Thank you for your service

 

I wanted to take a moment this morning to say, "Thank You" to the men and women who serve to fight and protect our country.  My deepest appreciation for doing what I know I could not.  Thank you for your service.

PS. If you want to learn how to help families of the men and women serving our country, go here.

Friday's Fancies: One Year

Hello friends.  So glad to be back with Friday's Fancies.  This is a VERY special episode (ha, ha.)  I am celebrating ONE YEAR with my husband on Sunday!  I have a post planned over the weekend to reminisce about the wedding (read: photos!) We decided to celebrate on Saturday night and I am so excited to dress-up and go downtown with him.  We got married on the rooftop terrace of the South Carolina Aquarium on a drizzly warm April night.  I hope the weather is exactly the same! Mostly so I can stop being so pissed that it rained on our wedding day.

My Friday's Fancies outfit is inspired loosely by what I hope to wear.  I am crazy for nude wedges/heels, gold jewelry, and orange lipstick.  On my wedding day I wore my very favorite Bvlgari au the blanc perfume and lashes so I had to include them! I think the best part of this first anniversary is knowing that we celebrate each other everyday and this is just an excuse to go to dinner + drink wine together!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend what ever YOUR celebrating and if you have a second stop by this weekend to look at some wedding pictures. 

P.S.  Isn't that bracelet AMAZING.  26K that's pretty affordable, no? Thank goodness this is Friday's Fancies!







One Year Anniversary by jenypenny featuring drop earrings

H m dress, $100
Jimmy Choo high heel shoes, $775
Menbur clutch, $65
Irene Neuwirth stone jewelry, $21,260
Rebecca Norman hammered gold jewelry, $260
Irene Neuwirth drop earring, $1,300
Pearl hair accessory, 110 EUR
Shiseido Smoothing Lip Pencil - OR310 Tangelo, $20
Beauty Is Life Queen Lashes, $27
BVLGARI 'Eau Parfumee au the blanc' Eau de Cologne Spray, $85

Currently::April edition

Hello! This is going to one heck of a crazy week.  School ends on Monday and I have two major projects to finish. Through this organized chaos I can see the finish line.  I wanted to pop in a quick post because it makes me feel good to have something completed! Hip-hip-hooray for blogging.

::Organized Chaos::

Source: celesteswanderlust.blogspot.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

listening:: Florence + the Machine on Amazon Cloud Player. 

eating::  Salad with radishes, cucumbers + Fig Balsamic (read: yes, its amazing as it sounds!) from Oil & Vinegar.

drinking:: water from my pink camelbak. 

reading:: the schedule for creative mornings.  Kind of like TED for creative types.  San Fran is my favorite.

wearing:: black flip-flop sandals, black trousers, a green peasant shirt, and my white fossil watch.

feeling:: like a caged animal.  B.e.a.u.t.f.u.l day outside and I want to be doing something creative, but honestly anything would be better than where I currently am (read: work.)

weather:: See above.  Warm sun on skin, slight breeze to keep you cool. 

wanting:: to pick up my final project from the printer and see it in all its glossy glory (read: A magazine project for my Advance configuration final.)   

needing:: these + this + that  and wanting very much to make this.

thinking:: about my ETSY shop.  I need to do some research, rebranding, revitalizing and plan a reopening schedule.  Happy to be taking this course from Red Velvet.  It has been very thought provoking.

enjoying:: Making reservations for our ONE YEAR anniversary- I can't believe it has almost been a year of marriage.  Happiness!

wondering: where summer vacation should take us? Currently I am thinking Amelia Island, Dove Mountain, Jamaica or to visit a friend in Hawaii.  It will be a well deserved graduation present!

Finally...checkout {av} beautiful post about holy city hospitality + check out her farmers market pictures.  LOVED meeting her.  I was so sorry to miss meeting everyone else!

Friday Fancies::I heart Kate Spade

Hello Friends! I had the day off today with my husband so I am a little late in posting the Friday's Fancies.  Eek! Today is dedicated to my idol Kate Spade. Every season her designs capture me. The current spring line is especially good. I love green (see wedding shoes in header) and there are lots of great green things to see at Kate Spade currently. So please enjoy my Friday Fancies...ode to Kate Spade! (ps. when you click the kate spade link above choose play and browse through all the awesome photos.) I am linking up with {av} as usually.  You all...{av} is just as awesome in person as she is on her blog.  I was so happy to meet her and when I did, she felt like an instant friend.  That is true blogger magic!

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1. Kate Spade bike | Only available in select stores.
2. Cherry Valley Adeline | 325.00
3. Gumdrop Stud Earrings-White | 38.00
4. Fawna | 285.00
5. Mrs. | 78.00

Visual Inspiration

Hello Friends! I am working on my final project for Computer Animation, so I took to You Tube last night to look for some visual inspiration.  Am I the last to find all the awesomeness that is You Tube?!?  I thought it was just for singing babies and weird human tricks, but it is so much more.

I normally hate when people post videos on their blogs, but I thought these two were worth sharing.  I read blogs mostly for the visual stimulation and written word so I felt like these would be appropriate to share here.  These videos combined both brilliantly. The first is kinda long at 6 minutes, but it does a good job of explaining how using just words can paint a picture. The other video is an excellent use of kinetic typography.    






What has been visually inspiring you lately? Do you feel overloaded? There is so much out there.

Friday's Fancies: to the market

Hello Friends! Sorry for my lack of blogging this week. I am getting down to the last few weeks of spring semester and my energy and motivation are GONE. I think I am also worrying about how I am going to accomplish everything this summer. No point to worry I know.

Anyhoo...on to more exciting things. THIS WEEKEND the Charleston Farmers Market opens for the season. It is a HAPPY day for me. I buy all my produce locally and I am always happy when I can spend a sunny, Saturday morning doing just that. Also my local, local farmers market opens on Tuesday...so this is a great week for fresh food. When I go to the farmers market I need two things.  #1 Hands free/ cross body bag + #2 a tote to carry my purchases in. No plastic bags for me! This weeks Friday Fancies is my fantasy market day outfit. Don't you just love that little hat?!? Many thanks to {av} for hosting us. I am so excited to see how big Friday's Fancies has gotten. Aren't you?




to the market by jenypenny featuring ripped skinny jeans

Oh + the best news of all...I get to meet {av} tomorrow at the farmers market for a little Charleston blog meet-up. I am SO nervous, but excited also. It will be nice to put a face with her awesome blog and maybe share tips. Have a good weekend what ever the plans! If you are doing something FANTASTIC...let me know :)

This + That: A list of happy things

Borrowing an idea from so very vicki that I loved for today ( I really hope she doesn't mind,  she usually has fantastic ideas on her blog!)  A little of this and that...

:: found here::

This & That:  A list of happy things

Seeing Bella (pup) smile while she sits in the front basket on my bike.
 A 70 mile April challenge with a friend that has me motivated.
Mangos and Cantaloupe with a splash of hot sauce

These measuring cups + this artist.
A new pink camelbak water bottle.

Drugstrore.com
Flip-flop weather + pool opening on April 15th
Three weeks left of Spring semester.
Watching "Rudy" for the first time + feeling joyful (I can't believe I've never saw this movie before.)

New Radiohead album 

Riding bikes with my husband to get dinner on a warm spring night.

What is your list of happy things?