{ Love Note: Shoppe by Amber Interiors}

I'm sourcing items for a couple of clients bedrooms right now, and I can't help but to continuously peruse Shoppe by Amber Interiors. My personal taste tends to favor texture and pattern over color, but with Amber Interiors, you neednt sacrifice either. The suzani pillows, in particular, get me all hot and bothered. Le sigh...

Do yourself a favor and head on over to the Shoppe now. I'll be there, as well. Wistfully browsing.

Have a wonderful day, everyone! lovelovelove.

-C

{ Love Notes: Rita Konig }

Rita Konig, style writer and interior designer, and as it turns out, responsible for about 75% of all the images I drool over on Pinterest. I was browsing her online portfolio last night, and holy guacamole. 

I love her.

Her use of patterns and color is so well done, and I love that her rooms feel playful, never stuffy (even when they're traditional).

Don't you just want to dive into those heart sheets from the first photo? What a beautiful, cozy room. The styling in all of them is outta this world.

Okay. I will pick my jaw up off the floor now. But only because I have to get to work.

Hope you all have the most wonderful day. Do you have a favorite designer?

lovelovelove.

-C

All photos from Rita Konig

{ Love Note: Terrain for Fall }

I love that you can roll this out for an impromptu picnic or carry it with you on a plane to bundle up with ease.

Beautiful packaging for open kitchen shelves

I'd love to store some bright green pears and apples in here to add some style to a plain jane kitchen.

1. Pendleton Travel Throw 2. Rustic Oval Mirror 3. Velvet Pumpkin 4. Welsh Tapestry Pillow 5. Bellocq Le Hammeau Tea 5. Tiered Tin Basket  

I've loved Terrain for quite some time now, but especially during Fall. The entire store allows an array of options to completely cozify your home. Just browsing the site urges me to curl up with a cup of hot cider and bake some pumpkin speeds. Heavenly.

It's finally the weekend! I was starting to doubt it would ever get here, yet I'm not sure I'm ready for it because I feel like I've got so much to do. Being productive at night after a long day of work and classes feels near impossible lately. I can't wait for the days that no longer include homework.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

lovelovelove. 

-C

{ a love note: Jess LC }

I've mentioned  Makeunder My Life on here before but I feel the need to put the spotlight on this blog/bloggess/business owner of Jess LC, again. 

(from MML's About Page)

If you don't read Makeunder My Life you should start now. Jess is a young, successful entrepreneur and she offers great insight to running  a business and designing a life with "intention." But rather than listen to me explain this all half as well as she does, you should just go check out her blog. But I did want to mention a little tidbit that I think sets Jess apart from a lot of other people in the blogosphere and the business world.

Months and months ago, when Jess' jewelry/accessories business launched a new collection of necklaces, I happened to feature a few on a blog post. Later, I was pleasantly surprised when she commented on my blog to thank me for featuring them. It made my day. I've been following her for a while now, and I consider her to be a big cheese, so I thought it was so sweet of her to take the time to thank little ol' me for talking about her collection, that I just happened to really love. I wasn't expecting her to see it or trying to attract any attention to my blog. Right about then is when I started reading MML on a daily basis.

Fast forward. A few days ago, Jess blogged about how she is going to be holding a "Business in the City" event this upcoming Tuesday in Chicago. Basically, she's inviting people to come meet in a low key atmosphere to talk back and forth about business and blogs, get questions answered, etc. (People want to pick apart her brain. She's a smart lady.)

Before she had set a date, I was optimistic that maybe I could take a bus to Chicago for a quick getaway (I'm about 4.5/5 hours away) to attend the little get together. Unfortunately, I can't really get away in the middle of the week due to school, so I left a comment on her post that announced the date asking if she had any plans to schedule one for a weekend because I'd really love to attend. Honestly, I wasn't really expecting a reply because I find that often on more established blogs your questions or comments just kind of fly into the abyss of questions never answered. Which is totally fine. People are busy. But then I later checked my email, and to my surprise:

"Hi Caitlin,

Thanks so much for mentioning that you'd be happy to come up all the way from Cincinnati! It is incredibly kind of you to offer to do, and please keep a look out for any Business in the City meet ups that will happen over a weekend. Right now I don't have any major "plan" for this group, but I do think it will evolve over time and may even involve a weekend day at some point in the future. : )

Have a great day,
Jess!"

I don't know y'all. Call me crazy, but I think this speaks volumes about why she is so successful. Sometimes, it's the littlest things that will take you the farthest. 

Be sure to visit Jess LC for gift ideas, or to pick up a little treat for yourself. She just launched the new "Quincy" and "Belmont" collections and they are to die for. I never cared about having an Ipad until I saw her Ipad cases. Perhaps I'll get one and just pretend there's something in it. My little secret.


P.s.: I love how the collections are named after different stops on the El. It makes my heart miss Chicago. 

All photos from Jess LC. Photos taken by Danielle Moss from Breakfast at Toast, styling by Alaina Kaczmarski from Live Creating Yourself, and adorable/fabulous modeling also by Alaina and Liz Schneider from Sequins and Stripes.


See you all back here tomorrow. I'm going to tinker with my camera tonight to try and finally get it ready for some new house tour pictures. lovelovelove to all of you.




-C


P.S. Love notes are fun. Doesn't it feel good to tell someone you appreciate their work? Let's do it more often.