tHE gOOD LIFe: holidays

Showing posts with label holidays. Show all posts

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy Valentine's Day!

Love of all kinds (especially self-love) is what Valentine's Day means to me...

Whether you're having wine and chocolate with girlfriends, cooking at home with your honey, or treating yourself to a good book and luxurious bubble bath, I hope you have a fantastic Valentine's Day!

via

Happy Valentine's Day!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

All About Color: 10 Very Simple Ways to Decorate for Valentine's Day

1. Look through your book collection and gather ones with red, white, or pink spines and arrange them as the focal point on a table.

2. Grab your Valentine-hued scarves and coats and hang them on the coat rack in your entryway.

3. Line up your pale pink, hot pink, dusty rose, fire engine red, coral and sparkly nail polishes on your vanity or bathroom shelf.

4. Move any family wedding or other romantic photos to a place where they are clearly visible.

5. Look through your magazines and find the ones with pinks and reds on the cover and lay them on your coffee table.

6. Make some red velvet cupcakes or cookies with pink frosting and arrange them on a cake stand on your kitchen counter.

7. Pull any pink, red or sparkly shoes out of the closet and place them in a casually noticed spot.

8. Look through your closets and less-visited rooms for pink, red and floral things that you forgot about (blankets, artwork, collectables) and move them to a place where they'll really stand out.

9. Go through any wedding announcements, baby announcements or other cards that have pinks and reds, florals or symbols of romance and put them on your fridge.

10. Finally, if you must buy some kind of Valentine's Day decor, check out places like Target for cute things at great prices. These heart pillows were only $11.99 a piece and I can use them in different areas of my home Valentine's Day after Valentine's Day.

Obviously, it's all about certain colors. Which of these ideas is your favorite for simple Valentine's Day decor?

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Gold & White Wonderland

One of my very favorite color combinations is gold & white, whether it's this fantastic rug at the home of Catherine Sheppard, this elegant DIY wallpaper in the home of Rebekka Seale or this pretty vanity vignette featured on Cupcakes and Cashmere.

Something about this pairing makes me go gaga, and of course, I'm seeing a lot of it this time of year. In case you have the GW bug like I do, I thought I'd gather a collection of stand-out gold & white items found on Etsy (including something from my own little shop)...

Enjoy!

this pretty vintage soap holder from Summer Holiday Vintage, great for holding small jewelry

these retro mugs from my shop, The Lucky Find Vintage, perfect for a cup of hot chocolate

this elegant paper wreath by Tara Alexander Designs, beautiful for a winter wedding

this stunning gold and amethyst ring by Illuminance Jewelry, that would look great on my finger ;)

this delicate paper mache bowl by Etco ... just for sitting there and looking good

this funky moose by White Faux Taxidermy - you'll need nothin' else on the walls!

Is this gold & white color combination something that you gravitate toward as well?

- Stay connected and "LIKE" The Good Life on Facebook HERE -

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Skull Crazy

There are generally two types of people in the world: those who count down the days until they can bust out the holiday decorations (and the days until Pumpkin Spice Lattes return at Starbucks) and those who realize it's less than a week until Halloween and they haven't even picked up a pumpkin - or figured out a costume. This year, I have fallen into the latter category.

I don't know if it's laziness or what (it's probably laziness), but I've never been one to go all-out with holiday decorations. Christmas, okay kind of, but most other holidays I either do nothing or do something pretty simple. So, instead of providing you with traditional Halloween decor inspiration in this end-of-October post, I thought I'd find some cool examples of one of my favorite (and Halloween-appropriate) objects: skulls. I think they're spooky enough...

via

And now after looking at skulls online all night (and trust me, there are some freaky-ass photos when you Google image search the word "skull') I'm gonna go have some nightmares...

Is holiday decorating your thing or do you kick back and let others take on that job?

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Happy Independence Day!

My trip to San Francisco has been over for two full days now (post coming soon!), and I swear I have never felt lazier in my life! Is it possible to have a vacation hangover from five days of excessive food, beverages, walking, and ~~sunshine~~ sunburns? All I want to do is sit in bed and eat Salt & Straw ice cream! What is going on?!

Tomorrow is the 4th of July, however, so I am pulling myself together at the last minute to compose a little inspiration post to get myself and anyone else who needs it into a fireworks kind of mood. My plan is to attend a barbecue (or two), which should be a good time if I promise myself a nap after. :)

Update 7/6: Yikes! I feel like such a chump for not even mentioning the meaning of the holiday in this post! Further proof something weird was going on with me. I am so proud and grateful to be an American, living in such a beautiful country where I have the right to speak my mind without censor, vote for my President and elected officials, practice whatever religion I please, and exercise all of the other liberties I have as a citizen of the United States of America. I'm also very thankful for the brave men and women who selflessly dedicate their lives to protecting these precious freedoms.

A pretty little 4th of July wedding tablescape via

Rustic and boyish via

Oh Lana, I love you. source unknown

Loving the simplicity going on here. via

Into. via

Classic via

Yum! 4th of July lunch on the water sounds amazing. via

Early Americana. Obsessed. (source unknown)

A great little flag shorts DIY via

loving the warmth of this room via

Strawberry cupcakes are my fave! source unknown

Love the horn by the door. via

The life! via

If you are celebrating the 4th of July, what are your plans??

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Father's Day!

I hope everyone is having a great day with their dad! Since my dad's in Texas and I'm in Oregon, I just get to wish my dad a Happy Father's day over the phone, but I think he appreciated the gift my siblings and I got him since he spends a lot of time outdoors and has a thing for hats!

I've already honored my dad a little bit by going estate saleing this morning (something he also enjoys) and I think I'll continue celebrating Father's Day by listening to The Byrds and perhaps watching some Charlie Chaplin - he used to make my siblings and I watch CC as a kid and I think I might appreciate it more now. ;)

Here are some entertaining pics of my Dad over the years, beginning when he was a child. While you can't see it in full-effect from these photos, I think I got my tendency to ham it up in front of the camera from him.