cold turkey. by orange

With being part of a blog, comes a lot of blog sleuthing. And wow can hours just seep by with no notice. Earlier this week I was deep in some blog perusing and came across a couple posts about a shopping hiatus. Well ladies and gentlemen I will be taking on my own shopping hiatus:

operation fat wallet, skinny closet

My inspiration is from two lovely ladies: Joslyn {Simple Lovely Blog} and Rachel {Heart of Light Blog}. Joslyn actually had a support group of many ladies going on a 12-week shopping hiatus while Rachel just did it {amazingly!} by herself. Joslyn's rules were basically: do not buy anything non-essential.

Non-essential and 12-weeks are a bit too aggressive for me so here are my relatively simple rules:

1. no clothes

2. no shoes

3. no jewelry

4. no handbags

5. none of the above until Labor Day {Sept 7th}.

gulp. Yep my stomach just did some major churning while writing out all of these no-nos.

My reasons for this crazy under-taking:

1. I would be highly impressed with myself for completing this.

2. The husband would be highly impressed with me for completing this...he has some interesting thoughts on this plan of mine {more on this in another post}.

3. I do spend a lot of my hard earned money on clothes, etc - perhaps I will learn some lessons through these next couple weeks to taper that in the future.

4. Saving money! Who doesn't want to do that.

room makeover! by orange

It is done! Orange now has an orange wall in the master bedroom! Check out the progress below and final pictures!

the husband perfecting the tape around the trim to make perfect edge lines...

peach primer - ick!

the first layer of orange!

only a bit more to go!

Payton giving us the "why are you messing with my room" look

orange wall: check!

the husband looking for streaks to paint over the next morning

peeling off the trim tape!

oops

getting rid of the oops spots. thank god for goo be gone.

The End Result: Ta-Dah!!!

Now what I'm thinking is we need something within the orange space. Perhaps mirrors? Perhaps frames? Here are some of the things I've found that I'm playing around with...

Tranby Mirror - Ikea

Husnes Mirror - Ikea

9 Clip Window Wall Frame - Pier 1

Vanna Mirror with Straps - Ikea (straps are to slide in pictures or notes)

michael. by orange

I feel very lucky to be on the stay-cation watching the live memorial of Michael Joseph Jackson. Just thought I'd post some of the pictures that my mind goes to when thinking of his amazing life.

orange paint! by orange

If you've been reading the blog you know that violet and I love decorating and re-decorating. Whether it be a new pillow, a new throw rug, a chalkboard wall or a new duvet. Well this weekend with the upcoming Seattle stay-cation the husband and I decided to purchase a new duvet (yay!!!) and some paint. Here are the grand purchases!

For the bedroom:

1. Marimekko Tamburiini Duvet
2. Patrice Sheets

1. Behr "startling orange" paint
2. Inspirational photo

With the paint kick, the husband and I talked up many ideas for using chalkboard paint. Here is what we decided on: a chalkboard large frame in our "family/hang out" room. Kind of like this photo:

Basically, we will paint part of our large wall with tinted green chalkboard paint, then buy or make a white frame to fit around the painted area. We are thinking about a 4x6 ft chalkboard area...




So we of course bought some of this:













Today we are working on putting all of this together! I'll show pictures once it is complete - cross your fingers!

school teacher. by orange

I think along with many other little girls, I grew up wanting to be a school teacher. Really because I loved chalkboards and chalk. I loved the sound that the chalk makes when writing on the board, I loved the cool chalk-holder my 2nd grade teacher had. The only part of chalk I didn't like was the feeling of chalk dust on my hands.

Recently, there is a craze going on with chalkboard paint. Oh how I want to get on this band wagon and paint a chalkboard somewhere in my house...unfortunately I haven't picked out where yet.

My chalkboard inspiration photos:

this time last year. by orange

This time last year the husband and I were on our honeymoon. Watching the waves crash, eatting fresh fish at a table in the sand, enjoying an amazing $5 foot massage, taking in the sun, swimming...time flies by just a bit too quick sometimes. Being that we were in Bali just a year ago I thought to dedicate this post to some of the vacations the husband and I have been a part of.

Perhaps these ideas will make you think of your next get-away. Where is your favorite vacation spot get-away?

Husband and Orange first tropical vacation: Akumal, Mexico: Hotel Akumal Caribe

Destination Wedding Trip: Punta Cana, Dominican Republic: Paradisus Palma Real

Honeymoon: Nusa Dua, Bali: Conrad Bali Resort & Spa

gotta love hangovers. by violet.

admittedly, i have seen The Hangover twice. yep... TWICE. frankly, i can't wait for the third time, because i know i missed some amazing one-liners. i am a little bit obsessed with vulgar boy movies, not to mention a HUGE Apatow fan- so it felt appropriate to pay tribute to my favorite foul-mouthed comedies.

what are your favorites?

“this plan's been f***ed since Jump Street.”

1. superbad. michael cera, jonah hill. there are not enough words to describe how much i crave watching these 2 in action. from seth’s endless obsession with jules and well, sex, to evan’s perfect comedic timing and his killer dialogue, this movie is hands down #1 on my list.

“you hear that, Ben? don’t let him near the kid, he wants to rear your child!”

2. knocked-up. it’s the best of both worlds- girls appreciate the sentimental parts, as rare as they are, and we all want to be Katherine Heigl. the boys get crude jokes and they get to stare at Katherine Heigl. win-win!

“just a couple of wolves roaming in the desert looking for strippers and cocaine.”

3. the hangover. as i mentioned, i WILL see this again. Zach Galifianakis plays Alan (Fat Jesus) and i swear to God, every time he laughs, i laugh. he is one infectious dude. i can’t believe i have never seen him before- apparently his stand-up is equally as amazing. see this movie, along with every other 20 and 30-something in the country, and you will jump on The Hangover train.