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If you are reading this then I must be in the car on the way up a mountain. This is my first camping trip in 3 years (very sad for someone who loves to camp)! We got a puppy sitter and we are all bundled up and ready to go. Happy weekend!

• It's beer week in SD folks!
• Little pumpkin pie bliss
• and a Rockstar pumpkin
• I don't know either, Lee
• gift idea for mommy and me
• another hotel beauty
• my home state wants to keep you warm
• food babies are my favorite
• don't forget to visit LIFE

{photo via lolita}

Ingrid and the Yellow Socks

Thank you, Noa, for reminding me about Backyard Bill (of Bill and Fanny fame). Ingrid Sophia Schram's style (Joan Didion meets Emma Thompson?? - her words) is my cup of tea. Those yellow socks! And she rocks my daily Fall accessory - the jean jacket.

New Sponsor: LIFE unscripted

I am really happy to finally be able to tell you about my new sponsor - LIFE unscripted, "a soul-inspired lifestyle blog". I have wanted to post about this blog everyday since it came into my life. LIFE unscripted is a "themed weekly journal inspired by timeless wisdom, celebrated by creative and sustainable living, and shared by the common threads that connect us all."

I especially love the first post of the week - What Makes You Come Alive?. Sometimes in the hustle and bustle I forget to really appreciate being alive and focus on doing the things that make me feel alive. Besides great words of wisdom, LIFE will focus on DIY projects, healthy and soulful living, and playful, casual, simple everyday ways to live better by inspiring the soul.

Catch up on this week's themed posts and make sure you go back on Monday for the new theme!

Autumn Denim

I had my eye out for a denim jacket this Fall. I was super excited when I spotted a "vintage"* one whilst halloween costume shopping. It's little and perfect over dresses for work or Sunday drives. I think the key to a current denim jacket look is NOT to pair it with your blue jeans. Non-denim shorts, floral or black dresses totally work with a cropped jean jacket.

{top photo from here}

*as is circa 96.

Nadinoo Doo.

I'm feeling a gold rush this fall and this itty bitty Nadinoo skirt is definitely doing it for me.

{via i am a greedy girl (me too)}

Kitchen Cover-Up

In last week's NYTimes On Location article, the masculine, 70s-inspired rental of fellow antler lover and designer Jason Miller was featured. I adore inspiration from that decade but I tend to be a little more boho than bachelor pad.

Still, I love this idea (black masking tape!) for covering up the, sometimes gnarly, appliances that come with a rented apartment.

It reminds me of the walls at the Ace Hotel.

Rain on Dry Earth

esb and cevd went on a journey (kind of jealous) on Monday and stopped by Cavern. Upon entering Cavern they discovered naturally-shed antler jewelry. Now my creature-loving self can feel better about also loving little creature parts. Petrichor on Etsy has some very desirable pieces for creature lovers and creature-part lovers everywhere.

Also, petrichor? "The scent of rain on dry earth" and "the fluid that is supposed to flow in the veins of the gods". kind of amazing.

Birds, Butterflies and Botany

I used to love flipping through the old Birds of North America book my parents owned. I always wanted to be someone who was interested in birds but I could never remember which one was which. I always had a thing for those illustrations and recently have wanted to bring some birds and botany into my life. Holcroft is the best shop for vintage prints, book plates, maps, etc. Can I just send Santa a link to this shop?

And check out this wall chart over at finding fabulous!

My First Survey

I have decided to hold a little survey. When I started writing this blog there was a little bit of structure but it was mostly for myself so it didn't really matter that there was no theme or overall format to the posts. Now that it seems I have a few people who visit every day or every week I want to make sure that we are both getting what we need out of it. I really appreciate you taking the time to let me know what you think (there are less than 10 questions so it's pretty painless)! Thank you!

Click Here to take survey

{Time print by Alyson Provax}

Blog Bubble

This weekend I realized that the blog world is quite the little bubble. Considering I saw my costume idea on a few different blogs I thought for sure there would be more than one Little Edie running around or that at least one person would know who I was. Nope. I was the only Little Edie of the bunch (in three different bars no less). Sometimes we bloggers are so overexposed to the same thing that we think everybody is going to think it's overdone when in fact we are just in our own little world. So next time you don't want to do something because you have seen it all over the (blog)place remember that there is a big, ol' world out there that doesn't have a google reader full of updates and will think you are totally original (or totally weird).

I hope you all had a great Halloween. Did you dress up??

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Not only is it Halloween but it is also a full moon tomorrow night. Today has been absolutely crazy so I can't imagine what will happen tomorrow. Good luck and have fun!

• Parker tries to get in the spirit
• Ah...remember how easy it once was???
• I wish I lived 70 miles north so I could join this book club!
• Sweetest lil' pie in a jar!
• Retro minivan rental
• want this book
• Figs and Pumpkins!!!!
• I need a new do too

{photo via bleubird}

Zombeyonce!!!

Halloween Future

I really want to go dancing tomorrow night so my Halloween costume was based purely on mobility and comfort. I had the raddest idea ever but decided that it would prohibit me from getting my groove on as much as I would like. I came up with another plan today but it definitely is not going to happen with only one day to go before Halloween. When Captain and I dated in college we went as Holly Golightly and Paul/Fred. The sweet, boring versions - black dress, pearls, little bangs, nice suit. That was before I read the book and realized what a cutesy sham the movie is (sorry, folks). Next time we attempt this couple I would like to go the creepy animal mask route. It's really the only way to do it.

{not Holly and Paul but totally creepy and loveable, no?}

My Mom, My Muse

Love this blog dedicated to moms in their fashion heyday.