Turquoise, Tulips and Bliss: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leapin' Lizards!

Leapin' Lizards -- and a leap frog!

Happy Birthday to all those Leap Year babies!!

Photo taken at a friend's leap year birthday dinner this past weekend where the theme was leap frogs!

MICHAEL Michael Kors Sloan Lizard-effect

Budd Leather Lizard Print Calf Photo Envelope

Light pink Tory Burch Lizard-Print Reva Ballet Flats

Silver Lizard Stacking Boxes

Orange Lizard Journal

Leaping Lizard Chandelier Earrings

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

A-Tisket A-Taskit Tuesday

...A green and yellow basket...

Or any color basket for that matter!!
Baskets, baskets everywhere

Happy Tuesday!

A shlew of baskets make for a fabulous wall display!

Matching basket and napkin holder is the perfect organizer for your barware

Love the big french basket under the console filled with ferns

Baskets are perfect for storing throws in your living room

This large basket adds another element to the table display while also serving as the perfect place to store all of your favorite reading material

Pullout basket storage built-in to your kitchen island

Flat-back basket is perfect for sprucing up your front door

Open shelves in the kitchen allow for varying sized baskets to be displayed -- which also serve as great "hiding" places for various kitchen necessities

These open weave baskets add some texture to this sleek white kitchen

Dough Baskets makes for a great catch-all in the kitchen

Design Chic recommends the natural colored basket as it brings the color of the floor up to the counter top

Heck, you can even incorporate basket weave into a cake just as the couple did at this Magnolia Plantation wedding

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Thursday's Treasure -- Sketch(y)!

Last week I came across the fabulous work of Inslee Haynes and am trying resist buying all of her sketches! They are fabulous and just what I have been looking for to begin that perfect gallery wall I have been dreaming of!