Kardashians on 90210

That's right. The KKs are going to be on the season premiere of 90210. What could be better?

One Kings Lane

Another great Lucy Actually find. One Kings Lane is similar to Haute Look and Rue La La but just for the home. Sign up and get daily email full of sales for top home decor brands up to 70% off retail. Membership is free. Delish.

BREAKING NEWS...

There is a God!

Lucy Actually just informed me that Domino Magazine is back! Well, kind of. ShelterPop just announced that Brides.com now has access to the Domino archives...

Julie Raimondi, Editor-in-Chief: "I'm so thrilled to announce that brides.com has been granted access to all of the stories from the late, great Domino magazine. It was my favorite magazine, and I feel incredibly lucky to be able to turn its pages into a digital archive for our users. We have a number of Domino stories now, but will be adding more and more in the weeks and months to come, so keep checking back."

Check out the Domino pieces that are already up!

The only downside is that I thought I was done with bridal websites! Only for Domino would I ever type 'bride' in my browser again!

Sugarboo

I found Sugarboo Designs while perusing my Haute Look email. I love the antiqued signs. I love the one below, but especially the one that reads "No Body Likes A Smart..." A good reminder for me!

Oh Joy!

Another new and delicious blog... Oh Joy! She also has a sister site called Oh Joy! Eats.

paperwink

I just ordered this stamp with our address from paperwink and I can't wait to see how it turns out! They have so many cute designs!

Primele on Etsy has great stamps too!

My Home Ideas

I've started to really dive in to redecorating our apartment. I'll be revealing more of my plan and photos soon. But in the mean time I'm getting inspiration from the My Home Ideas website. It's a compilation of info from several magazines, including Southern Living and Coastal Living (two of my faves). It's been a really helpful place to gather inspiration and I like that I can search by room, ie 'Bedroom'.

I love the green bedroom above. Check out the white bamboo chair!

Ork

Brinie via Katie turned me on to Ork Posters, an online print shop and I just purchased the Washington, DC print in 'Classic Black & White'. Yummmmy!

Society6 Print Shop

I'm loving this online print shop that has partnered with Urban Outfitters. It reminds me a lot of etsy but more defined and limited in scope. The style is very... Urban Outfitters. You can buy prints, laptop skins, iPhone and iPod skins and t-shirts too!

NYTimes

Remember that time that Finch scooped the New York Times by FIVE DAYS. Damn.

That's right, on June 15, Finch told you all about Lonny Mag... and a whole five days later, the New York Times decided to follow suit. Ha!

Thanks for the heads up KT!

Hema

Check out the website for this Dutch department store, Hema. Make sure the sound is on, click over the home page, sit back and watch. My favorite is the mixer and body board. Clever.

Retouching

I thought I had an idea how prolific and absurd airbrushing is, but I can't wrap my head around anyone feeling the need to airbrush THIS image! What??? Good for Debenhams!

From Huffington Post:

British department store Debenhams has been embracing female beauty in all of its forms as of late. Back in January, plus-sized mannequins were displayed in store windows. In February, the store hired a wheelchair-bound model for their advertising campaign, where she was photographed with plus-sized and petite models.


Now, the Daily Mail UK reports that Debenhams has banned airbrushing in its upcoming swimsuit campaign: A sign in the Debenhams window will read: 'We've not messed with natural beauty; this image is unairbrushed. What do you think?' It will also show customers an example of just how much the image could have been altered.

Catio

Katie sent me this article this morning and it turns out, I'm not an Cat Lady after all. No Catios in Atty's future.

Keep Calm

I just found this site from Cup of Jo (duh). And fell in love with this Seaside print. I've been toying with a 'sea' theme for our bedroom and think this might be perfect.

DC for Real

It's been a long time coming, but DC is finally making it big in the reality TV world.

Earlier this year we got to watch the escapades of MTV's Real World cast living and causing trouble in DC's Dupont Circle. I tried to watch it. Even recorded all the episodes on the DVR, but I couldn't get past two episodes. Too much whining. That's when I knew I was officially old.

Last night was the premiere of Top Chef - DC on Bravo.

And on August 5th we'll get to indulge in my personal fave... the Real Housewives franchise is coming to the District. The anticipation is almost too much. Here's a recent post by Bravo President Andy Cohen regarding the drama surrounding Real Housewives cast members Michaele and Tareq Salahi, the famous White House State Dinner crashers.

Lonny my Love

Lonny has been out for a while, so you may have already heard about it, but it's my new favorite and FINALLY an almost-replacement for Domino. Lonny was launched in October of 2009 by two Domino alums. It's basically Domino, but online. Don't worry, you can still flip the pages. It's pretty brilliant, really. I know some of you may be old-school like me and prefer to be able to touch a magazine and tear out things you like to file them away, but give it a shot! In the absence of Domino and Blueprint, I'll take the online version over nothing!

I'm currently coveting the bamboo chairs on page 38 of the current issue. In fact, I think my parents have something similar from my Grandmother in the basement. Those might be taking a road trip to DC soon.

Second Season Favorite

Embarrassing or not, my favorite show of the summer is Royal Pains on USA. It's light, it's silly and the views are nice. Plus, after the last season of Real Housewives New York, I need some fluff!

A Cup of Jo

Another new favorite blog is A Cup of Jo. It's written by Joanna Goddard and she's just lovely. Joanna is actually on maternity leave from her blog right now, but there are still daily posts from guest bloggers. When I first read Cup of Jo, I thought that I should give up Finch completely, because all I wanted to do was replicate her posts anyway. In fact, when I saw this post I forwarded it on to KT and she and Nicky ended up designing their wedding bands with the Blanca, the artist from the post!

Hope you like her as much as I do!

Madewell

Anthropologie is to Urban Outfitters as J.CREW is to.... Madewell. 

I was in NYC with KT the first time I went inside a Madewell and it was love at first sight. A comfy and more causal version of JCrew and just as yummy. Finally Madewell is online for those of us who don't have one nearby (or in my case, try to avoid Tyson's Corner).

Looks like Madewell has reduced their prices too per this New York Magazine article from last summer.

New Blogs

Over the last couple months I've picked up some new blogs that have quickly become favortes. One is Coco + Kelly a trendy design read. I'll be sure to add them to the 'FAVES' list to the right.

Hipstamatic

That's right. I'm back in action! First new blog post in six months. Finch fans how I've missed you!

Hopefully I haven't lost my edge, but hang in there with me while I find my grove again.

Here we go...

I had been seeing some images on blogs and facebook that looked oh so vintage. Turns out it's a simple iPhone application for only $1.99. I downloaded it today and it's pretty cool. I need to play with it a little more to figure out the different lenses. For more info, check out the site. Below is my first hipstamatic subject. Atticus of course.