If I could swap living rooms for a day - I'd go here!!!
I am in love with the natural colors and high ceilings with exposed beams of BEAUTIFUL wood mixed with that gorgeous antique chandelier, numbers and VIDEO GAMES in the background! What a fun and beautiful room.
There are so many different things I love about this room. It is a room of opposites; notice the hard floors with the plush carpet. The luxury of the chandelier with the rugged beams are just to die for. My mouth is literally watering!!! I love new with the old, antiques and raw materials. This living room proves the point that less is more.
Alright, aside from the usual "cool" posts, I have something [or someone rather] to get off my chest:
Someone very close to me constantly tells me - "Brooke, you need to just chill and live" and I think to myself...[[well, that's easy for you to say]].
This thought, along with a song by Adele, whom has the most beautiful voice I've heard in a LONG time [[Hiding My Heart]] got me thinking. I have had a very long term relationship and the opposite of that, very short term flings in my short lifetime.
My question is: Is it possible to meet someone you should possibly be with, but not at the right time?
The song by Adele reminds me of this question. In the song she says she has met this person during a low point in her life and he made everything great, but still - she runs from this? Is she afraid to be happy? Is she afraid that it won't work out? I feel as though people who have been hurt in past relationships are afraid to move forward with this person [no matter how perfect they know they are for one another] because either one or both people feel like it will result in failure.
Why have I been consecutively hurt, but am still willing to put myself out there? Because of this, I continue to get let down. If you meet that person and You know it, why would you "hide your heart"? It just seems silly to pretend nothing is there, and waste valuable memories? I don't know. Maybe I am just over-analyzing people and current situations.
Do y'all agree with me on this? Has this happened to you before? I love Adele because so many situations I've been through before, she writes about - so beautifully, too. Check her out she really is a bisous!! ;)
This is how the story went I met someone by accident It blew me away It blew me away
It was in the darkest of my days When you took my sorrow and you took my pain And buried them away, you buried them away
I wish I could lay down beside you When the day is done And wake up to your face against the morning sun But like everything I've ever known You disappear one day So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away
Drop you off at the train station Put a kiss on top of your head Watch you wave Watched you wave
Then I went on home to your skyscrapers Neon lights and waiting papers That you call home I call it home
I wish I could lay down beside you When the day is done And wake up to your face against the morning sun But like everything I've ever known You disappear one day So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away
I woke up feeling heavy hearted I'm going back to where I started The morning rain, the morning rain Although I wish that you were here That same old road that brought me here Is calling me home, It's calling me home
I wish I could lay down beside you When the day is done And wake up to your face against the morning sun But like everything I've ever known You disappear one day So I spend my whole life hiding my heart away And I can spend my whole life hiding my heart away.
WOW! So, a friend opened my worldto this artist, Craig Tracy! He is amazing and what beauty he brings to his living canvases. How fantastic are these::::::
the nose is a woman's back to rear...
The models make up the tree stump - there are 6 models holding branches! WOW, beauty <3
how fantastic is this!? - the pose, the colors, the model's face! <3 Egypt <3
This is such an original way to express yourself and bringing others into the process to truly enjoy the work. The process may be slow but imagine if you were the model, how accomplished you feel to be a PIECE of ART!? Love it!!!!
So in the midst of me tryingto eat right and exercise for my "rock hard spring break bod" I find myself wanting to eat all KINDS of foods - the good the bad and the absurd...
Enjoy with me these cute pictures with me :)....
Challenge: to look at these photos and NOT run to your fridge/pantry ;) HAPPY TUESDAY
Okay so by no means am I a "tree-hugger"...BUT I am extremely interested in finding aesthetically pleasing ways to reuse. So, what better way to reuse and DIY...what? Did I really just say both of those words in one sentence! :)
Enjoy:
old lightbulbs turned into salt and pepper shakers...
a lightbulb chandelier...
a papasan chair with lights strung to create a chandelier...
you can create bell jars by taking the stems off wine glasses...
old TVs for storage??? i think so...
