Valentine's Day Feature!! Two Happy Hearts!!

Hello Everyone! It's never too late for a post, am I right? If you're wondering, I am right. I am really super excietd about this post. I know sometimes are anti-Valentine's day, but let me tell you something right now: I am not. I am pro valentines day for two reasons. 1) It's fun to designate a day for pouring your love on people more that normal. 2) Pink and Red are the colors your face turns when you blush when you fall in love, and if you wanna look like you're in love, wear pink and red. No better time than Valentine's day!

Anyways! Tonights post is one that I am wayyyy too excited to share. This lovely lady is a blogging friend of mine that I asked to do a Valentine feature and when she graciously agreed, I was ecstatic. This is Christen from Two Happy Hearts! Enjoy!!

Hello there Parrish the Thought readers! My name is Christen and I run my blog, Two Happy Hearts. I love posting fun, vintage-inspired, girly outfits. I also do occasional hair tutorials, DIY crafts, and recipes. 
I am so excited and honored to be featured on Rachel's lovely blog! She is quite the adorable gal, as I'm sure you all know by now ;)
Today I'm sharing a sweet & simple Valentine's Day date night outfit. This is one of my favorite dresses I picked up from H&M last fall. It's perfect and so, so, so pretty! I hope you enjoy.

Isn't she way too cute and way to sweet?! This alone should be your reason not to hate Valentine's day if you do. This is one of the blogs I frequent probably every day, and that is not a joke. Go over there! Follow Follow Follow!! Thats about it for me today! I gotta get back to paying attention to my night class. What a wonderful diversion, wouldn't you agree? See you soon!

Three Words: Lindsay Carlisle Shay

Hi Everyone! Hope your day's been great! Mine's been pretty run of the mill. Nathan is feelign much better, so thats really super great. You married folks know, if one of you doesn't sleep, you both don't, so it's nice that he's getting better. Also, it didn't click to me, that when you sleep in way late, your body wants to stay up later, and since I like to go to bed early, that just doesn't work. I know, I'm roughly 100 years old. Whatever, I do what I want!
Anyways, after I'm done taking care of my internet things, I'm on my way to having coffee at Shady with my dear friend Erin. It's been wayy too long since I've seen her last. Life just gets so crazy doesn't it? I feel like I better soak in this time of calm and having time to do stuff.  In about 2 weeks school starts again, and with graduation, and senior recital, and working. The word craziness will basically define life in general. Bring it. that's what I say!

ANYWAYS! this is what I decided to wear today. I just realized that for somereason, it kind of looks like the outfit I posted yesterday. Whoops. however, I think the boots in this outfit are way more exciting. These beautiful vintage Justins are in my possesion as a result of my Husband putting them on hold at work. Some husband buy their wives flowers, mine puts shoes on hold for me... equally valuable!

This bun is so decieving, and I love it! My hair is growing out painfully slow, and in order to make it look fuller and bigger, I just tease the living daylights out of it and pin it like crazy. I;m quite pleased with the results.

 I'm really not sure what I'm doing with my face here, like if I meant to blink, or if my eyes are just closed. The world will never know. not even me.

 I know there's a rule that says never match your shoes to your bag, or that you always should, or that the second is way outdated so ignore it, I dont know, but one thing I do know is: these boots perfectly match the Vintage dooney that my husband got me for Christmas, and if matching is wrong, then I don't want to be right! Eff the rules!

 Here's a few pictures of how we've been ringin' in the new year: Nathan's been painting up a storm, I repurposed our bookshelf as a nick-nack shelf (those flowers are real!!), and when your wubby gets sick, you make him his favorite dish. This delicacy is one I like call: egg stuff.

Well you lovely people everywhere, thats about it for me today. Time has come for me to get going. Remember how I told you I needed to celebrate my great yesterday by going to Freestyle, well besides coming away with those excellent boots, I had to put a million things on hold, so thats one of my errands, sell sell sell, so I can buy buy buy....all before I go to coffee with the Lovely Erin. See you soon!

Happy New Year!!

