House Tour Inspiration: Sweet Nothings

I just saw this house tour on Apartment Therapy and I love it! It is such a sweetly decorated space.

Owners, Mike and Maddie, have a perfect blend of styles. Maddie states that her style "is eclectic and whimsical. I try to balance feminine fabrics with masculine accessories. I also love collecting art and try to take risks with the prints and paintings. I love pattern, vintage and modern and making little vignettes."

Another great thing...Maddie has a blog! Check it out here. It's very cute!

The blue color on the walls is great and I'm in love with this floral chair!

Jewelry hanging in the bathroom. Love it!

Wordless Wednesday: All About Bikes

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Red, White & Blue

I know I am a little late with a whole 4th of July theme, but it has been a busy, busy holiday! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I got to see an amazing fireworks show and spend time with family and friends. It doesn't get much better than that!

I don't think it's ever too late for some red, white, and blue inspiration, so here we go...

Have you seen this romper at Urban Outfitters? I am loving it! Along with these heels and this tote bag. Love this cute Anthropologie necklace too.

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Friday Pretties and Love

Today I am playing along with Joyce from I Love Pretty Little Things for Friday Pretties.

My pretty today:

I ♥ everything about this. So glamorous!

There has been some wonderful blog love lately and I feel so blessed to know these wonderful bloggers and am honored to receive these awards.

The sweet, inspirational Tywo at The Purple Fairy awarded me this blog award:

I would like to pass it along to these lovely ladies:
-Carmel at Carmel's Closet
-Diana at exPress-o
-Valerie at Red Vines for Breakfast
-Amanda at Homely One
-PSYNOPSIS
-Cafe Bellini

Wonderful Julie the Brown Eyed Belle gave me this award:

The rules for this award are to pick five words that describe your blogging philosophy, motivation, and experience. So here are my five:

1. Pretty- One of my motivations for blogging is pretty things.
2. Happy- My blogging philosophy: keep it happy! Occasionally I might have something on the sad side, but there is a time for everything, but I mostly like to keep things happy!
3. Inspiring- My other philosophy for blogging is to blog about things that inspire me and hope they might inspire someone else too.
4. Unique- I like unique things. There are so many wonderfully unique blogs out there. This is what made me start blogging.
5. Blessed- My experience with blogging can be summed up with this word. I feel so blessed with the amount of support I feel from fellow bloggers and for the wonderful people I have met.

I'd like to pass the Blog With Substance award to:
-Anna at Cornflake
-Trish at Pink Preppy Lilly Lover
-Lisa at Bumpkin On A Swing
-Debby at Inspired Design
-Shari at Little Blue Deer
-Tywo at The Purple Fairy

Sweet Amanda of Homely One and beautiful Trish from Pink Preppy Lilly Lover gave me this award:

I'm passing The Versatile Blogger award to:
-Dawn at The Alternative Wife
-Georgia at Simply Smile Photography and Going Glam With Gi Gi
-Carrie at This Free Bird
-Taj at Gorgeous Glam
-Erika at Tiptoe Butterfly

I love you all!
:)Shawna