AND suitcases for storage shelves? now these are cute!
an old door with glass covering to create a table...
mailing tubes to create a wine rack.....
a toothbrush holder from another toothbrush...
and last but definitely not least...silverware out of PENS!!
How great are these ideas. So innovative and original, I just cannot get enough of it! I look for these daily around the internet, so there will be another reuse diy soon!!!! Let me know if I spark any ideas for you. Happy Sunday!!! :)
This is the story of a charming girl
She laughs out loud, sings off key and believes in taking chances
She is quick and curious and playful and strong
She lets her imagination run away with her
She has never been one to stick to convention
She is fond of daydreams that take her places
She can order a cocktail in six different languages
She feels that understated is overrated
Such a beautiful video. Everything in it...I WANT. Not only do I want, but I NEED! Kate Spade has taken an interesting take on her Spring line - so feminine. I love things all things feminine but especially when its something so different:
like these taxi kate spade mittens...
and one of these beauties...
a room like this to come home to....
a hanging chair like this one....
[[[did i mention i love yellow?!]]]
some polka-dotted socks to wear around the house
ALL of this!!! So feminine...notice the "Great Gatsby" clutch (shown larger below)....need it. This is Kate Spade's take on the Gatsby:
and last but not least:::::
a ukelele <3
just a few ooh and ahh's i've been obsessing over thanks to this new Kate Spade video!!! Happy Shopping;)
I would love to say Happy Valentine's Day and actually mean it, but honestly...I don't. And not because someone ruined it for me--because I've had fantastic Valentine's Days in the past, but only because it's a made up holiday. Why? People should treat loved ones like this EVERY DAY, not because Hershey's and Hallmark decided to make a few extra G's...
Anyways, enough of my rambling - validity at its finest:
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy.
And every day the boy would come and he would gather her leaves
and make them into crowns and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk and swing from her branches and eat apples.
And they would play hide-and-go-seek.
And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree...very much.
And the tree was happy.
But time went by.
And the boy grew older.
And the tree was often alone.
Then one day the boy came to the tree and the tree said,
"Come, Boy, come and climb up my trunk and swing from
my branches and eat apples and play in my shade and be happy."
"I am too big to climb and play," said the boy.
"I want to buy things and have fun. I want some money.
Can you give me some money?"
"I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I have no money. I have
only leaves and apples. Take my apples, Boy, and sell them
in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy."
And so the boy climbed up the tree and gathered her apples
and carried them away.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time ...and the tree was sad.
And then one day the boy came back and the tree shook with
joy and she said, "Come, Boy, climb up my trunk and swing
from my branches and be happy."
"I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy.
"I want a house to keep me warm," he said.
"I want a wife and I want children, and so I need a house. Can you give me a house?"
“I have no house," said the tree.
"The forest is my house, but you may cut off my branches
and build a house. Then you will be happy."
And so the boy cut off her branches and carried them away to build his house.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time. And when he came back,
the tree was so happy she could hardly speak.
"Come, Boy," she whispered, "come and play."
"I am too old and sad to play," said the boy.
"I want a boat that will take me far away from here. Can you give me a boat?"
"Cut down my trunk and make a boat." said the tree. "Then you can sail away...and be happy."
And so the boy cut down her trunk and made a boat and sailed away.
And the tree was happy ... but not really.
And after a long time the boy came back again.
"I am sorry, Boy," said the tree, "but I have nothing left to give you, my apples are gone."
"My teeth are too weak for apples", said the boy.
"My branches are gone", said the tree. "You cannot swing on them"
"I am too old to swing on branches," said the boy.
"My trunk is gone," said the tree. "You cannot climb -"
"I am too tired to climb," said the boy.
"I am sorry," sighed the tree. I wish that I could give you
something...but I have nothing left. I am just an old stump. I am sorry..."
"I don't need very much now," said the boy,
"Just a quiet place to sit and rest. I am very tired."
"Well," said the tree, straightening herself up as much as she could,
"Well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting. Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."
