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It’s time for another fabulous giveaway here at HLB. This month we have a $25 gift certificate towards a purchase from the super sweet, super creative Slice of Lime Designs etsy shop. They make fun customized bibs and tees for kids. However, I am completely smitten with their personalized superhero sets:

How over the top adorable is that?! They have lots of designs and colors to choose from and can even do custom orders for you. Also, check out their website and facebook page for even more cuteness! Thanks Slice of Lime Designs!

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You will have until Midnight on Wednesday to enter. Next Thursday we will reveal the winner!

So… maybe I am on a typography kick lately. I hope you all are not sick of it. Although because I have just self-diagnosed myself, I might now be able to move on. Isn’t that what they say… acceptance is the first step to recovery? By the way, who are they? And how did they get so profound? Maybe I will balk at their revelation and stick with my typography obsession. You know, just for spite. Growing up, I was the baby in my family and have a tendency towards bratty behavior. Just ask my sister; she can expound numerous stories of support for this statement.

Where was I? Oh yes, typography. Well, looking at this, can you blame me? They are amazing. Apartment Therapy clued me in on Jessica Hische of Daily Drop Cap, who designs a beautiful letter each day available for use on your blog for free. Which… now that I know about that… maybe I will be decorating my blog posts more frequently. But if you are looking for a unique letter to don your walls, consider these letterpress print versions. The “L” for my Lyla is perfect, but then contrast the feel of it with the “O” for our surname and you can see the variety. Awe-some. Just take a look…

I would change all the decor in my house to accommodate the color grellow. (If money were no object of course.) New designs at CB2 featuring this yellow meets green shade are speaking to my love for retro, mid century pieces. Take this rocker for instance:

or this pedestal table:

or even this crane task lamp:

Wouldn’t its glossy bright hue just make your day a tiny bit happier? I sure think so. And who doesn’t love a word like grellow? I must have said it to myself like a hundred times while writing this post because I love it so much! Check out even more grellow goodness at CB2 online. (ugh, another store I am wishing with all my might would open an outpost here!)

If I didn’t live in a place synonymous with the term “urban sprawl” and 110 degree temperatures, I would very much like to bike to work. Maybe someday… you know, in the winter… and once I move away from the suburbs… and have a job in the city too. I don’t sound serious, but I am actually. Really, I could be that girl. Don’t chuckle. I could. If I was, then I would force Mike to allow me to purchase this bike.

I mean, it’s the least expensive of Public’s product offering (which is all incredible – check it out), it’s on sale right now, and it comes in Powder Blue (as well as cream)! And I think it’s been calling to me in my dreams lately. Is that wierd? Do things on your wish list audibly speak to you? That can’t be just me, can it?

I love cardigans. Too much. Especially for someone living in Phoenix. And it being the middle of summer makes me even more crazed about them. Is anyone else being tortured by the fall fashion previews all over place? Just yesterday I was driving in my car, imagining a chilly fall breeze, the scent of pumpkin bread and cute trench coats walking down the street. Ugh. I wish! Anyway, back to cardigans. Love them. This one from J.Crew is extra lovable. Not only is it short sleeved which drastically improves my odds of wearing it more that 3 months out of the year, it also has bows. And bows and I are best friends. But wait- it gets even better! Through this Thursday, every sale item is an extra 30% off with the code EXTRA30. This means I can score this super adorable, CASHMERE (and J.Crew cashmere is lovely) cardigan for about $63!! (two exclamation points = can you tell I am very excited?!) So take a peek dear readers, there are many, many beautiful things in the sale section right now.

I have a new favorite flower and thy name is Ranunculus.  Captured beautifully here by Madeline Bea Photography.

Visit her thoughts here and her shop here for more soft, floral magic. I love finding people who inspire!

This is one for me.

One of the most cherished regularities in my life right now is… my amazing book club. It is comprised of a handful of intelligent, witty, and creative people. And everytime we meet, I am reminded of how full and enhanced my life is because of each one of them. (Gosh, I hope you all are reading this… I mean, this type of love doesn’t ooze often.)

It’s really unbelieveable that I wasn’t in a book club before this (we are only 4 or 5 months old). I mean it combines some of my favorite things in the world… books, conversation, and friends. Add in a little coffee and possibly a pastry, and you can imagine how I might as well keel over in complete bliss once every month when we get together.

So… last week, highlighted somewhere on the world wide web, I saw these Book of the Month clutches from Kate Spade. And while they are more than I could spend, I couldn’t help but show you in case you haven’t seen the likes of this cuteness anywhere else. Right now there are three to choose from… Great Expectations, The Great Gatsby, and The Importance of Being Earnest. What book would you like to see Kate Spade clutch next?

Iconic, retro Scandinavian tea towels from Almedahls,  They make me want to make meatballs and lingonberry preserves and pretend I’m in Stockholm. Or maybe I should just go to IKEA. Either way, I love them. Cheerful, vintage, whimsical, Scandinavian. All things that scream, “Nicky! Buy me!”

Have you heard of Music Philosophy? It was started by a designer out of London who describes this project as “a weekly graphic/typographic interpretation of philosophical song quotes”.

And describes himself like this

Hi. My name is Mico. I am a designer. I like music and typography. So I combined them on this Project because I had nothing better to do.

Well… thank goodness for too much time… because the result is amazing song quotes in entertaining typographical form. You can download your favorite for your newest iPhone wallpaper, or you can purchase a poster on his etsy site, or you can buy a tshirt here. My personal fave is the one shown above… The Moldy Peaches lyrics, recently used in the movie Juno. Which would you choose?

And if you want to submit a song quote to Mico to create, you can email it to him… but you will have to let us know too.