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}

flowers for friday #145

today you get lilacs.

cheer cheer!

every year at this exact time i declare them my favorite flower, but then they fade so quickly and time moves on and i forget how much i truly, really do appreciate them.

but i do.

oh, i do.

i snapped this yesterday.

stole it from a neighbor while i was on a walk yesterday morning, and brought it to work with me to smell up my desk. they smell so delicious.

you know when you're running/walking and all of a sudden you get a strong sniff of these gorgeouse flowers. that's my favorite.

summer's coming.

and peonies are next up!

happy friday.

JILL 

floral supreme.

this is my ode to this season's florals.

i am maxed out in love.

looking for the perfect floral jeans.

last month's lucky mag had a cute pair from aeropostale of all places.

it looked adorable in the magazine but online.... question marks. but super cheap.

i just need to make it to the mall. i usually kinda avoid that place ;)

but i don't discriminate.

i love granny florals.

mini florals.

giant florals.

bright florals.

muted florals.

i like em all.

i'd even take this vintage granny chic chintz ballgown.

where would i wear it? don't know but i'd find a place.

love.

JILL

{coco+kelley, dustjacketattic, gadabout, kendieveryday, greyandscout, sincerelyjules, shopsweetthings, and the vintage dress is from adorevintage}

neeeeed this.

you guys.

i saw this this morning and gasp! i need it.

(i'd take that hair and her necklace, too.)

i can't find where to buy it.

but i want it.

i think it'd make the most excruciatingly, devastatingly, handsome swimsuit cover-up.

so.

here are 2 things that i have in my brain that makes me feel confident that i should attempt to make this cover-up for myself to wear this summer:

1-- i watch project runway.

like every season. every episode. of all time.

so that gives me all the false confidence in the world, that i can also do what they do in a day. or hours. it just might take me a smidge longer. (or alot.)

2-- i actually bought a dress form.

i bought it at an estate sale a while back. because i couldn't not buy it.

it was my exact body proportions and it was only $10. sure it was from 1950 but i figure they used to make things better back then anyway.

so with those 2 things in my arsenal, i figure....

why the heck not?

i sew. (kinda.)

i'm now looking for lots of yards of a breezey gauzy fabric. white preferably.

and then.

i'm gonna try.

(does project runway do that to any of you guys, too? make you just want to make stuff?)

until then.

JILL

for the boys:

i like kid bedrooms that have a healthy dose of adult furniture and maturity, with an even healthier dose of kid. all mixed together.

anything too juvenile, i'm not so much a fan.

anything too serious and staunch, also not a fan.

kids need to be able to be kids in their room, with a space that will let their imagination grow free. with color and whimsy. but i also like that smooshed in with furniture that isn't cheap, that you aren't going to replace in 2 years, that will grow with them until they move on to college, if you so choose to keep it around that long.

ones that don't scream 'baby' or 'child.'

know what i mean?

this weekend i was on society6 looking for art for my family room/den/whatever you call it.

i came across artist greg guillemin.

he does pop art of some of your favorite super heroes.

(some a little raunchy (!) but also some that you could squeeze in a little boy's room).

after i saw these, i wished i had a little boys room to decorate.

batman and spiderman brushing their teeth:

find here and here.

and batman and spiderman eating their favorite junk food:

find here and here.

i thought they'd be cute hung in pairs, or alone.

mixed in to a gallery wall, or alone.

i wouldn't put them in a super hero themed room, because i don't think i'd ever do one of those, but mixed in with other stuff and i think they'd be kinda rad.

like this child's room i've had saved on pinterest for forever:

(sorrry, source unknown, via pinterest)

complete with spiderman sheets on his big boy bed.

how do you like your kids' rooms?

hope you had a great weekend.

JILL

flowers for friday #144

tgif.

beautiful flowers and beautiful friday!

not beautiful weather, but.

i am so sick of work.

i will take friday however it comes.

(it snowed yesterday here in kc. gross gross grooooooooosssssss.)

but i'm rising above it.

everybody now:

do the carlton.

(i found this on yhl the other day and it made my heart so happy! i miss the fresh prince! and carlton! and g! and all the rest of them.)

happy friday.

JILL

{flowers via ruffled 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