apartment!!!!!

We saw it on Saturday, the landlord lives there so they wanted to make sure of us, and today we got the news that we're it! Sure we still need to put down a deposit and sign the lease, but the real hurdle was them choosing... so yay!

I'll take pictures when we move in in March, and do lots of before and after type stuff (empty rooms, then half full, then after I exert my female will on all Tallman's stuff) but here is a little peek of our front door to help you envision how adorable its going to be!

Its two bedrooms, one bath, laundry, dishwasher, dining room, and its close to a 24 hour huge grocery store.

I got so excited today I did a dance at work, turned bright red and went "woooooooooo!" My boss maybe judged me a little, but maybe not, sometimes things are exciting :)

Dreaming about Beds...

I can't help dreaming about beds. I've already shared with you my plans for decorating a bedroom, complete with artistic and non-artistic renderings. I'm now leaning towards a solid gray bed with varying light and charcoal greys and the taupe (beige?) sheets, with a DIY upholstered bedframe in purple.

I've been wanting an upholstered headboard for a while. I think they look really awesome and a headboard is a crucial "grown up" bed feature (feel free to disagree).  I stumbled upon this awesome Ikea hack this weekend that I think is totally doable:

Step one: Buy cheap Ikea Bed Frame:

Rykene Bed Frame $130

Step Two: Buy Particle Board and Re-Inforcing wood, Cut out shape and attach (ok this is a long step)

Check it!

Step Three: attach Ikea Head Board to reinforced particle board.

Step Four, Cover front in batting to give fluffy lovely feel.

Awesome!

Step Five: Cover Headboard with fabric, securing in the back of the headboard with a staple gun.

(Potential step 6: Cover back in batting and fabric for unified look???)
Step 7: Cover Bed Frame around mattress with batting and fabric, and attach head board:

Awesome!

I bet that with the help of a lovely assistant I could do this in a day. A really fun and awesome day!
What do you think? Doable?