Redesign!

I've been meaning to change my blog design up for a while. My old computer crashed and I lost all the photoshop files from my old layout. And that one was almost three years old. So here is the new one! A little bit of a different color scheme and a new illustrated portrait! Here is a screenshot so I can see it in 20 years when I'm looking back over my blog. 

 And a couple new topic buttons too!

Too Kind

I've been meaning to post this forever. Before Christmas Laura over at Boo Bobby sent me the sweetest package. Really, these are all things I would have picked up for myself. First of all, look at that pair of pugs! She posted recently about her great built ins and she has a matching set and I love that it is almost like we have one of those heart friendship necklaces or something. Ha! Some internet friendship pugs.

This poodle book is KILLING me. I have another one about poodle hair cuts, but this one is cuter, and look at that sweet thing holding up his paw to get it clipped! I hope that I can get a little old lady poodle someday. It really is just a matter of time.

 

This guy made me laugh! It is like she is in my brain! I have a duckish guy like this, to hold recipe cards. But I don't LOVE the duck one, and was wishing I had something more my style. And this rooster is so perfect! Look at that felt! I love a craft, especially when it involves pinking shears and felt. 

So thank you Laura! And guys you should go check out her blog! She is a vintage lover and a kind soul and even though she hasn't been posting as much since she finally got to move into her new old house, it brightens my day whenever she writes a new one. 

And thank YOU for reading my blog and leaving me nice comments and saying hi if you see me out and about in Nashville (I met Jenna and Elizabeth at the flea market today!). I love blogs and the kindness I have experienced because of them. 

Ladies Night

Have I ever told you how much I love the phrase "ladies night"? I don't know what it is about it, well, that isn't true. It makes me think of John Lovitz singing it in the wedding singer. ANYWAY, last week Lisa from My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird invited me, and two other Nashville lady bloggers to an event at the newly reopened Dress Barn at Opry Mills. I immediately accepted even though I wasn't really sure what to expect. It was awesome!Check out how good we are at posing! (Me/ Jamie from Owl Really/ Eartha Kitsch)

After just a few minutes of awkwardly standing around because we weren't sure what to do, we had a great time shopping and trying on clothes and talking about vintage and blogs and little kid beauty pageants. If you will remember, my goal for 2012 was to follow the immoral words of Kanye West "Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness" and I think this proves that I've made good progress on it! This time last year I would have made an excuse and not gone. It helps of course that I love all three of these ladies blogs and have talked to them online, but still! I'm pretty proud!

Back to the Dress Barn. I had never been to one, and would never really even think of stepping foot inside, but they had some cute vintage inspired stuff! The dressing rooms were so fancy, check out how they write your name on the door, and the chandelier! They had nice ivory colored benches inside, and the pink walls and lighting were actually pretty flattering. And I don't know the last time I went shopping with anyone other than Travis. It was fun to step out of the dressing room and have other ladies tell you how cute you looked. Haha, that might be the most girly thing I've said in years!

Here is what I ended up with. It isn't something I would normally get, but it made me think Tiki and I'm kind of obsessed with going to a tiki restaurant near me since Eartha posted about it recently. So we'll see if I'm brace enough to wear it! I'm going to do a cropped cardigan I have and no black tights. I need some cute shoes. I really only have converse, and those little leopard sneakers.

The next two pictures I stole from Ranch Dressing with Eartha Kitsch. I wish I had a picture of Lisa's dress! It was so cute, it had horses on it! She got some really cute sunglasses, and is having a giveaway for a Dress Barn gift card over at her blog! She has talked about having us over for a silly craft night and I really hope it happens! I'm going to go to the Nashville Roller Derby with Jamie next week, I can't wait!

Adrienne from What Lola Wants was there too! Everything she tried on looked so good on her! (does that make me sound creepy?) Here is our "Who Wore It Best" photo. We stayed and talked and laughed until the mall closed. I'm so happy I met these ladies, I really had a great time. You meet the most awesome people through blogging. Seriously, I've never been disappointed when I've met a blog friend in real life. And I'll probably be back to the Dress Barn next time I need a dress. I was so surprised that they had multiple things that I liked! 

Blog Redesign!

You may have noticed that I redesigned my blog! I decided to make a post about it so that I can look back later and see what I did. I want to make a cute banner for the links at the top but I haven't taken the time to figure that out yet. I have been talking about doing this redesign since October. But I would rather spend time reading the hundreds of blogs I follow (it's a sickness, I swear) than messing around with  my own. I kept it simple, and used my favorite colors. I want to find a way to make my blog banners look cuter over there, and get a better picture of my face but other than that I'm happy! Now I'm going through all my tags and cleaning them up. It is taking forever because I just start reading all the entries. That is what I love most about blogging, looking back and seeing so clearly what I was doing and thinking years ago.