friday faves: 9.23.11

helloooooo new format!!  i decided that friday faves should also be the friday FIVE.  so each friday i will highlight FIVE things i've loved.  just an idea - we'll see how it works out!  {but i'm going to keep the title friday faves, for continuity}

here it goes!

notes on the friday faves
1. DIY ruler-mirror frame - simple but awesome!  directions on design*sponge
2. hot pink grandfather clock painted on a door?  yes, please! via the office stylist
3. a field of balloons! as seen in montreal, where a field of 500 balloons went up for the "musée des possibles" or "museum of possibilities."  simply awesome.  see more pictures and an awesome video here.  {discovered on the blog happiness is...}
 4. absolutely killer outfit as worn by emma roberts at the marchesa fashion show in NY.  {note: dress designer unknown - everything i've found just calls it a "prom dress."  frustrating!} image credits --on left: from celebuzz; on right: from street fashion blog, first found on this pinterest board
5. an underwater park, complete with underwater bench!  oh boy, time to head out to green lake in tragoess, austria and experience it for myself!  apparently this is a usually a normal dry park in a valley next to snowy mountains.  but then when it begins to warm, all the snow melts and it is transformed into an underwater park.  seriously, time to go see it for myself!  found on the blog express-o where you can read more and take a video tour of the park.

p.s. all of these images, and much much more, can be found on my pinterest page.  and if you have a pinterest of your own, let me know!

a personal post: fat talk

i don't want my little pretty blog to turn into a personal soap box, but every now & then i want to share things that are near to my heart. today that is body image. i post a lot of pictures of models - tall, thin, impeccable models. i love these images because of the artful photography, exquisite clothing, & beautiful expressions, not because i idolize their bodies or aspire to look like them. i have struggled in the past with having a poor body image and during those times such images would have served as triggers, sending me into a downward spiral of destructive behavior. now i am older, wiser, stronger, & know that there is more than one type of beautiful. i know that my short, curvy, flawed self is beautiful with the same certainty that i used to know that only supermodels were beautiful. the problem is, weight is constantly on my mind, on every woman's mind [it seems], & this obsession makes me doubt my own beauty. so let's stop it. fat talk somehow creeps into our everyday speech, convincing us that size is important & thinness equates happiness. but do we really believe that? strong, intelligent women know that no, that's not the truth, but still we repeat all the sayings... "do i look fat in this?," "i'm having a fat day," "i just need to lose 5 more lbs" ....

let's stop this "fat talk" that we seem to love so much.

watch this video:



please spread the word : no. more. fat talk.

thanks for listening [well, reading!],
kait