Bub VS. Toots (again)

Bub and I live together.

I wanna decorate the apartment all swank-o-licious

One of said swank-o-licious items is this beaut from Urban Outfitters:

Crosely Pay Phone by Urban Outfitters

Only I would want an old school Rotary Phone for our apartment. Screw "face time" and "teleportation" I like to keep things old school.

This is how the "convo" went with bub when I brought the idea of having this epic creation in our crib.

"whatever babe" sounds like a yes to me, right?

right.

consider it ours bub, consider it ours.

Oh and sorry for the curve ball, Bub's name is Steve (who knew?)

what battles have you "won"?

Happy Saturday!

Friday Faves! (and a winnah!)

Ok you guys I tried, I really really did.

But I just couldn't bring myself to do another friday faves that didn't involve yellow!

So I *think* I got it all out of my system and hopefully by next week I'll do something totally unpredictable like houndstooth or something.

Well, shoot, now I can't do houndstooth cause you're thinking that I'm going to do it.

I just put myself in a debacle didn't I?

I tend to do that a lot.

1. Yellow and Gray Dandelion Clutch by Jen's Bags

2. Sailor Tote Bag - Yellow and White Striped by Bayan Hippo

3. Double Little Bows - Summer Necklace by Fr33na

4. Sunshine Ruffle Headband by Just Lovely Things

5. Polaroid Camera Treasure Locket by iluxo

6. Custom Bridesmaid Jewerly - Matching Broken Plate Pendants by The Broken Plate

7. Bow Necklace in Chartreuse by Uncommon

oh yellow, I promise to not ignore you ever again. Please forgive me?

oh hey are you also here to see if you won this lovely lil print by me?

I Make Pretty Things All Day by Yellow Heart Art

If your #15 and your name is Jaclyn and ya dig my dino prints then give me a holla at yellowheartart (at) gmail.com to claim your winnings!

Thank you so much to all who participated, you guys make my heart swell.

Happy friday! (HELLOoOooO Weekend!)

Vloging it--don't judge

Ok, biggest.writers.block.EVAH

so clearly the only thing to solve this problem was to publicly humiliate myself all over the interweb by recording not 1, not 2 but oh yes 3 videos of me.

Ok, so you kinda have to watch all 3. I kept screwing it up--I suck at the whole "hey lets make a vlog" game.

My Bad.

The 1st video is of me being supah stoked about my first blog.

The 2nd one is me taking a hot second to explain how I screwed up the 1st video.

and the 3rd video is, well, just epic.

Enjoy ya'll!

Taking votes as to what song to do next week. Leave the designated numbah in the comments below!
1. Hammer Time (I will scour the thrift stores for harem pants STAT)
2. Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise
3. Will Smith Big Willy Style
4. Supah Freak

oh and hey don't forget, I'm giving away this bad boy! LAST DAY TO ENTER IS TODAY! Go here to get ya entries in!

I Make Pretty Things All Day by Yellow Heart Art

4th of July! (and a giveaway reminder!)

Dude, I totally love holiday weekends.

Especially ever since I started to work full time you REALLY start to appreciate any and all opportunities where you are not at your job--and when this opportunity is a 3 day weekend you embrace that weekend with arms wide open.

Now we all know 4th of July is full of BBQs and Fireworks. We all know what  firework looks like so I'll spare ya those photos.

The Bubs and I (and our "go-to-way-awesome-fun" couple Meg and Keith) decided to hit up the Nissequogue river and do a lil canoodling (by the way if you don't live on long island you will have no clue how to pronounce that river's name, heck I live on Long Island and I sometimes have no clue what I'm saying)

Meg and I wore our obnoxiously large floppy hats. Our job for the entire 3 hour ride down the river was to "sit there and look pretty"

I think we aced our job description...

Bub and Keith enjoyed a beer or 2

the view from where I was sitting was GOR to the GEOUS! I didn't feel like I was on Long Island

...and this was Bub's view down the river...

I even had a chance to put my feet up and enjoy the ride

I had no clue what to do with my "paddle doo hicky" so I just layed it on my lap. I mean I guess I could have stuck it in the water and actually "paddled" but that would require energy.

We also tried to get all our ducks in a row...unfortunately we couldn't find and ducks so we had to settle for geese and swans

...and now its back to reality (insert inaudible terribly unhappy groan here)

What did you loves do for the 4th??

HEY! DON'T FORGET!

I am still giving away this print below:

I Make Pretty Things All Day by Yellow Heart Art

Wanna score one? ENTER HERE!

Pretty Things & A Giveaway!

I feel prettttty oh so pretttttty

(ok guys give me a break, I never said I could sing...)

Some of you may or may not know that I have an unhealthy obsession with handmade shops.

Sometimes I think I need to join some group where we all sit in a circle, stare at each other, stand up, state our name (have everyone say in unison 'hi insert name here') and we all just spill our guts out about all the ballin' shops we love, buy, and wear all.the.time.

