clicks of note: you are worth much more...

get your week off to a colorful start...

• I adore my students this semester - they seriously make me want to jump out of bed in the morning and get to work early so I can create an exciting lesson for them - but my goodness, that three-day weekend was a treat.  While Mr. Q was biking across Virginia for charity, I was finishing my every-single-episode-of-Buffy rewatch, reading Outlander, and pretty much eating like the queen of the farmer's market.

LISTEN.

• Eric Hutchinson's music is always a great pick-me-up when I'm feeling bored or a little bit down.  "You Dont' Have to Believe Me" is getting me energized this morning.  I'm linking up with Musical Mondays at My So-Called Chaos.

SWOON.

Erin McGinn via Style Me Pretty

• Get ready for fall with this Audubon-inspired shoot from SMP.
• Can black diamond engagement rings become a Thing, please?
• Coco Cake Land shows off a pretty cake topped with fresh blooms.
• Green Wedding Shoes' rad tutorial for geometric boutonnieres.

SMILE.

• So we've gone from pineapples, to flamingos, to banana leaf prints.
• September wallpapers from Paper Leaf and Bohemian Gypsy Jane.
• Check out Laura's lovely farmhouse kitchen tour at Finding Home.
• Ruche's cozy back-to-school themed fall style lookbook is adorable.

FLASHBACK.

• Last year I featured jewel-toned wardrobe additions for the transition from summer to fall, rounded up romantic wedding ceremony backdrop ideas, put together a guide to buying housewarming gifts, showed off the "House United" wreath I made for football season, and put together a very preppy Southern game day outfit.
• Two years ago I shared my end-of-summer Instagrams, orange and blue and autumn apple orchard wedding inspiration, kelly green wardrobe ideas, and roundups of geometric home decor pieces and fashion accessories.  
• Three years ago, I broke down the cost of our DIY wedding flowers, showed off photos from our rehearsal, and shared my favorite peach pie recipe.

Pantone Winter 2012 - Orchid Hush & Quarry for the home

Our home has some touches of gray and teal here and there, but these finds from around the web make me want to add more!  These colors are so versatile.

Allen and Roth lattice wallpaper from Lowe's - if you are a fan of this pattern, 

check out this kitchen on Flickr, too || Ballard Designs "Bold Faith" giclee, $349 

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I feel like the horse giclee above deserves to be paired with other subtle equestrian touches, like these trophies from Antique Farm House via Miss Mustard Seed.

For similar style to the Ballard giclee on a budget, many Etsy sellers offer horse artwork.  I like this photo print from MadeByMoonGirl.

I love the wall color, Benjamin Moore Stonington Gray, and most of all

 the stone fireplace in this living room via Your Nest Design

Brown leather and bronze accessories really pop against gray, as do dark 

woods, as seen in this curated vignette featured in Country Living.

This kitchen from The Handmade Home is wonderful: the wooden flooring, the rag rug, the 

green canisters, the pendant lights... think I'll add a rag rug to our kitchen this summer.

I can see this cute little West Elm bowl (now on sale for $13) being right at home in the kitchen above.

A totally different kitchen and dining area with a similar color scheme via Image Spark.  Those marble countertops  and the stone fireplace are so sophisticated, but the wire basket and plants give the space a farmhouse feel.

This laundry room from DecorPad via The Borrowed Abode is one of my favorite decor photos ever! 

 That rug, the wall color, and the schoolhouse light fixture make it so homey and fresh.

Using fonts as art is so creative.  The wall color is Nightingale by Benjamin Moore - via Your Nest Design

Pillows from West Elm, $34 and dedeetsystop on Etsy, $40

Love this chevron quilt from Honey Bear Lane