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?

 

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."

Emmys 2012 Best Dressed

Its that time again, the Emmy awards. Theres nothing that I love more than a pre award show red carpet. The gowns, hair, makeup & shoes! It’s every girl girls dream.The Emmys did not disappoint tonight. I love that Sarah Hyland helped Georgina Chapman design her custom Marchesa gown, & that Julianne Hough stepped outside her comfort zone and rocked a quite literal mermaid gown, but I have to say I think my pick of the night goes to Leslie Mann I literally paused my Tivo when I saw her, the entire look is FLAWLESS, from the high neck to the pockets, the hair & her turquoise jewelry.. I'm in love. 

Here are my top picks.

Mac Holiday 2012 Collection

"OMG.." "Too Cute" "NEED Everything" are the first three phrases that come to mind after seeing the mac holiday 2012 collection. I have to say normally every year I buy a few sets from the holiday collection for myself & gifts, except last year. 

Last years glitter & ice collection was not my cup of tea to say the very least, but Mac has beyond caught my attention this year. I have a list of just about every set they are coming out with. Not to mention the adorable chevron boxes will sit very pretty on my new vanity (if it ever comes).

Are you ready to see the cuteness? Be sure to have a pen & paper ready because your Christmas list will be starting a bit early this year. You've been warned.. 

Photo Shoot Fun

One of my favorite things to do is style for photo shoots, I love the prepping, making look boards, packing it all up and layering on pieces of clothing and jewelry. For the last photo shoot I worked on I got to take my styling up a notch. We were shooting for the front page of 1happygirl.com and for once I wasn't the model, I was so excited because not only was I styling the clothes for this shoot I got to do hair & makeup as well. I was a bit frazzled because it was so much to do.. But anyone who knows me knows that I am beyond a perfectionist and everything has to be my way..  Sometimes that works against me, but for this shoot it turned out amazing. We worked with the prettiest photographer ever Anya from Michigan (side note, wanted to throw her in as a model for a few shots!) She knew exactly what we wanted to convey and she shot every picture perfectly. We had a 7:30 am call time, and I had to get three girls styled from head to toe literally, I couldn't of got it all done without my wonderfully stylish mom.  I went for a really natural look on Courtney, she has the effortless beauty look. Kristine has a face like mine so doing her makeup was the easiest thing in the world, I stuck with old hollywood look, a darkened crease, defined cheek bones and a bold lip all day. I ended with Olivia and made her look a little more edgy, a darker bronze eye with a slicked back ballerina bun. 

We started shooting homecoming in the morning and went into the fall shoot after lunch. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day, I couldn't of asked for a better team in 98' weather wearing boots & sweaters.

MIA

Yeah.. so they past three months I have been MIA, to say the very least. With two stores and life there wasn't much time to sit down and have alone time, let alone have time to blog. But with fall right around the corner I am so excited to get back into my schedule and doing things that I love. I did put together a collage of some instagram photos from the past three months. Full of arm parties, my vegas trip, baby Gemma, lazy sunday mornings, my cat and the start of packing up my room to redecorate!

I am so excited to redecorate my room! I am going from a hot pink, black & white room, to a more sophisticated cream & neutral bedroom with mirrored accents. 

Modern Day Barbie

Anyone who knows me, knows my love of all things girly. So a year ago when I first saw Emily Maynard on the bachelor I instantly fell into major tv show love. I would literally fast forward through the other dates (lets be honest Brad was a total drip) and just watch when she was on.

 She is a modern day barbie with the best wardrobe around. She shares my love of all things country, sparkly, designer and to top it all off she loves a wrist full of bracelets. So when I first read that she was the bachelorette I squealed with excitement that for another six weeks we got to see her amazing wardrobe choices.

I love that she looks just as great in a tee shirt and jean shorts as she does in a custom Jean Fares ball gown. So yes, basically I have a total girl crush on Emily Maynard and her fashion choices, if only I was nine inches shorter I could raid her closet.. 

Rainbow Stacks

We just got our first shipment of fair trade bracelets in and I am beyond loving them. They are so much fun to mix and match, we took a hour today just going through them trying different combos. Once you start mixing them the possibilities are endless. Here are a few of my favorite stacks. 

These will be hitting the site this week.