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Here is a simple, light outfit with my new mint moccasins shoes received recently from Lebunnybleu.com . Just in time for Spring season and, like everybody else, I love to wear pastels, especially mint color. For more models and colors check this website here .
 I was wearing my husband's Zara sweater with my Mango jeans and a vintage yellow bag, while passing through the mall.
Today, it's officially the beginning of Spring !!!



                                                       Shoes: thanks to lebunnybleu.com
                                                       Sweater: Zara /a great version here
                                                       Jeans: Mango/ similar style here and here
                                                       Bracelets: Vince Camuto/ another great version here and here
                                                       Bag: vintage/ another great choice here and here
                                                       Necklace: made by Bogdan
                                                       Sunglasses: Ralph Lauren

As you all know I've been dragging my flip flops about a paint color for our bedroom for several weeks. And I know what you are thinking - OMG girl, its paint. What's the hold up? Just pick a color already.

Well, one of the reasons it took me so long to pick a color is that I haven't really wanted paint at all. My first choice would be grass cloth. Not only do I love it's texture and color(s)

via Style at Home (hand over your heart for Tommy Smythe's bedroom)

but I love the warmth it gives. And a bedroom, I think, deserves an extra layer of warmth. There is no room that should give you a bigger hug than your bedroom.

My husband/wallpaper hanging partner however, was not hip to the idea. In fact, there was a lot of "no way in hell dude." (dude is a term of endearment. yes it is.)

via LeSueur Interiors

My budget was also saying, "no way in hell dude".

I know when to take a hint, so I took my lemons and made some lemonade. Or my grass and made some...lol. I'll stop there.

via Lonny Magazine

So paint it is. I pulled as many paint chips as I could and laid them out to start narrowing them down. I was starting to go cross-eyed when I (luckily) remembered a post Camila had written about a similar situation several months back. She landed on the color Desert Tan, by Benjamin Moore. I went thru my Benjamin Moore stack and there she was - my little Desert Tan.

Just the right kind of hug. A 'its great to see you old friend' kind of hug. Not a 'lingering, weird guy in a bar' hug. And I've got lots of blue, Morning Star by Pratt & Lambert left over from painting the ceiling in the girls room. So I'll use the rest of that on our ceiling as well.

Picked. Decided. Ready for action. I've already started patching the holes. I can now cross 'make progress on bedroom' off my list. What? Like you don't write evasive things on your list so you can have something to cross off?

The girls are lucky. If they were a few years older this would be a "let's help mom paint her bedroom" spring break. How early can you start child labor? I'll try to get a first coat on in between trips to the zoo, planting gardens and general merriment.

What do you have planned this week? Any big projects? Small projects? Fake projects that you put on the list just so you have something to cross off?

First of all, I want to thank all of you for the wonderful comments on my birthday- they made my day even more beautiful! Today's post is a first round of photos; next one will be posted in a few days:)). There was no other place that I wanted to be on my birthday than in a middle of nature, surrounded by flowers, colors and incredible smells. Avery quiet place, that I intend to visit every year : Longwood Gardens !
  I too was wearing colors accessorized with my new necklace made by Bogdan and a bold blue clutch accompanying this blouse that I received from Sheinside.com (I simply adore it). This blouse is very: Mary Katrantzou to me, probably because of the mixed prints and colors. You can find this blouse and many other trendy clothing on their website. I have a surprise for you! You can use a 20% off coupon when entering this code at checkout: Veronica20 !!! This code will expire on April 30th.
 Enjoy your shopping !!!

                                                     Blouse:  Sheinside   
                                             Jeans: Bullhead 
                                                     Belt: Michael Kors/ similar color here
                                                     Ankle boots: Sam Edelman/ similar style here 
                                                     Clutch: American Apparel/ similar here 
                                                     Necklace: DIY, made by Bogdan 
                                                     Bracelets: Louis Vuitton/ Poshlocket 
                                                     Sunglasses: Ralph Lauren/ similar style here

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Happy Friday everyone!

When we last left our sad little settee she was moping in the garage, trying to suck in her gut and look a bit more attractive in the poor garage light. However I have no sympathy. I'm hard as nails I tell you. Someone needs to be honest - Sette, you are ugly.

But she's got a good personality (aka comfortable). And as anyone who has watched Can't Buy Me Love, She's Out Of Control or any o80s ugly duckling movie knows, settee's looks are nothing a day at the spa and a shopping spree montage can't fix.  Cue the montage music!

First spa treatment is piping removal (pretty similar to an eyebrow wax). This proved really easy as there were already a few spots that were frayed and just begging to be pulled. If only the whole project were this easy.

Next I dove into removing the fabric, and no fewer than 8,000 staples. Too bad there aren't any DIY projects on Pinterest using old upholstery staples. I'd rock that project out with my extensive supplies.

Even though I'm still on the fence about upholstering this myself or sending it out to a professional, I've read enough tutorials to know that its in my best interest to keep all pieces of fabric in tact so they can be used to make templates for the new fabric.

So we were very careful to keep all pieces in one piece

and label each piece so we (or the upholster) would know what goes were.

yes, that is a cigarette and vintage lip smackers

Next up - sanding and refinishing/painting. I think that's going to be an 11th hour decision.

What do you guys think - do you think I can tackle this upholstery job myself? Keep in mind, I've never upholstered anything. Ever. (But when has that stopped me before?) Anyone need some old school Lip Smacker for your collection?

Goodbye twenties, hello thirties ! Today I'm turning 30 and I'm going to spend the whole day with Bogdan in a very pleasant way. It is my first time sharing my birthday with the blogging-world and I promise you will see a post about "today"!

Today I had a baby who wouldn't nap and a toddler jumping out of her skin. So we took advantage of the lovely spring weather to play in the yard.

This quickly turned into "let's pick flowers".

One small hitch in this plan though - flowers haven't bloomed in our yard yet (with the exception of some hyacinth that have already been man toddler-handled). After a discussion about why picking flowers out of our neighbors yard isn't really a good plan the crowd was starting to turn on me. I offered kick ball, bike riding, a walk, but no takers. It was all about the flowers damn it.

So with the natives getting restless and the screams getting louder, I improvised. I got out the clippers and cut off my ears. Just kidding. (I only considered that for a few minutes second)

We snipped a few branches off our pear tree.

And what does any 4-year-old (or 30-something) want to do with a bunch of cut flowers? Make a "boookay" of course. Amelia wanted to do her own arrangement, as all independent 4-year -olds do, so she got the milk glass and I stuck to the ginger jar. Finally a happy household.

And a bit of spring to brighten up the house.

Amelia ditched me and took her "boookay" into her room

Have you brought any flowers in from the yard yet? Is anyone else as excited for the peonies to come out as I am? I can smell them now!