Kat's Image Icon - Doyle Bramhall II

 

 This fine specimen is the object of my longest standing, most massive crush.  I fell in love with him in after seeing his Austin City Limits performance in 2000.  The following summer, I made my big brother drag me all over Manhattan to every record store he knew until we found Doyle's out-of-print first album.

For those of you who don't already know: Doyle Bramhall II (born 24 December 1968) is an American singer and guitarist. Known for his work in Arc Angels, he has also toured with Roger Waters; he has played as guitarist and vocalist in his band Smokestack and was also the second guitarist in Eric Clapton's band from 2004 to 2009.

Doyle will rejoin Clapton's band in 2013 for a series of concerts in the United States and Europe between 14 March and 19 June culminating the fourth Crossroads Guitar Festival at New York's Madison Square Garden in 12 and 13 in April. 12 and 13 April.

What can you possibly do with hair this pretty?

Put it in a dude-headband!!

Here's the performance when I lost my heart forever (which I was only able to see on a scratchy VHS copy after it had already aired):

A Sunday in the Shop

Some pretties to brighten up your home. 

Please check out these and other treasures in our etsy shop here.

Bears are MJ's favorite animal. Wouldn't this look lovely in a nursery?

Nothing quite so fun as a glitter 'shroom....

Wouldn't it be sweet to have a hearth as warm as this?

Yesterday, we saw a squirrel much like this one burying pecans in our backyard :)

Too Stinkin'

CUTE!!!

Kat's Vintage Video Friday

I remember waiting to catch this video on CMT my senior year of college when I lived in a house full of dudes in Iowa City.  The album on which this song appeared, Cry (released October 2002), quickly became my guilty pleasure in that 'country goes pop/dance' kind of way. I still listen to it sometimes.  There.  I said it.

Thrifty Thursday

I snagged this linen cross-stitch for $5 at my favorite local thrift store. The clock doesn't
work anymore but the wood frame and the stitching details are amazing!!!!! Believe me
when I say that as much as I love finding items for the shop....this baby is staying with me.

p.s. Sorry for the slightly blurry photo but I took this picture after my very first yoga class and my arms wouldn't stop shaking.

Hump Day Inspiration

Fashion designer Tom Ford wears his pants tight, his chest hair exposed, his shadow
perpetually at 5 o'clock. The man oozes (a certain kind of) sexuality.

-quote from a magazine that wound up in MJ's collage book

The Word is Boudoir

Boudoir is my word for 2013.

I like to feel sexy. I want to feel sexier.

So, boudoir is it. I'll keep wearing all the mascara but.......

Maybe I'll wear heels....or lacy stockings.....or both. xoxo, MJ