I think I am going through an identity crisis. Partly because I recently changed my name, and I don't really feel like a "Shotts" anymore, but I also don't feel like a "Flint" yet. Also I am someone who changes with the seasons, and as summer slips through my fingers and fall approaches I can feel the change within me coming. Fall is the most inspiring season to me. Maybe it's because the sun isn't drawing me to be outside lounging, and I get more time to brainstorm and create. This excites me. My current job is coming to an end in November. And as sad as I will be to say "goodbye" to the family I have nannied for for 2 years, I am excited for whatever the future holds. All of this change is also terrifying. I need to figure out who in the hell I am, or who I want to be so I can take the right path... oh geez... adulthood is so not what I thought it would be like...

So here is to inspiration, and change! {and comfy sweaters and red lipstick :)}

{images from a glamorous little side project}

Oh hi there

Gosh, I am really terrible at blogging consistently. It has been a while since my last post, so that means I have lots of updates! A week or so after Jonathan and I made our coffee table and chairs, the in-laws came to town! My new mother/father/sister-in law came to stay with us in Seattle for a couple of days. Jonathan and his dad both raced in a half ironman on August 15th, so they made a little vacation out of it. Luckily our new couch cover came like 2 hours before they got to the house, so everything finally came together! I LOVE it! (I will post pictures of it soon) It was quite the ordeal to get a new cover for our couch since Ikea discontinued our model. We ended up getting a custom one from Australia... totally worth it!

Speaking of Ikea, while Jonathan's family was in town the girls took a day trip to the one in Renton. My loverly mother-in-law bought us some new plain white curtains, which look SO much better than the green ones we had, and I purchased this poster:

pretty awesome for ikea, right?! It is actually pretty huge in size, so I haven't hung it up yet. But I will post pictures of that too when we hang it up.

I am constantly on the search for more art for our walls, and lately I have been hooked on typographic prints. The Ikea one is the first one I have actually purchased, but I have many prospects. I think it is really easy to go overboard with them so I am trying to be selective, but I am left wishing for more wall space so I can have them ALL! Here are a few of my favs...

These first 2 are from Ork Posters. I saw the Seattle neighborhoods one last year, and I have been wanting it ever since. He makes these posters for a few other cities, and one for the brain and the heart. I think they are charming....

this next one is from Friends of Type. Each word was designed by a different member of their design team, and then letter pressed. I love the playfulness of the fonts, and I love the message.

This one is from Village. I first saw this one years ago on the cover of Domino Magazine and have recently rediscovered it. I want it. I wonder if its too pink for Jonathan?

And, on top of those I already have this poster:

I just don't know where to draw the line... hmmm...

DIY City!

So, Jonathan and I have been hard at work this past week. I think I have interior design ADD. I am constantly changing things in our home. Whether it is re-arranging pictures on the wall, or sanding down and painting a piece of furniture, I need change like every 6 weeks. Poor Jonathan... If it were up to him all we would have in our house is a couch, a tv, and a bed. Good thing he has a wife like me to keep him updated :).

Anyways, our latest projects have been to re-cover and paint two arm chairs in the living room, and to make our own coffee table and get rid of the ikea one that was literally falling apart. I'll start with the chairs...

These two chairs are actually part of the dining table set we bought last year, but we have been using them as side chairs in the living room. I hated that they looked so boring, and they had that vinyl seat cover that just wasn't appropriate for the living room. So, instead of spending $400 to replace them, we decided to roll up our sleeves and be pro-active...

BEFORE:

(just imagine it with arms, I forgot to take a true "before pic")

AFTER:

Pretty cute, right?! I was pretty impressed with us. It was my first experience with recovering any piece of furniture. I didn't do any research on how to properly do it, so I improvised... with a hot glue gun. Haha! Don't tell anyone, ok?

And now for the coffee table! Jonathan and I have been in need of a new coffee table for about a year now. Our Ikea one had no life left in it. It leaned, had water spots all over it, and had TONS of scratches in it. It was no bueno. I could not find a single coffee table for sale ANYWHERE that I wanted to spend money on. After some discouragement, we decided that we could just make our own. We didn't have a strict plan, so we just went to the REstore and waited to be inspired. We found the window section, and our light bulb lit up! We found a wood paned window that was the right size and look, and took it home with us. I knew immediately that it would look awesome with some hairpin legs, and I knew just where to get them... hairpinlegs.com, of course :) Now for the results...

And there you have it! I am pretty pleased with how everything turned out. Now, I want to replace the curtains with just some plain white ones, and our new custom couch cover is coming the the mail next week (fingers crossed!). After that, I should be good to go for another 6 weeks...

hope you have a great Sunday!

bisous!

xoxoxo

janelle monae...

so, i have a slight obsession with the loverly janelle monae... I first discovered her from Rifle Paper Co.'s blog, and now i am in love! I mean her music is great, but her style is ba-nanas (as the Zoe would say). It must have something to do with my current obsession of menswear on women, but I just love her style. It also doesn't hurt that she is gorgeous... Plus she performed on SYTYCD last thursday, bonus! If you haven't already, you should totally download her album, ArchAndroid, on iTunes. And if not the whole album, then at least the Tightrope song. It makes me want to boogie...

