What are today's happy pretty things?

Emersonmade! I'm gushing over these gorgeous flowers. These are the types of things that I'd wear if I didn't know that all of my friends would laugh at me. Maybe I can get away with it now that Jessie lives in Denver...

All of these photos came from www.emersonmade.com

Love the scale! Love the colors! Love the styling in all of these photos. Can I be her please?

If anyone buys one of these clutches without getting me one I'll be a little upset.

What are my daily distractions?

Aside from the boys tossing the football over my head on a regular basis? Here's a list of my top ten daily go-to websites (in no particular order) that I sneak off to when I need a break from finance and spreadsheets and phones and testosterone and etc. etc. etc.

Why are bloggers (legitimate ones I mean) so much cooler than me? It's definitely my latest "when I grow up" profession. It's not just the blogging but there seem to be such interesting lives going on behind the scenes too. There's definitely an interior design, DIY, art and decor slant to all of these so it may not appeal to everyone. I for one wouldn't mind being anyone of these people for a day or two. I feel hipper just knowing that they exist.

Design*Sponge: Four words...Before and After Thursdays.

Apartment Therapy: I love it for the ideas, the pictures, and the sheer volume of posts. There's always something new up here.

OnceWed: I know that this is a little outside of my current sphere of relevance but it's all so pretty!

Little Green Notebook: This girl is so cute and adorable and she puts up great projects.

A Beach Cottage: A little cottage by the beach in Australia. I don't know if all white is my taste but it's refreshing to look at and she always writes the cutest blurbs.

A Bloomsbury Life: I stumbled across this one today via another blog and then before I knew it, an hour had gone by. Oops.

Young House Love: This couple is so cute, organized, and possibly better than me, that I wan to puke. But their blog is fun and they have a cute house.

Sunday Suppers: I've mentioned this one before but I still love it.

20x200: I'm currently obsessed with Christian Chaize's photos of a beach in Portugal. Will it be a little Christmas gift to myself?

Evernote: Not a blog but it's a great place to keep track of all the gorgeous images and inspiration I find everywhere else.

What's a Lazy Way to Update Your Blog?

Take someone else's beautiful, inspiring, and regularly updated blog and put a link to it on your blog. Voila! You now have a new post and you've provided your rapidly dwindling number of readers with content that's much more interesting that anything you could provide.

Click here for Sunday Suppers!

I found this via Design*Sponge (the newest tool in my procrastination arsenal) and they always have the greatest photos. Someday I will have my own home and the resources to set tables with gorgeous flowers arranged in vintage containers, mismatched silver, and sumptuous yet approachable homemade food. Until then, I'll sit on my borrowed single bed in the back bedroom of Johnny and Mary's house while I pay for all of my things to sit in storage in Allston. Ho hum.

Need a laugh?

Cheers to Helen for sending me this little gem.

Watch out Hipsters!

Granted it's a little off color and I only looked at the first couple of posts, but it's Friday. Get over it.

Have you laughed hysterically today?

If not, here you go. You're welcome.

The Best Thing I've Seen In A While

P.S. Yes, I know that I'm being lazy by just posting links to other people's blogs. I'm working on it.