Wow! Seriously... 2012 already. Can't believe it's already here. But you know, I welcome it, I really do. As I mentioned in my last post, 2011 was kind of a tough year for us. I'm so looking forward to what the Lord is going to do in our lives this year. It seems so cliche to say things like that, but I'm being for reals. God really tested Nathan and I by moving us to the Sacramento area.  Nathan left Ev-er-y-thing so that I could go back to school. And While at first we thought the Lord was moving us just so I could finish up my degree, we couldn't have been more wrong... What a year it has been for finding out what we truly want to do with our lives. I'm still on the search, but to see Nathan totally come alive up here, it has made every challenge completely worth it, so to that I say, Happy New Year.
I don't have any new years resolution this year. I typically make ones that are really easy, like last year my resolution was to grow out my hair, and I did. Yay me. So, while I'd like to make a new years resolustion like, maybe resolve to actually be dilligent in washing my face before going to bed. I'm sorry to say that I really suck at that.

Whatever. This is what I decided to wear today. I love love love love this vest. It makes me feel like i'm about to go into the wilderness. It's so cozy on the inside, it's like an ugg boot on the inside. And since it's so warm on the inside, you don't even need sleeves! Hooray! Also, i'm a sucker for fur trim... How great is this gigantic collar? Ugh. love this.

 there aren't many pictures today, as we drove down to stockton this morning and have been pretty go go go go go go ever since. In case you were wondering, these glasses are fake. I took a page from A Beautiful Mess' blog, and went out and got some readers because well... sometimes you just don't feel like wearing makeup, and you still want to look reletively put together. What a genius idea! I waiting for the right pair to come into my path, and these little nerdies came into freestyle not too long ago.

Anyways, I hope your new years eve parties were all a blast last night. Ours was. We just hung out with our dear friends and their precious babies, and once 12 hit, we ran outside and screamed our faces off, clinked our glasses, and went home. I'm a grandma, and I love going to bed early. So sue me! Anyways, happy new years people of the blogosphere. 2012 is gonna be a good one. I added a few things to the etsy shop. Be sure to check it out. I'm still cuilding my inventory, but I feel like the things that I have in store right now are totally great. Enjoy them! I'll see you soon

Give Thanks To The Lord For He Is Good

What are you thankful for? It's a crazy thing to really think about the things that Lord blesses us with isn't it? I mean, there are times when I just get so stressed and anxious, that I forget how good I truly have it.

Let's make a list:
1. Happy Marriage (Thanks Lord!)
2. Making Music that makes money
3. Having a family that loves eachother
4. Having Sweet little pets to love
5. Having Friends that are more like Family
6. Living in a country that allows women to go to school
7. Living in a place that allows us to proclaim our faith (whatever it is!)
8. Having a roof over my head and a bed to sleep in
9. Having food to eat
10. A Savior that took ALL my burdens when I didn't deserve it.

Well everyone, that it for today! As you go to your families for thanksgiving, remember that every Good and Perfect Gift comes from Him.  God is so good to us. See you soon!

This is the sleeping bag we took to the museum, isn't it?

Hi Everyone!! Happy Saturday! Who knows that from this point on, life gets wayyy too crazy? While Christmas will be approaching sooner that we realize, I really am concentrating on slowing down and really enjoying this fall winter? It’s Cold, but it’s sunny…perfect. The trees still have their leaves, they’re just yellow, and red. I love love love fall. Our winters here in Northern California aren’t really much of a winter wonderland, they’re actually more like a rainy winter drudgery. Once Christmas is over, I’m ready for it to start getting warm.

Anyways! This isn’t what I decided to wear today. This is actually what I decided to wear to school yesterday. I was channeling Margot Tennenbaum pretty hardcore yesterday in this coat. I don’t think anyone at school made that connection, but with my hair pinned to the side, its dead on. I found this little baby at my favorite Thrift store in Stockton, It felt like a risk to me, but my mom said I needed it, so I went with it. Everyone needs a camel colored coat, especially one with a fur collar. It feels so fancy!

Well everyone, that’s about it for me today. Enjoy this Saturday, take a little time to enjoy this fall weather, Everyone should go to Starbucks and get a Salted-Carmel Mocha and just sit outside in the chill, after Im done typing this, that’s exactly what I’m going to do. Ill see you soon!

Here We Are On The Ocean Waves Floating Away

Hi everyone!! Hope your week is going awesome thus far, mines going pretty great. Mondays have all of the sudden become my favorite day of the work-week. Why is that you ask? Well, I'll tell you! I've dropped two classes because I don't need them to graduate (boo yah!), making my day on monday last from 8-930am! Which gives me a bajillion hours to do homework, and if I dont have homework, it gives me a bajillion hours to work on this blog and shop it up! If only I could be paid to shop it up and blog it up... Hooray!!

