I need to not be so bad, and stay so busy

Check out my latest post over at invadenola---Remixing the Robber Baron feat. James Bond

my breakfast

over easy and sunny-side up: over quinoa, onions, cherry tomatoes, and green peppers

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watercolor and lines

anthropologie aug. 2010 catalog

michael sanderson's work

my watercolor and line drawing for a our yard sale sign!

Paper Crowns & Large Utensils

In honor of the summer, we had a dinner party on a bridge over the Bayou St. John

I made fabric flag/banners and plum, almond, blackberry tarts! (recipe soon, i promise)

Of course we had to eat with over-sized utensils and wear paper hats....

im a blogger

check out my post about white linen night fashion over at invade nola

lets make a fort!

a few weeks ago, a friend shared her desire to grab a few bottles of wine, make a fort in her living room and escape for awhile...and of course I have been wanting to do that all week long!

Wouldn't it be wonderful to live here

"Cabin in a loft" by Katz Chiao-- more photos here

or build this

 image via swissmiss ~installation and photos: Bjørn Bjarre

make it big enough and invite so many friends

via scout:megsnotplural: blanket fort party.

I'll let you know how mine turns out!

outdoor sculpture

on Tchoupitoulas St. (outside the PRC- 923 Tchoupitoulas), New Orleans, LA

i may have to blame bloggers

well, not completely -- but posts on Cup of Jo ( this one and this one) and Apartment Therapy have all caught the summer picnic bug....

 I understand why summer makes people think of picnics, however- here in New Orleans- it always seems to rain right at prime picnic time!   

Wouldn't it be so lovely for a picnic..

So, when One kings lane (message me for an invite) had this.....

i had to get it!

So excited, even if it has to be indoor picnics. 

Happy Fourth!

"I'm a little bit [desert], and I'm a little bit rock 'n' roll"

Although New Orleans is a little too rainy to fully channel the desert, the last few days have had me thinking (wishing?) of Santa Fe, Burning Man, and Jim Morrison fueled nightmares (in a good way). Tribal has been in all spring and summer, but bringing a good mix of Navajo designs, "runway  tribal", and maybe a leather accessory (or two) will make you feel like you aren't dripping in a swamp.

wish list
1. Osbon/Shoes- Black Candela Jazzie ( $98.00) 

2. Jason Christopher Photography

3.  Topshop Necklace ($210) &  Bangles- Diane Von Furstenberg  ($40-$60)

4. New York Magazine Street Lookbook

5. French Connection knit Dress ($170)

6. Mosley Tribes Sunglasses hand-beaded by Jenny Dayco ($695) -amazing-  , Shoes-Mosley Tribe Lookbook

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Now, if the items above are too expensive for you (me!)- here are some less expensive replacements

1. Zalo High Leather Boots Etsy ($96)

2. Zoe & Zac for Payless Agave Ring Sandles ($9)

3. Need Supply Co. Dotted Pattern Tank Dress($42)

4. Vintage Jewelry at eCrater ($25) 

5. Urban  Outfitters shirt ($28)

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As for my insatiable love for the beaded Mosley Sunglasses--I'm thinking I could buy this pair and glue an old friendship bracelet on the sides. 

Another DIY idea is to screenprint some zig-zags on a dress, - and spray paint the design on these adorable forever 21 yellow boat shoes

Fashion sidenote-

DO NOT OVER DO THIS LOOK. You will look like a hipster-halloween party. And you can't pull this off-- Andre Benjamin barely did.

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If you do want to overdo it-- email Jen and ask if you can make this into a shirt

to wear at the same time.

"I don't know if its good or bad, but I know i love it so" (The Osmonds)

sno-balls

So after-work, or after a bike ride, or before spending long amounts of time outside during a New Orleans summer-- I like to get a sno-ball. You may think you have had a sno-ball (I'm talking to you, my dear-east-coast-friends), but you have probably had a sno-cone.

A sno-ball is made with shaved ice...not crushed

 ( image from Kathy Price,  I believe)

 and comes with gummy bears, or condensed milk, or soft serve, or just by its glorious self.

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The other day, I stopped at Snoballs on Piety,

 before going swimming at the Country Club (that fun is a whole other post). 

and I thought I would share the delicious sno-balls, wonderful Airstream trailer, and snoball-color-matching-graffiti with you ~

 

don't ask me why

yes please

d a c e Spring 2010 videolook from André Pinces on Vimeo.

Mafiosos and greenery

At the Preservation Resource Center's Renovators' Happy hour in Central City...look

and then the Cinco de Craft Mafioso

I showed a few minutes to late to be one of the lucky ones with a gift bag ~

 but I am going to have to buy one of these for my phone

 at Miss Malaprop's store

and these, hopefully as earrings! and in emerald green!

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all in all, it was an inspirational afternoon

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