mr. & mrs. jones.

Wednesday, May 30, 2012


I'm pleased to announce the marriage of my best friend Chelsea Brown to the handsome Jake Jones! It's been a wild past couple of weeks of weddings & vacationing, both of which were really a blast and bittersweet. Chelly & Jake were married in the Newport Temple in California last weekend. They were glowing and Chelly really blew that Scarlett Johanson out of the water with her radient looks. The California sunshine was beaming and the wedding party was a hoot and a holler to be around. The reception was located in a beautiful backyard with bistro lights, great food and dancing. Im really in love with these two and feel so lucky that they are heading out to California too fast. I get to have them in my arms for a little while in Utah. Right down the corner she'll be living and we plan to have Saturday Spooky movie nights and game night and I really can't wait. She really is a dream. I wish you guys could be friends with her. Congrats Jake and Chelly love you two dreamboats!

mexican riviera dreaming.

Thursday, May 10, 2012



Its happening. a week from today, three of my great girlfriends and I are whipping out them passports and sailing off into the deep blue sea of the mexican riviera. the smile on my face is wide and sore. I am antsy as ever to get my bags a'packin' and jump on board, grace kelly style. I can't wait to be surrounded by nothing but glassy water and the lush tropics of mexico. take me sea captain, for I am more than ready to go!

my little abode.

Thursday, May 10, 2012


I love looking at interior design blogs and seeing a visual of the collaboration of rooms coming together. Dont ask me why, but visually viewing the room in a collage order is really exciting and pretty to me. Weird, I'm so well aware. Well I have to give myself a pat on the back for tiding up my room today and being really on top of it when it comes to keeping it almost clean 24/7. My room is a place that I find defines who I am and what I love and what intrigues me and makes me happy. I have to have my room pleasing to my eye or else I cannot step foot into it.

My last apartment I lived in, my room was the 'attic.' Though awesome in space since it was rather large, it just had a bunch of crap piled in there. Mostly furniture which was not mine but extra for the apartment. So I felt a little uncomfortable in my room. I'd say it wasn't me at all. BUT in this new apartment of mine, I've really gone out of my way to try and make it my own. And I must say, it has been my favorite room yet while in college.

Above shows exact pieces or pieces that resemble items in my room. The kelly green dresser with black tassels and gold chest-like accents has been one of my absolute favorite dressers surfing the web. Though that is not my exact dresser, Zekey Zoo, the handy man that he is helped me restore a DI dresser I bought for $25.00. We sprayed it a kelly green, added the gold corner plates and added something a little new.... those Anthropologie Cream Knocker Knobs you see above. I think I have fallen in love with my finished dresser.

For any of you antique hunters, I have a great place for you to explore if you're living in Utah and in the valley. Planted Earth in Orem. They have the BEST FINDS. That is where I found my vintage bed frame and headboard similar to the one pictured above. I also found my favorite find, an Old Hollywood Regency white porcelain bamboo floral pelican lamp stand imported from Paris. Yes, I died when Penny, the owner of the store informed me of the news and I was blown away when the price was revealed. Good deal, great find, we too fell in love. The Bamboo Lamp Stand shown above is not the one that I own but similar. Though, mine is thicker in size with flowers and a pelican carved out of it. (pictures to come.)

A lot of items that fill my room have been slowly collected throughout the years. I was given the bedspread for a high school graduation gift from my Dad's close friend. I guess you could say he's somewhat of a Godparent. We call him Mr. Silk. Why? Because he's always wearing silk, and truth be told... we think he's a part of the mafia. Pretty cool if you ask me. The yellow chrome vintage garden chair is not the exact one that I have but pretty similar in style. Instead of chrome, my wire chair is white with a yellow cushion but is a vintage garden chair I found at a boutique in Riverwoods a few years back.

Gold ornate mirror was a find off of craigslist in Park City, cheap as can be, and the Yellow flower vase was a recent birthday gift from my parents. I am a sucker for table books, especially books of people I admire, get inspiration from and flat out adore, such as Frank Sinatra, Vera Neumann, and Alfred Hitchcock to name a few. The Grace Kelly drawing is actually one of my own that I drew within the past year for my Drawing II class. This drawing I will be selling on my upcoming website that will launch within the next month or so. And you can't go wrong with this floral wire table, which is also a recent birthday gift. It totally has that Old Hollywood Regency feel and the color in person is a true Kelly Green, don't be dismayed. Just like collecting my table books, I too collect vintage travel posters and this right here is the latest and by far the greatest one. Matches the exact colors of my bedspread.

Anyhoo, I'll post pictures soon of my dresser and what not to show the before and after of the remodeling. I think Zekey Zoo had a blast working on it as he is quite the handy man. To view or purchase items, list is below.

1. Anthropologie Ripe Melon Pull 2. Anthropologie Pretty Pansy Vase 3. Anthropologie Capri Blue Jar Candle, Indigo (Volcano) 4. Gold Carved Giltwood Mirror 5. Yellow Incised Iron Three-Leg Side Chair After Mathieu Mategot 6. Sinatra : Frank and Friendly Book 7. Vera: The Art and Life of an Icon 8. Alfred Hitchcock : The Complete Films 9. Grace Kelly Drawing : email to order Robbins757@gmail.com 10. Flourish Storage Side Table 11. Royal Mail, West Indies Giclee Print


23 never looked so good.

Thursday, May 10, 2012


Like I blogged about before... I did eat wings for my birthday dinner, I did pull through with my traditional birthday cake, "The Stella Cake." which, I do believe was the best part of the night. We did go to the park and I did last minute use my white urchin, as I like to call it, garland for the trees. We didn't play monopoly and we did resort to card games, which we did not play due to how chilly it got that night. BUT that's okay, because everything else fell into it's place. I had small, but great company, wonderful gifts and the best of all was Zekey Zoos'. He took the time to buy me my replacement bike of penny lane, who was stolen earlier in the year, and painted my new almond butter cruiser who I shall call, Minnie Jackson. Minnie and I are in love and I can't wait to ride her around town. Though she is still in the works and looking forward to her new brown leather handle bars and seat, Minnie and I can't help but love to ring our new vintage golden bell. She's a dream. RIP Penny Lane, I'm still on the lookout for you and when I find you I will fight for you back, even if that involves my fist.

23 has never looked so good. Now, I just dread turning 24...

birthday preview.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012


just a sneak peak of my 23rd birthday. and yes, thats my traditional "stella birthday cake" in all its glory. she turned out rather nicely and oh so tasty. stella circa 2012.

this might tickle your fancy

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