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Wright this down | Hood River, OR

And so we ended with two headaches and 6 favorite bottles.

It feels silly that after all these years of living 45 minutes away such an amazing and quaint town that this was the first time I’d spent more then an afternoon in Hood River. We rolled in mid-day Friday and checked into the Hood River Hotel in the heart of downtown. After a casual dinner at Double Mountain Brewery we stomped over to a couple cute bars and drank ourselves silly. Unbeknownst to myself, Jeff had planned a wine tour for our Saturday. We visited six wineries, one glass blowing shop and feasted on a delicious meat and cheese spread served to us on transit by our tour guide. Topped the day off with dinner at Celilo with purple lips and a happy and loopy wife.

Good news x2. IT department was able to retrieve these photo’s from my broken puter, and, I’m in New York for work this week.

Personal Style

Wednesday blues

Horse print dress (similar) | Anthropologie jacket (similar) | Coach purse | Booties

What started out as an amazing week having come home from a really fantastic getaway with my boo, quickly turned into an extremely displeasing, ironic and unfortunate week. In a nut shell, I shattered my iPhone screen and fried my Macbook Pro all within 48 hours. Fortunately both are provided to me through my work place; unfortunately I lost everything personal. I could go on about this but honestly I’m too sad to, and I am still crossing my fingers the files can be retrieved tomorrow. Good vibes to me p.l.e.a.s.e.!

Tights season! Let me know if you’ve seen any great basic thick knit tights out there like the above. I could wear these every day and I can’t remember where I bought these last year.

Oh, one more thing. This Mercury Retrograde everyone’s speaking of has got me all freaked out and I have to get on a plane next week. Make it go away.

Personal Style

Back to Blonde | Throwback Thursday

Gingham shirt from Gap (Similar) | Nau coat | Fur snood | Sorel boots

Most people spend their halloween dressing up as characters, going to parties or handing out candy to kids. And, most women opt for dark hair for the winter and blonde for the summer. Not this lady… I spent my halloween in Jessica Baccellieri’s hair chair at Magnum Opus going blonde. Well, only an hour and a half but it’s the only halloween worthy moment of my day since I didn’t dress up and the entire salon was over the top amazing. I haven’t been this blonde since my early twenties and I feel down right sexy!

Personal Style

Columbia Safari Jacket

Columbia’s Brooklyn Avenue™ Safari Jacket | Levi’s Collared Button-Down (similar) | Crew-neck Sweater | Cords | Jeffrey Cambpell platform lace ups (old)

Shout out to Anya Gorson who designed this jacket for Columbia. I haven’t taken it off since it started raining here in Portland.
Jeff and I were supposed to run around in a corn maize this weekend but the rain wouldn’t let up for a moment. Instead we ate and sipped wine per usual. No complaining here, I’m enjoying the layers winter brings. Hope you’re staying dry. Stay safe on the East coast!

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Come Wright in | DINING ROOM REMODEL

BEFORE

AFTER

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; Jeff is the most patient man in the world!
If I didn’t have a career working in the apparel industry, there’s no doubt in my mind I’d be working in interiors of some sort. In saying that, poor Jeff gets to take these interior ideas that sprout up more often then not and make them reality. This last year we’ve accomplished a serious face lift to almost our entire main floor. However, our dining room has always been a space I’ve been a little unsure what to do with and for one main reason, a piece of furniture I am in love with that just didn’t fit (antique painted hutch). Oh, and the fact that I absolutely hate painting and have known the yellow walls were in need of disappearing.

Two summers ago I stumbled across two amazing deals at one garage sale. One is the $25 vanity we used in our bathroom remodel HERE and the other was a this $5 fireplace mantel shown above. Yep! I had this mantel stored in our basement for 2 years knowing it was going on a wall somewhere in our house. Our house was built in 1901 with many quirky renovations… basically someone thought it was a good idea to remove the only fireplace in the house. I have never had a place to hang Christmas stockings. I start listening to christmas music before Thanksgiving if that tells you anything.

Question for you visitors… I’m debating on painting the entire wall on the inside of the fireplace mantel with black chalk board paint. I would keep the hanging blanket where it is and I could use the right side of the blanket wall to write notes on, maybe the menu for the evening or Jeff’s weekend “to do” list aye? Pfff! Please, let me know your opinion/thoughts.

Create

Lookbook | Columbia Sportswear

If you follow me on instagram you probably saw the gobs of grams I posted while on shoot. Styling this women’s lookbook was on the tippy top of my favorites list. This book was created by a small group of creatives in Columbia’s apparel department. The mission was to take a peek into the minds and closets of our Outdoor It Girl. What motivates her and inspires her. A glimpse into her personal style, adventurous attitude and how she puts it all together to pull it off. Finding out what’s in her bag, her favorite place and what she feels when in the outdoors. All of these questions helped build a story around “What Is Feminine”. Here are just a few of the pages from the lookbook but all are inspiring. Fun projects like these are why I love my job.