ballard's beauties

once again, yet another long absence from the blog. i would list my excuses here, but you've heard them all before...swamped at work and at home, blah blah blah, so i will save them and just note that i will try to do better in the future by keeping up with my blogging.

so...i got an email today at work announcing the arrival of the "late summer" items from ballard designs. sigh ... i heart ballard designs. i really do think that i would love to have every item in the catalog in my home (if money grew on trees, of course). what i do not love are the prices - sometimes you can get a pretty good deal, but the prices on some of these things are freaking ridiculous.

here are a few of the ever so lovely items that stood out to me, i'm sure you will agree they are all quite fabulous:


citron with black arnoux wooden pot, $69 (say what?!?!)


monogrammed large ottoman tray, $99 (good southern girl that i am, you know i am just a sucker for anything monogrammed)


le poeme indoor outdoor rug (no idea where i'd put it, but this just looks very chic)


le mans counter stool, $139


sofia settee, $1159 (in chocolate, this settee would look mighty cute in my living room against my yellow-green walls covered in sherwin williams rye grass)


marcello wood table lamp, base $89 (love that this is made out of mango wood)

oh ballard designs, why must you tempt me so with your super cute pieces with undesirable prices??

candyland

i just love these pictures of a birthday party hostess with the mostess recently planned for nancy o'dell's (from access hollywood) daughter's birthday party. so colorful and looks like it would be a blast for both kids and adults!






all pictures credited to hostess with the mostess.

a picture-perfect summer night

would entail sitting here and watching the sunset...


while devouring a juicy blueberry tart with fresh cream ...



and polishing it off with a glass (or two) of ...


(the first two pictures are from the beautiful blackberry farm, nestled in the great smokey mountains of tennessee. doesn't it look gorgeous?? have any of you been there??)

roller babies

have you seen this video spot for evian?? so, so cute - i don't care what kind of day you're having, this will automatically put a huge silly grin on your face!!

the boys are back in town

woo hoo! ari, vincent, drama, eric, turtle, and even lloyd are back in action beginning july 12th. i loved this show the first two seasons, but it has been a little lackluster the past few summers. i'm hopeful this season will be a huge improvement. ari and lloyd are my favorites, love the exchanges that go on between those two!