Puppies & Princesses: Rita Hayworth

*Photos via Google Images*

Preschool Nature Book Basics: Letters, Shapes, & Colors

These are my very favorite nature books that focus on letters, shapes, and colors. Because they center around traditional, developmentally age-appropriate preschooler topics, these books make welcome additions to most kidlet libraries (even in those families & schools where nature is not considered a high priority.)














Letters:
ABC's Naturally
Discovering Nature's Alphabet
Waldorf Alphabet Book
Wildflower ABC

Shapes:
Star in my Orange (Looking for Nature's Shapes)
Looking at Nature: What Shape is it?

Colors:
What Color is Nature?
Planting a Rainbow
Growing Colors

Monday Music: Sprawl

Sohomode Custom Vintage Inspired Dresses

Aren't these Sohomode dresses ohsopretty? Designer Louise Hedley creates each and every dress custom made to your measurements, using the most lovely vintage fabrics. Best of all?... Her prices are really INCREDIBLE, and you can order dresses individually, or in a group (if you're thinking bridesmaids.) Call me greedy, but I think I want a whole group, uh... just for myself...

*Photos via Sohomode Blog*

Sunday Sweetness: Otter Tag!

Monday Music: Honey Trees, Moon River

Such a pretty song. And such a pretty cover, don't you think?

Ninjabread Men & Baby Sloth Necklaces

These are SEVEN THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW:

















Know It All Pencil Set, Ice Cream Cone Stamp Set, Butterfly Net Dress, Baby Sloth Necklace, Ninjabread Men Cookie Cutters, Color Study Locket, Found Faces.

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: The Things That Call Out to Your Heart Do So For A Reason...

*Quotesy Art Via The Wheatfield*

Style Muse: Katharine Hepburn

Nerdy Girly-Girl Kate Trivia: In the 1980s, Katharine Hepburn was offered the role of Marilla in the superawesome Anne of Green Gables TV movie series but turned it down (GAW!) Her great niece ended up playing the role of Anne's best friend, Diana. Who knew?!


*Katharine Hepburn Photos via Tumblr*

Monday Music: Sprout and The Bean

Some people love Joanna's quirky voice, other's can't stand it. I think I might feel both ways at the same time. Regardless of how you feel about her voice, I think you'll agree that this video of hers is superduperpretty. Watch and see:

Bernie Dexter Landscape Dress Review

AH! So this is one of my newest (and most favoritest of all time) dresses. I've been wanting it for a while, and I know I've mentioned it before (it's the dress that reminds me of the Everglades, and all things Gentle Ben & Flipper...) It's such a PRETTY dress! It's by Bernie Dexter, and it's called the Blaize Pin Up Swing Landscape Dress (this dress was also for sale on the Modcloth website, but it sold out superduper fast.)

As with most all Bernie Dexter Dresses, this one has:
*A pretty, full, twirl-friendly skirt.
*Defined waist.
*Vibrant colors, very true to those pictured online.
*Zip up design, with the zipper placed down the back.
*No lining, but the fabric is thick enough to wear as-is.
*A hem length that falls (on me) at/justjustjust below the knees.
*Pockets!


The print on the fabric is really fun. Lots of naturey trees & things. The colors are saturated, and there's lots of versatile matchy potential as far as cardis go. You can pair it with yellow, blue, purple, and (obviously!) green, black, and white. I found this design to be slightly bigger on top, so I purchased a size down from what I usually get, and the bodice and strap length fit pretty much perfectly. I think it's the ideal summer dress. 5 stars all the way. I loveloveLOVE it!

Sunday Funny: Say Whaaat?

Puppies & Princesses: Jean Arthur

*Jean Arthur Photos via Google Images*

Singsongy Saturday: Thieves Among Us

Hawk Nest Cam (Go Spy on Cuteness!)

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Pretty Pictorial: Book Whimsy

"There are books so alive that you're always afraid that while you weren't reading, the book has gone and changed, has shifted like a river; while you went on living, it went on living too, and like a river moved on and moved away. No one has stepped twice into the same river. But did anyone ever step twice into the same book?"
~Marina Tsvetaeva

*Photos via Flickr*

Mr. T & Heartasaurus Tote Bags

These are SEVEN THINGS I LOVE RIGHT NOW:

Raspberry-Plum Gull Wing Dress, Rainbow Crystal Ring, Heartasaurus Tote, Sun Wall Bookshelf, Mr. T Cross Stitch, Rude Hand Gestures of the World, Vintage Songbird Tea Cups.

Words of Wisdom Wednesday: Youth

*Image Via Tumblr*