~Tunes for your Tuesday . . . Alexandra Burke Style~

Alexandra Burke . . .

"Start Without You"

And in leiu of her showy black lacey get-up . . . more black lacies!!!
~A few fun finds~

VINTAGE INSPIRED BLACE LACE NECKLACE $22.50  by JannyFay on Etsy

Black and White Lace Porcelain Fruit Bowl on Etsy by Isabelle Abrahamson on Etsy

Lacy Little Black Dress $22.80 Forever21

Lace Ruffle Vest $34.00 Arden B

Kvoll  Lace Platform High Heels $40 from Yes Style

Juicy Couture Capri Lace Leggings $78

Elk Lighting Fabrique Velvety Black Lace 6 Light Pendant $178

Do you have any black lacey fun items that you love???

Happy Tuesday!!!

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For serious!!!

~Office Furniture and Happy Long Weekend!!!~

Happy Long Weekend to you all!!!

What are your plans???
Ours:
More Home Rennovations
BBQ with friends
Out to a show
Last kayaking adventure this year
Happy Hours (always!)
Crafting
Baking
Etc. Etc. Etc. :-)

 Now onto my conundrum:

Awww my office is coming togather, BUT taking forever!

It's unfortunate everything I want costs $$moolah$$

We are done with all the rennovating (of my craft room at least), now I just need to fill it up with fun things!

If you missed my blog post of inspiration for my office, chk it out here

So this weekend we are off to find an armoire and a desk to get this room rolling!

Desk:

~black or white~

 I don't know yet!

Either would go . . . hmmm

Ok to set the stage:

We have asian bamboo dark hardwood floors

A light yellow/tan faux-linen painting  job

A zebra rug (black white)

White crown molding and trim

Black hardware (door knob and closet knobs)

Overall look inspiration/colors:

(source)

(source)

Yellow/Zebra/White/Black

I want:

Bradshaw Kirchofer Chopin Writing Desk from Layla Grace

BUT it's a whopping $1,071.00!!! Yeah prob not:-)

~OR~

Source . . . also same store same-ish price!

Desks that are still cute but more my budget:

(here)

Pottery Barn

Pottery Barn

Crate and Barrel- comes in black or white $250

Hmmm we shall see.  Why oh why do I have a budget?! Ha ha

What do you guys think:

Black or white desk?

Small simple writers desk or larger executive desk?

Suggestions of where to shop?

~As always, enjoy your lovely weekend dears!~

~Tunes for your Tuesday . . .LIGHTS Style~

Happy Tuesday my lovelies!!!

For our Tunes for Tuesday I have a song for you!

Ice by Lights, super cute!!!

She's super young but I love her voice!

In leu of her basic outfit in the video . . .

let's focus on black and white

Went shopping yesterday and bought some basics in black, white and grey. Normally I LOVE me some color, but it's good to tone it down and use a splash against a mute background, right?

Splash of red on lips:

F21

Arden B

Steve Madden

(Ummm I want these sooo bad!!!)

Charlotte Russe

Arden B.

Arden B

Arden B

Anthropologie

Express

Although I love summer clothes, I'm excited for boots, sweaters and cute jeans!!!

What are you excited for for Fall???

P.S. Don't forget!!!

Enter the amazingly gorgeous Photography Giveaway hosted by Sara Norris Photography

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My Valentines Inspiration

My Valentines Inspiration
Originally uploaded by memory bean designs

~Valentine's Fun~

Wooo hooo I totally am diggin' the photo mosaic tool, finally figured it out and you'll see a lot more of it :-) Sooo . . . some Valentine's love!

Yup just 2 weeks away ya'll get ready!

I am:

1) Making some fun goodies for my girls
2) Getting hubby some cute threads
3) Going to Matt Hires concert on a date with the hubby


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4) Really wanting to see Valentine's Day there's like a million great actors/actresses in it, can't be that bad right?! :-)

Any of you have plans? Gift ideas? Fun lil things for your girls?

Share share share!

~Tamara Nicole~