Send in your favorite photo and they'll dress it up Andy Warhol style. Love it!

The Thirteenth Tale is our April selection. Sometimes, there is nothing better than a good mystery. I'm really looking forward to reading it. It should be a nice follow-up to the extremely interesting but sad Stolen Lives.

How about giving a yearlong membership to the Arbor Day Foundation to your green-minded friend? When you register, the organization will send 10 free saplings appropriate to the recipient's region. To make it a cute gift, buy a trowel, write a note on a piece of card stock you stamp with an image of a tree and tie it to the trowel with a bit of ribbon. {via Good Housekeeping}

I saw these stools in a home featured in Domino. I love the clean farm house inspired lines.


While trolling the site, I also spotted this great table.

I love the pale pinks on fingers and toes this spring. Real Simple has a great feature online that picks the best color based on your skin tone.

Isn't this blouse so summery?! I love the shape of the sleeves and the lemon yellow color.

This belt would cinch my flowy shirts perfectly. I want it in white.

Always a man to follow his moral compass, next Friday will mark the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s assassination. To mark this, American Radio Works has produced a very interesting multi-part piece about the last year of his life.

Atonement should have won Best Picture of the Year.

Today Google has "turned the lights out" on their homepage to raise awareness of a worldwide energy conservation effort called Earth Hour. Earth Hour invites people around the world to turn off their lights for one hour – from 8 PM to 9 PM in their local time zone. We will be participating and hope you will too!

My new top from Banana Republic. On sale! {And, it's even cheaper in the store!}

This is the introduction to a TIME article written by an American soldier. Perhaps it will give everyone just a little more perspective as to if they do or don't support the war.

"The passing of the 4,000th service member in Iraq is a tragic milestone and a testament to the cost of this war, but for those of us who live and fight in Iraq, we measure that cost in smaller, but much more personal numbers. For me those numbers are 8, the number of friends and classmates killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 3, the number of soldiers from my unit killed in this deployment. I'm 25, yet I've received more notifications for funerals than invitations to weddings."

Ok, no more excuses. These cool recycling bins from The Container Store and Amazon definitely beat the city issued ones.

Ohhh, I really like this personalized stationary from Etsy...

I always carry a notebook around with me. I jot down gift ideas, future purchases, reminders or websites to check out. Really, anything can can be found in my notebook. These ones are really fun, fit in a purse and have a great whimsical vibe.

I love the idea of decorating with birdcages but usually the ones featured in magazines or catalogs are hundreds of dollars. This one isn't!

Fun push pins from Ballard Designs.

I really like this island and think it would work in many different kitchens. My parents have a non-built in island and it looks fantastic! I'm thinking about it for our new condo. I already know I'm going to wish I had more work space! Perhaps I could even paint or stain it?

I just saw this book at Target and added it to my "books to be read" list almost instantly. All about how we can all give something-- our time, our things, our skills or even good ideas-- it's filled with inspiration from well know moguls to lesser known people like you and me.

These would go great with the white pants I want. They also come in navy but sadly, are sold out in my size. The dip in the front would show some great "toe cleavage."

Spring and summer are quickly approaching which means it's time to lounge around the deck or patio with an ice cold drink! Margaritas, Mojitos & More has a collection of 60 cool cocktails. Blended, shaken or stirred, these recipes are both old classics and contemporary twists. The book has beautiful color photography and all of the recipes can be made non-alcoholic. Think Asian pear martinis or a honeydew-mint margarita. Mmmmmm.

Martha Stewart, who has stamped her name on all things domestic, has now lent her name to wine. Martha Stewart Vintage will have an initial launch of 15,000 cases and will include three wines: 2006 Sonoma County Chardonnay, 2005 Sonoma County Cabernet Sauvignon and 2006 Sonoma County Merlot. The wines are initially offered in Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Denver, Phoenix, and Portland, Ore. I saw them at the grocery store this evening and can't wait to try one to see if her golden touch works on wine too!

Staying with the traditional paper theme for our first anniversary, Stephen surprised me with personalized stationary. He did such a good job! I will definitely be ordering more in the future. If you decide to order for yourself, do it before March 24 so you can save 20%.

Home Fries is so quirky and fun! I absolutely loved it! I can't believe I didn't see it sooner. A must rent!

This flat featured in a past issue of Domino is my design inspiration.

I'm really drawn to this slide show from Domino where they take an outfit and translate it into decor. This one is my favorite. The outfit is very J. Crew and the room has a footed bowl, a fresh plant and navy and gray-- all things "of the moment" for moi.

Piperlime just started carrying handbags. This one jumped out at me immediately. Although technically, I think it's black and yellow, I think it evokes the nautical theme that's been catching my eye. No?

This trash can would be perfect in a craft room.

One day, when Stephen and I are able, we are going to travel. A lot. All over the world. When we do, {which I hope is very soon} I want to hang a a map of the world in the office and put a pin on every country we've visited. I think it will be a very cool piece of artwork that will only grow more interesting with age.

I really like these pieces from this designer. They just look so comfortable. So breezy.

Here's to warmer weather and days lounging in the sun with iced tea and a good book.

These sturdy nylon bags come in a ton of colors and hold up to 25 pounds. I'm planning on getting a mixture of blues and greens. No more guilt when the guy at the grocery store says, "is plastic okay?"

How amazingly fun and springy are these flats?!