Anyways, this is not what I decided to wear today, this is what I decided to wear on Saturday over the weekend. I wore something totally different today. But let me comment on these little boots. Nathan put these on hold for me at Freestyle, and when I saw them, I knew in that instant that I was in love...with those boots.

Little kitty is guarding me. I did some investigative work and walked around the fence to see what he was guarding me from, and there was a huge/scary black cat with a huge head! Good thing Little Kitty was there!

I love this little nesting doll necklace, I've had it for quite a few years. I dont bring her out as much as I should. She has so much character! Her face is so sweet!

 Oh yes, here is a closer view of my boots. Thanks wubby!!

 From the moment I met little kitty, I was pretty much in love. I wasn't sure if Nathan was totally sold yet, but I bought him some food and left it outside for him so if he wanted to stop by, he could have a little snack...well I had to being the food inside and here's why... a possum!! Scary! He ate every single little bit of food!! I didn't buy that catfood for him! Rude.

Well everyone, thats about it for me today. I'm thinking about doing a post on how to dress appropriately for various occasions, and why modesty is always a good idea. If you have any thoughts or questions, I would love to hear them!! Have a great day everyone. I'll see you soon!!

It's Time For Some Blog Featuring Fun Times: SACRAMENTO BLOGGERS!!!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful day, as it is not even 12 yet. My family is in Yosemite today, and I am here in Stockton. You might think that I am dismayed by this, but I am not, as I will be taking a day trip of my own coming up very shortly. Nathan was thinking Berkeley, but I gotta admit, I'm hoping for Santa Cruz. Will I argue about either one? No way! Both are totally great. But I reeeeeaaaallllly am craving an hour or two of laying on the beach, and a bread bowl with clam chowder. And maybe a vintage shop or two (hundred). What a hard life, right?
ANYWAYS!!! I spend a lot of time not only on my own blog thinking of outfits, and thinking of witty titles. However, I spend just as much time looking for and fawning over other people's blogs (where do you think all my inspiration comes from?). There are soooo many beautiful blogs out there, and some of them are actually right here in the Sacramento Area!! I've never read on Yahoo news about Sacramento being a fashion epicentre, but let me tell/show you that with these lovely ladies, we Sacramento women on our way. We are on, our, way. So let me show you 5 of the top Sacramento Blogs that I've found:)

First of 5: Let it Reign
Skylar Mundy is probably one the cutest people I've seen this internet machine. She often writes on the Jupiper James blog, but her own personal blog is pretty great.

Second: Liz Franco's blog, Srslyliz. This is a blog that I frequent often. Her look is so wearable, and approachable while being really cool and vintage-y, not to mention that she's super beautiful.

This Third I've decided to featurs actually belongs to my WJU alumni buddy, Elizabeth Matchel. Her blog, Yelizabeta, is so beautiful. It's got fashion, but also real-life stuff about all the fun adventures she and her husband go on. Her blog is a super great read, and her vintage store on etsy is super great also.

This next blog is living proof that once you have kids, your life only gets cuter! Ha. Olga from Whitecrow really lets you into her family's life with all of her super cute pictures, and not to mention her super great style. She even has an etsy store so you can look as cute as her.

And Lastly, but definitely not least. If you have tumblr and your not following Lydia's blog Morus Albus you are seriously missing out. This lovely little woman is one of my favorite employees (who am I kidding, every girl at Freestyle is my most favorite. I would consider them all real-life actual friends) at my most favorite-ist store of all time. Her look is so fun, and is even cuter in real life. All the girls at Freestyle should have their own blogs, they are all so fashionable. And seriously, I've never seen a more beautiful head of hair.

SO!!! All you wonderful blog readers, if you haven't already made your way towards these great blogs, you now have no excuse as all of these have links, making it super duper easy for you to find and follow. I hope you're as inspired by these fantastic Sacramento women as I am!!

Thats about it today for me. Maybe an outfit post later, but don't bank on it. I left my Tripod back up at our apartment. Shucks, so today was a great day for a blog feature. Anways, enjoy this beautiful weekend!! I'll see you soon!