Sunny Summer Sunday

Today was a really great day. Mostly because I spent the majority of it relaxing. Saturday, I went way past relaxing into vegging. But today was good. Here's some moments from my day....

Made an avocado and olive oil hair mask

Ate some delicious peaches

Had my poolside essentials...

Gave myself a pedicure

Spent some time with a few visitors

And spent some time in the sun for the first time this summer! (Don't mind the slicked back, avocado/olive oil hair.) All in all, it was a great day.

xoxo

Aves

Current Obsessions: Ernest Hemingway

Recently, I have developed a huge love for Hemingway and his literature. I love American literature from the 20s and 30s. There's something about the Lost Generation that is so intriguing. I plan on reading Hemingway's An Immovable Feast this summer, but what I'm really excited about is the HBO film Hemingway and Gellhorn. I found about it less than ten minutes ago and did a little happy dance. It stars Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, so it's bound to be a success. And it premiers this coming Tuesday night! I'm so excited! And I wanted to share the trailer with you guys. It's going to be great. 

xoxo

Aves

Three and Three

May 29th is a big day for me. Three of my favorite artists will be releasing new albums. I'm so excited! Only three more days and I will be shutting myself in my room and listening to them all on repeat...just kidding! Sort of...So, are you wondering which artists I'm talking about?? Let me tell you then.

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros: Here

Sigur Ros: Valtari

Regina Spektor: What We Saw From The Cheap Seats

Oh my goodness! I can't wait!!! Hope you're just as excited as I am!

Happy weekending!

xoxo

Aves

Summer To Do List

I love lists! It's so funny because I'm not the most organized person, but for some reason, I cannot function without lists. I use them for EVERYTHING. Homework, shopping, goals, things to do, dates, important things, unimportant things, you name it, I list it. So, this is my Summer 2012 To Do List. I try to make a list like this for every break. And I even make one each year on my birthday of things to accomplish before the next birthday. (Maybe I'll blog about that list someday...) So, now you know what my summer will consist of. I may not do everything, but I will try my hardest to! Do you have any summer goals??

xoxo

Aves

Art Journal Journey

Yesterday I bought Elsie's Art Journal E-Course. There are fifty two sessions so that you can either do one a week for a year or one a day for fifty two days. I'll probably do a combination of the two. I've been wanting to do this for at least six months and I'm so excited that I finally get to! I started and finished the first session tonight and I thought I'd share it with you all. I probably won't share every one of them because some of them will be personal, but I'll post some up every once and a while.

I am using a vintage 1960s sewing and styling book as my art journal. As shown above, there are beautiful pictures already in the book and I plan on incorporating them into some of my journal entries.

Session one was about day dreams and layering different patterns and textures. Here's what I came up with...

I'm really enjoying this. It's going to be an incredible journey. If you'd like to take Elsie's Art Journal E-course, or any of her other E-courses, visit her Red Velvet Website.

xoxo

Aves

Wild Inspiration: Grace Ann Leadbeater Photography

Boy, do I have some beautiful stuff for you today! Okay...backstory. I had a friend back in high school who was really into photography. He was also into other people's photography, so he made lots of friends online. He met Grace who lives in Florida (a very long way away from me...) and talked about her quite a bit. I was intrigued by her and decided I wanted to be friends with her too. We became friends through Facebook and now we're pen pals! Though my old high school friend and I aren't friends anymore, and even though we have never met in person, Grace and I have been friends ever since. I love this girl and today I wanted to share with you some of her enchanting photos. 

Breathtaking, right? I know! I adore her work! If you would like to see more of her work, you can go to her website here or her Flickr here. Grace also designed me classy header for this blog and she has a hauntingly beautiful video called Linger on her Flickr. It gives me chills. Check her out!

(psst...that's Grace!)

Thank you so much for letting me post about you, Miss Grace. You really are wildly inspiring. 

Be inspired!

xoxo

Aves

Music Mondays: The Show Ponies

I have a fantastic music find for you today, courtesy of my wonderful boyfriend, Ethan. They are The Show Ponies and after you listen to their album, you'll just want more! But, unfortunately they are new, so they just have one album titled Here We Are! Here's a video for the song "The Blackest Crow". You will fall in love. 

Hope this tops off your Monday!

xoxo

Aves