SQUEAL(ishly good)...new blog, up and running!

SQUEAL(ishly good)

a change is a comin...

WHEE, WHEE, WHEE, WHEEEEEEEEEE!

 

...and I couldn't think of anybody more fitting than Maxwell the Pig to help make the announcement!

 

While the content of the blog will continue to include Style Boards, foodie features, product sharing, etc., I have noticed recently that I am more focused on truly enjoying life. I embrace the lovely life I already have, due primarily to the people in it, especially Mom, PaPa and C, but I am very excited for my future "good life". I am a bit fearful about where our country is headed, but we are the curators of our own lives. Here's to new adventures, new discoveries and more fabulous people...

 

love it. live it. fashion inspired interior style board: glam dining room

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2013 has started off on a busy note, but I managed to squeeze in this week's year's first Fashion Inspired Interior Style Board; a glitzy, glam dining room inspired by a pretty and flirty little number from Camilla & Marc F/W RTW 2012.

 

 

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love it, live it-fashion inspired interiors, camilla and marc f/w rtw 2012

 

 

Fashion Inspred Interior Style Board on Wednesday...or Friday

clients "new" chair for the new year...

winter style

We are having our first substantial (well, more so than the previous) storm of the season, rather fitting since winter is just a couple of days away.  I was finally able wear my Sorels this morning, however, the knit caps have definitely been in play already.  Winter is my least favorite of the seasons, but I do have a mad obsession with outerwear, so I'm just goin to make the best of the cold with fashion.  Here are a few snaps for inspirtion...

 Oh so Audrey like!

 Classic cool.

 Chic, chic, chic...

My fave beanie from a Brooklyn Walgreens ♥

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images 7&8 Google

love it. live it. interior style board: fashion inspired boho bedroom

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I've been working on a Chinese restaurant, but thought I'd breakaway for a little fashion inspired interior goodness...pattern with a touch of snuggliness = cozy and fresh, inspired by Cacharel F/W RTW 2012.

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love it, live it: fashion inspired interiors, cacharel f/w 2012...

...Interior Style Board sometime this week ;)

love it. live it. interior style board: fashion inspired international entry

I am just mad about the dress from Bottega Veneta F/W RTW 2012, for this week's Interior Style Board.  While the dress is a stunning organic floral number, the International Entry is inspired by the bold color story.

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love it, live it: fashion inspired interiors, bottega veneta f/w 2012

...Entry Style Board, later today.

our thanksgiving table...

a few clippings from the ever abundant thyme, delicate dried weeds and a donation from the ranch bucks, we had a lovely, local, table with room for grub and 8 hungry humans...

love it. live it. interior style board: fashion inspired "bond girl" lounge

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This week's Interior Style Board was inspired by a stunning dress from the Bill Blass F/W 2012 RTW Collection.  The dress, as well as the lounge, is sophisticated and sexy,
just like a Bond Girl.

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festive, stylish & do-able thanksgiving table ideas

When it comes to Thanksgiving tables, less is best.  Seriously, with some of the tablescapes I've seen, where do you put the feast?  I'm also a fan of a more "rustic" table.  Below you will find a few ideas that are creative, colorful and feast friendly!

 

 

 So cute!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Very bohemian.

 

Love the bucket!

 

images 1-4 HGTV, image 5 Martha Stewart, image 6 Food Network,
images 7-9 Pinterest, image 10 iVillage

love it, live it: fashion inspired interiors, bill blass f/w 2012...

...Style Board on Wednesday.

beauty scoop...tiss the season for dry hands

Starting in October, and really not ending until maybe June, Colorado is dry, dry, dry.  The upside to a dry climate winter is that the cold isn't as cold as it is in a humid climate, but the downside is that hands turn to sandpaper...until NOW!

 

I purchased this bottle of glycerine on a whim, I am a self admitted beauty junkie; yes, "I have an addiction Sir".  It cost less than $6 for 16 oz. and it is worth millions!  I tried it on my feetsies about a month ago.  It is not oily, more like a little sticky, so after applying I slept in socks.  Aside from the super softening and moisturizing benis, glycerine is water soluble, so it washes off easily.

 

This week I have been battling dry hands and for extra irritation, a cracked thumb.  I decided last night to try the glycerine on my hands.  I say try because my hands were crazy dry and I wasn't sure if the glycerine would be powerful enough.  Ha, I feel like such a fool for doubting its super powers. A dime size amount of glycerine + spa gloves worn overnight = sandpaper hands that are now able to caress a Pashmina without so much as a tug!

dining in...fall table

A cozy fall dinner of Manhattans with Brandied Cherries, Lentils, Polska Kielbasa, and Parsnip & Potato Smashers.  A little plaid, fall foliage and warm candle light...oh, and my Frank & Friends playlist on Spotify ;)

love it. live it. interior style board: fashion inspired "milly" study

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This week's Interior Style Board was inspired by designer Antonio Marras, and he was inspired by "Milly".  He envisioned her with a wardrobe made up of places she's been and people she's loved, a collage of life.  While this study is a collage of texture and patterns, it now needs to be graced with life, the most important element that makes a house a home.

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love it, live it: fashion inspired interiors, antonio marras...

...office/study Style Board on Wednesday.

love it, live it: fashion inspired scandinavian chic bedroom

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This week's Style Board was inspired by Altuzarra F/W 2012.  A textural, wintery color story with a warming zing of poppy.

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love it, live it: fashion inspired interiors, altuzarra...

...bedroom Style Board on Wednesday.