in the red

yesterday was so beautiful!


photos by matthew j. panton




remember how i complained about st. patrick's day on friday?

well i did end up going out. i danced with friends, saw the inside of too many bars, and had a nice, blurry time of it all. unfortunately, i was still suffering from my jameson-filled night when i woke up sunday morning...

but fortunately, my chipper friend jessica persuaded us to come out for brunch. she's leaving for los angeles in two weeks to do bikram yoga teacher training! we're trying to get in lots of hanging-out time. (and have a tea-and-crafts date planned for this week!)






glasses- c/o glasses usa
scarf- thrifted
shirt- urban outfitters
dress- thrifted
tights- ebay
shoes- swedish hasbeens for h&m


{{pondering existence...}}




what were you up to this weekend?

friday pinspiration

favorite weekly pretties:


bonnie's closet is the loveliest.




this girl blogs, and has her own lovely store in virginia :)




so jealous that lisa has ferreal lemon trees in her backyard. she gets to make fresh lemonade.




came across these beautiful cuppys recently.




i want to hide in these willows.




here, i found a leather crafting tutorial. i mean, i could never do such a thing, but isn't the concept awesome? look at the beautiful pieces she made!




this picture really excited me... glitter covered tapes! i almost want to make a gold one, string it up, and have myself a really blingy necklace. (think flava flav.)




a band of street musicians performing in the subway.




a DOGGIE TEEPEE.




pretty little bows to put in your hair.




a pretty fake tattoo. i have to admit, this idea is kind of intriguing me...




salted caramel chocolate shortbread looks wonderfullll.




a really beautiful painting of some circus tents in the snow :)





happy friday, everyone! do you all have plans for st. patrick's day?

my friend is having a birthday party, so i'll probably just attend that. people go crazy for it here- dressing all in green and getting wasted before noon. but i'm just "meh." to me, it's another one of those party holidays i could really care less about.

i'm more excited about the adult-themed class i'm going to on sunday with another friend ;) i won't say more than that, but i think it will be a scream.

the teeniest cupcake i ever did see...

in the cutest, most unicorn-filled parts of your dreams, have you ever conceived of tiny little cupcakes the size of a quarter?


well they exist in new york. EVERYTHING exists here, apparently...

i was near grand central the other day, when i passed by a store that made me back it up: a tiny cupcake bakery.




check out that menu... how could you not go inside?

while deciding what i wanted, i talked to the cashiers about the other tiny cupcakes i had seen recently at the lulu's event. i wondered aloud if they were related. i described them, and they exclaimed "yes! those are our betsey johnson cupcakes." ... did you hear that? there is such thing as tiny betsey johnson cupcakes!! and i ate one!


anyway, i got a peanut butter, cookie dough, and red velvet.

i'm sorry about this sad overexposed photo, which doesn't come close to displaying these cupcakes' majesty, but i could barely be bothered to take a better one. see, after a long train ride home with these things burning a hole in my pocket... they weren't getting in my mouth fast enough. and that needed to not be.





have you ever seen/ made a cupcake this small?

painted jars diy

i came across these jars via pinterest (i think.) it's not in english, but i got the gist through the pictures. it made me want some cute painted jars of my own, so i did it...




needed:
paint
paint brush
mason jar(s)


i used acrylic paint from michaels- only 59 cents each and so worth it! about $3 worth of paint = countless happy days, planning a dozen other painting projects reeling through my mind.

anyway, they didn't have a lighter aqua, so i just got turquoise and mixed it in with white...






then i just took my little paintbrush, and painted the inside of the mason jar. i did two coats, because otherwise you can see the brush strokes if you tilt it towards the light...




i let it dry, and bam... new cute pen holders for me!

you can even go wild and do designs and stuff. i tried to make a heart in the yellow jar, but it didn't really work out. i messed up too many times and ended up going with the solid color. either way, i'm happy.


(ps, the balloon postcard in the background is from the little illustrator.)

it's good to have friends

after standing in line all day in the cold on saturday, i kind of just wanted to go home and hide in bed. but i had a social engagement to attend. i wanted to just skip it, but was told by some friends i hadn't seen in awhile that i needed to be there... so i did the next best thing...

i went to the party. had some tacos. and hid under the covers with my friend maeve.






it's nice to have someone to hide under the covers with :)

being campy

good morning monday, sweetrobins! today's outfit is pretty casual, but i'm in love with it...






a few weeks ago, i made a decision. simply put... i need more vintage plaid shirts in my life. i scored this one recently at a little vintage shop for only $7! i was quite pleased with myself, and have been wearing it ever since.




the jeans are from uniqlo, as are all my pants. did you know that they have free hemming at their stores? it's a miracle. anyway, i haven't bought new jeans in over a year, and desperately needed a new pair.

also wearing my favorite scarf... a regular on the blog :)




hat- thrifted, brooklyn
scarf- thrifted, ri
shirt- vice versa vintage, williamsburg
cardigan- thrifted, ri
jeans- uniqlo
sadiki flats c/o blowfish





so... i don't want to keep everyone in suspense about my audition on saturday: i didn't get a callback.

and surprise surprise... i actually cared. i don't really watch, or generally respect reality tv shows. so this was supposed to be all for fun, and a learning experience... but i left feeling disappointed and like a failure. i guess a cheesy rejection is still a rejection.

i do know that there were 6,000 people there that day. i know that at that point, it's really just an eliminating game, and they're looking for any reason at all to send you home.

i won't lie and say my audition went perfectly, and omgz how could they clearly not see taht i wuz tha best singar evar???? but i do think a lot of it boils down to the tastes of the judge that you happen to have been paired with. you could have everything they're looking for, and still not make it.


and that's showbiz, kids :)

friday pinspiration

pictures roundup! some of my favorites this week were:


this pretty little notebook on miss indie.




of course i know the gist of this story, but the truth is i've never read this book or even seen the movie....




such a pretty heart bokeh. i want to learn how to do it.




this cookie cutter collection is kind of amazing. (there's even little feet!)




valerie's blog has some of the most beautiful pictures around. i feel like i post one of her photos every single week. this is a little corner of a vintage shop.




budapest. i can goez there now pleaze?




this is interesting... a jewelry box made out of an old book! i suppose you could use it for any old thing, not just jewelry.




this tutorial on how to create bow tied oxfords is right up my alley. imagine the possibilities!!




i just got some raw sugar that i've been using as a facial scrub. so i guess at some point, i'll have to make this- the prettiest sugar scrub ever.




this ring is apparently stone, but i thought it was glitter at first!




these lollipops are making me want to go to a carnival.





this girl is so insanely pretty.





i hope everyone's week was a good one!


so i want to tell you guys something that i feel kind of cheesy about... i'm auditioning for the voice tomorrow. i knowww, you don't have to tell me how totally whack these "talent" shows are. but i watched an episode of it recently, and actually thought it was good! i respect the judges, and i like the fact that they're the ones who "choose" you.

many of the people on the show are actually already professionals looking to get a leg up. and i have to say. if christina aguilera ever told me that she loved my voice, i think i'd #1) pee a little, #2) tweet about it, and #3) put it in big red type as the first bullet point on my resume. i mean... the resume booster alone would be worth it, right?

anyway, i have to pass 2 auditions before i'd get in front of those judges. i'm not pinning all my hopes and dreams on making it, but i thought it would be an interesting experience. wish me luck!


xoxo!