DIY pom pom tee

So for those of us who couldn't scoop up the much blogged about old navy girls tassel dress, I decided to DIY a version. I had some pom pom trim which I decided to use, but if you can find some fun tassels do that!
I just used fabric glue and know I'll have to hand wash so the pom pom's don't fall off, but I think you have to do that with the old navy version too.

 I think its super fun, so just tell me I don't look like I'm wearing curtains ok?

my kantha blanket

You know the tassel DIY promised on Monday? Well its not quite up and running yet, technical difficulties you could say. Just keeping it real people, so today you get a happy from my house. 

 I've been on the lookout for a fun blanket to drape over my sofa, remember this post? 
I think its such a fun look and its helping make my sofa cozy. Our sofa needs to be replaced (college sofa with a slipcover anyone else?) and this makes me ok with it until I can save my pennies. 

 She's a pretty special kantha, which are made from pieces of vintage sari's. I picked her up at market but Nordstrom has some great options.

Clean...

 And the other half of the lucite table. Real life peeps.

my best skin

I'm a simple makeup girl and stayed loyal to bare minerals for years, but these two products have totally replaced all other makeup in my bag. They are really all I need. The two things I would take to a deserted island. 
I can't say enough good things about this bb cream. I've totally replaced my foundation for this product and my skin has never been better. Its gives smooth and devy skin and is so light. I put it on over my spf moisturizer.
I know I've raved about posie tint before but here I go again. I put this on under my bb cream and over my moisturizer. Its the perfect natural hint of color and I swipe some on my cheeks and lips and leave the house. 
A 2-step process is my kind of morning routine, it means I can hit the snooze button one more time. 

yardwork

Phase 1: yard makeover is done. SO much better and Rowan approves. We went from this... 

overgrown with lots of leggy boxwoods that were taking over the front of the house and screamed "I'm a rental house." (you like the blurry picture? It was taken on a creeper walk by before we made an offer.)

To this: Clean and purposeful.

Rowan was obviously a big help. This was right before Luke told me to put the phone down and actually help him. Can't wait for everything to grow up and fill out.

I was surprised at how relatively inexpensive and simple it was to get a newly landscaped yard. I took a lot of time to draw out what I wanted (remember this?) and looked at proportion and variation. I wanted the house to balance out on the sides so we got a crepe myrtle for one side and balanced it out on the other side with a yew, which will grow up tall and skinny. I added in some foundation bushes (ones that will fill out nicely in front of the front of the house) and layered in some fatsia (my favorite!) for some height variation and some meadow sage to form a border with color. Meadow sage looks a  lot like lavender but supposedly does a lot better in our southern climate and is super hardy. We will see :-)

Its funny to me how all aspects of design relate to each other. I viewed it just as another room, played with colors and proportion and I feel like when everything grows up it will look well designed. fingers crossed.
I'm totally going to be reading Whitney's column for BHG for advice. Congrats girl! 

Makeover Week: new blog design

Its makeover week. First off today is the new blog design, thumbs up for that. Tomorrow is yard makeover day, Wednesday is skin makeover day, and I have a fun tassel makeover coming up on Thursday. 
I've been working on this new design for a while and I'm excited to finally have it up and running. I wanted to have an easier way to access all my DIY's and home posts so make sure you check it out over there ----->.