weekend fashion no. 6

I'm thinking that this weekend might be the time to check out the amazing rooftop pool that comes with my monthly gym membership. It's open and beautiful and gives a great view of the Blue Ridge Mountains while you're in the middle of downtown Charlottesville and it's supposed to be a perfect low 70-something on Saturday. Plus, how fancy do rooftop pools make you feel, right? All of these things line up to say that I must spend some time on this rooftop. Must. I also must check out the amazing Farmer's Market in town on Saturday morning. And, while I'm at it, a quick visit to Bodo's Bagels might need to be added to my must list.

bathing suit | blue tunic shirt | acorn brown leather bag | gold sandals | white skirt | laurel denise bird necklace

studio tour no. 040810

This has been one of those get odds and ends taken care of weeks in the studio. A lot of preparing for upcoming shows, getting some store re-orders out and taken care of, and organizing. Doesn't sound like much when it's here in black and white, but my to-do list each day has been pretty full and has kept me busy, despite the cold that sort of took over my head and brain functioning speed.

behind door number one

So we have exactly three doors in our apartment (since I'm not counting the pantry-made-into-hidden-business-storage door). When someone has to use the bathroom in our place, it's door number two. If they'd like to see the mammoth closet, it's door number one. And...uh...if they have to do some laundry (?!), it's door number three. We had some friends over a week or so ago and the gal of this couple friend of ours, who can definitely settle into a quick and easy home decor chat (this might be one of the reasons we're becoming fast friends), pointed out that maybe we should get some cool numbers for our doors so that people can easily locate which one we're talking about. Brilliant, yes? I think so, too, and now I'm on the hunt for some cool numbers or letters to spell out the numbers for our three little doors.

custom house numbers | wood numbers | patina bronze letters | oxidized cast bronze letters

blank canvas

Oh how I love the clean and simple and empty and scrumptious design of each and every one of these bags. Especially number one and number four. Cute Husband surprised me with that beauty last Christmas (heart).

1. grey bottom fleabag | 2. eena garden tote | 3. navy bottom tote | 4. yellow bottom canvas bag

weekend no. 040310

Couldn't have asked for a better or more beautiful or more perfectly filled with family Easter weekend! Definitely one that I wish could have lasted forever and ever. An afternoon at the park with one niece, an evening of dinner and drinks in DC with old friends, a day decorating eggs and eating delicious lunch platters with even more nieces and nephews, a night with cousins in Old Town, and a day of relaxed family hanging out equals a fantastic weekend. Fyi, Founding Farmers is the restaurant we went to on Friday night - the food was delicious (seriously, unbelievable - get the salmon) and they had this lemon pepper parmesan popcorn that kind of made my night. Or my weekend. It was brilliant. Also, I played with an iPad. I think this might be a toy I must have.

easter weekend fashion

Cute Husband and I are headed to the Washington, DC area this weekend. Nova, I guess, but I've always not liked that little shortened name of the area. Spending time with our family and relaxing and enjoying this beautiful Easter weekend weather!

grey striped dress | yellow shoes | matchstick jeans | headband | laurel denise heart necklace

studio tour no. 040110

I tried to april fool Mr. Husband this morning that they were all out of coffee at Java Java, the coffee house across the downtown mall from us. Which, by the way, has an awesome new artist on display for April. Amazing photographs. Anyway, I told him they only had fruit juice and I was super sorry about it. He didn't fall for it. Not sure if it was the silly grin slapped on my face or the fact that I really, really am the world's worst liar (probably the reason for the grin), but it was my first april fool's attempt in years and I'm feeling pretty good about it. What a silly way to ring in such a perfect month, don't you think?

Thoughts on this morning's festivities aside, here are some studio images from this week in Laurel Denise land. I made an attempt at creating a small window hanging, but as you can see in the photo above (third one down), I sort of stopped halfway through. The piece of glass is too small. I'm going to start again when I can get some larger pieces. What do you all think of window hangings? Does anyone really put them in their homes anymore? That first picture, the "nantucket" necklace, was shipped to Vis-a-Vis in Nantucket (um, duh) this week! They got a bunch of custom necklaces made just for their store. Stop by if you're in the area this Spring/Summer, I hear it's a beautiful store!