Fall-owing Fashion! Glamour, Grace, Color & Change!

Embracing the Change

Fall Fashion

Get Inspired

I am loving what they've done with Arizona Muse's typically wild, slightly unkept & playful hair! I am thinking, "I can do this,"! Well, at least I am going to try it out! Cute! right? By the way, do you guys love Arizona Muse as much as I do? She is so chic and I love her sense of style! It's effortless, bohemian and demure with and edge. I love how she pulls a look together and it's not basic or simplistic, but feels simple and easy! Can you be my stylist, Arizona Muse? Oh wait, I can simply do it myself & pull from the looks I love! Smart! Why didn't I think of that? Duh!

Self Service 35 models.com preview from models.com on Vimeo.

A little sneak peekery into Self Service's new issue!

Arizona Muse

My personal favorite is this double scarf look! Swoon!

Cropped Colored Trousers!

I cannot wait to Get a couple cute pairs! These are my favorites!

My favorite 1930s-1940s inspired hemlines!

Updated, but of course! 

I pulled a lot of images from style.com and I also googled a few key words to find these looks and pull together this post. If I did not credit a few people forgive me. I don't even know where all of the Arizona Muse images even came from. If you do, let me know and I will credit appropriately and expeditiously! Thanks for being understanding! xo-Brooke

Thing That Make Me Go Hmmn!

-Thursday's Thrills!-

Vegan cookies! Say what? Yummy for breakfast or lunch or dinner! This goodness is mine and now yours thanks to Joy the Baker! I hope you like as much as me! 

Carrot Carrot Cherry Millet Breakfast Cookies

makes about 2 dozen cookies (adapted from 101 Cookbooks0

1 1/2 cups whole wheat pastry flour (or all-purpose flour)

1 cup old-fashioned oats

3 tablespoons dry millet

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup coconut oil, melted

1/2 cup real maple syrup

heaping 1 cup shredded carrots

1/2 cup dried cherries, coarsely chopped

2 teaspoons fresh grated ginger

Place racks in the center and upper third of the oven and preheat oven to 350 degrees F.  Line two baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, oats, millet, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt.  Set aside.

In another medium bowl, whisk together coconut oil, maple syrup, shredded carrots, dried cherries, and ginger.  Add the wet ingredients, all at once to the dry ingredients.  Fold together until thoroughly incorporated.  Let dough stand for 5 minutes before spooning by the tablespoonful onto the prepared baking sheets.

Bake for 10 minutes, or until just slightly browned and cooked through.  I like these cookies a bit underdone.  Remove from the oven; allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 5 minutes. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.  Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.  The fresher the cookies are, the better they are… obviously.

Get Inspired! "Are you Passionate?"-as Neil Young might ask in one of his songs.

Every thing over at Who What Wear is inspiring me lately as is The Zoe Report which is emailed to you, daily! This is very dope! 

Urban Outfitter's fall selections are very cool, this year! I like their new twist on a blog/zine thing that they're doing over at Urban! It's working and people are buying! Keep it up! 

I am inspired by some stuff lately and need to get my butt in gear and post my own content stat! Fortunately, I haven't been squandering this time and have been working on little projects that we will all enjoy and benefit from soon! I have been busy with my new job (teaching Theatre at BHHS), a quick trip to Utah for two dear friends' nuptials (AWESOMENESS!), making art and jewelry! All of this stuff has halted posting for a few days last week and this week! Well, I am going to post a few things to help get our collective creative juices flowing until I get my big ole' butt in gear, tonight, to scan & crop some images! Enjoy Thursday's Thrills! 

xo Love you all till tonight! xo -B

Dedication

Olivia and Zulma

One of my favorite, best friends of all time, Zulma, recently had a new and most darling baby girl, Olivia. This is a song I want to dedicate to them both because I heard it while driving the other morning and it made me think of them and it made me ponder the relationship they're going to have throughout their lives. Imagine how much work it is to be a single mother of a daughter and the heeps of trust required to maintain a respectful, loving and trusting relationship through until college and past that! Mothers and daughters are seriously close knit in a super special bond through generations of traditions, recipes and random behavior/mannerisms.

The Generationals

This band is playing tonight in LA at the Echo if anyone's interested. They're pretty rad! The song is "Trust" from their new album, Actor/Caster! 

Since Thursdays are my think days there is more inspiration coming soon.

BABY

MOMMY

MOMMY AND ME AT THE ECHO