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.}

stripes!

 

remember this tablecloth?

 

i don't know how old it is because i've had it pinned for forever, but it's still available at anthro. you can buy yours here if you feel like dropping $250 on a tablecloth.

 

 

i had this pinned in my 'someday i wanna make this' board.

i just didn't ever get around to it and i figured somebody would pave the way and i could just follow their lead.

 

 

i was right.

oh happy day did it!!

 

you can find her 'how-to' right here.

 

and it's more neon.

who's a fan?

ME.

 

i have to say, hers is a little neater than the original.

i like the painted on quality of the anthro one.

so be messy :)

 

she's just the craftiest over there, at oh happy day.

her stuff always comes out spot on.

 

she has the original tablecloth as well,

and threw the most awesome donut party centered around it.

you can check that out here.

donut. party.

 

 

happy wednesday.

 

 

JILL

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

diy marbled eggs

a few weeks ago i pinned this tutorial.

since then, i've had this nail polish marbling thing on my brain and wanted to marble something.

with easter coming up, i figured it was the best option.

i remembered hobby lobby always having those wooden eggs but when i was up there 2 weekends ago, i found these instead in the easter section. much better because they were already primed white and cheaper.

only $6.99 for this pack of 8, and all the easter junk was 40% off.

so a little over $4.

my only obstacle was how to get these eggs into the water with polish and then dry them, without getting my fingers in it and smudging the marbling.

so i drilled some teeny tiny holes with the smallest drill bit, 1/16", in the bottom of each egg.

just big enough for these pointed skewers i had to squeeze tightly into the small hole and hold my eggs. i think i also got those skewers from hob lob back in january when i made some birthday cake flags for my mom.

like the tutorial suggests, you need to have all your supplies ready to go because the nail polish dries fast on your water.

i just used an old glass vase i had.

and another tip, use warm water so your polish doesn't seize up on you.

the tutorial also mentions that it doesn't really matter about the quality of your polish, so while at cvs, i grabbed the cutest spring palette of the cheap stuff. from $.99 to $4.

i didn't take any photos of the during because it went really quickly.

plus there are tons and tons and tons of tutorials online of how to do it, and i'm sure they'd be better than mine.

i even youtubed some before i got started, just to make sure i had it down.

but the one i linked to at the top, was the best i found.

and here are my eggs drying.

i used the same drill to drill holes in the top of an old shoe box so they could dry without touching anything on the skewers.

worked like a charm, if i do say so myself.

i love how they're different.

now they're hanging in a gold bowl on my front coffee table.

i have this ceramic egg container that i was planning on using, in the pics above, but it covers up too much of my marbles :)

the mint and the neon are quite trendy, yes...

but i don't think i'll ever get over the neon thing... like for as long as i live...

so i think we're good.

i did see that camille styles posted this same project yesterday, but she used blown out eggs.

you certainly could do that as well, but with the wooden ones, you can save them for years to come without worrying about them smooshing into a million bits.

(and those holes i drilled are so tiny, i didn't even fill them like i had planned. they aren't noticeable.)

happy easter!

JILL

polka dot glitter cookies

i feel like the last 8 things i've purchased have been polka dotted.

i'm kinda having a moment with them.

glad the rest of the world is, too.

don't look now, but i'd love to do this to our second bath:

love it in every way. very tempted.

moving on.

i wish i had more time. i'm sure you all feel that way, and i don't even have kids yet!

by the time i get home from work i feel like i'm just going to bed to get up and do it all over again. but if i had like 2 extra hours a day to get the stuff i have to get done, to then do the stuff that i want to get done....

i'd make these:

polka dot cookies!

in neon and neutrals!

with sparkles!

they're like little gems of all my current favorite things rolled into a sugar.

you can find the recipe here.

a random, yet happy thursday.

happy thursday, friends.

JILL

i still don't know what to call it.

but i'm happy to see that this color is still trending,

and this year i think it's even bigger!

what is it?

wine? maroon? burgundy? deepest darkest raspberry? ox blood? (gross, no.)

last october i professed my love for this color mixed with magenta.

it totally takes it up a notch, no?

well, h&m says you can also mix it with coral:

and jenna lyons likes it with hot pink:

i like it all 3 ways.

beautiful.

i never did pull the trigger and get me some david hicks, la fiorentina.

maybe its a sign i should jump on that.

