San Francisco Anthropologie

Of course we had to stop by Anthropologie. I don't always need to buy something when i visit Anthro- I just like to visit. When I go by myself or when I go with Philip, the routine is always the same. We slowly circle the store, taking in all of the design, admiring all of the details, and writing down all of our ideas that come to mind for new house projects (like we need new ones). This trip sparked many ideas that we can't wait to start.

Recent Crush's: Spring Home Edition

I'm not sure what the weather's like where you are, but San Diego's got me ready for spring. Everything that I'm crushin' on lately has yellows, peach, lighter olive greens, or orange.

This quilt from Urban is reversible! It's such a great price and like having two. Awesome.

This looks like that cute little couch I fell in love with at Anthropologie. This one, however, isn't the affordable answer I was hoping for.

I keep seeing these cute little Modernica rockers in nurseries.

I LOVE these painted serving utensils! I found them via design love fest.

I found these lace bowls on pinterest. You can find them in Hideminy's Etsy shop.

GORGEOUS bath towels from Anthro. I want.

How about a pretty print from pop pop portraits shop?

Decorate me.

I LOVE jewelry, but I realized that I don't wear it very often. Rings, yes. I love BIG rings. Those are apart of my everyday wardrobe. I love necklaces of all sorts, but they don't make it out the door with me very often. I always find earrings that I like, but they never see to get worn either. Well, I still like looking at jewelry and buying every now and again. Maybe I should just make more of an effort. Here's some that have caught my eye lately...

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My friend Natasha came down to San Diego last weekend. She brought her lovely friend, Katrina, who I quickly learned is awesome just like she is :) One little problem though: Tash had never been to Anthro! We fixed that immediately!

I am usually in Anthropologie AT LEAST once a week. I could stand in there forever! Yes, I love everything they sell, of course. But their displays- TO DIE FOR! I am insanely inspired as soon as I walk in. My usual routine: I walk around the store very slowly looking at every display and touching everything. After I've soaked it all in, I sit on their little wooden chair they have outside their door and scribble down a TON of ideas! It's such a wonderful place.

I found THE PERFECT COUCH! I love this baby! I just thought the shape was so cute. It reminded me of Alyce in Wonderland. I knew it was outrageously expensive, but I was just curious. I asked the sales girl how much it was. "I'm not sure off the top of my head. I know it's more than $1,000". In my head, I heard: "a LITTLE over $1,000" which sounded pretty reasonable. Definitely got my hopes up for a few seconds because she quickly asked her supervisor who told me it was $3,999! NOT REASONABLE! It's ok, it was a fun spot for pictures.

I wasn't too surprised about the couch, I mean, come on- it's Anthro. I usually can't afford anything bigger than a mug. So I never go in expecting to buy something to buy unless I have a gift card. (In which case, the entire time the gift card is on me and I'm not inside an Anthropologie, I'm thinking of what I'll spend it on.)

I am always in love with their kitchen stuff, but never want/ think it's possible to buy a whole set of something, so I don't get too excited. But that night, I found this dining set on this gorgeously decorated table...

We didn't register for a dining set for our wedding. I was SUPER picky about all of them and never found one I liked at either of our registry stores. We actually ended up finding a super cute set at Marshall's that I love. The only problem: they're made very cheaply and the paint isn't holding up very well. You can always tell by how light those dishes are. They just aren't made well. A little over a year later, it's already time for a new set.

You can't tell in these pictures, but in the middle of the ink designs on the plates and bowls there's a mirror like finish. It's hard to explain but it makes it look so rustic and amazing! You can sort of see it in the bowl in the picture above.

I really really want this set! Seriously. I'm buying it. I decided that I'll buy it piece by piece when I have extra money from my sales or tips at work. Also, Christmas is coming up, so that works out pretty nicely. Doesn't it? :)

I had so much fun visiting and shopping with those girls! I was so happy that they decided to take their spontaneous road trip. Maybe I'll get to visit them soon so we can play in the Redwoods in Santa Cruz :)