:: I Love You :: (From a Secret Admirer ♥)

A little love to start off your week...

(Photo: Irene Suchocki)

 

(Photo: Heather King Designs )

(Photo: Bomobob )

p.s. Angie from the very sweet This and That is the June giveaway winner... Yay!

:: June Giveaway ::

Summer's here... love is in the air... the sun is bursting... and tasty iced yum yum drinks are being gulped down.  So lots of peeing , too.
Good times.

And... AND it's giveaway time.  Here's what you get:  Love Nest bobby pins.  Just for you.  But you have to enter.  Here's how...

*GIVEAWAY RULES* (Deadline: Friday, June 25th at 11:59pm PST):
1. In just three words, share your ultimate summer dream.
2. Peruse through this blog and comment on (and/or "Like") as many posts as you feel drawn to.  Don't go overboard, just let me know what appeals to you.
3. I like when people say , "Hi" to me when I pass by them along my walks and I like holding doors for others and when doors are held for me.  Extra points for you doing the same along your daily journeys.  (Honor system, peeps.)
4.  That's that.  The winner will be announced on my Monday, June 28th blog post.

Hope the sun's out wherever you are...

(Model:  Jennifer Borchert.  Tattoos: Sebastian Orth and J Medina at Otherworld Tattoo in Santa Barbara, CA)

Dress :: Picnic

The perfect dress...

 for the perfect picnic...

Summer's almost here!  Dive in....

(Dress by Ruby Pearl . Photo from Cup of Jo.)

Wedding Inspiration♥

June is, officially, Wedding month.  I was not aware of this.  But it is.  So I will now share an unfolding of some really great weddings I came across while perusing the cool blog,  100 Layer Cake.
This is for all of you planning weddings.  Or for all of you who have gotten married.  Or for all of you who like weddings.  Or for all of you who hate weddings, but who will- unwittingly- kind of sort of think maybe some of them are okay enough after seeing a few of these.
 Enjoy... (or hate.  It's your call.)

(I like that one for the much neglected guys.)

and for that perfect touch for the ladies...

( Hair adornments by moi, exclusively, at Ciara Obscura and that stunning beaded bouquet is by Stephanie Kheder Bodine at Bocage.  Model: Jennifer Borchert)

Happy Wedding Season!

Things to inspire your week...

 A few things I'm enjoying and think you might to:

This photo by Gabrielle Kai. 

Am I the only one who hasn't seen this fantastic commercial until just recently? Must have watched it, like, 43 times already.

An old friend's blog Klimbalan (I am, particularly, fond of this post today).  Perfect for snippets of wit and wisdom.

And Dust Congress.  Tag line:  "Are you honest when nobody's looking?"  (Well?  Are you?)

The Selby.  I am finding this mostly neat.  And I guess a book based on this site was just put out.  So more food for sneaking a peek into others' lives...

Which brings me to this site, once again:

and this:

Have a lovely beginning of your week.  Catch ya in a few days.

Nurseries.

I'm not pregnant.  Let's just get that out on the table.  I am also, currently, not prepared to start the adoption process or foster a child.  I love (certain) children immensely, but I am not prepared for one of my own... not now.  Maybe not ever.  Still unsure.

Doesn't matter.  Point is, I am enjoying looking at photos of nurseries lately... most likely because of the new wee ones that have entered this world via friends' and family's bellies (I'm gonna give a shout out to Ryland James and Emmett Arlo now... woot woot!).

Here are some of my favorites so far. (If I can find a way to download lil' Emmett's adorable robot/space room off of Flickr, I'll update the post with that in a couple of days)

Love the airy lightness and simplicity of this one.

Someone neat had the smarts to make this color combination work.  Very ambitious.  Very well designed.

Anyone who knows me, knows that I'm a fan of nooks.  This little jewel box of a nursery is soft and peaceful and sweet as can be.

This one makes my heart flip.  Such great everything... including the daybed and that fantastic chandeleir.  I'd stick a little crib in there somewhere because I'd freak thinking about the babes rolling off that bed.  Still.  In love.

I'll, no doubt, come across more in the coming weeks.  If you see some you like, could you, pretty please, link to them in the comments?  I have another friend who's needing some inspiration yum yums for their nursery... this would help her out.  Thanks, peeps!