Croquet anyone?

Have you guys played croquet lately?

I had a weekend filled with yard games. It was wonderful.

Starting with the wedding in Charleston that hosted an epic game of croquet right next to the water's edge at sunset (amazing). So have you played lately? Its really quite fun! 'Roshambos' and all!

Have you heard of corn hole yet? If not you are missing out. I am ridiculously bad... 

but working on my skills for the next round...

More about my fabulous weekend to follow!

PS: Today is a GIANT day for me... Keeping it a secret until I have pictures for you guys...

Stay tuned! Can't wait!

Heading on Vacation.

Please excuse me. I am heading on a vacation! For the next five days I will be

in the beautiful town of Charleston, South Carolina, celebrating the marriage of two friends of ours,

and unable to post daily. But I will return rejuvenated and quite possibly sunburnt on Tuesday. 

It is my first visit down there and I am excited to see the sites. 

Stay posted for a photographic re-cap. 

And big news to announce when I return so Stay Posted!

Love to you all!

Have a Wonder-filled Holiday weekend!

~Tara

Vintage + Upcycled = LOVE

Love these. I just do. Period. 

Glamorous, Boho.

Dave and I are heading down to Charleston for a Wedding this weekend and I have been swooning over summer dresses and all the cutest styles. Hoping to find a new dress to wear while I was down there seeing the sites. I stumbled across this fossil necklace from Urban Outfitters and it prompted me to scour the internet in search of an outfit to match it... 

Its a pretty cool necklace right? I think its jazzy enough it can be dressed up or dressed down, depending on how you where it. So I fell in love with this Glam/bohemian look... And WISH it was in my closet right now and not floating around in cyber space. What do you think of those shoes?

Chloe

BCBG

Charleston Here I come!

I'm just sayin'

Isn't that a large part of it all?

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DIY Table Runner

LOVE vintage doilies. And I am swimming in them at the moment. 

So when I came across this adorable table runner I thought "Brilliant" What a great idea. I love how some have a vintage tea stained look and some are bright white. If you put a mason jar of 

wild flowers over that it would send it over the top for sure. 

Via

Get organized.

My Cork Boards are starting to get dis-organized. I am falling in love with this clip board idea. 

One job per clip board, I could get into that. Really dig those colors too!

Happy Friday...

Happy Friday Everyone, 

I hope you Have this kind of weekend.

Filled with lots of over the top adorable love scene moments.

(Didn't you love this movie?)

yup...

Love this. 

Need this.

Gotta have this.

Old Gold Boutique

New Featured Logo Design

I friend of mine and sports FANATIC is launching her blog and radio career

as the Sports Mistress and I had the honor of working with her to create

her "Super Glam" Logo. The name was so much fun to work with I had to feature it today. 

What do you think?

If you are into Sports, Check this Sports Diva out: Sports Mistress

Be still my heart...

AMAZING. 

cosafina rings xox

White walls... keep 'em? Cover 'em?

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AAAAAMEN! 

Please see below for evidence. 

via Bri Emry's Pinterest post about swank lofts. 

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Even though I am often drawn it the airy open-ness of it, I have trouble keeping a white wall, white.

I tend to smatter every bit of art and self expression that I have up on my walls. So naturally I really like these frame collages. I do think there is a certain art to a frame collage. 

*Find a focal point. * Use Delicate Fames. 

* Use Simple piece of artwork that won't compete with each other. etc. 

I may not be the expert. But I am really digging this vintage collection...

mixed with all sorts of old and new photos. It looks kind of glamorous doesn't it?

I grew up in a house where there was art work on the walls and family photos on the tabletops.

So I am not sure if I will ever venture into the world of a photo-collaged wall, but I think if I spent some time with it, it could be really awesome. 

I actually remember seeing a few blog posts, about a year ago, of someone who blew up (poster size on canvas) a really bright candid photo and hung it over their sofa. 

And I thought I could surely get into that, I just didn't have the right photo for it yet... 

But I suppose its something to work on. 

How do you feel about white walls? Keep 'em or cover 'em?

Summer Totes

Love these Summer Totes from Rib and Hull.

Oh My Gosh... This is so Perfect

I just found this on Etsy and burst out laughing!

If ANYone has ever been on a boat with me. Be it wind or gas powered they would know... 

this is exactly what it is like for me on a boat. I feel an overwhelming desire to purchase this for myself. 

Where is Dave when you need him, some body come over and laugh about this with me!

A family is born...

I found this amazing photographic tree that spans almost 30 years over at Marvelous Kiddo. 

I am inspired to start my own. Look at the children growing up, isn't that unreal?

It would be kind of funny to see one created of me because I change my hair color so much. 

And I think Dave would remain just as consistent as the father here... 

same facial hair and hair cut since 1976. How funny. 

Just a start...

I am working on a wedding package for a Garden themed wedding 

and I am putting my watercolors to use once more! 

Here is a taste of what my watercolor pad looks like at the end of a painting session. 

I have big plans for this little guys ~ stay tuned!

Take two

Check out these Re-Takes of our favorite iconic images.

Wouldn't it be fun to remake a photo or image from 50 years ago? The era, the atmosphere, 

the confidence in the women being capture are all breathtaking.

Can you imagine what it would be like being an American Icon?

I think some of these young Hollywood stars are on their way, aren't they beautiful?

I love Rosey up there... those eyebrows (grrr!) love it!

Street Art in Crumbles

These portraits have been CRAVED out of the walls of these buildings by artist, Alexandre Farto. 

He scratched and carved each large scale portrait into the walls of abandoned buildings. 

Aren't they striking? Almost haunting aren't they? I am amazed at how much detail he can capture

amongst the crumbles...what do you think about? Vandalization or Art?

Infinity Scarf...{xox}

Isn't there something wonderful and fresh about this scarf?

I have been looking for a scarf to wear on those cool spring evenings and this 

one from etsy totally takes the cake. 

Wooden Toys!

Look at these spectacular mobiles from The Wooden Wagon. 

Their entire site is filled with wonderful wooden toys for children. (Wooden, not plastic. I dig)

Dave and I recently bought his nephew this Wobbly Stacking Tower:

from their site where I became so enamored with their wooden toys I could have ordered an entire 

truck-load for myself! Aren't the colors fabulous?

I just love it... and have you seen their puzzles?