put a bow on it

i made this bright pink corduroy bow for miss k's little easter noggin. i can't lie, it wasn't even my idea. i had made my little guys each a bow tie for easter sunday and turns out they felt like their sister was being excluded from the fun. we can't allow that. so at about ten o'clock saturday evening this little beauty was created. i want to make about thirty more, all in corduroy, all in fun bright colors, all for my little darling and her sweet round head. i am officially in love with bows. it's my new 'put a bird on it'. and why shouldn't it be?

what do you think about bows?

sunday afternoon style

tonight i am feeling lonely and burned out on my go-to playlist. don't get me wrong....pride and prejudice, harry potter, leap year....i still love you. you are always there for me on the many many nights that i am hogging the bed all to myself.

but tonight i am wishing for the late sunday afternoon style movies where the family would squeeze into the family room and turn on a good ol' musical. or two. or maybe even three.



gene kelly, i love you. when i was nine, i planned our wedding. you amaze me.

i have the feeling that when this sweet baby girl in my belly grows up, she will make wedding plans with you too. because i'm realllly counting on sunday afternoons full of musicals and popcorn...with the boys and the hubby rolling their eyes at us all along.

{but standing behind us, quietly watching of course...}

i can't wait.



looks like i need to start up my very own collection.

do you like old hollywood musicals? i do i do i do.

what are your faves?

mine are::

singin in the rain, brigadoon, my fair lady, the sound of music, the king and i, oklahoma.

and that's just a start.



want to know a secret?

one day i'm going to bribe the hubs into recreating this photo with me. yup the same hubs who you see so little of because he detests the camera lens being pointed at him. it may be a challenge, but i'm getting increasingly more stubborn in my old age i've learned.

if you haven't watched a musical recently, do it! it's good for the soul i tell you.

good night monday.

xoxo.ash


photo credits::
one, two, three, four

spin it

blocks for the quilt i'm working on. i think i'm going to love it!

and i thought i would share with you that i am crushing on pinwheels in general right now.

and how could i help myself?

i give you:: pinwheels for your noggin.

pinwheels for your wall.

pinwheels and more pinwheels for your wedding.

i'm pretty sure i could go on all day but i will spare you.

happy monday world!

xoxo.ash

twenty and five and a book

so it's my birthday! and not just any birthday mind you. i have been waiting my entire life to turn twenty-five. i always figured that by the time i was twenty-five i would have the world figured out and sitting at my feet. funny how things aren't always what they seem when you're six years old.

but mission accomplished. now i'm going to have to come up with some other life goal that only requires my staying alive and not a whole lot more. what's my new goal? thirty-eight? thirty-eight sounds like a pleasant number.

what was your favorite age so far?



in other news, i just finished reading charlie st. cloud. i actually really enjoyed it. it was sweet and inspiring. kind of sad though, not going to lie. now i'm going to have to watch the movie and see how it compares.

and now i need a new book! any suggestions?

twenty-five cent smile

i found this pretty little owl while thrifting a few weekends ago. some people consider my taste a little grandma-ish, which is totally okay with me. i think she's adorable! and who can argue with a twenty-five cent smile?

p.s. my roses just exploded the other day. i love the burst of bright pink coming from the flower box. i drive the long way past the house just so i can look at them.

my voice is going

and i could sure go for a little of this,

and this,

some of these,

and as always, a little of these two.

i love me some pride and prejudice.

all images via weheartit