So instead of a circle group meeting I'm gonna use a blog post to give you a peek into some of my etsy/big cartel purchases that make me feel oh so preeeeetty (ok, promise I'll stop with the singing now--maybe)

Big Darling Ruffle Headband from Just Lovely Things

(True Story: I wore this to work and the President of my company thought I was wearing 1/2 an earmuff. Yes, sir, I left the other side at home...the right ear wasn't getting along with the left ear so it was just best to separate them)

 Lemonade Genevieve Ribbon and Pearl Necklace by Twilly Pop
She makes THEE BEST pearl necklaces that are really great quality and extremely affordable. I love that I can dress it up or down--and the fact that its yellow really doesn't hurt either ;) )

Side Note: Whenever I hear "Twilly Pop" I instantly get N SYNC's song "Dirty Pop" stuck in my hear, but I replace "dirty" with "twilly" cause I'm extra cool like that.

Dancing through strawberry fields poppy lace headband by Much Love, Illy

(summer staple--please what DOESN'T go with teal and red?! The answer is everything goes with teal and red)

my cheeks match my poppies. totally planned that.

Picnic In The Park Lard Bow Clip by Much Love, Illy

(ok, kinda obsessed with her shop--and by kinda I mean holy cow HECK YES I'm obsessed)

Lacey Mustard Yellow Bow Felt Clip by Sandy a la Mode

(sad story: Sandy closed shop for the time being, so I was MEGA stoked to nab this lovely before she shut down. BUT every cloud does have a silver lining and you can keep up with Sandy on her blog! WIN!)

I know you guys wish you could look this gangsta while jumping in the air--you'll get there one day, it takes skillz.

Taupe Gray Rose Bib Necklace by Mojo Spa Style

(yes, love love LOVE this bib necklace)

Cream Petal Necklace by Dainty Loops

(I seriously wear this necklace almost every day. Light weight, simple, and goes with all my gnarly colored tops. Again, total win)

 

The Trio Fabric Rosette Headband by Oh, Sweet Joy!

(I alternate this little beauty with my much love illy swag. Super comfy and super fun)

 Turban Headband By Kim (Hemmed In)

(you mean I get to wear mustard yellow AND have a headband that is inspired by the 1950s? Ok, if you insist...)

Speaking of Pretty Things, Rumor has it a lot of you guys make pretty things all day long...is this true?

Cause if it is check out my giveaway that I have going on!

I Make Pretty Things All Day graphic print by Yellow Heart Art

I listed this print on monday and by wednesday I already have 90 tumblr reposts, 43 etsy hearts and 1 treasury listing (CRICKEY!) (ok so I can't sing nor do a stellar Australian accent...I should just stick to what I know)

and since so many of you are crushin on my print (which makes me feel AWE-SUM by the way so THANK YOU so much for that) I decided it would be fun to give one away!

(mandatory) To enter this giveaway for a 5x7 "I make pretty things" Print simply be a follower of Yellow Heart Art via google friend connect and leave me a comment letting me know what "pretty things" you make all day!

(want more entries?)

please leave a SEPARATE comment for each for them to count!

1. Be a fan of Yellow Heart Art on facebook and give me a lil HOLLA!

2. Follow me on twitter (I tend to talk a lot about really random things, you guys will get used to it) AND tweet about this giveaway! Please include "@YellowHeartArt" and the URL to this blog post! (so we can track your tweet)  Feel free to use the following tweet:

"I make pretty things all day long! @YellowHeartArt has made a ballin' print for us crafty gals! Enter to win one! http://bit.ly/jG7D44"

3. "Heart" Me on Etsy and let me know which of my items your crushin' on

4. Blog or Facebook about this giveaway (please include this blog post URL) and leave your URL in the comments below!

Good Luck Everyone! Giveaway only open to US Residents. Giveaway will start on Friday, July 1st and end on Thursday, July 7th. Winner Announced July 8th!

Boo-Yah! (Wait, I mean Buoy)

Wow, ya know, I'm a lil disappointed in myself.

I'm so big into photography and I haven't posted any legit "Hey, I'm a hippy and I frolic in a field while wearing a totally rad flowing skirt" artsy photos on here yet!

Well this must change stat.

This past weekend Bub and I headed out to the Hamptons to meet up with our friends Kate and Bill.

While there we ate at a mega cute out door restaurant, and since it was the Hamptons about 98% of all restaurants out there are beached themed.

Only I would quickly scarf down my corn chowder soup (ok, who brought the chick that orders the corn chowder in june?!) so I could hop the fence and take pics of the buoys out front.

Enjoy guys!

Probably my all time favorite color combination: Robins egg blue and red. HOLLA!

Look at that texture! (yum)

ahhh photography, I missed you.

True Story: I actually took these on my lil bright pink point-n-shoot camera, accidentally left the Canon Rebel at home (I know, I'm a terrible mom to my Rebel...I promise sweetie Mommy loves you)

What do you love to take pictures of?

Have you seen the latest lovely to enter the shop? It was inspired by beachy colors from my trip to the hamptons!

Make Silly Faces in Public Print by Yellow Heart Art

Happy Thursday!