full.

i am a big fan of perspective.

often times life will indeed throw you the occasional curve ball, and we have got to try our best to work it all out.

is life always perfect? no. HELL no. but we will do our best to make it as grand as possible.

and let's be honest -- who wants a half-empty glass anyway?

that just sounds like left-overs.

chin up.

fun and games.

this wedding was featured on 100 layer cake today, and i love the fun that has gone into this wedding.

the couple got married at fox farm, up on vashon island, near seattle. with a combination of vintage linens, farmer's market flowers and their homemade blueberry pies, they were able to keep their budget at $8000, and still include all of their fun extras.

the sno-kone idea is the one that caught my eye right off the bat. i think it is absolutely genius. the couple used organic ginger ale, pomegranate and grapefruit flavors to flavor themhow fantastic would it be to have a bounce house at your wedding? i think it would be amazing, and as you can see, a great chance for photos full of character.

i've also love the idea of having a bocce ball court set up at a wedding, or something similar to that for folks less than likely to hit the dancefloor. this croquet set up is adorable, and the little handwritten rules and regulations make it so individualized and special. and really, all for under $8000? i'm impressed.

found on 100 layer cake.

(UPDATE: photos have been deleted, so we'll just have to visualize and appreciate the concept.)

i. love. this.

found on crate & barrel.

rock out like a hair band.

so, with the development of my newfound confidence with my short hair, i've been enlightening myself with hair flair, if you will. i'm so glad that headbands and cute little clips exist and i'm having fun with them. unfortunately, i have a fairly round, young face, so i have to make sure i don't look like my 3rd grade school picture by doing anything too frilly. but i will most certainly give bold a try.

photo by anna wolf, found on oh joy

here are my latest and future investments (thankyouverymuchretailtherapy.)

clockwise from left, l.erickson, the urban trends, l.erickson, sparklepower

warning.

homegirl got herself dumped last night, so while i'm going to try and

keep the emo crap off of my precious blog, i cannot make any promises.

(please reference previous post for prime example of what the future may hold.)

the finish line.

room explosion.

as usual, my room is a mess.

i seem to have a highly scientific and well-designed plan of throwing clothes on the floor. clean, dirty, worn, changed out of -- it is a serious situation, and CP will tell you the same. though, despite the chaos that is my clothing situation, i feel that my biggest storage problem is all of my books.

we have two separate bookshelves, one that is a hutch that is quite large, but still her constantly have overflow. with the addition of multiple text books to the mix, our room quickly turns into some disgruntled library full of mcsweeny's, entrepreneurship (mine) and virology (his) text books, the stray us weekly, and those "must-haves" that i can't keep myself from buying as i pass a bookstore. of course, it doesn't matter that i probably have 50 books on my to-read list, i need that one i just saw on jon stewart, or the follow-up to the other one i really liked. oh? a book about cancer? i better get that too. a huge interior design coffee table book -- well, it will be gorgeous on a hypothetically empty coffee table one day.

obviously, it is a problem. i probably need some time of support group for such things. in the meantime, I can just hope that i can get organized.

as a completely visual person, this is my bookshelf goal.

a girl can dream, right?

found on flickr.