A few weeks ago, my sweetheart and I took a quick trip to Savannah, Georgia for a weekend getaway. We had such a fun time in just two days!
We went to my favorite Savannah vintage store, Civvies!
Leopold's is a super cute 50's style soda fountain!
My favorite Savannah coffee shop, Gallery Espresso!
I love weekend getaways!
Today I'm sharing a quick and simple makeover for a vintage kitchen table. It's just a new paint job, really, but "makeover" sounds so much more crafty! A little paint goes a long way to cheer up an old piece of furnature. This is a table I inhereted from my friend and former roomate, Josie. When she moved to New York for school a few years ago, she didn't figure this little beauty would fit in her kitchen, since she had to fit her bed and desk in there.
Rust-oleum spray paint is trusty and easy. I chose a bold teal color called Lagoon in a satin finish, to go with the accents in my placemats and the color of my couch. My kitchen table is, in fact, in my living room.
Using an extremely too small piece of cardboard to protect the concrete, I ran a sheet of sandpaper over the table and started painting. When using spray paint, always be careful to keep the can at a good distance, and don't spray in one spot for too long. You'll end up with drips and an uneven paint job.
Voila! Now my little old table look good as new. Now to work on those chairs...
Love, Miss Nicki
I know I'm a little late posting this, but I couldn't let myself get away with not posting our great Halloween costumes! My sweetheart and I were Batman and Catwoman, Adam West and Julie Newmar style. The costumes were, as always, extremely homemade to the point of hilarity. Mine was leggings and a turtle-neck shirt sprayed with glitter, long opera gloves, costume cat ears, a handmade mask made of felt, and a cheap wig. Steven's cape, cowl, and mask were quickly thrown together with felt and some cheap purple satiny fabric. His batsuit was nothing more than leggings and a ladies long-sleeved shirt with a felt bat symbol glued to it, and his own purple underwear worn on the outside of his leggings. We had so much fun dressing up!
Batman was caught with his mask off- revealing his secret identity! BLAM!
Here's a close-up of Batman's drawn-on eyebrows and not-so-utility belt.
The girls never dissapoint. Moi as Catwoman (sans mask), Michelle as Tebowie (hilarious), Pricilla as Jane Jetson, and Jenny as Mrs. Felicity Fox. Now to start thinking up a costume for next year...
Love, Miss Nicki
Yesterday my sweetheart and I had a fun date! We had a late pizza lunch and then went to see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Right now, Cinemark Theatres are showing lots of different classic movies for one night only! We've also seen The Beatles Yellow Submarine, and Steven saw Cool Hand Luke while I was out of town.
It's a bit pricey at $12 per ticket, but it's so much fun to see the classics on the big screen! You can find the list of movies they're showing here. I highly recommend it!
Love, Miss Nicki
Outfit details: Dress/Forever 21; Sunglasses/Urban Outfitters; Socks/H&M; Shoes/Journeys
I love love LOVE Halloween! I can't really say "I love Fall/Autumn", since I live in Florida where our seasons consist of Spring, Summer, Summer II, and Hell (notice the shorts and t-shirt at the pumpkin patch). Even though I don't get to see the leaves change, or bundle up in a nice mustard-colored sweater, I always make the most of Halloween time!
The pumpkin patch was filled with some seriously funky pumpkins this year! Some of them looked like they were covered in warts. I blame the heat.
Here's the winner! We also got a tiny pumpkin, just for extra decoration in our apartment.
Our inspiration was our kitten, Frenchie! Can you see the resemblance?
This is the only daytime photo I got of our beautiful pumpkin before it disintegrated in the Florida heat. We even tried coating it in a spray laquer from the craft store, but to no avail. Oh well, we sure had a great time picking it out and carving it!
For years, I've wanted to chop my hair off like Twiggy's. It's such a cute, confident style, oh-so-mod, and would be so fun and easy to style...
So, I finally worked up the guts to do it! My amazing hair stylist Christina at Hawthorn Salon did a fantastic job! What do you think? It really is a huge confidence booster, as Emma Watson describes in this Glamour interview.
In all my years and all my travels, never have I been to a more ridiculously magical locale than Paris, France. My sweetheart and I recently spent a far-too-short week strolling the boulevards, sitting at sidewalk cafes, eating croissants, and eating more croissants. We really, truly, did not want to leave. I'm here to tell you, all of the bologna about the French being snobs and hating Americans is 100% false, and all the hype about Paris being the most amazing city in the world- C'EST VRAI! (It's true!)
We stayed in an adorable tiny studio apartment at the end of this cute courtyard. We found it through Sabbatical Homes and had a really great experience. I highly reccomend it for all your travels. We felt like real Parisians, and it was several hundred euros cheaper than a hotel.
Hey look! I'm at the top of the Eiffel Tower!
Every morning, we walked down to the bakery on the corner to buy fresh croissants. We took them back to the apartment and made an amazing breakfast with eggs, avocado, and the creamiest most delicious goat cheese of all time. Then, we'd walk to Les Anemones Cafe for a cafe au lait. I could do that everyday for the rest of my life!
We spent hours at the Pere Lachaise cemetary, where hundreds of Paris's best and brightest are buried, along with Jim Morrison. It's so beautiful and enormous, we almost forgot we were surrounded by thousands of dead people.
We went to Monmarte and visited the Sacre Coeur, which which was as breathtaking as it's view. Unfortunately, Monmarte is kind of seedy and it was getting cold, so we didn't stay to see the view at night.
The Louve was so incredibly gorgeous and majestic. We ended up spending so long just marveling at the building and the gardens that by the time we went inside, the museum was closing! Oops.
We truly had the time of our lives in Paris. We had so much fun just walking around the neighborhoods, shopping, eating, and looking at each other and saying, "I can't believe we're in Paris!" We will most definitely be going back. I miss it already. Paris, je t'aime!
Let me start out by saying that it's been far too long since my last post. I do apologize for the lull, but my world has been nothing short of crazy for the past few months! So, as promised, a post about my trip to New York back in July!
For our one year anniversary, my sweetheart and I took a quick trip to the Big Apple for a long weekend. Although our hotel was way up in Harlem, we spent most of our time in Lower Manhattan.
We really had a blast in the Bowery, visiting lots of iconic spots from the late 70's New York punk scene. Steven nearly had a freak out when we discovered that the old CBGB club has been almost entirely preserved by the clothing store that now inhabits that space, John Varvatos. We spent nearly an hour in there, taking pictures and touching the walls. We had a mini shopping spree at Trash and Vaudeville and drank tons of amazing coffee at Think.
We thought it would be great to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge for the view of the city, but unfortunately there was some sort of ridiculous barrier the entire length of the bridge. We turned around and went back when we reached the half-way point and made our way to dinner instead.
It was my sweetheart's first time visiting, but I've been there several times over the years. I think it's safe to say that on this trip, we really fell in love with New York. <3
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