Hear ye, hear ye! Ladies and lads living in teensy apartments that are big on character but small on square footage, Kyle Schuneman is here to solve your design dilemmas- on a shoe string budget, no less. His all-star design advice, awesome DIYs (30 of them to be exact.....cha-ching!!!), thrifting tips, shopping resources and rad inspiration photos are packaged nicely in his debut book, The First Apartment Book. Not going to lie, each flip of the page brought a huge smile to my face....and the "Bohemian" section had me drooling. Loose, casual, colorful, and lots of fun prints. He nailed it.

My fave part? Seeing one of my best pals' place in there. Let me tell you, I've seen the before and after in the flesh, and Kyle worked some magic on Megan's San Fran abode. A pretty paint job in a happy shade of coral, DIY Roman shades, sleek furniture, and temporary wallpaper are just a few of the brilliant how-to's and tips he shelled out to spiff up her space. Not kidding, her place went from plain to "KAPOW!" in like....a day.

Bravo to you, Kyle, on your fab new book!!! Something tells me that you are probably going to earn the title of "Most Interesting Person" when our high school reunion rolls around.....haha!

I had this toy when I was a kid that I was absolutely fascinated with - it was a labyrinth that had these little hot pink gel balls in water that would swirl all around the maze. Talk about taking a walk down memory lane when I spotted this gorgeous Lucite box clutch filled with the same lava lamp-like gel from Fiona Kotur's 2013 collection. I can - with 100% certainty- guarantee that I would be utterly engrossed by this purse if I ever wore it out for an night out on the town. This arm candy - along with a bevvy of other lacy, leather and Lucite numbers - are available to people with large wads of cash to blow on sexy clutches on Moda Operandi.

PS Can we talk about this gilded angular miniaudiere? It's faboosh, my friends. Simply faboosh.

{via Refinery29}

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PS Mom, I couldn't have dreamed up a better lady to pop me out of her....ughhh. Eww. Anyways, thanks for making the "lykke mika baka kaka" bites and for the visit yesterday. You are the best. Love you.

Sam Edelman Alvin Loafer // Timeless Macey Loafer // Splendid Cannes Loafers Nine West Panto Loafers // ASOS Margot Loafer  // Type Z Adabella Loafer Wanted Studded Granite Loafer // Charles Philip Shanghai Loafer //DV by Dolce Vita Lunna Loafer

Oh....aside from eating zucchini chips today, I'll also be over at Style'n chatting it up about one uber-cool fall trend that I am super psyched to see gracing the toes of celebs, models and industry insiders: loafers. As a gal who is a proud member of the 6' club, I do a little happy dance when flats are considered cool for the upcoming season. Now get on over there to check it out, and pick up a pair for yourself!


PS Wowzas....two posts today, I'm on fiiiiiiiiire.

 The veggie chip strikes again! After getting my fill of kale chips, I've moved on to a baked zucchini variety. I first tried these addicting little crisps at NoRTH, and ohhhmyyygurr they are so tasty and easy to make.You don't have to ask me twice to indulge in this sort of guilt-free snacking, that's for sure.

My only word to the wise when making zucchini chips? Cut them as thin as you can, and slice up more than you think you'll need. They shrink a lot in the oven!

Healthy Oven-Baked Zucchini Chips 

Ingredients

1 large zucchini
canola cooking spray
salt or other seasoning of your choice (I made a batch with garlic powder and chili powder).

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees Fahrenheit.  Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and spray with canola oil.  Set aside.
2. Slice zucchini into thin medallions, about the thickness of a quarter.  I used my slicing blade on my food processor.
3. Lay out slices on prepared baking sheet, and spray tops lightly with additional cooking spray.  Sprinkle with seasonings of your choice. Don't sprinkle on too much seasoning - it's always better to add more later than overdo it.
4. Place in preheated oven and bake 45 minutes.  Rotate baking sheet, and bake an additional 30-50 minutes, until chips are browned and crisped to your liking.  These are best eaten within a couple hours of removing from the oven, as they start to get chewy if left out.

Recipe from Vittles & Bits

Image by Triple Max Tons

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I don't like to think I'm a creature of habit, but indeed I am - especially when it comes to interiors. My motto? "When I doubt, paint it white." Classic, clean, and pristine white. Ditto for light grey. Dependable? Yes. Perhaps a bit boring and predictable? Probably. Since I like the unfusiness of simple, neutral walls, I'm thinking it could be pretty fun to bring some much needed color into the room through the ceiling. Stripes (swoon), trellis patterns, or a plain solid are all a killer look. I dig it. Now all I need is a house....but that might be a long ways off. Can I come paint your ceiling instead?

I'm going to keep it real with this outfit post. It was inspired by whatever clothes I had that were clean and not crumpled in a ball on the floor (I know, shame on me). I wore it more times than I care to admit this past week, but the most fun place I wore it to was Celine's house. We played Foosball, watched the Olympics (Dong Dong is my new hero), and you know what...girl even made crepes!!! Savory and sweet. The sweet involved Nutella and bananas...I just about died and went to heaven. So, my dear new friends Celine and Justin, thanks a million for having John and I over....it was a blast and a half. Also, Celine...I just read on your blog that you are going to visit Macchu Picchu at the end of the month. Consider me royally jealous. Want to practice smuggling someone through TSA and across many different borders? It could be SO FUN! I'll just curl up reeeeealllllyyy small in your suitcase or something.

Any of you want to make your own radical diy tie dye shorts? I posted a tutorial here.

Also, want to give a shout out to one awesome Austin biz dedicated to my fave thing ever: STRIPED SHIRTS! So, uhhh....go visit Striped Shirt.

Since my new blogger friend Jackie is living it up in France, Italy and Spain right now, I've been plagued with wanderlust....so naturally, I'm sharing my fave carry-on essentials on her blog Purple Monkey. Thanks for having me, Jackie...travel safe, avoid the gypsies (they TOTALLY pick-pocketed me), and have tons of fun!

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Happy Friday!! What do y'all have planned for the weekend? John and I are stalking the streets to try and find a potential home, and that's pretty much all we've got slated. Oh, and seriously cleaning our apartment. With any luck, I'll add prancing about town in a pretty lace dress, making coconut ice cream, finding a fab colorful rug for our living room, growing my hair out 7 inches and weaving one heck of a cool looking braid, laying on the grass with my boo while watching the clouds, and playing with all my beauty goodies compliments of Beauty Box 5. Dream big.

Everyone knows greens are good for you, and it seems a lot of people are forsaking the scrambled eggs or cereal for breakfast and starting the day with a lean, green smoothie. Am I the only one not on the juicing bandwagon these days? It just seems like a whole new expensive piece of kitchen equipment I won't really use all that much, so I like that this recipe is blender-friendly. My friend Becca did a 'green drink' cleanse a few weeks ago, and she nearly gagged every time she took a sip of her liquid concoction. Apparently the kale and lemon made for one extremely bitter, nasty drink. I believe it 100%. This recipe looks like it has plenty of naturally sweet stuff in it....should make sipping and slimming down a whole lot more enjoyable. Another bonus of this recipe? The carotenoids found in kale are the bomb diggity for your skin...prepare to get glowing.