Yellow Inspiration

It's been a couple of weeks since I did a color inspiration post. I've been saving up on the perfect color for spring, yellow! Here are three sets of images that are in my Flickr favorites that I thought you might be able to draw some inspiration from. As you've seen, I've got a bit of a thing for yellow and have been buying a lot of yellow tulips lately. I guess it just puts me in a bright and cheery mood. I hope you enjoy them!

Images: 1. patti | dearmissdoll 2. a creative mint 3. unkong 4. _cassia_

Images: 1. perseverando 2. Madeline Bea 3. Admiral and Tea 4. lenubar

Images: 1. lisa teso 2. tres.jolie 3. little brown pen 4. i R i s

Switzerland and Germany

Today's images are ones that I took in Switzerland on Lake Lugano and in Germany while on a river tour (I can't remember the city we were in). I hope you've enjoyed seeing some of my snapshots from my trip quite a few years ago. I am hoping to scan in some more in the coming months and will share them with you here as well. Enjoy!



Images: vintage yankee

London and Normandy

One of my favorite places to visit while we were on our trip to Europe was England and France. Here are a couple of shots from London and one from our afternoon visit to Normandy beach. I hope you have a great weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather we are supposed to have.



Images: vintage yankee

A Good Day

Today is my birthday and I'm going to celebrate me a bit so I'm delaying one of my Europe posts by a day. Tonight I am going to enjoy Ina Garten's wonderful Parmesan Chicken and Bruschetta for dinner (two of my favorite dishes) and an awesome coconut cake made by my mom (I promise pictures of the cake!). Hope you have a wonderful April the 8th!

Image: Citrushearts

Italy

Today's pictures of Italy and the few days we spent there. The first two are of Venice during the afternoon we got to spend exploring the city. The second is a shot of the Verona Arena (Amphitheatre) were we had the unfortunate pleasure of seeing a production of the opera Carmen. I say unfortunate because the performance ended up being delayed by rain five times and when they finally decided to call off the performance, it was 1 a.m. and we were drenched, tired and frustrated because there was still a whole act that hadn't been performed. Needless to say, I had the best time in Italy and I would definitely go back!

Images: vintage yankee

Paris in the Summertime

This weekend while I was looking through some old boxes, I found a few photos I took when I went to Europe in 1999 on a trip. I thought I'd share a few with you this week as I reminisce how much fun I had on the trip. The honor band that I traveled with performed concerts all over Europe for a month. The scenery was spectacular and I've always wanted to go back and visit many of the places we stayed and performed. Today's pictures are from Paris and our three day stay there.



We stayed in a hotel about two blocks from the Eiffel Tower and as soon as we arrived in our hotel late in the evening, I remember the whole group decided to walk on over and see what the Tower looked like at night. Being the summer before the millennium, they had the countdown clock going on the side of the Tower and it was such a wonderful sight to see. I remember taking about 200 pictures while on the trip and it costing me an arm and a leg to develop them when I returned home. Thank goodness that we have digital photography now!

Images: vintage yankee

Let's Go DAWGS!

Today's post is short and sweet! LET'S GO DAWGS! My alma mater, Butler University, is in the NCAA Championship tonight and needless to say, I'm excited! My mom decided to make a cute Bulldog banner to put in her teller window at work today. I just had to share it. Isn't it so cute!


Image: my mom's co-worker, Rachel

Happy Easter

I hope you all have a wonderful Easter and eat lots of yummy goodies today. I got these cute vintage inspired Easter eggs here last week. I love the bunnies playing musical instruments on the smaller one. Have a great holiday!

Images: vintage yankee

Sara and Tom's Wedding Invitation

As you may remember, About a month ago I posted about my friends Sara and Tom's Save-the-Date postcards. So last week when I received my invitation, I knew they would be just as creative and artistic. Well I was completely right! Sara and Tom blew me away again by how personal and artistic they could make their invites.

I love how the used two pigeons as the main graphic for the top of their invite and how on the reply card they used their cat Paisley again and show her waiting for all of the replies to arrive. When I asked Sara why they used pigeons she said "I love pigeons! You see a lot of doves in wedding iconography, and pigeons are 'Rock Doves'. They're urban and wild, but beautiful! They're monogamous, and homing/carrier pigeons will fly for very long periods without food to get back to their home or mate!"



Another great idea that you don't see on the reply card is that they ask you to send in a song request for the reception. What a great idea and the perfect way to get your guests more involved with the party.

Images: vintage yankee

Pink Inspiration

Since spring has sprung here in the South and tulips are blooming, I have been drawn to a lot of pink lately. My flickr favorites are reflecting that as you can see. Here are two sets of my favorites with a bit of pink in each. The first set is calming and represents how I would like my life to be right now and the second set reminds me of spring and flowers and fresh breezes in the air. Enjoy!

Images: 1. tangobaby 2. cherryvanillastudios 3. _cub 4. sandra juto

Images: 1. IrenaS 2. liiva s 3. Selina Lake 4. Nen August