Last week was incredibly long… Kevin was out of town & I had a busy week in design! But, it was an amazing week. I had great design sessions, great installs, great progress, and happy clients. I just love when that happens!

But, then Saturday took a crazy turn when I had to take Max to the ER… If I ever wished Kevin was in town, it was then. And, of course, I was unrealisticly pissed at him for not being here! But, Max was fine! Just a little glue, in lieu of stitches, and we were golden. But, it was hard to watch!

Sunday was great! I picked Kevin up at the airport… we headed to brunch with friends, which was much more fun than it looks! Then we spent Sunday at home lounging. It felt good to have Kevin home…

How was your weekend??

[Meet] Meet my clients, The Huffts, and see their home in the latest issue of DallasChild. I just love this family… and I LOVE their home. Sometimes I just wish I could live in the spaces I design. Be sure to sign up for our mailing list, too!!

[Wear] I’m totally wanting this skirt right now… it’s the perfect ‘pooch’ hider.

[Love] I took this video of Maxton earlier this week while Kevin was out of town. I’ve watched it SEVERAL times since. I can’t believe how big my little man is getting. (please ignore my makeupless face in the background)

[Lust] I’m dying for this Blackman Cruz lamp that Carolina blogged about on the Pulp blog earlier this week!

[Give] Thank you so much to everyone who either donated or mentioned my fundraiser this week. I really appreciate you: Christine, Meagan, Jessica, Hearts & Home, ag., Cam, & Kelly. AND, Laura, thank you for your awesome donation. If I left you out, let me know! I’ll make it up to you. If you want to donate you can do it here: DONATE.

Happy! Happy! Happy Friday!!

What are your plans for the weekend?? Jam-packed or some R+R??

Of all things for a blogger to ‘come down with’…

I have carpel tunnel syndrome!!

Would you believe it??

Well, luckily, things could be much worse! Just a wrist brace & some anti-inflammatory pills and hopefully I’ll be back to normal in a few weeks!

But, don’t worry… you can’t get rid of me that easily!

I’ll still be blogging up a storm, while on the hunt for a way to make a wrist brace stylish.

Ideas??

Has anyone else ever had carpel tunnel?? Tips? Tricks?

Image via Pinterest

How was your weekend??

Everyone ready to start this whole thing all over again? I know I’m not…

Pictured: Social Thread, Jettpak, & The Hubby | Carolina of Pulp Design Studios, my bestie & business partner!

I could really use your help…

I’m fighting for the life of Violet.

Please help by donating to my campaign:

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I understand everyone can’t contribute financially…

If you can’t, please help by blogging, tweeting, or facebook-ing this link:

http://www.cff.org/great_strides/ElGatoMusic

This honestly means the world to me.

If you donate or help spread the word,

please post a comment below & leave a link to your website or blog…

I promise, I’ll thank you properly… with a little link love!

Today I’m sharing my five favorite modern cookbooks in a new series called, The Splendid Five. These are five beautifully designed cookbooks that contain absolutely delicious recipes. And, YES, I own all five of these cookbooks… they are all fantastic!

This weekend I’ll be exercising my cooking chops! I signed up for a knife skills class for my Finding Splendor adventure… These books are gonna get a workout with my new skills.

What are your favorite cookbooks?

no.1  5 Ingredient Fix | no.2 Two Dudes One Pan (pssst… this is our cousin, Vinny Dotolo’s cookbook!) | no.3 Art of the Slow Cooker | no.4 Ribs, Chops, Steaks, & Wings | no.5 Tapas

So, my friend Laura (also Hello, Splendor‘s Splendid Men contributor) is pretty much a rockstar.

No, litterally. She’s a rockstar!!

Laura is in this amazing new band called The Black Frames and she’s a men’s fashion blogger. So, Aspiring Kennedy & I asked Laura a dozen not-so-dirty questions for our new series:

The Dirty Dozen

1. who are you & what do you do?

I’m Laura, IT Marketing by day, Men’s Fashion Blogger by night.

2. why do you do it?

For one I have to pay my bills. But, I have always taken and interest in men’s fashion. Something me and my college roommate used to talk about a lot. Unlike most people, I size someone up from shoes to shirt. Going this direction can tell you everything you need to know. Trust me. For guys a good outfit starts with good footwear and pants the rest falls into place.  But I have learned so much about blogging and web over the past 3 years, this experience has really helped me out with my day job.

3. who do you do it with?

I co-consipire with one of my bests Lauren. We met when we both moved to Dallas, her from LA, and me from Philadelphia. We had a lot to talk about so we figured we might as well write it down, blog it, dream it, believe it. We really could just write to each other since we were already emailing the same kinds of things.

4. what/who almost stopped you from doing it?

You never know if people care about what you have to say. So at first we were both very reluctant to even post our names or publicize it. A few different friends of ours were like get fb, get twiitter, publicize this. Readers want to know whose talking.

5. what is your blog about?

Men’s fashion. Of course I love women’s, but there are already so many street style blogs, and women with advice about colors and trends. No one was talking about the fellas. I like well-dressed, good looking men. Its the best of both worlds, clothes and attractive dudes. Plus I really think with the right direction, any many can live out his fullest potential in how he presents himself. Plus they only need like 5 things. Women require seasonal overhauls.

6. who reads your blog?

So we really wanted guys that didn’t get it. Come to find they dont read blogs. So most of our readers are women, our friends, and stylish guys that browse our selections or tell us where we should be looking.

You’ll have to head on over to Aspiring Kennedy for the next six!

But first! Check out this super incredible music video by  C1 Entertainment of her band The Black Frames. I mean, who doesn’t like to see a girl rockin’ out the bass??… I’m flabbergasted!

THE BLACK FRAMES “LEG BONE” from C1 Entertainment on Vimeo.

Band photos by the incredible Sara Kerens Photography