weekend brunch

March 26, 2013

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this weekend our brunch turned out to be more like lunch on account that we stayed out until three playing poker with a few friends the night before. on the plus side, i won second place, which doesn’t sound like much but is sadly the closest to winning i’ve ever come. however, our four-thirty bedtime gave us another first … waking up at almost noon. i can’t even remember the last time i slept past nine in the morning let alone noon. honestly this is one first i would not like to repeat. our brunch … or lunch rather,  still happily turned out lovely. we had eggs over medium, country style hash browns, english muffins, and fresh fruit. camden had plums and i, a grapefruit. – and of course there was a little …”lucy!” “i’m home!”

the finally completed bathroom

March 25, 2013

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as i put the final touches on this bathroom makeover saturday afternoon (the final five hour touches), i came to realize just how large this “little” project had really become to be.  like always, this was no small project. however, this is not to say that i, no, we are not extremely pleased with the room’s new look. looking back now, i really wish i would have taken before pictures to show you just how bad she really was. the paint alone made a huge difference. having all the walls and ceiling white really expands the room and makes it feel ten times larger. i’m also extremely happy with the total cost of our newly renewed space. honestly, i wasn’t looking to spend much. sure, if this was “our” home i may have invested more in high quality pieces or a new bathtub to say the least, but because we are renting and because this space isn’t ours, is exactly why i didn’t want to dump loads into a bathroom that won’t be ours forever. i wanted to make sure that the things i was putting in were things we could take with us when we moved or at least things we would be fine with leaving behind. – and i think i accomplished that. although i am over the moon happy with how she looks, i, in the end spent only a little less than $150 on everything and ninety percent off that can come with us when we leave (which is hopefully not soon!). so here, in all her glory, she is … enjoy.
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a chalk white arrow giveaway

March 22, 2013

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today’s giveaway is brought to you by carly, the lovely blogger behind lipgloss and crayons. this cute lady is a huge fashion lover, beauty product junky, and an elementary school teacher in the city of angels. lipgloss and crayons is the place where carly likes to play with fashion/color, try out new products, and share a bit of her life as well. be sure to head on over and say hello! today the generous carly is giving you readers the chance to win a $50 gift card to sephora. all you have to do is follow lipgloss and crayons on bloglovin’ by clicking here, then come back and leave a comment so we know you’ve done so. you may receive an extra entry for following her on twitter. be sure to leave a comment for each. as always this giveaway is only open to chalk white arrow readers, so double check you follow along. the winner will be chosen by random one week from today, good luck!

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we wore this on …

March 21, 2013

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just because it’s march 20th… you know, the official first day of spring! here is to sunshine and seventy degree days!  – p.s. it’s 45 and raining here, fingers crossed it doesn’t snow.

i wore: dress, vintage from @the_moth_closet // jacket, brass plum // shoes, the paisley pomegranate // purse, vintage coach // hat, target
camden wore: shirt, j.crew // pants, nudie jeans // shoes, g*star // sunglasses, tumbleweeds handcraft c/o

over the weekend …

March 19, 2013

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because it seemed as though everyone was working or out of town this weekend, i decided not to waste a perfectly good saturday that was just begging to be productive. the bathroom was the one room in our home that hadn’t yet been fixed up and this weekend i decided it was high time to change that. we originally skipped giving the bathroom a little fresh paint when we first moved in, mostly because we only had about a week to paint our new place from head to toe and by the time we reached the bathroom, camden and i never wanted to see another paintbrush again. the walls and ceiling were left a strange, patchy shade of a baby blue, which i painted white and let me just add, all by myself (camden fell into the working category). painting is never as easy, or neat for that matter, as i think it will be. it always takes me way longer than i expect, which made this tiny saturday project last into the next week … in fact, it is still going. so far i have: painted all the walls and ceiling, replaced the old mirror, changed out the light fixture, added a decorative accent wall, fixed up the vanity, and replaced the dingy hardware. – and yes … all by myself. i’m just waiting for a new shelf to arrive this week so we can finally have a place to set things, then only paint touchups and organizing will remain. below are a few photos of what i have completed thus far and a few things i’m planning to bring into the finished space. i’m hoping to have our bathroom completed as well as photos to show you by then end of this week, so stay tuned!
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