Love this!

{from here}

This product is amazing. I was a bit skeptical as it is $42 a bottle, but as I was going to get $25 dollars off for recycling my used Kiehl's containers (did you know about their instore, container recycling program? Really quite an amazing deal, seeing how you have to recycle or throw the bottles away anyway...)

and lo and behold, the Midnight Recovery Concentrate beckoned. The sales woman mentioned a few things about its anti-aging, skin repairing benefits, and before I knew it, it was mine! I have been using it for about 4 days, and my skin seriously has never looked better. No more dry flakiness, and my pores are barely noticeable! Now my skin feels smooth and velvety, kind of like a babies, well you know...  It might just be my imagination, but I also feel like my skin is more radiant and fine-line-less. Totally worth it. Love this!

Closet Case

{Jenna Lyons closet from Domino}

This morning as I rooted around in my closet I thought to myself, "I'm kind of hungry. What time is it? I need to hurry and get dressed. Did I wear this recently?" and also, "I need to re-organize my closet." How does it happen that one moment your closet is an clean, organized haven of possible wardrobe combinations, and the next moment it is a deep, chaotic cave that you can't find a thing to wear in? My dream closet would be much bigger than my current closet and might include the desciptive phrase, "it used to be a bedroom, but was converted to a closet..." It would also have wallpaper, a place to sit (deciding on outfits can be tiring! And some clothes are complicated and you need some support while getting them on! Putting on shoes!), and some art. Case in point... Closet perfection:

{Domino}

I would also take this wonderfully organed and put together room, er, I mean closet. Can I also have the contents please?

{Domino}

{Not sure...}

The ultimate closet dream... Carrie Bradshaw's closet!

Rachel Zoe's closet is not as "Bananas" as I would have thought. "I" do not "die." Never the less it is much larger than my closet now, and I would not shake a stick at it. Case closed.

Hello again!

Oh, what a glorious weekend! Well, actually not much spectacular happened, but it was wonderful to watch the world cup and lie about in my pajamas past 7:30am. Heaven!

There was the normal hustle and bustle of the weekend- laundry, marketing, cleaning, seeing friends, church, a baby shower, the World Cup (Team USA! so sad. Moving on... Go Argentina!), etc. I also did a bit of baking and made these blueberry muffins. Seriously, they are super simple and amazing. Also, I made them a bit healthier and used half whole wheat flour and less oil. They still were light, fluffy, and delicious. Now if only instead of losing the recipe and crouching over a computer, teetering on the side of my counter, I had this lovely recipe box and recipe cards:

{Rifle Paper Co.}

Love this! I also have a very unsightly collection of stained, crumpled computer printouts that are not very LOBOROMO at all. I hate cutesy recipe cards and boxes, but this box, made from reclaimed wood by local craftsmen, and adorable cards to go inside. I would gladly handwrite all my recipes on these cards and bake way more often if I had such a cute recipe box. Although for now, I will have to come up with another solution for storing my recipes, as sadly I do not have the recipe for extra money at the moment...

{All via Rifle Paper Co.}

Vive le weekend!

{Can i just live in a pretty outdoor tent all summer?}

I don't know if it was just me, but this week was a long and rough one. Feeling like it must have taken a year to get from Monday to Friday. Not that it was without fun mind you -  I hung out with my sister (which then turned sad, as she moved to North Carolina), had a sunset picnic with M, watched the USA get to the next round of the World Cup, rediscovered my love of gummy bears... It's just that it is summertime and I am at work. I would so much rather be out enjoying the weather, eating ice-cream, napping, etc.

Not meaning to complain. Just explaining why I haven't posted anything recently. This weekend I am going to get refreshed and replenished and on Monday i will be raring to go! See you then.
xo, Sarah

And the winner (or the loser) of the ugly shirt contest...

Here is the dubious 80's shirt in all it's glory. As you can see this photo was taken with my camera phone in the bathroom at work (I'm glamorous like that). What I was hoping was more retro-80's-Vogue-chic, was deemed more 80's-dowdy-ugly by my sister, friend and husband. Literally, Michael thought I was wearing this as a joke. Humph. So, not so modern and cute as I thought... After being told my shirt was ugly, I made Michael try on his ugly yellow, striped, polyester, hawaiian inspired bowling shirt and see whose shirt was  uglier. I lost.

The outfit photo cometh...

I know, I know, you were all waiting with baited breath to see the actual outfit that I wore to the wedding. Well, here it is! In real life, I feel like it was more successful. Or maybe I need to learn to take better pictures. I love the J.crew skirt. So cute and perfect in real life. The belt was worn a bit too low, now that I see it. (btw, am I hunching? Oh dear...) Oh, well. Next time. That is the fun of fashion! You can experiment and try new things, and wear the same old thing from your closet in different ways. Today, I am wearing an 80's thrift store top that I am trying to bring back. By bring back, I mean wear in a modern way, yet also reference the past. I kind of feel like I should be on an episode of Designing Women. Remember that show? Anyhoo, that is neither here nor there...

Here is a photo of me and my cute husband:

Adorable. I'll try to rustle up a pic of my outfit today, and you can let me know what you think...

Really?! With Sarah York.

{Another wedding photo by Levi, of course!}

Really, I haven't posted since last weekend?! Come on, was I really so busy? Really?? Ie: sorry for the lack of posts lately (and sorry for the not so funny homage to "Really? With Seth and Amy" from SNL. It was much funnier in my head). I have been super inspired by design blogs and plans this week, and should be sharing said inspiration, but am also feeling blah at work, and so am trying to soak it all in so I then have something interesting to say. Poor Michael gets the brunt of the blah's when I get home everyday...
     On an exiting note!  I have been busy working on jewelry with a friend for our new business, August Mae Designs. And good news, a few of our rings we bought by a local store! On a consignment basis, Stripe Design Group will be selling a limited selection of our one of a kind creations! Hopefully soon it will be on a not-so-much-consignment basis! We are trying to also get our etsy site up and running, but being such newbies, it is taking awhile... If you are interested, photos should be up this week, here.
   In the meantime, i am trying to just get and keep our house clean, let alone try and decorate. Oh, and I have an order coming in the mail from J.crew for my outfit for a wedding this weekend in Redding, CA. I don't know that much about Redding, as I only have visited once when I was young, and I only remember it being hot. That said, I was trying to find something summery and appropriate for a garden, summery wedding. Also, on a sort of tangent... The new J.crew catalog shoot in Guatamala?! I die. What I wouldn't give to be a part of those catalog shooting trips!

{Jcrew of course}

{an August Mae Designs ring! As worn to the office. Sorry for the bad phone pic}

I am thinking of wearing some gold shoes (espadrilles?), a cream colored, short sleeve cardigan, and maybe a brown belt and flower corsage? I would love to figure out a flower hat type-accoutrement but I only have a few hours, and I really should be cleaning, napping and spending some quality time with M. I'll post pics of my outfit on Monday. Come on back and check it out! Really!