{local love} a lovely day in longmont

today we went to longmont - just another adorable town on the front range with another adorable main street. we went to an awesome thrift store, admired historic storefronts, explored a crazy pawn shop {the man there said that people come from all around the world to see that bear, btw}, and ate a delicious lunch at a firehouse brewery...

{20 items or less} an autumn woodland wedding

i'm feeling very wedding-y lately, getting very excited about the two weddings we'll be attending in the next month! in that spirit, i've dreamed up a fall forest wedding-slash-dining-space...

1.ophelia dress, $650; 2.metallic wall paper, $110; 3.velvet curtains, $47/panel;

4.brass chandelier, $148; 5.floral chandelier, $350; 6.gold chandelier, $375;

7.antiqued mirrors, $653 each; 8.vintage clutch, $38; 9.reclaimed wood table, $1300; 

10.petrified wood stumps, $1495 each

11.cake topper, $49; 12.bridal bouquet; 13.hair comb, $92; 14.art deco earrings, $125;

15.custom birch vase, $20; 16.something blue bracelet, $34; 17.cake stand, $148;

18.moss ring pillow {with matching basket}, $60

....makes me want to get married all over again!

{local love} fall on the farm

this morning A and i headed out to a farm near hudson, colorado. we played in the pumpkin patch, braved the wild west corn maze, and petted all the cute animals we possibly could!

{history maker} steve jobs

{design nerd} karma living

i'm dying over these insanely gorgeous quilts made from indian textiles {on sale right this second at this website}! the colors! the patterns! they make me want to travel to far off places and ride an elephant and all sorts of other such fantastic things...

{party animals} autumn love birds

A and i are so excited for fall - fall is most definitely our favorite season, and this will be our very first fall in colorado {where there actually is a fall, and a whole season of it, unlike some other states i know}.  
but we're also excited because we have two wonderful weddings to attend, one later this month and another one in november! the two couples are some of our very best friends; we are bursting with happiness for them, and we just can't wait to celebrate their big day{s}!
and, on top of all that awesomeness, i am the lucky girl who got to design the invitations for the november wedding! it was such an honor and a joy!

{bucket list} birth of the bucket list

this afternoon, A decided that we should write a bucket list. we started with a colorado bucket list, since we are so much closer to all sorts of new fun places now, and after three months here we've barely even scratched the surface!
naturally that led to a life bucket list - things we want to do and places we want to go {mostly places we want to go...}.
some are a little more of a reach than others {helicopter to space?}, some are admittedly misspelled {i'll blame A for that}, and i'm sure some will be added or amended along the way, but we're excited to start crossing things off our bucket lists - after all, that's the best part of list-making!

{local love} night flowers

"all great and beautiful work has come of first

gazing without shrinking into the darkness."

- john ruskin          

{local love} boulder fall fest

last night the mister and i didn't know what to do, but the weather was fantastic and we wanted to be outside, so we headed to boulder to wander around the pearl street mall. when we got there, we discovered boulder fall fest: live music, local booze, and yummy food! hello, happy accident!

{20 items or less} an autumn-inspired living room

in honor of the first day of fall {and because i've fallen hopelessly in love with this anthropologie rug}, i decided to design an autumn-inspired living room for myself {and A of course}... now, if only i could afford to redecorate every season...


some style notes:

• fall is my favorite season...
• i want to include some of our favorite pieces {our coffee table, travel photos, poufs & pillows, vintage treasures, and our comfy armchair}
• i hate our couch. and i'm a little in love with the pretty green one that my friend H has {i'm sure she won't mind if i steal it!}
• like i said, that rug. i die.

so below, in 20 items or less, my fall dream living room:

1.corona sofa, $699; 2.orange leopard pillow, $50; 

3.let's make out pillow, $89; 4.suzani pillow {our own};

5.personal travel photos in frames, $18 each;

6.vintage library signs {our own}; 7.vintage globe {our own};

8.aluminum side table, $149; 9.1.5-seat armchair, $649;

10.peace/love pillow, $98; 11.pom pom pillow, $25; 12.coffee table, $280;

13.vintage duck, $32 {we have a thing about ducks...};

14.inlaid flower tray, $199; 15.vintage suitcase, $39; 16.rug, $898;

17.poufs, $30 each; 18.tripod floor lamp, $298;

19.paint color: rhino by behr

p.s. i could also definitely get down with this lovely lady of a couch {$1299}...