some random good things.

today is an unloading of some of the things i think are

pretty ok.

i know hologram stuff has been around since spring.

and to be honest, i kinda wanted a small little party clutch since.

and then a few weeks ago, blair eadie

(from atlantic-pacific)

wore this skirt from milly and there it was...

i was intrigued all over again.

and then i found this clutch, also by milly.

and for a cheaper, quicker, less commitment-type of fix, you

can paint your nails in hologram, thank you chanel.

while we're on the topic of atlantic-pacific,

the other day she posted this asos sweatshirt....

and i think it would make the raddest ku game day outfit.

not actually kansas affiliated but everything works.

and it's so awesome and old-school.

and then there are the magazines.

lately, they've been pumping them out.

i'm not always a huge fan of matchbook in the past, but lately, i like it!

and then domino.

don't even get me started.

i've told everyone around me who doesn't give a-you-know-what

all about how my favorite magazine is coming back after a 4 year hiatus.

i have every issue (minus the quick fix things which i thought were silly)

and i was pumped to add another to the stack.

(hoarder).

but domino and matchbook: 

i love the art above your barcarts.

also,

the other day on hbo i saw this movie was about to start:

so i quit photo editing.

then laughed and cried until my face was red.

i can't believe i waited so long to see this movie.

it was truly great.

truly funny. a little gritty.

and a whole lot touching, which surprised me a bit.

i loved it.

rent it or dvr it or redbox or netflix.

whatever you gotta do.

OHHHHHHHH.

and in less than an hour,

i get to find out which type of baby we're having.

pretty excited about that, too :)

happy tuesday.

JILL

boys and girls.

get it...?

blue and pink. boys and girls.

dumb :)

but i am kinda having a moment with these 2 colors.

a true saturated blue and a true saturated pink.

oh hot pink, let me count the ways.

sidenote: after all you people will be over and sick of neon, especially le hot pink, i won't be. just so you know, you know?

in large doses, small doses and medium ones in between, i dig it.

that third picture is so ballsy. my home is colorful, but images like those make me crave more.

viva hot pink!

JILL

{images via: vintageluxe tumblr, the aestate tumblr, cloud.feedly, and glitterguide.}

california.

 

i've always been a little more on the bohemian/eclectic side.

i like pattern, and color, and texture, just extra stuff. extra layers.

mexican/ethnic textiles, and bright colors.

it speaks to me more than anything else.

 

my friends in college used to call me 'expensive hippie'.

like i shave my armpits and bathe... lets not get crazy.

but my hair is crazy ass long and almost always left to dry on its own...

and i've been wearing maxi dresses for almost 15 years.

 

but lately, its even more than before!

i live in carefree-type layers of loose, worn-in tees, with scraggly denim cut-offs.

and i want my house to have to same feel.

 

casual. with a spark of a little somethin somethin.

does that even make sense?

it does in my head.

 

maybe its summer talking.

maybe it's the fact that half of the people i follow on instagram are from california and they're rubbing off :)

 

but this is me this summer,

and i want it to stick around.

 

i'm kicking off the starchy and proper,

and kicking-back.

 

join me?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all good things.

and maybe they don't even make total sense to you.

but they all evoke a feeling for me.

and i like it.

 

p.s. ascotfriday just bought a winnebago, the 'wertzebago'!

and i'm sure it will end up even cooler than the one just up above.

i kinda freakin love that idea and just added it to my life list.

 

 

JILL

color lover.

hi.

my name is jill.

i am a color lover.

and i can usually be found entranced by said color.

all colors. {almost.}

all the time.

today, it's these.

and the combination of these with spring greens.

lavender and citrus with a hint of pale pink.

happy tuesday.

JILL

{all images via fabulous k blog}

it's may!

it's finally may. finally.

i feel like this winter was a perpetual monday.

with the hope of tuesday, and good heavens... the weekend! just around the corner.

it was the hardest winter i've had yet.

lots of personal junk and some terribly gross weather.

it all mixed and swirled into this gray monday-ness.

april really couldn't even classify as 'spring' until like... a day ago.

this weather has been nuts.

(and i won't even tell you the snow word is in the forcast for tomorrow night>! wtf.)

anyway.

it's may.

and just being may makes me feel better.

i'm moving forward and leaving that junk behind.

(barring the weather man is just plain nuts and it's not really going to snow tomorrow. a girl can hope.)

but it's may!!

happy may day.

all of these images are from my favorite source.

it's so european, eclectic, colorful, amazing.

i wish my house could come from its pages. honestly.

right up my alley.

all from nuevo estilo.

can you get that subscription in the US?

i'm going to try and find out.

but until then,

here:

happy may!

can i say it again?

happy may!!

JILL

yellow...

who ever said it was mellow?

because a single solitary yellow lamp holds a whole lotta power and oomph in a room with no other yellow in it.

i guess maybe just a smidge,

but it works it's magic best with none.

it's sitting on its console or end table singing it's lovely yellow tune in the room.

like a canary? or maybe that was just a dumb.

but it's a jolt of vibrancy.

a welcomed ray of sunshine.

yellow.

it does a body room good.

JILL

(images via: amber interiors, design*sponge, flickr, nick olsen, shelter interior design, and tilton fenwick.)

geronimo!

i love instagram, it's no lie.

nor is it a secret.

but i love watching more than participating.

i don't really feel my life is filled with that much interesting, beautiful, exciting stuff to shove into the world's face... but i know that i am! so i am trying to be better at it. seriously, life is beautiful. (cliche but true. don't roll your eyes at me.)

i feel a tangent coming on, but the other day at dinner with friends, i was discussing this very same fact: that i should/want to be taking more photos. i love photos. i love taking photos. i certainly love looking at photos. i want to document my life from here on out with tiny little square grams with innately cool filters applied. (oh the filters... they alone make ordinary life fancier.) so we implemented a one-(at least)-a-day photo challenge. of which i am not holding up my end of the bargain, but i intend to... fully.

you can follow along here: @jabarrier

back to today's post.

this lady, jihan zencirli, creator behind (my favorite) geronimo balloons,

creates the most lovely instagrams.

her life is full of craft, color, frill, ballooooons, and pretty festiveness and i can't get enough.

her instagram feed instantly makes me happier,

even in the crappiest of days or moods, and there have been a string of those lately...

her photos make me smile.

so i'm sharing a few with you today,

but you can follow her daily

@geronimoballoons

and i encourage it.

this was a sample.

there's so much more.

not only does she share her balloon/frill making, she has a cute little pup with 3 legs, and she drives the. coolest. vintage. light blue. car. ever.

love her.

love her balloons.

JILL

jcpenny's???

have you guys seen the new jcpenny ads in your paper/mailbox?

and do you love them almost completely like i do?

they have seriously stepped up their game from what i remember it being as a child/teen/young adult.

they have guest designers like joe fresh, and marchesa, and duro olowu.

way to go jcp!

and the stuff is like, dirt cheap.

the duro olowu line steals my breath away.

it plays with colors and patterns just like i like it:

because any of those would make a lovely easter outfit!!

and i kinda want this clutch:

it's only $30.

and this gold skirt: 

it's only $40

(i'll take that sweater, too.)

i'm off work tomorrow and imma going shopping for my "easter outfit".

at jcpenny's.

and i'm going in specifically for these:

(both by joe fresh)

have any of you purchased anything from them recently?

i'm assuming the quality can't be any different than f21, or something.

cute.

JILL