hey y’all! i have some very happy news! i’d like to introduce to you my new contributor and assistant julia kostreva! i’ve been searching high and low for some help, and julia is just the person to perfectly fit the bill. a designer by day at hello lucky!, julia will be helping me out behind the scenes here, and bringing you a few posts here and there, including... 
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i think i must be fighting off the ever approaching winter with all i’ve got these days. i painted the living room bright white this week (more on that to come) and am decorating with brighter colors to contrast all that snowy white. so today, i spy sunshine. lots of white with some snappy pops of orange, yellow and more! clockwise l to r: sunny kitchen with via bo... 
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i didn’t get the chance to say ‘happy friday’ to y’all since i was on a flight back from paris all day, so happy monday! and for those of you stateside, happy fourth of july holiday! these are just a few of my souvenirs de paris… a vintage egg cup from an amazing store called merci (more on that later!) and some delicious kusmi tea – i couldn’t... 
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love, yellow style…via rue and house*tweaking. i’m loving pops of yellow lately. i love the bright contrast of yellow in a room full of white, and black and gray, too. yellow looks great when mixed with loads of colors, and is always cheerful. it’s pretty hard to be in a sour puss mood in a room with a burst of sunshine right? like daffodils, yellow’s... 
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well, this is happy spring news to share! Waverly is so excited to introduce their new fabric collection, Modern Essentials, they’ve offered me a cool reader giveaway! sfgirlbybay gets to giveaway 10 stacks of five one yard pieces ($100/stack value) to ten lucky readers! simply  share with us all below in the comments* what you might sew with these colorful pretty patterns... 
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