take five

Just a little brain break today: five faves!

take one

pup in a cup! source: pinterest

take two

sweet summer sandals, source: mnzstore.com

take three

source: french press mornings

take four

celtic knot hair, source: pinterest

take five

DIY diamonds, source: sugar and cloth

enjoy! leave me a comment with some of your current faves :)

I'm back with a little inspiration!

I had to start this sentence at least four different times because its hard to know where to even begin.

A few hours ago we finished a week long seminar with four of the leading flutists/teacher in the country (and even the world!!). My mind, body, and spirit are absolutely full to the brim and overflowing with new thoughts, ideas, and overwhelming inspiration! At the moment I can only tell you that this week has been an incredible experience, but I need to take some time to step back and process.

For now, I just want you to know that I'm back! Hi!!! I've missed you!

Since my brain is going a little bit nuts trying to engrain what I've learned this week, I'd like to take a little chill break and explore a more materialistic side of inspiration. 

Things that make me happy or motivate me to give my best self to the creation of beauty:

source: Aunt Peaches

source: H. Finn Jewelry

*this necklace has been on my neck DAILY since it arrived as a gift from Drew (after he left for BCT)(dawwww)

source: Sweet Savory Life

source: Pinterest

source: Gardenista

source: Pinterest

Have an inspiring weekend!

Pinspiration: Wall Deco

Musicians, especially those of the student variety, spend an ungodly amount of time in soul sucking holes known as practice rooms. 

As woodwind (flute/clarinet/oboe/saxophone/bassoon) graduate assistants, a handful of us get to share an extra large soul sucking hole that we affectionately call our "office". 

*This is the room where I take the majority of my full length mirror/fashionista-wanna-be outfit shots.

What you have NOT seen of the the "office" is the Pinterest inspired DIY wall that Darbi and I spent a long an awesome Sunday night on!

Longing to feel more inspired and happy to spend hours upon hours our practice room soul sucking hole, we decided to do a little refurb. 

We used:

* coffee filters

* cupcake liners

* mini cupcake liners

* push pins

This project is as easy as it looks! For bigger flowers, layer your liners- biggest on the bottom!

I scrunched my liners just a bit so the flowers didn't come out as perfect circles.

We also wanted to incorperate an inspirational quote since we had a large empty wall.

*See my quote "pinspiration" HERE!

For the floating letters effect, we simply used black push pins on black cardstock!

I just love how it turned out!! Can't even imagine a yucky plain wall there anymore...

What pinspiration projects have you been working on lately?