I want to be her friend.

Bisous!

xoxoxo

i want a corn dog...

I just came across this yummy shoot the other day, and just had to re-share! I love the monochromatic outfits for that guy, and i DIE for that girls hair... and her sparkly swimsuit!

tomorrow I will be posting all of our home updates! YEAH!

Bisous!

xoxoxo

Well, well, well... Once again time is slipping through my fingers! Tomorrow marks the one month anniversary of Jonathan and I being a Mr & Mrs. Wowza! I finally got around to changing my name with the social security office, so now according to the American government I am Meghan Lee Flint. I think I like the sound of that :).

Soon I should be getting my SS card in the mail, and as soon as that happens Jonathan and I can go get our passports! I just need to get mine updated, but Jonathan has never had one before so it is kind of exciting! Even if I don't use mine as much as I'd like to, the thought of a passport that opens the door to world travel is thrilling, don't you think? Besides, we will DEFINITELY be using our passports for our upcoming honeymoon! We have finally decide on going to Europe, and now we are just narrowing down all the places we want to go to. Paris is for sure, and so is Vienna. Everything else is up for grabs. I have heard wonderful things about the Cinque Terre in Italy, and I would love to go to Greece. I guess everything depends on how much time Jonathan can get off work. Anyone have any suggestions on where to go in Europe??? We are open for suggestions!

In other news... our wedding pictures are ready!!! Carl Zoch and his wife Cara were our photographers an they did an OUTSTANDING job. If you or anyone you know is in need of an Oklahoma photographer I highly recommend them! Here are just a few of my favorites...

You can see more awesomeness on his blog: http://www.carlzochphotography.com/blog/2010/07/jonathan-meghan.html

AND see a fantabulous slideshow here:

http://www.carlzochphotography.com/share/#/page/570f/jonathan-and-meghan/

those pictures just make me so happy. I can't stop looking at them. sigh...

I already have a spot reserved on our bedroom wall for the wedding photo shrine, right next to our engagement photo shrine (thanks Sarah Rhoads for that!)

So thats the mini life update! Jonathan's parents and sister are coming in a few weeks, and we have turned our attention to nesting :). We are tired of looking like college students, and we are working on classing up our little love nest. We have a few DIY projects on the roster, so I will for sure post some before and after shots! But until then...

Bisous!

xoxoxo

PS: Everyone should watch the Season Premier of Mad Men tonight!!! Yipee!!!

well, we did it!

Oh my goodness, I can't believe that it is already the middle of July! Time has seriously flown by, and now I am a Mrs! I wonder when it stops being weird introducing myself as "Jonathan's wife," or "Meghan Flint." Hmmmm, not yet!

Anyways, our time in Oklahoma was wonderful. We got to stay for 2 weeks, and it went by so fast. I got there the Tuesday before the wedding, and it is all a blur now. Lots of last minute appointments, late nights making yarn pompoms, and planning flower arrangements. We did almost everything ourselves, and I am so glad we did. We did a lot of things in an untraditional manner, and I think we had to do it ourselves to do it right.

The wedding festivities started on Friday morning with the dress rehearsal. It went really well, except for the fact that I forgot to tell my Matron of Honor about it... oops, hehe. But she managed just fine at the wedding.

Later that night we had the Rehearsal Dinner. Jonathan's family, aka my in-laws, did such a wonderful job! It was at another historical mansion right down the street from the one we got married at, and the food was amazing! There was lots of booze, and food, and really lovely people. Bob, my father-in-law, had everyone come up with a 6 word statement before the dinner. The 6 word statements were supposed to be about love, or marriage, or Jonathan and I, or just some words of wisdom. After dinner we past a microphone around the room and everyone read their's aloud to us. It was awesome! Here are a few of my favs:

"The woman is always right. Always" - My Grandma

"Jonathan is awesome. Meghan is hot."- my new nephew, Price

"Scored a hot nurse, lucky girl"- Jonathan

"See, girls meet husbands in bars."- long time friend of mine, Julie

Anywho, here are some pics from the night:

Jonathan and my brother

Dad, mom, me and husband :)

me and my bridesmaids

bride and groom, isn't he cute?!

After the rehearsal dinner, we went out with the wedding party to hit da club... in Tulsa... it was hilarious. And then at about 8:00am the next morning, aka the wedding day, I realized that the tequila shots and cosmos weren't the best idea... But the show must go on! And it did. We all jumped into action and did what the warboard told us to do, and by the grace of God it all came together. I'll do a "before and after" post later, but for now I will just show you some pictures from the best day of my life:

Me walking down the aisle to "Somebody to Love" by Queen

us taking our vows. I LOVE how the arch turned out!

again with the vows... notice the pompoms :)

Jonathan kissed the bride, and I got red lipstick all over him, haha!

WE DID IT!!

The reception... I loved getting to see all of my high school friends! Jenks Pom Squad '03 reunion!

and I think this photo sums up the whole night. We all got to let go and have fun, no more stress! I love my mom in this picture! Total surrender!

And that is about all the blogging I can handle for tonight. The benadryl I took for my poison ivy is kicking in... I will post more pictures as they come to me. Thanks for looking!!

bisous

xoxoxo