a hat for every princess

Dear America, please take a hint from these royals and start wearing hats! and not just to the Kentucky Derby.

Some of my favorite and the most outrageous hats from today's royal wedding.
from people magazine.

those crazy cousins.

PRINCESS EUGENIE AND PRINCESS BEATRICE 

 SANTA MONTEFIORE AND TARA PALMER-TOMKINSON

 over the top and I LOVE it.

MIRIAM GONZALEZ

 

LOVE THIS ONE!

PRINCESS MATHILDE OF BELGIUM

Gorgeous all the way around.
PRINCESS LETIZIA

the Beckhams never disappoint

 

PRINCESS MARIE-CHANTAL OF GREECE

a standout in purple that's for sure!

LORNA BROOKING

 Chelsy Davy, Harry's girlfriend... she is nothing like Kate, which is fitting because Harry doesn't seem to be anything like William!

and Her Majesty the Queen looking incredible in yellow, and not just for an 85 year old.

Stay tuned for more about hats later this week!
What do you think?  You love them too?

Wedding on my mind

While watching the Royal Wedding of William and Kate I got somewhat "homesick" for my own wedding.  We've been married nearly 2 years now!
2 incredible, perfect years.
I hear a lot of people say how difficult the first year is, and how difficult it is to move far away with only your husband, and how difficult marriage is in general...
apparently these people didn't marry Lee Coghill.
He makes loving him so easy and perhaps I'm easily adaptable, or we were just made for each other.
whatever the case may be we too had a fairytale wedding and I'll share a few pictures from the day with you. or a lot of pictures.

 still the most beautiful dress I have ever seen. 

 my program fans I worked so hard to make.

we threw sprinkles!! 

my hand painted shoes :)

 8 flower girls and a ring bearer = chaos. lol

 coloring pictures of Lee and I for the kiddos!

 wedding favors that are from a plant that Lee's grandfather gave to his mom, who gave it to me!

 candy table!

some centerpieces

 happy happy happy!

 :) and the best was my my little adopted grandma started a train around the reception! hahaha. crazy lady!!

So that was our day.  August 22, 2009.
it was beautiful, not-so-perfect, and budget friendly.

Did today's Royal Wedding make you long for your own wedding??

Art class with kids: color theory

I've been a bad blogger.
I need to get with it.
I've been so busy. so busy.

Remember when I said I got a job teaching Art and Crafts at the Montessori school?
yes. I love it.

Today I [attempted] taught them about the color wheel.
most of them got it and created beautiful color wheels!  I was so proud!
and we ventured into the area of monochromatic, complementary, and analogous color schemes... somewhat successfully.

I'm excited to build off of this and get them to know immediately what color is created when you mix blue and yellow. (most of them guessed... purple.)
they're only like 8 years old.

Designer Spotlight A-Z: Philip Gorrivan

I love Philip Gorrivan's style!!
His website is great, but his blog could use a little help in my opinion.  hire me Philip!

 Philip in Real Simple Magazine.

the next few pictures are from his personal home.  It was featured in Elle Decor in 09.

 great symmetrical wall art. 

great asymmetrical frames.
and stripes and prints! yes 

 his daughter's bedroom. 

 his eat in kitchen.

and some more of his work just for fun.

and remember this headboard?? it's Philip Gorrivan too!

Happy Easter Monday if you're living in a country with the Queen still on your money! :)

Colo Duo: Yellow and Orange

I've got sunshiiiiiine on a cloudy day.
Yellow and orange are so happy!
not 70s dull yellow&orange.
but bright and cheerful 2011 yellow&orange

Source: houseandhome.com via Rebecca on Pinterest

Source: spearmintbaby.com via Misty on Pinterest

Source: flickr.com via Kelsey on Pinterest

Source: blog.effortless-style.com via Lisa on Pinterest

Wishing you a bright and cheerful Easter full of sunshine :)