Summer Bucket List

Lately my Pinterest and Instagram feeds have been all about "summer bucket lists." The last time I made a bucket list was when the Mister and I were packing up our apartment in Atlanta and leaving town -- we had a lot of fun exploring our city before we moved. 

But back to summer bucket lists. I was first inspired by my friend Angie, who make a huge list on her chalkboard for her family to work on over the next few months. And yesterday my friend Lindsay over at Pen & Paint made a super cute summer bucket list printable, plus a black and white version for kids to color and make their own. 

This got me thinkin'. Sure -- summer buckets lists are especially great for kids, since most of them are out of school and have lots of free time on their hands. But why can't adults have their own bucket lists, full of trips, nighttime outings and cocktails?

So I got to work making a list of my own, and I had a lot of fun doing it:

Summer 2013

1. Build a fence! (Optional: add marbles)  -- My dad was sick last weekend, so he is coming this Sunday to help us start on our backyard fence. Stay tuned!

2. Do plenty of porch sittin' -- preferably with a good book and a beer in hand

3. Go to VEGAS -- the Kilgores take Vegas at the end of June! I have my sequined tops ready. 

4. Fly over Atlanta in a biplane -- James just bought us tickets for our anniversary! (Eek!)

5. Visit Six Flags during the week -- because it will be less crowded (we think)

6. Buy a pass to Legion Pool 

7. Try to go to the pool on your lunch break every other day -- fresh air, a little sun, and a time to read

8. Eat dinner outside more

9. Watch fireworks on the 4th

10. Read 6 new books -- (any recs, friends?)

11. Go to the beach

12. Try three new summer cocktails -- this one is on my list 

13. Host a backyard cookout for our families

14. Go tubing when the temp is over 90 degrees 

15. Create new prints of fave quotes in calligraphy

16. Tour the Terrapin Brewery 

17. Get friends together for karaoke night downtown

18. Take a letterpress class -- with Smokey Road Press!

19. Host a game night with friends

20. Walk through the Botanical Garden of Georgia

I'm really looking forward to crossing each one of these off the list this summer! What's on your summer bucket list?

Instagram + Camp Wandawega

Instagram is a great social media tool -- it's a great way to keep up with my close friends, but I love to use the photo app as my daily source of inspiration, too, by following lots of artists, designers and photographers. Some I know in real life, and others I don't. Every now and then I'll check out what the people I follow are "liking," and I'll stumble across someone fantastic. Through IG, I've found so many new creatives who are out there, doing rad things. 

Speaking of rad, Paul Octavious is one of my favorite people I follow on IG -- his posts blow my mind. Recently he stayed at Camp Wandawega, and because of his pictures, I've become completely enamored with the area! (Take the tour on their website and see the charm for yourself!) I think my fascination with going away to camp can be traced back to my love for "The Parent Trap" (with Hayley Mills) -- the idea always seemed so exciting and adventurous to me. Making new friends, canoeing in a lake, reading in a tent. What's not to love? (...Then I watched "Friday the 13th" as a teenager. Let's just say it kind of killed the romanticism of camps for me for awhile. Eek!)

Wandawega has stolen my heart, and I haven't even seen it in person yet. I've written it down as a possible getaway for James and me in the future. I mean, what could be better than spending the night in a vintage boy scout tent?! It has me feeling all warm and fuzzy and nostalgic inside -- the absolute best.

Instagram photos by Paul Octavious (follow him on IG here!)

Odds and Ends 5/17/13

The weeks are flying by this year. It's getting hot outside in Georgia, which means summer is almost here. Two things I'm looking forward to this summer: buying a pass to Legion Pool and entertaining in our backyard. James has been busy going back and forth to home improvement stores this week, buying wood and cement and nails and such for our new fence (!) My parents are going to come up on Sunday, and my Dad is going to teach us a few things about how to build a fence. We are so excited for the final result!

In other news, my new mini vintage + paperie booth is open for business at Junk in the Trunk in Athens, so locals, please check it out! I thought I had way more "junk" to throw in that booth, but turns out I don't really want to sell everything I've been collecting over the past several years. Hmm. That just means I'll be thrifting with a new purpose from now on, I guess! Do any of you have vintage booths at antique malls? I'm interested to see what sells and what doesn't. From my experience on Etsy, vintage toys, children's books and clothes sell super well. Clothes and bags, not so much. We'll see how it goes!

To cap off the week...a few things that caught my eye:

1.  Elsie and Emma do it again! I love their new "A Beautiful Mess" app, and everyone else does, too!

2.  Inspired by the colors in this painting, "Piroonicolor Band," $3,735 via HD Buttercup

3. Wishlisting this horse scarf, $49, by Bonbi Forest

4. Old mugshots as living room art? Yep. Photo by Oh So Lovely Erin of Oh So Lovely Vintage

5. Must-have this vintage Little People Holiday Inn (!) Photo via PM Vintage

6. Digging this photo backdrop by Blue Eyed Yonder with flowers by Amy Osaba

Have a wonderful weekend!