Textile Tuesday: Polarn O Pyret Swimwear

My favorite childrens clothing company has the cutiest kids swimwear, I am not the biggest fan of character printed trunks that are so long that they look like pants. So, as usual for Wolfgang I turn to Polarn O Pyret for vintage inspired swim bottoms. Wolfie officially got to test his new pair out yesterday at Grandma's house.

All of the the kiddo swimwear can be found at Polarn O Pyret.

Cheers,

Deb

Artsy Fartsy Fridays: Caragh Brooks

Welcome to my new little segment here, I am such a lover of modern and pop art that I thought I should start featuring some of the artists I know and love. The first up is Caragh Brooks, I met her about five years ago when she needed her hair colored. Soon after, we had a little bartering system going on, color her hair, receive a doodle, color her hair, have her design invitations for me .Caragh got me interested in making art again, and adding a quirky  twist to it. Shes recently started tattooing since shes moved back to Australia, and let me tell ya good thing shes a thirteen hour plane ride away, because I would spend all my money paying her to tattoo me.

Here are some of my Caragh Brooks favorites:

Wanna see more art? Check Caragh our at her website Caragh Brooks Can Draw.

Cheers,

Deb

Mr. Sassoon

I normally do not compose too many post about people passing, but Vidal Sassoon has been an idol of mine (even if I didn't realize it ) for as far back as I could remember. Those mod top  haircuts defined a generation, and helped me define my individuality in Nowhereville's Central Illinois.

Image source:Google

Me with my favorite hair cut. Photo by Anthony Saluto 

Cheers,

Deb

Instagram Inst-A-Outfit

A recent collection of outfits from my Instagram feed. Enjoy!

Inst-A-Deb

 Inst-A-Wolf

Cheers,
Deb

Toasty Moved Out

So, this week has been interesting....Toasty my cat of five years has decided to pack his bags and move out a.k.a he ran away last night ask I was cleaning up my painting supplies. I looked all over for him today and even put some food out in case he needs a snack. Hope you are safe my fur handsome, and I miss you biting my feet at night.

 

Toasty loves tater tots.

Cheers,

Deb

Textile Tuesday: Paul Frank

We all know the name, well all love the happy go lucky silly characters, so now it's time I pay a little tribute to the company who has made it fun to get dressed and decorate. Paul Frank has been one of my favorites for as far back as I could remember. One year when I was in southern California with my parents I made them bring me to all the Paul Frank stores to hoard the swank vinyl goods. Now that I have Wolfgang I dress him as much Julius and friends garb as possible, and for us moms who have boys, this company has been a god sent for helping our kiddos look trendy.

Here is Mr Frank, the man behind the monkey read some of the companies drama here.

Here are my Paul Frank picks:

From left to right: *Alarm *Clock, *Rug, *Booster, Stools, Watch, *Space Tee, *Swim Suit,*Teal Tee,*Green Tee,*Nerd Tee, Helmet and Pads, Bike seat

***Denotes can be purchased at Target

All the rest are available through Paul Frank Industries

Suburbia Part 1

Well folks, I'm back in the blogging saddle again, after I took a little time off while baking a zillion cupcakes for our friends' wedding (300 to be exact).  Then, the Mister was headed off to the annual seventh grade camping trip that lasted five days. In order to further enjoy the excitement of solo parenting for five days, note the sarcasm, I headed up to my folks' place for some friendly daughter mooching and help with the Wolf.

With our friends' wedding over and all 300 cupcakes consumed, it was time to head to my parents' house.

Grandpa busted out my old wagon, then Wolf helped Gramps replace the batteries in his toy rocket.

I popped over to Rebecca's house from Consider My Dear to say a quick hello and get a glimpse into her creative space (she has so many cute things!)

Since we live in the worst place for shopping in the world, I normally try to make a stop at H&M to see what the cool people are wearing. This ensures that me and Wolfie don't slip into the central Illinois townie look. A.K.A Sweatpants with some word on the butt and a North Face jacket.

Stay tuned for part 2!

Cheers,

Deb