All over Portugal there are tiles that cover the fronts of buildings, called azulejos. This type of technique was introduced to the Portuguese people by the Moors (via Spain, mind you). That’s why it may remind you a little of Morocco. This sort of tile has been produced for 500 years straight – pretty impressive. These tiles were on walls, steps, archways – all over. We loved them. We snapped a ton of photos of them. And then when we got back, we realized that we were inspired by the patterns to be a little more funky in our own lives.

Portuguese tiles taken around Lisbon.

Here’s some inspiration:

Mugs from Jonathan Adler:  Carnaby Pinwheel, Carnaby Hollywood, Carnaby Talitha 

Leave Your Print Dress, Palm Springs to Life Dress, What a Dahlia Dress, Sound Level Headed Dress

Top L-R: Tarnish Plate Clutch, Rebecca Minkoff MAC Shoulder Bag

Bottom L-R: Charles David Baja Sandal, Marc by Marc Jacobs Pretty Printed Nylon Bag

Enjoy!

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Christina’s post on neon inspired me to have a little more color in my life, or at least on my table. Plus, it’s getting warm outside, and it’s time to be done with the gray and black I’ve been living in all winter. Something about the sun makes me want to be surrounded by colorful things (excluding my husband’s mouth…) Here are a few things I found that I love.

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This skin-tight Herve Leger dress? Umm yeah, not so much.

Okay, so we all overdid it yesterday….My master plan was to have a bite of this, a taste of that. You know, how the celebrities always say: “I just came to the realization that I just need to taste the foods I love, not eat a lot of them.” To me this is code for “I chew up my food and spit it out.” And that does not work me. I killed a quarter of the dish of mac and cheese that I made, and ate what constituted 4 whole yams over like 6 small portions of candied yams. “Just a little bit”, I told myself, as I got up over and over again.

And now….I have a turkey tummy. A gobble gut. Whatever you want to call it. And it’s bad. So while looking online for new clothes to make myself feel better, I thought I’d share some of my finds with you.

Tips to Hide Your Turkey Tummy

1. Create a diversion. Like a bow. Honestly, one great thing to do is to put a big fat bow over your midsection. It hides your flaws and helps to cinch your waist.

Lace and Light Dress, Anthropologie, $258

2. Work it out with different patterns.  People get confused when they see a ton of on different patterns. Is that a gut? No, it’s a complex grouping of differing lines. Whatever. If it gets their mind off the tummy, it works in my book.

Dusky Striation Dress, Anthropologie $298

3. Create a waist for yourself. Because after all you ate yesterday, chances are that your waist isn’t too defined right now. A dress that creates a clear separation between your top and bottom halves helps to make it understood that there is an hourglass figure under there somewhere.

Hot Mulled Wine Dress, ModCloth, $24.99

4.  Contrast Colors. Breaking up the monotone colors helps to creates a visual break, so everyone isn’t focusing on all your business. Because frankly, it’s rude. And PS, your stomach isn’t so flat right now anyways, Miss stuffing and gravy.

Seriously Smitten Dress, ModCloth, $99.99

Enjoy!

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