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I saw this picture on an Apartment Therapy House Tour of AT editor and At Home At Home blogger Laure's old mantle. The note card cracks me up every time I think about it. Hilarious.

Agnes & Hoss Lamp

From Agnes & Hoss.
Adorable! I think that fabric would be great as wallpaper in a small bathroom too.

Upromise

So my recent fascination of money-issue blogs lead me to the Upromise website today. I have to admit, I am very excited about Upromise. Who wouldn't be excited for free money to put towards my looming student loan? And after that's gone, my unborn child's college education. The best part is you can sign-up yourself as the beneficiary and then change it when a little one comes along that you would like to send to college one day.

All you do is register, pick which debit/credit cards you would like linked to your account and that's it! A percentage of your purchase (from 1% up to 25%) goes into your Upromise account. Free money! You can also invite friends and family to link their debit/credit cards to your account and then their purchases count too. There are tons of online shops that participate - Target.com, OldNavy.com, BestBuy.com - for example, places you shop everyday, and they even give special offers for shopping through Upromise. You just have to go to those sites through Upromise's Shop Online link or special toolbar that's available to download for free. You can also link your grocery and drugstore saver cards. I'm telling you - this is awesome.

What's the catch? I haven't found one yet and I can't wait to start saving from shopping!

Dream Bedrooms

Bedroom of architect Elena Coleman (via Design*Sponge)
Bedroom of decorator Annsley McAleer (via the SCOOP)
Bedroom of designer Bonnee Sharp (via Design*Sponge)

Bookshelf Project

This project was on DesignSponge last Thursday and I keep thinking about how I'm going to do it. I believe I could fit two of them next to my fire place and possibly fit a flat screen TV on one of the shelves. I think it is a great way to display some of the awesome wallpaper that is out there right now without have to commit an entire wall to it. Weekend summer project anyone?

Here are the directions (via DesignSponge):
Amber’s Billy Bookshelves by Amber Blakesley
Items Required:
3 billy bookcases $59 ea.
3 extenders $25 ea.
6 billy byom doors $35 ea.
2 rolls wallpaper $80 approx. ea.
1 quart tub wallpaper primer $15
1 quart tub wallpaper paste $15
small roller $3
sponge $2
smoothing tool $5
1-2 helpers
Grand Total $652

Time Required: Saturday afternoon

Steps:
1. Built the bookshelves
2. Built the extender units
3. Wallpaper the flat back pieces of the bookcases that are included. Making sure to match up the pattern across all three units. The backs that Ikea gives you are cardboard, not real wood. I would suggest you have real pressed wood cut to fit the backs of the bookshelves.
(I was already knee deep in constructing bookshelves when I found this out, so I went ahead and used the cardboard backs and it all worked out just fine.)
4. Install doors.

Anyone Want To See A Cute Summer Dress?

I'm sure no one reads this anymore (as if they ever did!), but I'm sure going to start trying to post more often. I swear! But I saw this dress on jcrew.com and HAD to do something about it. I'm dreaming of summer everyday (like the majority of the Midwest) and can imagine wearing this dress to every summer occasion.



Island eyelet short dress $185