Multiple "I"s

Happy Monday you lovely people. 

It's Monday- and I don't know about you, but I am tiii-red. Yes, multiple "i"s. 

If any of you have ever worked in retail and have had to do floor sets for different seasons, you understand why the extra "i"s are needed. I happen to be a nerd and love new floor sets, but am less of a fan of being up before dawn on a Sunday (when nothing in the South opens until noon).

Thus, I'll keep it short- here's a look into what happened this past week:

1. homemade bruschetta for a snack [recipe tomorrow!]

2. lazy morning breakfast

3. attempt #1 at a sock bun

4. beauty & the beard shoe size difference

5. jelly belly love from a great friend

6. domino. enough said. omg.

7. sporting a homemade necklace to work

8. new shop design spark necklace [get yours here]

9. penguin pjs from michael's mom. [so comfy]

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xo,lp

(linking up with a {little} dash of ash and the weekend file)

Friday's Fancies #16: Pastel Party

As you all saw last week, I'm not a huge fan of all the floral out there...but the pastel trend? Now that's one I can get behind. Give me a good tan and a mint colored dress and I am good to go for summer! It's pretty clear that pale pink, cream, and mint are the front runners this season, and I'm loving the new take on Neapolitan.

bag: pink /  stripe ($49!)  /  mint

shorts:   pink  / lace  / mint

rings:  pink   /   cream  /   mint

My favorite? The Chloe mint bag- pure perfection.

What's yours this week?

(get on over to {long distance loving} for more!

DIY Abstract Art How-to

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I love to paint.

Am I good at it? No. At least not at painting objects in such a way that you can actually tell what I am painting.

Lately I've been trying to make some abstract art for the apartment, and let me tell you- it isn't easy.

I know, I know- I've been that person at the museum too who looks at a canvas with a big square on it and said "REALLY!? A four year old could do that!" I know, I'm a jerk. Don't act like you've never done it. Or maybe you haven't, because you're a better person than I am. Well, allow me to insert my foot into my mouth, because after many attempts- I've found abstract art is actually kind of difficult. After trying a few techniques, I finally settled on a triptych I like for the dining room. 

Here's how I made it happen:

Step 1: To create a base for the painting I just randomly swirled some white and mint green paint on the canvases, and made light, sweeping motions to cover the canvas without fully blending the colors. 

Step 2: I started with the mint green again and laid out a sloppy vertical line down the canvas. I made light sweeping motions with a foam paintbrush left, right, left, right to leave a pattern vertically down the canvas.

 Step 3: I simply repeated step 2 with a turquoise, and then a navy blue, each time moving a little to the right of the previous design, allowing for a slight overlap:

 Step 4: Then I began layering the colors once again, starting with white, mint, turquoise, and navy. It's important to give each color a few seconds to dry between coats so the paint is still wet enough to blend a little, but not fully mix to become one solid color.

 And after a few variations of the paintings I was left with these babies:

 Not currently perfectly centered and straight- but you all know I am wayyy to impatient to make that perfect before snapping pictures. Maybe someday when I'm an oh-so-famous blogger (coughsarcasmcough) I'll make the perfection happen. Until then, here's what we've got!

Will YOU be attempting some abstract art this week? If you have any other tips, please share!
xo,lp

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