all hallows eve

Happy Halloween, everyone! We're spending the night on the couch with Psycho, pumpkin beer, and lots of candy. After the craziness of this past month, nothing sounds better.

And we bought a house today!! After a few months of searching, we finally committed to a place about three weeks ago and closed on the deal earlier today. What a strange feeling to own your home! I'll share our home design adventures with you as we go along.. expect a lot of Selby references (ideas and advice appreciated! we're clueless when it comes to decorating).

Hope you guys have a great night!

savannah, day two

Vintage polka dot blouse, leather purse - Thrifted

Vintage black wool hat - Civvies in Savannah

Red blazer - Forever21

Kork Ease wedges - UO

Denim cut off shorts - Abercrombie and Fitch (from high school.. old jeans cut short)

Days two and three of our Savannah trip were all sorts of goodness. Barbecue with Vanessa and Abi, fabric shopping at Measure, a tour through the Mercer Williams home (highlight of the trip for me!!), vintage hunts on Broughton Street, nights spent staying out and mornings spent sleeping in. And drinking to-go cups of beer on the street(excite). We finished the trip with Back in the Day Bakery, where Neil ate molasses cookies and I tried a star brownie, and both of us grabbed their amazing marshmallows and coffee.

I ended up finding the best felted wool hat at Civvies on East Broughton and red blazer at the new Forever21 in Lenox Mall in Atlanta (pre-Savannah, while on the hunt for a dress for my sister's wedding.. last minute as usual). That fine young man in the photos is of course Neil Winter, and he's wearing an American Apparel denim shirt, Billy Reid jeans, and my camera bag (thanks, Neil). Grand red mansion? Mercer Williams house. Row of brick townhomes? Our bed and breakfast (ironically once owned by Jim Williams).

Did you see that awesome fabric? Liberty of London. Out of my price range but I can dream.

I'm pretty happy right now.. Neil and I went out of town a couple of nights ago to see the Avett Brothers play in southern Illinois and visit some school friends (good times), and while we were gone, our little dog Bloom got really sick. We took her to an emergency clinic when we got home last night and she was diagnosed with pancreatitis and an infection. We've been giving her antibiotics and pain relievers all today and last night, and she's already starting to look like her old, crazy self again. Yay for health! We have to monitor her but I think her medicine is going to take care of things.

Getting in the Halloween mood, courtesy of Hannah and Landon. Is anyone dressing up for Halloween this year?

forsyth park

Vintage patchwork rayon dress, Dooney and Bourke purse - Goodbuy Girls

Wood wedge sandals - Madewell

The first stop Neil and I made in Savannah, once we checked into our bed and breakfast and lifted our bags up two flights of old stairs, was Forsyth Park. We stayed at the Savannah Inn, an 1850s townhome just a block's walk from Mercer House and not much further than that from Forsyth. So while the sun was still out, we walked around Forsyth's grand trees and its famous fountain, seeing Spanish Moss for the first time. Is it just me, or does everyone in Savannah own a dog?

The rayon dress is a 90s Esprit mini that might be the most comfortable thing I own now. I bought it at Goodbuy Girls Vintage in East Nashville last month, knowing I'd be wearing it for this trip. A lightweight swing dress turned out to be the best thing to wear the day we came into Savannah (it might be fall, but the south still has sleeveless dress weather).

That night, we had dinner at the Distillery (pretty good sandwiches and a great beer list) and finished with banana pudding at Parker's Market. And then we took a ghost tour. Savannah is a little scary.

The next day, we were able to meet up with some friends and check out Back in the Day Bakery for the first time.. and do some fabric shopping. More photos coming! Can you believe we only have one week left in October?

bonaventure cemetery

Neil and I decided to celebrate our anniversary by going to Savannah this year (we'll be married for three years on November 1st!!), and we knew that a trip to Savannah meant we had to explore Bonaventure Cemetery.

The cemetery was what we expected.. eerily beautiful and gloomy, just like an old southern cemetery should be, especially since the day we picked to go was rainy. For a cemetery, it seemed to be alive with tropical plants and fall color. 160 acres on the river with plants and trees of all shapes and sizes, well-kept but still wild. Spanish moss is lovely everywhere, but it's particularly effective in a graveyard. We visited Johnny Mercer's grave and walked around a bit before the rain picked up and made us leave.

All photos here.

More pictures from our trip coming Sunday, and photos of Rhi's wedding (which was perfect.. we didn't want the day to end) super soon. I have to work at American Apparel kind of early tomorrow, and we have to dress up in some sort of costume. In honor of John Hughes, I'm putting on a black hat and mismatched grandma clothes and dressing as Andie from Pretty in Pink (I don't really look like her but I'll do my best). Happy weekend!

stylelikeu

We're back in Tennessee! Still in vacation mode so my mind is kind of fuzzy, but I can say that this past week has been one of the best. Watching my sister Rhi get married, spending a lot of time with my family and a couple of days in Savannah with just Neil and I - the whole trip was what we've needed for awhile.

While I spend the next twelve hours sorting photos from our trip, I really wanted to share my friend Maria's recent interview with Stylelikeu. I've known beautiful Maria since I started working at American Apparel last year (you might recognize her as the model for my fall/winter collection!), and I was so excited to hear about her interview - it didn't surprise me at all that they found her.. Maria has a unique (and effortless) grace and style.

So glad to be home. I'll post photos of our trip soon. Also, I wrote a guest post for Rhiannon's blog.. check it out here!

on the road

Neil and I are leaving tomorrow morning for Georgia, where we're going to spend the weekend celebrating my sister Rhiannon's wedding! I've been looking forward to this for awhile. We're headed to Atlanta for the rehearsal dinner, Palmetto for the ceremony, and lastly - Savannah to celebrate our three year anniversary! I won't be back until Wednesday night, so I'm taking a bit of a blogging break.

I'll be back next Thursday with tons of photos and news. Until then, check out my sister's blog - she has several guest bloggers sharing posts this week (me included). Have a great week!

alexandra grecco ss 2012

Alexandra Grecco is always a favorite of mine, so when she released photos of her Spring/Summer 2012 collection a few days ago, I was pretty excited. It's everything you've come to expect from Grecco's designs.. fanciful pieces in the softest hues and fabrics with romantic details like accordion pleats, flutter sleeves, and criss cross pintucks.

More photos of the lovely collection here.

lula, issue 13

Lula magazine, issue 13 - as beautiful as ever.

Of course, it'll take about seven years for it to hit the southern states, but I can wait.

All scans courtesy of Sofia at Deer Lolita.