What I've Been Doing...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 8:38AM 
I know posting's been a little sparse these days and I apologize. I'm trying to work my way through some back pain, which if you've ever known back pain you'll know, that it's a full-time distraction. Luckily, I think I'm on the road to recovery! Time will tell...
In the meantime, I've been trying to keep my apartment up, making some changes here and there. It's hard, because all I really want to do is rest, but at a certain point you just can't stand it any more and have to do something... But there's been a lot of planning going on. I have a new gallery wall concept which I'll post about, but I've somehow lost my hammer so the hanging of said gallery is temprarily delayed. If you see a random hammer lying around, it's probably mine.
I did find my itty-bitty craft hammer though, which was enough to hang my new vintage poster in the bathroom. It's an old lobby poster for It Should Happen to You - one of my favorite films of the 1950s. If you've never seen it, put it on your list because it's a treat. Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon are perfectly matched - comedically and romantically. And then there's Peter Lawford being Peter Lawford... But it's Holliday who is a laugh-riot in this movie, playing the dizzy blonde to perfection. She's charming and endearing and full of the ambitions all of us have longed for at some point.
When I came across this poster, I thought it was the perfect thing to bring out the vintage pink pottery I have in my bathroom...and it always reminds me of the film too.
Yesterday's grocery run found some great flowers at Trader Joe's. Sometimes when you hit it at the right time, you can get really good stuff. I got black dahlias for $4.99 per bunch, and a mixed bouquet of gerber daisies, roses, and hypericum berries for $3.99 per bunch. I thought the deep plum of the dahlias would work well with the pinks and burgundies in the mixed bouquet, so I put the two together in some of my favorite vases from Jonathan Adler. In the end, I think they look a lot more expensive than a $10 bouquet!
Who'd have thought that a trip to Trader Joe's would inspire like this?
It Should Happen to You, Jonathan Adler, Judy Holliday, design, film, flowers, home in Movie Chic, On the Make 
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