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I won a Minted holiday card giveaway from one of my most favorite bloggers, Joslyn from Simple Lovely. If you don't know about her blog yet, you are in for a big treat. It's one of my favorites. She is one stylish and smart woman, and a dedicated mama bear.
I adore her blog and hope my family life is as beautiful as hers is when I have a family -- she makes having kids and maintaining a healthy loving marriage, and a beautifully decorated home look easy and charming, simple and lovely. Just as the name implies.
I feel a little silly sending out cards because my "family" includes myself, a young dog and a boyfriend, but I always loved the idea of sending out a little holiday card with a photo. I love receiving them from others and I'm excited to give it a go this year.
So I'm enlisting your help, friends: which card to choose? Here are a few of my favorites:
This 4D video is incredible, and I am in awe of the work Ralph Lauren is doing to stay ahead of the curve technologically. Fashion and design in the past has been a little behind the times on adopting new media and technology trends, but this is a great step forward, it increases accessibility-- which is never a bad thing artistically and from a business perspective.
I can't wait to see everyone else catch up. This is awesome! The lights and camera work is amazing. I wish I could see the behind the scenes on how they actually did this.
The Official Ralph Lauren 4D Experience - London from Ralph Lauren on Vimeo.
(thanks to the friend who posted about this on facebook!)
One of the brands I am continually impressed with is kate spade. They're phoenixlike-- even after all the fake bags in the past 15 years, their brand is still alive. Lately I'd even say it's booming, thanks to Deborah Lloyd.
The company expanded slowly and took care to make sure their aesthetic was really communicated all the new items they rolled out, so the clothes really do look like the same company as the bags, the shoes, the jewlery, down to the wallpaper in the shops. It's well done across the board-- from (in my opinion) the design end of it to the business end-- they are great.
On Saturday I was reading my Lucky Magazine thinking about how downhill they've gone. I used to read it cover-to-cover the day it arrived in my mailbox but I got bored, and this November issue seemed like it had equal parts ads & actual magazine content, and it was just not compelling. Like, if it didn't come to my house, probably I wouldn't buy it in the checkout line. And I am a pretty big impulse magazine purchaser. Then yesterday I read that Andy Spade is coming in to help revive and rebrand Lucky Magazine, and you know what? If anyone can do this, it's Andy Spade. They picked the exact right person! I'm so excited to see what happens.
I hope they start with revamping the website, and then bringing back Cat Marnell from the Beauty Dept because she was (is? where is she now?!) hilarious and had awesome reviews, and then start putting together editorials where I will actually consider wearing something, because I cannot remember the last time I looked at a Lucky editorial and said i want that. It has been since probably 2008 and in magazine-time that is a hundred years.
Emersonmade is killing me-- I want the whole line. It's practical, classic, easy to wear, and made in the USA.
Emerson herself seems like the kind of girl you just want to be friends with.
I am lusting after the tiny stars tunic. Sadly, it is sold out in my size, and when I inquired about its availability, I hear it will now come in silk instead of the fall-weight cotton it originally came in. I love silk-- it's elegant and has its place, but in my life, cotton is just easier to care for and easier to wear, so I am disappointed it won't come back in cotton.
In the meantime, I am loving those adorable poppies and the clutches for the fall and winter holidays!
(photos from Emersonmade)
We've all considered doing the Breakfast at Tiffany's thing for Halloween once or twice, ladies, have we not? It's a simple solution to a last-minute party invitation. The only problem is that you'll run into at least one other girl with the same costume-- how dreadful!
Why not dress like Holly Golightly in costume? The mask is easy enough to find, and all it requires is a sheath dress in another color and a little mask, and a cute Fred on your arm.
I've got another costume in mind, but because I'm planning on rocking it this weekend and to avoid that whole situation we are avoiding above, I will give you a hint so only the most clever of you foxes will figure it out.
Here are your clues: the movie is not yet released, stars Natalie Portman, and the eyemakeup is the trickiest part.
PS: how much do you want that orange coat? I know I do....
(photo credit & idea via starfish & sundresses)
I met some new friends this morning at Portfolio Creative, a creative staffing agency I'm (honored to be) working with! Just wanted to say hello and welcome them to my little blog!
I love the antler trend in home design. I know it's everywhere now and therefore probably uncool to blog about now, but there is something about antlers paired with feminine details that makes it rustic enough to balance a room. Also, I grew up in Michigan, where hunting is a fun activity everywhere across the state except for my hometown of Ann Arbor.
I like this alternative to the antler trend-- one, I love lucite, and two, because living with a dead animal mounted on the wall just doesn't sit right with me, but I've always wanted a den with a 12-point. I know. It doesn't make sense.
I think it would look good with dark wallpaper-- like this Hygge & West fir wallpaper. The dark tones make the lucite stand out, but is it too over-the-top with the forest theme?
I think it has a sense of humor but I understand when you are spending $500 on a lucite deer head and over $100 a roll on the wallpaper, "humor" might not be the look you are trying to achieve.
(photo credit: A + R Store, also where you can buy me yourself this deer)