{i think i'm holding out for 4 window panels worth.

but at this rate and at that price, it might be awhile ;) }

how do you feel about this color popping up everywhere?

some people i know are very opposed.

perhaps it reminds them of the last time it was cool... was that the 80s?

feels to me like it was the 80s or early early 90s.

the key to keeping it fresh is pairing it with bolder, bright colors.

anyway.

to each his own, i guess.

JILL

this close.....

when we moved into our new office, i mentioned more about it here,

there was lots of mid-century mod furniture left behind.

and some random other pieces.

this is one of those random other pieces.

i declared her mine and i'm taking her home.

(do you know how much i love free furniture? it's a sickness.)

she's going to be my new bar in my dining area.

the walls in there are so dark navy blue, they are legitimately almost black.

and i'm thiiiiiis close to painting her a shade of pink:

with neutrals it provides the right amount of umph. ya know?

and despite the use of it in my kitchen, and other pink things i've blogged about and love, i'm not a die-hard fan of every shade every time. in fact, i'm more often not a fan.

but this shade, this time...

i think it's about to happen.

and i bought a new lamp for it yesterday, too.

its the same neutral sandy-nude as the woman's shoes in the bottom picture.

in my head it's going to look fierce.

just hope it comes out to be as cute in reality.

pictures soon.

prob tomorrow or early next week because i'm pumped.

JILL

{images via: elled decor, lucy luacht, embellished glamour tumblr}

neon shoes.

neon is everywhere right now...

but its better than when i was growing up in the late 80s and early 90s...

am i right?

much better now.

but we have noen dresses, neon jewels, neon furniture, neon lights...

we even have neon trees:

 but what's caught my eye are the

and all the neon paint calling my name at home depot.

i finally decided what i wanted to use it on because of those shoes above i pinned months ago...

after spending too much time in home depot decided on which color, i grabbed the yellow and ran for the check out before i changed my mind again.

it went back and forth between the yellow and hot pink...

i had these old camel colored shoes from college that were nothing sacred.

they were from target.

with a faux wood heel just ripe for a little sprayin.

taped em up.

very careful to get all the non-neon parts covered perfectly.

most tedious step for sure.

primed.

and painted.

this is after the first light misting of the neon....

i was gettin reeeeel excited.

(this neon paint is not opaque in the slightest so it's really important to prime it white, so the neon has something to show up against. if i would have just sprayed it straight on the 'wood' part of the shoe, it wouldn't have worked half as well. fyi.)

it was getting dark so that's the end of the in progress shots...

i just sprayed a few more coats of a light misting until it was well covered.

i was so excited about them, this is what i sent my mom last night--

and the pictures don't even do the color justice.

it's dayglow.

and perfect.

so i wore em to work today :)

husband told me last night mid-spray that one day i will look back on this as one of the sillier things i've done... perhaps. but 1-- i love them right now. 2-- i don't really care. and 3-- i can spray them again if i so feel the need.

now what else can i spray neon?!

loves.

JILL



all the single ladies.

i missed out on my opportunity for a hot pink front door. why didn't i jump on that when i was a single lady? i just don't see it becoming husband's new favorite color anytime soon. i'm sure he'd put up a stink fit but eventually let me do it. i just don't want to force him into a hot pink door everytime he comes home.

oh well.

but these ladies... lucky ducks.

i'm sure hot pink wouldn't look so bad to husband, were i to acquire a dress like zees:

so pretty. ladylike and sassy at the very same time.

just like the front doors!

{dress from michael kors, or better for your wallet-- the topshop version, which i sadly can't find... must be gone. double missed out.}

JILL

woo woo wu.

dear jason wu.

you win.

this is all the love i have to give, all whipped into a beautiful neon yellow ball gown...

you've seen it. it's all over the internets. must be everyone else's love whipped into a beautiful neon yellow ball gown, too.

i mean.

i might contemplate trading a mortgage payment for this dress.

(don't tell, but i like it best without the black belt)

neon yellow ball gown, i love you.

JILL