Can you?

Canstruction Junction. Canstruction is one of the most unique food charities. The Society for Design Administration trademarked this competition that is held in cities throughout the US. Teams compete to build structures from cans of food. All of the canned food used in the structures is donated to local charities. Want to know if your city participates? Check it out here.

Here's lookin' at you kid.....

Friday crave...new sunnies for fall. I have resisted the aviator trend long enough {partially because I cannot find the right shape}, but I may stumbled upon a perfect pair. My Mom has been thumbing through vintage styles and this gave me the inspiration to do a little vintage searching on my own. Hooray! I found the vintage Raybans. I love them...very classic.

Life unscripted...

I am finally coming up for air from a long week-1 more day and I am home free! I love this script coat from The Crew. It reminds me of a yummy piece of ribbon candy at Christmas time...

A little change...

....will do you good. Reminiscing over old photos I realized (not that I did not already know this-but a picture is worth, well you know the rest) that as much things change, some things remain the same. And one of those things is my style shockingly. After uploading the old science fair shots I realized I'm still the girl in a short plaid skirt, dark tights, a pendant necklace and argyle cardigan--see, it's not just J.Crew's fault I dress this way....I've done it for years...

Sci Fi, Do or Die....

Three years ago I went back to school, so to speak...it all started with a company email requesting volunteers for the I LOVE Science program, and being a new, energetic employee, I immediately contacted our representative to volunteer. It sounded easy enough--volunteer to go into a fifth grade classroom and teach a science lesson once a month with the lesson provided, idiot proof right? I certainly had no idea what I was getting myself into and was more than a little nervous thinking about teaching a class of twenty-five fifth graders. Thoughts raced through my mind: What would they ask me? Would they laugh at me? What if I did not know the answer? What if my experiment went wrong? What did I know about science anyway, much less teaching?
I swallowed the butterflies in the pit of my stomach and knew I could get through it...I thought about why I wanted to do this. I thought about my science teacher, Mrs. Kay, and her constant reminder: “sounds like a science experiment to me;” I thought about what I gained from her fearless attitude and love of teaching and in that instant I knew I could do it. I channeled years of competing in science fairs (geeky, huh?) and countless hours of experimenting and went in and taught my first class, and you know, it was not nearly as bad as I had anticipated. It was FUN and today, three years, eight classes and lots of laughter and learning later, I would not trade my experience for the world.
I love the program and hope that many others take the chance to volunteer. Channel your passions and think like a fifth grader and think about how you can relate everyday life to science. You don't have to be a perfect scientist but you do have to have the perfect passion. I LOVE Science!

Birken{stocks}...

Some inspiring shots of Jane Birkin.

Gold finger....

Love the look of a shiny gold watch for my wrist...

Restore{D}....

Amazing pieces from Restoration Hardware. A rich trunk that converts into a home office and heavy architectural elements combine to form a table.

Give yourself a hand....

.......literally......

Through the looking glass....

The Moms is looking for some new Rx eyeglasses and I love these--I even want a pair of fake glasses. I know you hate them Mom, but these are my {and J.Crew's} suggestion....