fill in the blank friday.

It’s Friday! Missed you guys last week!  Sorry blogger was lame, but hopefully you got to check out Courtney’s blanks in the mean time.  Let’s get to the blanks! 1.   People always tell me I look like       a brunette Tori Spelling. I think she’s a little creepy looking…a bit too plastic, so the comparison kinda […]

outfit post: shades of neutrals.

I kind of love neutrals. Especially blush.  Blush is definitely the most flattering neutral ever.  If you don’t own anything in this color, you should.  No….seriously.  Go.  Now.  Buy yourself something blush. You won’t regret it.  This outfit was inspired by neutrals, which I’ve discovered look especially great layered.  OK.  I think that about covers […]

maternity photos that aren’t lame.

Let’s be honest. Maternity shoots can be pretty lame. It’s pretty much always the same.  I’m not blaming maternity photographers.  I mean….how many ways can you photograph a pregnant belly?  There just aren’t a lot of options and it’s not terribly exciting (in my humble opinion)   Well, after seeing this photo shoot over at […]

pretty earrings for you.

I’m excited to introduce both a lovely sponsor AND a lovely giveaway today. Telle of Iswas+Willbe is a jewelry designer located here in Portland and her designs are truly beautiful.  She has a way of creating pieces that look simultaneously feminine and tough.  I’m smitten with the geometric shapes that run throughout her line, but she […]

eating with lisa is my favorite.

I am in complete agreement with this print. {via blimpcat on etsy} Every time I eat with Lisa Warninger we taste some form of culinary delight so delicious that I find myself claiming with each and every dining experience “This is the best ________ I’ve ever eaten!”  Obviously everything can’t be the best ever, but our […]

first year of marriage

Hello!  My name is Lauren and I am a blogger over at The Little Things We Do…. You could talk about things like: what you learned (about yourself/about your husband), what traditions you started that you still do, how your expectations of the beginning of married life were met/or not met, and how your first […]