friday finds ix

right now, i'm in florida for one last vacation this summer. 

we've packed a lot of travel in this season, mostly because next summer our lives will be a lot different with a kid in tow.

anyways, i wanted to leave you with a few fun things you might wanna pick up. i've been eyeing that madewell ring all summer and now it's on sale. score.

cookbook | blouse | utensils | ring | tank | candleholders

if you're traveling for labor day, hope it goes well. if you're local and staying in town, get a croissant. 

i'll be back in town tuesday night so you won't be hearing from me until wednesday. 

have a great weekend!

faux show

there's a lot of cute, affordable faux leather things out right now.

can you believe that tan dress is from dress barn?

also, sizes seem to be limited, but that white leather cutout number from zara is super chic and marked down to twenty bucks. 

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i've never really been a leather kinda girl, but these subtle touches of faux leather have me considering buying a few things for fall.

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sidenote: i couldn't get this out of my head when i made the title for this post. 

home sweet home

claudia pearson | ugmonk | ampersand design studio | three potato four vintage sign
ork posters | urban outfitters print no longer being sold
hatch show print
the calm gallery
tad carpenter | james weaver
ikea | ikea frame

just a few shots of the art on our first floor living/dining room/kitchen area.

i'd say that this is the area that's the most complete, and we're pretty happy with it for the moment. it's always a work in progress.

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the polaroid collage is the one thing that's not on the first floor. that's in the basement. we put it together last weekend. at the wedding, we used polaroids for our guestbook and had all these great candid images with personal messages we wanted to display. and now we can look at them whenever we're down there, which is pretty often. i like how it turned out.

potw: and many more

my birthday is coming up. when i was a younger, i alway hated my "late" birthday. 

last one to turn 13, 16, 21, etc.

that changed when i got to thirty and got to savor those few months where i was still 29 and all my crotchety old classmates were 30. so crucial, right? ;)

anyways, between tomorrow and september 5 (my birthday!) there are three other special people in my life celebrating their big day. it's actually part of why i'm going down to florida, so we can all get together.

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and a french bulldog holding an orange balloon? too cute.

happy birthday to anyone else celebrating one soon.

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looking for more letterpress goods? check out my press of the week series here. a new potw is posted (almost) every monday. but you can always find the latest by following me on twitter.