Eye Candy

Since I’m not out doing things worthy of taking pictures right now (give me a week and I will be), here’s some other eye candy.

These are images of peaceful bedrooms I’ve saved. I can’t remember where they all come from but I can give credit/take down any pics upon request!

I know this is from Design*Sponge

And my favorite of the group, I think, which was originally in Domino Magazine (I have that issue, sigh):

Next, my best friend is going to try on wedding dresses at a trunk show tomorrow. I admit I have saved from favorites, myself…

Exhibit A:

Wish I had some better photos of that one.

Exhibit B:

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Exhibit C:

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Exhibit D:

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Notice a trend?

Finally, a few good reads:

• I was thrilled to discover The Fearful Adventurer since I, too, am “rife with phobias, fears, and anxieties”. This piece about a mother’s love and support of her daughter is beautiful though.
• Too many good posts at inFITation lately to list just one–not to mention the beautiful pictures of Hawaii. Sigh.
• Thoughts on shopping, budgeting, and Tax Day.
• How to Earn A Living Online from A Foreign Country. Ok, I’ve only briefly skimmed this but I want to come back to it. Just in case.
• An interesting post about atheism and faith.
• I hadn’t really read Elle Magazine in years but since following Elle on Twitter recently, I’ve been enjoying the articles posted online, like this one on unrealistic sex scenes in Hollywood. Or this overview of six food bloggers. (“There are now the gossip bloggers, the traveling eaters, the snap-my-every-mealers, the restaurant reviewers, and the home cooks who include, but are not limited to, moms, small-kitchen copers, and strangers-in-a-strange-land homemakers.”)
• It’s been a couple of weeks since this post but oh my gosh, I love this watercolor portrait! Since sort of, um, failing at the 30 for 30 challenge in the fall I have been a little out of touch with the fashion blogging world but this made me miss it. Actually, I was just browsing through my outfit photos the other day and picked out some of my favorites. It was interesting to see what stood out to me. Simple, classic, and feminine are the adjectives that occurred to me.
  Anyhow! Enjoy, while I work to finish a paper tonight. So that I can start a take home test. And another paper. How can I even process that I will be done with all this in a week?

I Love Florida

The best thing about January just might be the Hoggetowne Medieval Faire. Last year I enjoyed the rainy weather, but this time around I loved the sunshine. Spending a warm January day outside in a sleeveless dress = happy Toni.

Links I like:

A Cat of Impossible Color (and her vintage outfits.)
Clever Nettle, Colette Patterns, and Rachel Red Lips (There’s some overlap between them.)
Diary of a Vintage Girl
L.A. in Bloom
Tea and Cookies
Brooklyn Limestone
Before and afters that aren’t out of my league.
This free “Henna for Hair” how-to e-book (I’ll be doing this soon!)
This gorgeous living room.
Café mocha cupcakes and the fundamentals of buttercream frosting.
My Etsy favorites.!
…Especially my friend’s new shop, Bellish Designs, featuring necklaces she makes. She’s truly one of the most stylin’ women I know, can’t wait to buy one as soon as I have an excuse to.
An awesome giveaway, which reminds me, I need to enter :)
This post on embracing your own style.
I Married an Irish Farmer. ‘NOUGH SAID.