laughing out loud

If you're experiencing anything like the week I've been having, you might need a good laugh. This should do the trick. I first heard of this site from Young House Love and literally was laughing out loud at my desk. Much, much better than that silent crying in your cube thing, not that I have ever done that.... :)

Take a peek at the site...Catalog Living

This Q-tip one gets me every time!! Oh dear....

Steal of the week: Vintage Prints

After a little blog hiatus, I'm back with a lovely "steal" for this week! This is almost like two steals in one, first the vintage posters and second, the designer discount site that I bought them on, ideeli.

One of my friends introduced me to ideeli awhile back. It's one of those sites that offers different designer clothing and home goods sales every day. Click on this link if you feel the urge to join and grab these prints! This is a referral link from my account... ideeli.com/invite/alittleditty. I've made a few purchases from the site that worked out really well. Scored some super good deals on Kenneth Cole winter jackets and more recently, as in a few hours ago, these vintage prints! I am so excited about them, I had to share. 

The featured company is called artehouse, they are listed under the "home" tab on the site. According to ideeli they've established one of the largest and most impressive collections of vintage prints in the world. In this sale, the prints have all been mounted on birch wood. Easy to hang, but perfect for just propping up too. I really like the look the wood mount gives to these. Now for the "steal" portion, these are marked more than half off, the small size starts at just $18!!

I loved all of them, but of course couldn't resist the Italian theme prints. You know my Italy thing runs deep. 

For la mia cucina...

I have a ton of built-in shelving in my place, I think these are a perfect size (7.5'' x 12) to display in some of my shelves. I'll have to post pictures when I have these little pretties in my possession! 

A few others I admired...

I think this rustic wood number would be perfect in that Lake Michigan cottage sister and I are always dreaming of...

Words for Wednesday

If I was lucky enough to have you reading my blog during basketball season, you will know that I bleed green. And now you should also know how worried I was about Izzo leaving us to take a high paying NBA job. I pretty much shed a few tears of joy when he announced yesterday he'd be with us...for life! There was no choice but to devote this week's Words for Wednesday to Izzo. Great day to be a Spartan. See ya'll on the baskteball court :)

Blooms: yellow freesia

I love the way yellow flowers brighten up my living room.

Something I like to do when I have a nice bouquet of flowers is to pull a few small sprigs and put them in a bud vase in my bathroom or bedroom. My Mom always used to do this, I'd come home and find a fresh lilac or clipped rose in my bathroom. It's so nice to have something fresh in the bathroom and it makes your flower purchase go even further.

Not the clearest picture, but here's how I brighten my bathroom...

Steal of the week: Jimmy John's

This is more like a "steal of the day" -- For all Chicagoland Jimmy John's today is customer appreciation day which means, $1 subs from 11am - 3pm! I have one right across the street from my work, I'll definitely be hitting them up for lunch! Planning to do a late lunch, since I am guessing it will be packed in there. Let me know if you're able to cash in on the deal too!