Another visual adventure from the Long Beach Flea Market. So many pretty items to ogle.

Long Beach Flea Market: coral, key & insect

Loved the tiny flash of bright coral against the pearl-ish beads and iron key and this brass insect brooch. He would be perfect perched on a lapel or maybe a hat?

Long Beach Flea Market: bright colored extra long necklaces.

These brightly-beaded necklaces caught my eye. Loved all the colors and how well they would layer together.

Long Beach Flea Market: mannequin vogue and shiny rhinestones

A slightly creepy vintage mannequin head and hands along with some shiny clip on earrings….

Long Beach Flea Market: sparkly rhinestone brooches

Sparkly!

Another adventure! This time to the Chapman Antique Mall in Old Towne Orange.

Pretty green glass tea cups and sauces at the Chapman Antique Mall.

There were so many lovely piece of brightly-colored, delicate glassware. Makes my heart swoon! This brilliant bottle green is looooovely. And the tiny etched flowers! Be still my heart.

More pretty green glass at the Chapman Antique Mall.

More pretty glassware in green. A little more olive in this set. I especially like the bobbles on the tea cups in this set.

Cats! Cats! Cats!

The crazy cat lady in me cannot resist kitten themed items! That clock always makes me think of Back to the Future and I’d love to have on in my house someday.

Pretty gingerbread house in Orange

The houses in Old Towne Orange are so gorgeous! There are so many different styles of architecture in the area; it’s really wonderful to see all the different eras represented in one area. Each house is unique and beautiful. I love the gingerbread trim on this one and the pretty color palette they chose.

A random adventure to the Long Beach Flea market.

Long Beach Flea Market: a peachy dress

Treasures and visual delights abound. I took a gazillion photos so I’m going to split them up for a couple posts. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. This floaty peach dress caught my eye.

Long Beach Flea Market: keys

If you hadn’t figured it out by now, I’ve got a thing for keys.

Long Beach Flea Market: pair of velvet mustard chairs

I wanted to take this pair of velvet mustard chairs home with me!

Mister Rogers Remix: Garden of the Mind

Just so awesome.

A friend sent this to me. It’s so pretty & calming & only a minute long… perfect momentary break in the work day.

Mork from Phil Borst on Vimeo.

Created by: Phil Borst
Music by: http://www.dustinohalloran.com/
Software: After Effects
Project File : https://rapidshare.com/files/281844588/MORK_Anim_PhilBorst_folder.zip

Crazy wallpaper at a bridal boutique in Orange County

My friend invited me with her for her wedding dress shopping and I could not stop staring at the crazy wallpaper— I love it! Kind of tacky/loud but still classy in a really odd way?

Bopping my head to this while I lay out the April issue at OC Family…

Pinterest: to organize your visual brain

I’ve had my Pinterest for awhile but realized I haven’t shared it on here! I absolutely love this site and have 27 boards so far— everything from design, fashion, decorating and more. It’s so nice to be able to organize all the crazy images I find delightful.

From my Pinterest board: Art Star

I’ve had a morgue file on my computer for years but the trouble with that is there’s no way to see a nice big grid of the images and attribution is a problem! I’m slowly going through my files and using Google’s Search by Image to locate the original creators so I can properly credit everything.

I guess that would be my number one tip: make sure you pin from the actual creator’s website and not websites like weheartit and tumblr— it’s important to credit the amazing creators that you find inspiring. On blogs in particular, make sure you pin directly from a specific post and not just the home page; especially if you would like to revisit that particular article.

So if you’re interested in seeing what’s inspiring me in the moment, please follow me on pinterest!

Magnificent:

“A Google doodle tribute to artist, performer, and pioneer Freddie Mercury for his 65th birthday in celebration of Freddie for a Day.”
& one of my favorite queen songs too (favorite usage is definitely Shaun of the Dead—Zombies & Queen=awesome).