- I’m absolutely head over heels in love with the newly launched Mignon Kitchen Co., created by Rachel of Elephantine (photos above). She’s curated a collection of quite possibly the cutest kitchen supplies a food lover could ever need.
- This J. Crew leather iPhone case needs to be mine.
- How to make homemade almond milk. I’ve been searching the interwebs for the perfect nut milk bag (that you need to make the almond milk with) and thinking how drastically my life has changed. Two years ago, I was looking up photos of Edward Cullen. Today I’m searching for nut milk bags.
- Craving this roasted broccoli soup. Yumskies.
- You guys, I’m going to be 25 years old TOMORROW. I mean, what in the heck? I’ve been really stressing about it lately for some reason and then just yesterday, I decided that I was going to embrace it. What is the point of stressing? Getting older is going to happen whether I like it or not so might as well just enjoy the ride. Is that cheese ball? It’s true if you think about it!
Happy weekending! I will be gorging myself with good food on Saturday and then work, work, working on Sunday. xoxo
[Images via Mignon Kitchen Co.]
Oh my gosh, my Photoshop decided to crap out last night as I was putting my instagrams together and thought it was a grand idea NOT to save any of my open projects. So these here instagrams are a screenshot from inside my Photoshop program as it was frozen. So that’s why it looks like crap – but oh well, we all can’t be winners, am I right? Here’s what’s been going on lately, according to my instagram account (@thestyleeater):
- Working from home over the weekend in cozy layers and wool socks.
- My favorite notebook: Blogs I Follow and Like
- Kyle’s been working so much, I rarely get to see that cute little face.
- Tea from a nostalgic cup is 100x better than regular tea.
- Delivery of Fonuts to the office for an afternoon pick-me-up.
- Sending cards to two of my best friends. THEY LIVE SO FAR!
- White bean stew on a cold night.
- Black on black on leopard – one of my absolute favorite combos.
- A lovely “thank you” card designed by my talented bff, Jaymee.
I’ve been in a bit of a hair lull lately and I’m desperate to get a fresh, new cut. The only problem is I have no idea what to do. Keep growing it out or chop, chop, CHOP it? The age old question, eh? I decided to pull some inspo from Pinterest and am now leaning towards the Olivia Palermo ‘do (2nd photo) – just below the shoulders. That would be a solid 4 inches chopped off for moi.
What do you guys think? Which one should I choose?
[Images via 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 - several unknown originals thanks to tumblr]
That right there is preeeetty much what my weekend looked like. Yes, I have an office in my apartment but the kitchen table (and/or couch) suits me just fine. Work, work, work! The beginning of the year is always a busy time for me. I get to experience so many fun and amazing things, but I also have to hunker down and do real work at the same time. I’m not complaining though!
I also went back home to visit my family for a quick minute. It was supposed to “rain” on Saturday so I wore my trusty rainboots. It ended up looking like this and I was that loser wearing rainboots on a bright, sunny day (always happens!!):
Also, when I was back home, my mumsie made this amazing butternut squash caprese salad:
So delish, I highly recommend. She pulled the recipe from my Pinterest – is that not the most precious thing you’ve ever heard?! I may do a full post on it in the near future, we shall see.
Hope your weekend was lovely and full of joy! Cheers to the new week!
+ Is it coo de la to wear Christmas plaids still? What’s the cut off date here? Also, is “coo de la” a real phrase or did Kyle make that one up? One never knows.
+ I really need to “finish” at least one room in my apartment so I can show you. I mean, ouy vey.
+ Although this earl gray hot chocolate sounds like it would be all types of weird, it combines 2 of my favorite things so I must try it.
+ I think it’s time to chop my locks off. I could really use a new hair do.
+ That awkward moment when your friend/coworker introduces you to someone who you’ve met several times and says “Do you know Janelle?” and that person says “No! So nice to meet you” and you’re thinking oh wow, we’ve met like 3 times in 2011, cool.
+ Gosh, I really hate blogs that don’t post regularly. How rude of them. Oh wait, that’s me. Please forgive me!
I totally forgot to mention in my last post that this week will be a very light posting week for moi. Emphasis on the very light. It’s the busiest work week of the year for me, including one crazyyy weekend. It’s all very fun and exciting, but I can’t wait to see you all again on Tuesday. Shall we call it a date?
In the meantime, here are a few things that I would like more of in 2012:
- More black on black outfits: So chic and classy. Yes, please.
- More chickpeas: Hey, I really like chickpeas. This year, I want to find more inventive recipes for them, like this cilantro lime chickpea salad.
- More rugs: My apartment is all wood floors and could really use a colorful rug here and there. We only have one rug right now but I’d like one in each room.
Happy weekending and see you soon!
[Images via: 1 / 2 / 3]
Okay so having the flu is kind of the worst ever. I haven’t left my little apartment since Thursday, my bed and I are now best friends, and I’ve eaten chicken soup for the past 4 days straight. But guess what? The bf took such great care of me! He is a keeper sometimes.
Also, I really love ampersands. As a lover of English grammar, I find them to be filled with such beautiful meaning. You can take any two words, add an & in between them, and suddenly they are connected. Joined together, linked, binded. Like you & me. Pulls at this English-major’s heart strings. Also, they’re quite gorgeous, wouldn’t you agree? In fact, I want them all over my house.
This ampersand print from Ampersand Design Studio is one of my favorites. I love the pop of neon but the overall design is just so perfect.
Happy Monday!
[Image via Ampersand Design Studio]
COOL. I have the flu. Which is especially awesome since I had a flu shot. And even more awesome because we have a HUGE event at work coming up. I’ve always had really great timing! But we’re not throwing ourselves a pity party over here. No way, sir. We’re going to power through it and talk about our favorite things this week!
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This year, I’m going to start investing in classic pieces for my wardrobe that will take me through any season or any year. As an almost 25 year old, I find that my style has finally grown more mature so I have my eye out for simple, easy things that I can wear at anytime. For examps, I just bought those sweet lil black loafers and they are pretty much my new favorite things everrrr. I could literally wear them with anything on this planet, from a dressy dress to jeans and a tee. Talk about a good investment (plus they were cheap-o).
Investing in classics – I’m telling you, it’s the thing to do in 2012.
trench / clutch / dress / hat / scarf / loafers / bra
You guys! I’ve missed you so much. I only wanted to take a short break between Christmas and New Year’s, but then my blog almost died and that forced me to take an even longer break than expected. I switched to a new server and in that time, we had some issues uploading all of my content to it’s new home. There was a minute where Kyle said to me “Ok I hope everything is still there.” But luckily that kid is pretty smart and figured it out. So 2012 started with a slight heart attack for me. But now it’s all good!
I hope you had a restful holiday season. Mine was spent back home with my family and friends. I LOVE THE HOLIDAYS!!! Lots of shopping, lots of relaxing, lots of melting in 85 degree weather. I appreciate a good 85 degree day in July but not in December – it just gets awkward. Besides the perpetual sweating, my time off was kind of amazing. Here are just a few of the things I did over the the holidays:
Lots of activities including but not limited to: knitting, playing with my new tablet (!!!), and partaking in lots of burrito times…
Hanging out with these crazies as much as possible (gosh, I love them)…
Getting to see these cute people…
And wearing lots of bold colors (unusual for me, let me tell you)…
*As for 2012 resolutions? I’ll start with a few of these things happy people do. Then, I want to work harder, never take anything for granted, spend even MORE time with all of my favorite people, and maybe actually possibly start writing a book (which was one of my goals for 2011…didn’t happen). We shall see what 2012 will bring us, but here’s hoping it’s nothing but beautiful and amazing things.
