A collection of silly things:

• Brides throwing cats.

• Oh, hey! It’s your cat’s diary.

• How to accidentally upload a naked picture of yourself as your Facebook profile picture.
  “I guess the proper way is to wear a bikini and place your hands on your hips…”

• I will not eat that much food again. Apple. Poutine. Pickle Chips. Ugh!

• We can’t stop.

• Room to grow! 15 modern boys’ rooms.

• What do you think? Could chartreuse be the next ‘it’ color?

• The new accessories at Room & Board are looking mighty fine. I’m loving those prime vases!

• Looking for some Halloween ideas and inspiration? Here are the best Pinterest pinners to follow.

• Another of my posts for American Express, turned into an infographic! It’s kind of weird, kind of cool to see. Check it out: Defining Success.

• A stunning before and after, for all of you fans of unpainted woodwork.

• p.s. Thank you for all of the comments yesterday, and in general. I’ve been reading them all, but I haven’t gotten a chance to respond to any yet. I had to knock out the articles I had due (“my writing, elsewhere”) and then get back to painting Eleanor’s room. She has been sleeping in August’s room while I’ve been working on hers, but she’s looking forward to having her room back (which means I’ve got some more painting ahead of me). I should have time later today or over the weekend though, and I’ll pop back in and answer any questions that came up!

• Domino will be relaunching early next week, and they’re taking it in a new, more product-focused direction. It should be an interesting e-commerce experiment to watch, as the content (the delicious, delicious content) is being positioned as a sales marketing tool.

• Fabulous Fashionistas: six women with an average age of 80. (I haven’t watched the whole thing yet, but I’m going to make time this weekend to do so.)

• How to be a non-conformist.

• Yo, it’s three thousand thirty. I want y’all to meet Deltron Zero, and Automator… Yep, they’re back!

• I love our Victorian, but I’m always drawn to houses like this 1960s time capsule. The area here only has a handful of MCM houses, and they most certainly do not look like that.

• How accurate do you think this rendering of Sagrada Familia will be when it’s finally completed?

• Let’s dish. (Hanging plates on the wall, turned into awesome wallpaper patterns! Love it.)

• Fall is here, and with it, the need for coat storage. Need a fun freestanding coat rack? I gotcha covered.

• Get the look: decorating with dazzling blue.

• The most adorable bookish curtains don’t come cheap, but similar fabric does. Would you buy, or DIY?

• American Express turned a post I’d written for them into an infographic. You can check it out right here: 3 Ways to Know if DIY is Right for You.

• Two great new collaborations from West Elm.

• My grandparents and I used to sing this song together all the time, and now Eleanor and I sing it while I play the ukulele. (My grandpa is gone, but we did do a duet for my grandma after we learned it.) We’re cute, but not that cute. She can’t hold a tune and I can’t play that well! That video though? The best.

• Popular Science is shutting down its comments.
  “Even a fractious minority wields enough power to skew a reader’s perception of a story.”

• Wildlife photos. (The baby fox! The owl in the tree!)

• I think Macaulay Culkin and the Moldy Peaches guys are playing a trick on us.

• 33 of the worst (fictional) first sentences.
  “Betty had eyes that said come here, lips that said kiss me, arms and torso that said hold me all night long, but the rest of her body said, “Fillet me, cover me in cornmeal, and fry me in peanut oil”; romance wasn’t easy for a mermaid.” — Jordan Kaderli

• Holly’s thoughts on blogging, and Karen’s hustle.

• Carolyn Cassady is gone.

• YES. The most amazing paint-by-numbers mural in a nursery. So awesome!

• High/low canopy beds. Which would you choose?

• I could see using these modern linoleum tiles for the right project.

• Selfie help.

• Need the perfect terrarium plants to create, you know, the perfect terrarium? Of course you do. These things are important.

• I’m out of my gourd! (Better order more.)

Hold up, there’s more.

• I will be at Madewell in Oakbrook next Thursday night from 6-9 to celebrate their one-year anniversary. You should come! Discounts and personal styling (by me! What!?) and macaroons, oh my.

All this, and a giveaway too? Woohoo!

This week on MIL’s Facebook page, enter to win a velvet pumpkin trio from LoveFeast Shop. Good luck!