monthly mood board: december

wait, it's december?! oops, i'm late with my monthly mood board. sorry! anyhow, i'm obsessed with all things bright blue/teal and silver this month. why not red and green you ask? come on people, this is 2009! you can wear white after labor day and you can even decorate for christmas with blue. yes, blue.

clockwise from top left:

• medallion jewelry boxes, west elm, $49 - $79
• mirrored star tea light holders, graham and green (uk), 17.95 euros
• ew tote, marc jacobs, price not listed (it usually goes for about $900)
• watch the snow fall wall decal by threadless, blik, $40
• teal snowflake gift tags, littlepumpkinpaper on etsy, $3.50 for 15
• french rose love pillow, dedeetsyshop on etsy, $34
• soho blazer in tea, boden, $168
• sequin fingerless gloves, topshop, $32
• blue dove christmas ornaments, amazon, $14.95 for four
• petite starburst sequin dress, topshop, $135

rented apartment = no paint for you!

i've mentioned before that nick and i have a self-inflicted-no-painting-the-walls rule due to the fact that we rent our apartment. i painted an apartment a few years ago and have never had such an emotionally and physically painful experience as when i had to paint it back amidst all of the other moving chores i had to complete (thanks, mom, for holding my hand through such a life-changing/scarring painting effort).

so anyway, its sorta a challenge for me to make a room feel put together and warm when i am staring at bright white walls...until i came across these nifty removable blik wall decals. you can probably tell from some other posts that i adore monochromatic or two-color graphic prints, and they are the absolute perfect perfect perfect complement to our crate and barrel bedspread. the package comes with 11 decals for $65 - worth every penny to not have to 1) buy paint, 2) paint, 3) clean up from painting, 4) watch paint dry, 5) buy new paint to paint it back...i think you get the gist.