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September 20, 2012

Miscellaneous

i’m feeling geometrics, blacks, browns, and golds, mixed in with crisp whites for fall. what has caught your eye lately? i’m loving: this light from urban outfitters, this little deer from le animale, these boots found here, this lovely blanket from good knits, this geometric clutch found here, these fox earrings from asos, these midcentury chairs from overstock, this credenza from thrive furniture//i found these item and more on pinterest 


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thought on tuesday

September 18, 2012

Miscellaneous

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it’s done. lease signed and even a first coat of white paint on four previous very yellow and blue walls. this little outfit is what i happened to be wearing when we found our new pad. so i must say, it is lucky. even more lucky are the good friends we have that always look out for us, that have been keeping their eyes out for a place for us to call home, when our eyes have had to be preoccupied at home. we wouldn’t have found this place without them. matt and bri, we love you! lucky for all you as well. no longer will you have to hear story after story of failed attempts at apartment searching. no longer will you hear my whine and complaints of how hard it is to find a unique place in the city to call home. nope, now you will all have to listen to my sob story of painting and packing and unpacking and moving, because we all know this is much more spellbinding and exciting. sometimes i feel this is just the way life goes. i think sometimes the most compelling and consuming part of ones life may be picking it up and moving it somewhere else. somewhere different and new, fresh and simple. something only a hopeful tick on the clock can tell, but for the better. in a few short weeks we will move on to something else, something like purchasing a dreamy credenza that i have wanted for over a year now. one of those pieces of furniture that makes you go weak in the knees. much more interesting right?

*outfit: scarf, anthropologie // top, f21 // skirt, target // shoes, minnetonka // purse, vintage coach

week+end

September 17, 2012

Miscellaneous

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this past weekend we had an exceptional yard sale. thanks again to all you lovely readers who came out to support it. it was so nice to put faces to your emails and comments. we also hopefully put an end to this treacherous apartment hunting that has been ongoing for the last six months of our lives. we found one that hopefully (please oh please!!!) will work. we are running out of time, scratch that, we are out of time. the compact little place isn’t without needing a bit of a fix up. all the walls are in serious need of a fresh coat of white paint and the lighting fixtures, lets just say need to go. however, it did have a sweet little sunroom in the front that would be perfect for a little office/art studio. it was in a charming part of town as well, and, might i add, the outside of the apartment was lovely, always a plus. it has definite potential – thank goodness. 

friday giveaway – closed –

September 14, 2012

Miscellaneous

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my dear friend cecilia from the blog dearest lou is giving all you lucky readers a change to win a twenty five dollar gift card to one of my favorite stores, anthropologie. if you haven’t been over to check out cecilia’s blog yet, you should definitely do so now! if you would like the chance to win such a special gift card as this, you must head on over to the dearest lou blog by clicking here and become her newest follower. it is that easy. also remember, this giveaway is only available to chalk white arrow readers, so before entering make sure to check you follow here by clicking here. if not, follow along. also, be sure to leave us a comment so we know you’ve done so! the winner will be announced one week from today, good luck!

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accepting the differences

Miscellaneous

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one lesson, among the many that this little thing called “being married” has taught me is just how different two people can be and will be for that matter. moreover, excepting the other for who they are, truly are, realizing our differences will always be our differences and loving one another for each others faults no matter what those might be. it’s painless to fall hopelessly into perpetual love with the good traits of our significant others, the ones that are easy to love. – but loving the faults, the nitty gritty, in other words is what truly defines love. this is to me at least. one true example of this, being different i mean, is how camden and i will describe and share our day with each other. camden’s version of his day will go something like: “well, i woke up around 9:00 because i really needed the sleep and i got up and watched about seventy-five percent of a top gear (UK). it was the one where jeremy makes the really long red limo out of a fiat panda. then i played with kramer, but he didn’t want to play very long. he mostly just wanted belly rubs and snuggles so that is what we did. you should have seen him when the dogs started barking on top gear. he wouldn’t stop barking at the t.v. it was crazy. then i made myself some breakfast . . . . ” you get the picture. he will tell me every detail of almost everything that happened in his day down to just about every last thing he ate and well, didn’t eat for that matter. he will tell me people he’s met, things he’s said, what he saw and heard and smelled. he will tell me detail by detail sometimes lasting thirty minutes or so. i could write a novel just based on the things camden has done in one day making it full and riveting down to every last tiny minuscule detail. when it comes to my turn, rather when camden finally turns and asks “how was your day?”, you could usually expect some sort of answer like “good.” or “it was ok.”. he will usually follow up with something like “well what did you do?” and he can usually expect some sort of reply along the lines of “i don’t know, the usual”. this here shows an extreme example of my “quiet listening nature”, maybe too obviously stated here, but not always in it’s entirety, good. well today friends, i have compiled a list of just a few things i have completed or seen or done or even eaten during my day. so camden enjoy, ’cause man, this one is for you.

+ i ate (among many other things), count them, three donut holes.
+ i hung &
+ i folded clothes.
+ i found my favorite heart pin nestled under a jacket in my “oh so clean car”.
+ and i wore my new favorite ring, given to me by one the the sweetest guys i have had the pleasure of meeting, you.