Halloween treats

I had to get a little creative this year.  Cute and delicious!  Trick or treat!

Being picky and patience in finding what I like

So.. . while wandering the sale racks at Anthro last week I found this.

I loved it immediately and have been looking for something whimsical, yet aged for my living room bookcase, and thought this would be just the thing. . .

Only thing is, I am so TERRIBLY picky!

See, I have this "practice" once I buy something for my home.  It goes a little something like this. . .

1. Don't take tags off.
2. Place in home as you would if you were keeping it.
3. Leave it there for a week all while keeping a good eye on it every time you walk by the room.
4. Love it?  Good. keep it!  Don't love it?  Take it back!

I wish I knew if I could have something and keep it right then.  It would make things so much more easy.

You would think I would know if I loved something right off the bat!  But I am not like that.  I am one that needs to wait and see because if it isn't something I am going to love in five years, I will not keep it either.

I believe in timeless design and classic pieces that I will always love.  Granted I move things around in my house to keep it fresh, but I must love it or ditch it.

Oh the complications of life.. .

More than you wanted to know bout me?  Thought so. . .

and for the record?  I kept it :)

How to: Tie a scarf

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With fall coming and my bevy of scarves coming out of storage, I thought it would be nice to know how to tie them most stylishly for the seasons ahead.  

Enjoy! xoxo

New chances and mistakes.

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I found this on pinterest today and I could totally relate to it.  Who hasn't been afraid to do something with the worry of failure?

I started a fashion blog last year that was actually doing ok.  It got to be too much work though so I just up and dropped it.  I'm not embarrassed that I did something and it didn't work out, but that has definitely stopped me in the past before. . .

I need to not be afraid to make mistakes though.  We are all human after all anyways and so what if it takes a few mistakes before the big successes? 

What has made you think twice about going for it?!

Living room beauties in bloom ♥

At the beginning of the springtime I planted some bulbs in my living room.  For a while I thought that nothing was going to happen with them until we came home from a fun weekend away and saw these incredible red blossoms. 

Boy am I tickled! 

I would like to have more bulbs in my home because they are easy and low maintenance. . . I especially love them planted in open apothecary jars.