magic...




sources: deerlings & ghostthings. marvita13 on etsy. knit skull. abby try again. ticket stubs.

ed and i have been driving around and admiring all the halloween decorations popping up all over the neighborhoods. that is something i definitely missed while living in the big apple- although storefronts' definitely spook-ify their windows in new york!

what are y'all going to do for halloween? i have 3 different ideas- the balloon house in disney's up. a dia de los muertos bride, and a harlequin doll with the big ruff. maybe i just need 3 different halloween parties. i'm hosting a spooky masquerade at our apartment next weekend and i can't wait. i definitely have plenty of creepy props at my disposal-bwahahaha.

i do, j.crew...

happy friday y'all. i am working on a wedding with a particularly adorable bride on a love-themed wedding... so unbelievably excited! and j.crew keeps making me swoon with their bridal look books. flawless.

pin the tail...

gratuitous donkey-smiling-at-me-over-a-fence photo. couldn't help it. i asked ed if we could keep him but he didn't think the beagles would be happy if we brought home a new pet. happy saturday!

pick your own pumpkin...


i am so grateful that my friend blayne beacham suggested picking pumpkins from a patch! ed and i decided to take advantage of an uncomfortably warm fall day, and drove to watkinsville to pluck a few jack o lanterns from the vine.

i kept loading our wheel barrow with the chubbiest, stumpiest green globes. i was on a mission to find cinderella, fairytale, ghost, or baby boo pumpkins, but settled for pretty standard pumpkin fare. nothing wrong with traditional- i ain't mad at that!

ed was a true blue trooper, as always. although he totally put his foot down when it came to going on a hayride. and he definitely vetoed watching the pig races. hey, ya win some, ya lose some.

later at night, we even snuck a pumpkin with a really good spindly, sinewy stem on my parents' porch. my mom is quite picky about pun'kin stems. this might have to become a new tradition...sneaky pumpkin gifting at night.

i love fall. i am officially ready to kiss these 80 degree days goodbye! and i also am tapping my foot at the trees to hurry up and change colors now. and i'm also ready to pull on some rag wool socks, drink obscene amounts of cider, bake some bread, and go on a fall hike down tallulah gorge. is that so much to ask??

egon schiele...

whenever i stumble across egon schiele's drawings and paintings, my curious right hand begins to twitch. it's true, the older i get the less i make time to draw. which is a bad habit i need to break. now that i have a drivers license, i am going to drive myself to the high museum more. everyone needs a little inspiration every now and again. schiele's agitated line quality and slapdash use of color is flawless. i think i hear my sketchbook calling me...

think pink...

today i'm uniting with 100 other bloggers in celebrating Polo Ralph Lauren's philanthropic milestone, the 10th anniversary of the Pink Pony Campaign! Ralph Lauren and Polo Ralph Lauren have been dedicated to the fight against Breast Cancer for over 20 years, specifically addressing the needs of the medically underserved bringing quality cancer care, access to cancer care, and early detection for those who need it most.

the organization has already raised 40 million dollars and has expanded to include other forms of cancer as well. i hope you y'all will join us in supporting Pink Pony and the fight against cancer!

{♥here are some ways you can contribute♥}:

*you can check out the Charity Buzz auction that runs from october 1st to october 21st HERE, so start bidding! 100% of the proceeds from the auction will go to the Pink Pony Fund.

*you can also text PINKPONY to 501501 to automatically donate $10 or simply tell everyone you know to help out!

*you can also show your support by shopping here, where a portion of the proceeds benefits cancer care and prevention all throughout the year.

and check out these other lovely bloggers who are showing their pink pony pride this month! thank you Ralph Lauren, for all that you do.

AND THANK YOU BLAYNE BEACHAM, the talented photographer who snapped these photos for me on a hot hot hot day in georgia.

popeye...

what better way to kick off the month of costumes, than to watch a campy, classic kid's movie? i love popeye. it's charming, clever, and stands the test of time( in my humble opinion). in fact, i find it even more endearing as an adult.

my mom still frequently breaks out into olive oyl's "he's large" song in a warbly, screechy voice. always cracks me up.

i had forgotten how happy this movie makes me. the costumes, the colors, the songs...

the sleepy little seaside shanty town, sweet haven, hosts the dusty, the hard-knocked, and the misfits.

the characters' names are terrific! wimpy, olive oyl, caster oyl, cole oyl... swee'pea! so stinkin' cute.

honestly these costumes really rock the house. all the girls wear these grey-ed out hues, layers of tiered ruffles, stompin' boots, funny hats, and polka dots. the costume designer was givin' me serious comme des garcons looks. i love me some downtrodden ragamuffin chic-ha!

and plenty of bearded and mustachioed men sporting schlumpy, moth-eaten sweathers and fisherman caps.

i pitched the idea of a "popeye and olive oyl" halloween costume to my slumbering husband this morning...

his incredulous reply: "ummmm, isn't popeye a really short, buff, bald dude?" fair enough.