Just because it's fun, let's go on a small fantasy shopping spree.
Were I sprinting through a mall with no limits on my budget or closet space, here are the ten pieces I'd be going home with:
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How-To: Grow Plants From Cuttings
When my mom came over to my house after visiting our friends Eddie and Sharyn down in Florida and handed me a Saran-Wrapped package, declaring "I brought you cuttings," I was a little confused. I mean, they look like...branches. I didn't really understand why they were something that my mom might want to carry through airports. But after a little Googling I realized that they're the loveliest gift ever: they're basically a way to create little plant "children".
Aww.
I love this idea, mostly because I remember where each and every plant in our garden came from, and it's so cool to imagine that in a few years I'll be able to look at these and know that their "parents" are growing in my faraway friends' home (theoretically, I mean; we're talking Remedial Gardener over here, and these plants will need a bit more than a wish and a prayer to make it through alive).
Not all plants will grow from cuttings, but Sharyn assured me that this particular plant - a Mexican petunia - grows "like wildfire" (and can apparently even grow in rainless, concrete parking lots), so I suppose that's a good start.
Weekend Snapshots: Flashlights and Faires
Thursday night (which was technically when our weekend began because we both took Friday off to take a day trip up to New Haven and eat pizza), we arrived home from dinner, went to turn on the lights, and:
nope.
Our first blackout of the season, whee!
Flowers In The Fall
The best part about this whole make-a-summery-dress-work-in-the-fall thing? The money-saving potential. Because not only do you probably have all the essential elements sitting right there in your closet right now...even if you don't (or are just in the mood to do a little shopping), guess what's on sale right now?
Summery dresses.
I found the designer dress pictured above at T.J.Maxx for $119 (I know) and wanted to buy it to wear to next spring's weddings...but I also want to wear it right now, because it's too pretty not to.
Work-In-Progress-Style Sleep Training
Q. Hey Jordan!
Longtime reader here with a Mommy question I was hoping you might have the time to answer. Did you guys do any "sleep training?" I'm the mother of an 8-month-old and am having a heck of a time getting through the long days since little dude is starting to wake up multiple times a night again.
As a working mom, I'm trying my best to be "present" when I have time with him, but it's hard when I feel like I'm ready to nod off any second! Any tips/advice appreciated.
Thanks!!
Lighten Up
You know how they say that wearing less makeup, choosing fewer accessories, and generally streamlining everything from your wardrobe to your hairstyle makes you look younger?
In my experience, it's true.
I'm usually on autopilot when it comes to applying makeup: I have my routine, and I have the products that I use, and I don't even have to think about it. But every so often it's a good idea to put the autopilot on pause and reevaluate what you're doing, to see if it's really working for you...meaning the right-now you.
Objects Of Affection
{ The most beautiful Farmer's Market fall bouquet in my DIY Glitter Vase ... }
{ ... A simple, pretty windowsill display (including a candle that smells like vanilla + ocean) ... }
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Here’s The Thing
So here's the thing about spending the odd evening on your own.
It is sometimes fun, because you get to do things like try out bizarre beauty products (that is a décolletage mask) that you might try out if your husband was there...but also might not, as it might occur to you that keeping a little mystery alive is possibly a good thing.
And then you might realize that you have a blog upon which you will probably post the mystery-destroying photograph anyway, and send it to your husband via email with the subject line "This is what I do when you're gone."
Kristin Cavallari’s NFL Collection for Junk Food
On the menu for Tuesday afternoon: Kristin Cavallari's NFL + Junk Food show over at Style360.
What I wore for my foray into the city: a couple of Favorite New Pieces (that LOFT vest and my I.N.C. faux-leather pants) and a coral Botkier bag (which I also toted along to a meeting earlier that day with designer Monica Botkier, pictured above). In retrospect, not the best choice for 80-degrees-and-humid...but it was cloudy and rainy when I left in the morning, and I was in such a rush that I just grabbed what I saw and ran for the train.
