This Weeks Adventures- Mara Mi, Weels (not that kind), and Sunnies

Here’s some snap shots of this weeks comings and goings-

How sweet are those? Apparently they are called “Weels”, wedge + heel= weels. It’s celebrity mash-up name. They can be yours from Anthropologie.

These Rounded Horn Sunglasses I also had hoped would come home with me, but alas something had to go back-

Maybe I can live through you. You can buy them here.

Then I was at Target, and in this weird little off to the side section by the stationary I found the motha-load. I had never even heard of this company (that probably makes me an ignoramus….have you heard of them??) called Mara Mi. They had so much cute stuff! Strangely I couldn’t find ANY of these things online, but here are some crummy Iphone shots-

Check out those cool pens on the bottom right! And that blue and white cosmetics bag. And the cell phone cover. And the grey and white tote bag.

Those candles smell sooooo good. And those notebooks beautiful. If I wrote stuff I’d write it in there.

I suddenly have a great need for a wooden tape dispenser and cute tapes in my life.

Styling A Bed A La Serena and Lily

Today we are going to do a little style guide for the bed (bow chicka bow wow) using all Serena and Lily products. Which, incidentally, is not how I recommend shopping. I usually feel like you can tell when everything is all from one store – it often reads as flat or too catalog-y. But, today we are going to do it anyway cause I know a lot of people dig one stop shopping. So here are picks for a bed a la Serena and Lily-

1. Light Bark Color Frame Duvet

2. Cloud Aqua Canyon Sheets

3. Pewter Gobi Embroidered Pillowcases

4. Bark Racing Stripe Pillow Cover

5. Cayenne Cadiz Racing Stripe Runner (I would take this table runner and turn it into a long pillow cover)

6.  Black Diamond Pillow Cover

7. Origami Wool Pillow Cover

8. Lilac Mayan Cotton Dhurrie (cause in my mind you can’t style a bed without including the rug it will go on)

In reality, this is probably more pillows than is practical for one to want on a bed, but, in style-guide world……it’s divine.

Magnetic Wooden Tiles

These things are awesome. Pricing is upon request, translation get ready to sell your soul or your first-born. But the idea is brilliant, and they are gorgeous. Check ’em out here and here.

Rue’s Color Issue

…is BLOWING MY FREAKING MIND.

Seriously, there is so much fun inspiration to be partaken in (Partook?).  Join me, won’t you?

You can check out the entire issue here.

Best Of Lonny Mag

I love reading…except for when I’m looking at pretty things. When I’m looking through a design book, or scrolling through an online magazine…or reading blogs for that matter, I skip over the text and go straight to the beautiful images.

So, here are my fave images from the last couple Lonny Mags.

Enjoy!

Baby Got Brass

Some of the images clogging up my Pinterest this week….

Is there such a thing as too much brass? If there is, I don’t think I’m maxed out yet.

New Knobs For Old Ikea Dresser

Well this ended up going in a totally different direction thanks to an amazing find from Miss Pomp.

She found these on sale for under 3 bucks at Anthropologie. They are super similar to the original ones that I was pipe-dreaming about for my Hemnes Dresser. I liked these horn beauties better then the other ones I had bought, so bye-bye to those. Annnnnnddddd, I also found one of these in a basket at an Anthropologie store for under 3 bucks-

How sweet are those?? So I ditched those knobs I had in my My Knobs basket, and went for those amaze-balls folded over gilded square ones, because though I only found one in the store, they were able to order me the other 7 I needed from other stores. So this is the end result-

You can see in the last picture I started painting my bedroom. I’m going about it all ghetto style this time because I only have short bursts of time over the next few weeks. So, I completely painted 5 of the 7 walls, 2 coats and all, and put everything back, so my whole room isn’t completely tore-up for 3 weeks. It’s just half painted. Not the best way to paint a room, but, oh well.

So Chic

I love the way that top white desk is styled, and that gilded chair might be the best chair I’ve seen this side of heaven.

Images via Adore Magazine

Miss C In The House

Alright, though there have been more exciting times in the land of Miss C as far as projects go, we’re going to play catch up on the little things that have been happening because I’m assuming, just like Us Weekly’s “There Just Like Us” section, we all like little glimpses into the mundane.  Here’s a state of the union-

1. My Junk Drawer Now Looks Like This-

I’ve been wanting to do this for soooooo long!

2. I Make Green Juice Now-

I know….stop the presses. We’ve owned a juicer for many many years, but never used it. So I started, and I gotta say I like it. Super easy, a bit of a pain to wash the machine, but it tastes really good and is the only way I will eat that many veggies in a day.

I now include a bit more veggies than this, but that much stuff makes this much juice-

It doesn’t look like much in the picture, but it’s about half full, 16 oz. The key ingredient is the lime BTW….as far as taste goes anyways. Adds that some’in some’in.

3. Trading out the knobs in my Ikea dresser for fancy pants brass ones-

I’ve had this classic Hemnes dresser for like 7 years. I got these horn knobs from Anthropologie  for the top 4 drawers-

They were only $3, so for now they will be good while I wait for the ones I really want to go on sale, for like,mmmmmm, 4 bucks-

Anthropologie Antler Melody Knob in Tusk

So for the bottom 16 knobs of the dresser, I’ve been looking at these and trying to pick one. I don’t want it to be too shiny or perfectly new looking, and just the right shade of brass. I will probably have to order one of each to decide. Ugh. I hate paying shipping.

That’s a screen shot of my shopping cart at My Knobs. Anyone else a true 4th grade boy at heart if ya know what I mean?

4. Lastly, I’m going to be painting my room again

This is a shot from my Instagram of the paint patch tests. My husband literally walked around the corner and stopped dead in his tracks and said “what the??”. That may or may not be because it will be the 4th time I’ve painted our room. It’s currently pale grey, which I love (duh), but I want something a little warmer and a little lighter and brighter. I’m going with a very pale peach/pink. It will go with everything I already have in there, which has NEVER happened.

It’s actually a lot lighter and more subtle then that image would lead you to believe. Don’t panic.

DIY Stripe Candles

I made these for a company Christmas party client back in December (duh), because I needed a lot of them and did not want to pay upwards of $12 a pair. I ended up getting plain cream-colored candles from the Dollar Tree, but Trader Joe’s also has a 12 pack for a really good price. They are simple it’s true, but a couple of things to know that would make or break this project….

1. Clean the candles first with rubbing alcohol and a cotton ball

This step is pretty important because it helps the paint adhere to the candle

2. Next tape off the area you DO NOT want paint to be. 

I had to re-do this when I realized I did not want paint on the wick part, which means I have to put tape on that part. So, start by taping off the wick end first, then work your way down.

3. Paint with NON-OIL BASE PAINT. WATER BASE PEOPLE!

Super important if you don’t want your candle to burn in some kind of toxic mess. I just used my kids black Tempera Paint.

I used two or three coats, and it dries pretty fast in between coats. I used a shallow dish filled with dried beans to stand up the candle sticks to dry.

Lastly, peel the tape off, but do it gently cause it is easy to scrape off the paint (the down side of water-base paint, but, I’m thinkin’ the easy scratch off is a no-brainer compared to the choice of toxic fire hazard)