Friday Favorites

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Maybe it's Spring. Maybe it's the newfound love and abundance of pastels in design. I'm not sure what but more than ever I am feeling inspired by watercolor.

After yesterday's more masculine post I wanted to share a little of my girly side with you guys. Naturally I am more attracted to bold lines and bold colors but the soft femininity and organic nature of watercolor is simply stunning and I do not see myself escaping the hold it has on me anytime soon.

Hey...over here!

Hey friends! I'm over at Rouge & Whimsy today talking about my must-haves for spring! Go check it out!!

Also I hope you all are having beautiful weather wherever you are! It is GORGEOUS in Portland right now!

Friday Favorites

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I cannot stop my current love for mixing patterns- it is taking over. I particularly love mixing florals or more organic prints with a stripe, polka dot, or more geometric print. It can get pretty scary but when it's done right I think it can still look very clean and sophisticated while letting you have that touch of playfulness!

I've been mixing patterns all week and it's amazing, if you haven't tried it yet I definitely reccomend it!

Friday Favorites: Black & White

I'm trying out a new little feature on my blog. Friday Favorites. I just figure I love it when other blogs do similar features and this way I get to share things with you guys that I think are really really cool. We'll see how it goes, let me know what you think!

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I want to put these two outfits above together into one and wear it every single day. Is that a bad thing?

I have always been a big (HUGE) fan of color, and still am, but lately there is something about black and white that makes me swoon. Together they are so classy and sophisticated but also have this rock and roll edge that is so lovely. All things black and white get it my life!

On another note, we're putting up A Girl In Sunset (Lisa Maurine's amazing blog that I did the new design for) later today so I'll most likely be back here sharing with you guys! Catch ya later skaters.

{also I apologize for the useless links on some of these guys, I sourced back to the addresses they came from but a lot came from tumblrs and weren't sourced correctly}

The best surprise

Today I got this amazing email from my mom!

How stinkin' cute is she? I'm so excited! How did she know I was just drooling over the Anthropologie display windows today after class? Girl's got some physic powers if you ask me! Thanks again mom!

Hope everyone's day is equally awesome. My cold status is that I'm still sick, but I told my body this is it, by the end of the day today I'm going to feel better. I was very firm, so I think it'll listen :)

Spreading the love

original photo by Dee Adams

Hey guys! With all this talk on other blogs about March sponsorships I just wanted to take a second to let you know that Woodgrain & Gold does sponsor swapping! Your button on my blog, mine on yours, how awesome is that? It was introduced to me by the lovely Alyssa over at Ten Feet Off Beale (who I currently sponsor swap with) and I think it's a great way for us smaller blogs to grow. If you have any questions or are interested go ahead and email me at woodgrainandgold@gmail.com!

How?

How is it that my last post was Monday? I must have dreamt about doing a blog post because I could have sworn I've posted since then. I guess that's what happens when you write two blogs? I should get a twitter so I can say "#blogginggirlproblems" ehhh ehhh??

So you want to know what I've been up to? Let's start with the hair. I'm officially no longer a purple-head. Tragic, I know. After 3 weeks and a lot of trial and error I have landed in magenta-maroon land and I am here to stay. My high school self would be so proud, she always wanted us to have hair like Hayley Williams of Paramore. If only she knew we would end up here. Present self is also very proud. And in love. SO IN LOVE.

What else? Oh, I've completely fallen off the wagon with working out. I've still been eating healthier but with my more than overbooked schedule taking the time to get my sweat on has officially moved to the back burner. On the more successful side of my overbooked schedule, I am also officially expanding my design ventures. As you know I'm doing that fashion/interior design collaboration for our school's spring fashion show. My partner and I have been working hard. I really lucked out getting paired with her by the way. Her name is Christie and she is really great and has awesome ideas. This project definitely deserves it's own post once we've finished but here's a sneak peak at some of our process pictures for our final design. (note that we are completely changing each piece, we are not using anything as is).

 I'm also starting to really dabble in graphic design. Crazy right? I mean it makes sense, there is a lot of overlapping in the design field. Could a real graphic designer do a better job than me? Of course. But am I going to let that discourage me? NAH! It's mostly just blog design but it's really exciting to me. More work blogging? SO COOL. Right now I'm working on redesigning A Girl in Sunset, a wonderful blog by the wonderful Lisa Maurine. You should check it out! I'll be sure to post the finished product once it's complete.

Anything else? I think that's about it, I'll be sure to stop by tomorrow to make up for my absence the last couple of days.

Oh, I saw Chronicle and The Vow. Chronicle was INTENSE and The Vow made me cry like a little baby. Ok that's it!

I promise.

This is not just a fashion blog. I promise. I was just playing around on polyvore and I thought I'd share.

At this point you're probably thinking I'm Valentine's Day obsessed. The truth is since I've been young I've liked it. I think I have my mom to thank for that, she always makes all the little holidays really special. I also think it's because I really enjoy making/giving valentines to people. There's something really great about taking a day to show people you care about them (V-day is not just for you and your boo dudes, it's about spreading the love in genreal). These days though, it's also really exciting because our anniversary is on the 12th. So I really get in the romantic spirit. This Sunday is going to mark two years for us. Needless to say, once I realized these events were so close I started dreaming of what to wear. All these outfits are right up my alley. I've wanted a dress like that blue one for a while now. I'm going to cross my fingers that it lands in my lap before the weekend. Haha, we'll see about that.

My pictures are loading super slow and I have lots of homework so I'm going to post my last Valentine's Day craft tomorrow. The anticipation is killing you. I KNOW. Me too.

shopping dreams

Let's face it, I would have to win the lottery to be able to shop at Anthropologie. There is one I walk by everyday when I'm at school and I always say to myself that I am going to save more money and buy one nice thing from there every once in a while. The only problem with that is, girls gotta eat. So for now I just go in there and drool. Some people say window shopping is a waste of time but I like to frequent my dream shopping spots so that when I'm in Buffalo Exchange or any other second hand store, I know what I'm looking for. Does that make sense? I feel like even when you go to somewhere like Target you can get overwhelmed by a lot of affordable clothing and then you end up leaving with a lot of things you'll never wear. But if you have in mind what is out right now that you like, inexpensive clothing ends up having less of a hold on your irrational decisions. Moving on, these are some of my favorite pieces currently at Anthropologie. I say who cares if it's winter! Put some color in your life with bright pieces. And, as always, I will never tire of stripes or floral prints.

Hope you guys have a great Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow! We're laying low and having a couple friends over which is exciting. I'm not really big on football (shocker, right) but really any excuse to have friends over is good with me and I'm actually a pretty competitive person, so I always end up getting into it. See you Monday! I have one more Valentine's Day craft so get excited.

These boots.

The cutest tattoo shop ever. I love my job.

I have these boots that somehow have never made it out of my closet, but I tried them on yesterday and thought to myself, hey, I think you're actually pulling these off right now. Then Nick comes around the corner and says, "looking good babe, those boots look good with your outfit". Sold. 

Anyway, about yesterday. At our shop we do $13 flash tattoo days every Friday the 13th and they're pretty crazy, it's like a tattoo marathon. By the time it was over we were all a little loopy and in need of so much pizza. It seemed like everything that could go wrong did and yet somehow we made it out alive, laughing about it all. It was a good day. 

The unicorn was very popular.