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Inspiration Folder: Sprinklers

Amy — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:39:50 +0000

Everyone across the country seems to agree: it’s hotter than balls out there. Let’s cool off and play in the sprinkler. Seriously, is there anything better? Anything more quintessentially summer and childhood? I think not. Stay cool, friends.

{images via Getty and Life Google Archive}

Inspiration Folder: Picnics

Amy — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:06:00 +0000

I had to work all weekend which is fine but a picnic would have been nice. I’ll just live vicariously through these pictures. And maybe through y’all, did you do anything fun?

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Inspiration Folder: Balloons

Amy — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:59:12 +0000

It’s hard not to smile. At least a little bit.

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Inspiration Folder: Vintage Recipes

Amy — Thu, 27 May 2010 12:20:03 +0000

There is something so wonderfully cheesy and charming about these. I can’t get enough of them.

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Inspiration Folder: Forrest Gump

Amy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:00:24 +0000

One of my all time favorite movies ever (oh, and I have a small obsession with Mr. Tom Hanks). It’s such an epic tale that always makes me cry. And it is a flat out beautiful film. And the cherry on top? Pretty awesome soundtrack, but then again I’m a sucker for oldies. Forrest Gump

Inspiration Folder: (500) Days of Summer

Amy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:29:17 +0000

It was horrible weather this weekend, just dreadful. I mostly stayed in, catching up on TV shows and movies. I finally watched (500) Days of Summer which was absolutely a-dor-able. Zooey and Joseph are a precious pair. Her wardrobe was perfect. I loved how playful it was with the musical number and the voice over and the split screen. So great! Movies like this make me want to write screenplays or be a director or something. If you haven’t seen it, do so ASAP (pretty please?) . (500) Days of Summer

p.s. the soundtrack was also quite awesome (500) Days Of Summer-Music From The Motion Picture

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Blog It Forward: What inspires me?

Amy — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:37:07 +0000

Yay. At long last, it’s finally my turn to take part in the ‘blog it forward‘ series set up by sfgirlbybay (who by the way is a HERO for organizing all of us crazy 300+ bloggers). What a series. Did you check out the list of participants? Lots of awesomeness. What an amazing group to keep company with, I’m honored and a little intimidated. My ‘what inspires me’ post is following a great one from Oh So Beautiful Paper and coming up after me is Once Upon a Chai Tea Latte, one blue wren and One Pearl Button. Check ‘em all out!

So, without further ado, what inspires me?

{I hate people who say women aren’t funny. Go straight to hell, I say. Here’s six of the best: first lady of funny Tina Fey, Kaitlin Olsin (from my beloved It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Kristen Wiig (clearly the bright, shinning STAR of SNL these days), Jane Lynch, The Office’s Mindy Kaling (also hilarious in The 40 Year Old Virgin) and the adorable Amy Poehler.}

{Fact: I’ll never get sick of bunting.}

{Some amazing peeps who do this well are Michel Gondry, Angela Kohler/Ithyle Griffiths (who recently made that awesome Amazon Kindle commercial plus the new A Fine Frenzy gem) and Katie Sokoler.}

{If you too are a lover of collections, check this site out}

{I love few things more than I love a well composed wedding mood board. Here’s where I find the best ones: 100 Layer Cake and Snippet & Ink. And of course, I have to plug my own unique take on wedding mood boards here and here.

{My heart flutters for vintage-y goodness and I love Parcel in Montclair, NJ, found paper co. and this awesome flickr set}

*Note: I have lost track of where I get a lot of my images from because I have a ginormous collection in a folder on my desktop. If you know where any of these are from or if they are your images please let me know and I will link accordingly.

Inspiration Folder: Purple

Amy — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:52:59 +0000

I loved Nichole’s post all about purple last week. It got me thinking, purple is pretty much totally awesome and kind of due for a major comeback. I’m predicting it to be a major color this spring and summer. What do you think? Here’s some purple etsy-ness…

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Inspiration Folder: Pleasantville

Amy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:58:33 +0000

Remember this movie? Wasn’t it so pretty?

Inspiration Folder: Walk the Line

Amy — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:05:16 +0000

Reese has never looked more radiant (she also looked a heck of a lot like my BFF Martha). Joaquin was brilliant. I loved this love story.

P.s. Thank you so much for your kind words on yesterday’s post. They mean the world to me.