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it started with plastic drawers

  • September 29th, 2011
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I’m going to go ahead and blame my gorgeous friend/former roommate/supermodelish object of envy Maha for this one. See, upon seeing the vast mountain of disarray that was my makeup collection, she suggested that I sort everything into a set of plastic drawers so I could keep track of what I had and find it easily. And when this girl gives you beauty advice–however tangentially related to actual beauty it is–you take it:  So off I scurried to Target and returned with a set of pretty standard-issue plastic drawers. I sorted my makeup, dutifully cleaned all my makeup bags out, [...]

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room inspiration: mourning dove

  • September 21st, 2011
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Today, September 21, is the United Nations’ International Day of Peace. The symbol of the day is a peace dove, and so I decided to put together a little dove-themed inspiration board in honor of the occasion. Here in Missouri, mourning doves are everywhere–those beautiful, soft gray birds with a pretty coo. I used to own one, actually–Angel. Sweetest bird I ever had. While at first glance a mourning dove’s coloring might look pretty straightforward, they actually have a dazzling array of shades in their feathers–from pale, peachy ivory to warm French gray to deep slate blue, and even black [...]

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room inspiration: plums and cream

  • September 16th, 2011
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One of my favorite things to do (both in planning for our first house, which will hopefully happen in the next year or so, and in general) is to create room mood boards that draw their inspiration from a single object or piece of artwork. Since I’m a full-time Etsy seller, I like to browse my fellow sellers’ shops and pick out inspiring works to base boards around. I’m like a mystery shopper, except nobody’s paying me, I don’t buy anything and my recommendation has little to no influence. Glamorous! I’m going to start sharing these boards with you on [...]

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