Look at what I found: ShakeItPhoto App

I downloaded the ShakeItPhoto app for my iPhone during a slow period today and let me just say, I think I might be taking a lot of pretentious photos with this thing.  It makes your iPhone pictures look all unsaturated and “Fauxlaroid” (as stated in the reviews) with a white border that reminds me of taking my pictures to Wolf Camera during college when it was in University Park Village, just to get the white border.  You can also make your existing photos on your iPhone fauxlaroided (not a word).

Featuring Stonewall “Action” Jackson Bouregard Durrett.  The app is $0.99 which warrants an eye roll.

Look at what I did: Erin’s Birthday

Erin’s birthday was yesterday and we have put an end to the over-the-top desk decorating since starting our new jobs.  Now we do flowers: I got Erin some hyacinth and a hydrangea from Central Market:

The vase on the left was only $1.50 at Target, the middle vase is a beaker that Erin lent to me (indefinitely), and the right vase was the one Erin used to give me flowers on my birthday back in September (recycler or cheap skate?).  I also got her a really cute card from Byrd and Bleeker similar to the one below:

Look at what I got: Cooking Class Invitation

My coworkers and I were invited to a Central Market cooking class last month (which was AWESOME) by our sales reps, and we all freaked out at the invitations!  They were hand-made by one of the rep’s daughters, a designer.  The exterior is a Central Market brown paper shopping bag and the inside is cardstock with brown ink (probably printed at home, but I’m not sure).

It’s one of those, “I could have done that!  Why didn’t I do that…” moments for me.  The class itself was great with so much delicious food, I hope they do it again next year!

Look at what I found: Anthropologie, Southlake

I made a trip to Southlake last night, because I think this is my nearest Anthropologie (I was shopping for my sister’s birthday and there was a small chance her present was there).  I had to stop and awkwardly take a picture (I got a strange look for trying on sale shoes without socks, I don’t carry around cut off panty hose) of these:

They’re paper mache busts!  They are carefully painted but you can still see a lot of the text.  If you can’t make out the crummy iPhone picture of the description, it says: “Savannah Story Busts, $68, Layers of repurposed cement bags are covered with vintage French book pages to create these paper mache animal heads.  Made in Haiti.”  If I had the cash, I would hop on the “trophy” band wagon.  Then I would hang some big necklaces from them…

Look at what I did: FW Apartment, Staring Wall

Last January, I moved to Fort Worth. I put down a deposit in November and obsessed about floor plans and where to hang things for two months.  Finally, I got to load in all my junk: a mix of hand-me-downs and floor samples from Crate and Barrel and Pottery Barn.  This resulted in a traditional style that feels comfortable to me and worked well in my 1926 16-unit apartment building in Bishop Arts.  The new Fort Worth apartment, is just that—new.  Its’ only a few years old, but the exterior is craftsman-influenced and like a lot of apartments, the interior is generic enough to make most any style work.

In the first of a few posts, I present my staring wall:

I needed to do something with my staring wall, without hanging something of meaning behind the tv or above it.  I wanted some texture.  Mom had some empty frames from grandmother’s house sitting in the garage (“Mom…let me help you clear out some space!”).  Before I moved, Erin and I made a trip to Hobby Lobby’s damaged frames section and found three with minor scratches ($33).  The plan was to paint them all white for consistency, but with the excitement of unpacking, I needed to get them in their place.  Philip and I hung them up and we liked the brown mismatched finishes.  We were also tired.  Last week, I returned to Hobby Lobby to get the two bottom frames ($15).

There are a couple of trinkets inside the frames: a ceramic pine cone Erin found at Simple Things and two pine cone ornaments from Pottery Barn’s 2009 Christmas collection (Philip gave me “Crumperton the Owl” for Christmas).