Arm Parties

Anyone who knows me could tell you about my love of bracelets. For as long as I could remember I have been a bracelet girl, everyone has their thing, my one friend Lisa only wore dainty necklace, my friend Carrie always had rings on and me it's always been bracelets upon bracelets. The more the merrier, I say stack, layer and try every combo each day. I love the term 'arm party' because each day when I look at my wrist I get excited to see some of my favorite pieces layered up.

Here are a few recent arm parties we featured at the store.

Are you a bracelet girl?

 

A Little Bit Of Love

For the past five days I have been on a much needed vacation with my mom, dad and animals. I packed up my most comfortable clothes, good books and every apple product I own.. bad I know, I can't live a day without my iPad or iPhone. But being on this little vacation has made me appreciate the little things again. Without all of the hustle and bustle of being at the store and working 24/7 I have had time to sit down and take a breather, read books and sleep! I feel refreshed, like I can hit the ground running when I head back to Chicago.

Wildfox Kids In America

My love of Wildfox is known, If I could live in baggy beach jumpers and Lennon Sweaters I would.

 Wildfox makes the most insanely comfy, quirky & cute clothes & on their facebook page today they had their spring / summer lookbook.. I died. Kids in America! Hello, 1995 amazing Cher Horowitz, white jeep wrangler, knee socks and huge flip phones. Every girl who grew up in the 90's needs at least one piece from this collection.. and Cher's rotating closet..

-side note ( one of my all time favorite movies is Clueless a close second after Almost famous. )

What's your favorite Cher moment? 

"As If"

"Isn't my house classic? The columns date all the way back to 1972"

"So, this flannel thing. Is that a nod to the crispy Seattle weather, or are you just trying to stay warm in front of the refrigerator?"

"Wasn't my mom a total Betty? She died when I was young. A freak accident during a routine liposuction."

Bedroom Nook

One of my favorite parts of my bedroom is this lingerie chest nook. I ended up using it to store Jewelry, but I love the way that it turned out. 

I found the mirrored chest at Home Goods & I loved that it has beveled mirrors instead of flat like you normally see, and it has vintage wood mixed in.

Accessorizing this chest was one of my favorite parts of re-doing my bedroom. It all started with my Chanel No 5 Print that I bought Off Etsy. After that I took a few of the pieces I had in my old room and mixed them in with a few new finds. Like the Crystal Art Deco table lamp. I fell in love with the clawed feet on the bottom and the lamp shade was the perfect compliment to the new wall color. The trinket box is an item from my old room that I knew had to come with me to this one, it has crystal and pearl accents and on top is a zipper bow, all of my favorite things wrapped into one cool piece. The coffee table books were gifts from my mom, my love of Chanel is very prominent in my room. The frame is something I had just added the other day I found it in a box in our garage, It has vintage pins and earrings on the top and I added a cream Love Letter paper in it to follow my black, cream and white theme. My new favorite hair accessory is out because I wore it last night, but I thought it went with what was going on so I think I will leave it there for awhile.

What's your favorite part of your bedroom?

Resolutions

2013! This past year has flown completely by, I know we all say that every year but I feel like I blinked and 2012 was over.  I have never really made resolutions before, they have never been something I put any thought into, but this year I want to accomplish so many things so I thought why don't I make resolutions and really try to stick to them.

1. Make Me Time - I find myself working 24/7 literally and I rarely will sit down and just do anything that doesn't in some way have something to do with work.

2. Read Books & Magazines - I have a stack of three months of magazines sitting on my dresser that I have neglected and a list of books I want to read.

3. Take Off Chipped Nail Polish - This is a big one for me because the day a nail would chip I used to take all my polish off and give myself a fresh coat, 2012 was filled with a week of fully chipped nails. NOT happening in 2013.

4. Blog - Make time to blog, on here and for the store. I always felt like I never had anything worth saying or anything time to do it.

5. Eat Good - Not even just eat healthy, but I find that if I'm busy during the day I will skip two meals, I want to be able to sit down and actually enjoy food not just stuff my face one time a day.

6. Enjoy The Little Things - The past year I think I took people, time and opportunities for granted. I do not want one moment to go by with out enjoying it. 

7. Take Pictures - I have so many cameras / devices that take pictures and I never take pictures, one day I am going to wish that I had pictures from those special days and now I am going to have them.

8. Keep Organized - I actually stuck to this pretty good the past year, so this is just a reminder to keep a clean room, closet and WRITE everything down (appointments, dates ..).

9. Buy Less Lip Products - Haha this is one totally for my mother and my wallet, I do not know why but it seems that ANY store I walk in whether it be Target, Sephora, Ulta, Walgreens, Jewel .. That I NEED to buy a new lipgloss or lipstick I do not have any more space in my vanity or handbags for them so I am really going to try to limit myself and use up some of the ones I have.. this will probably be the hardest to keep!

10. Sleep - I have had so many nights that I stay up staring at the ceiling or watching half a season of TV shows on netflix, I want to actually try to get a normal sleep schedule this year.

Now I know not many people keep up with their resolutions, but I am really going to try my hardest this year because these all seem so easy when I look at them, but I neglected each and everyone last year. So here is to an AMAZING 2013, filed with Happiness, Friends, Memories & of course some Glitter!