no, i still havent found an outfit for my upcoming bachelorette party... but i have continued on the unintended path of finding perfect items completely out of budget. todays heart-breaker is a $195 ...
front door decoration i made for my "super burger time" hamburger party using construction paper. lightning bolts courtesy of my husband.
some truly wonderful friends are throwing me a fancy dress bachelorette party in a few weeks and i am searching high and low for the perfect outfit- on a teeny weeny budget. but wait a sec! hold the ...
fashion is currently boring me and i find, i am all about music currently. so be it! im very excited about the new upcoming yelle album and decided to share her minimix of the first single, la musiqu...
i could totally explain my long absence and assure you it wont happen again, but who am i kidding? just thought id pop in and share whats inspired me this week- condensed into this lovely song and a ...
as promised, i am now introducing my new weekly feature, literary outfits. i pick a book and find clothes that come pretty close to replicating the mood. please bear with me while i figure out this p...
i think i mentioned that i volunteered for a local crafts organizations super sale back in early may?? yeah, totally did. anyway, i found a few crafter/artisans in attendance that really blew my sock...
im busy, busy, busy as usual but wanted to take a second to share with you whats been inspiring me this week... washi tape! i used three different tapes, pictured at the right, to package this order ...
a few weeks ago i sat down and wrote out a huge, long draft for a post about combatting a lack of inspiration in ones life. i wrote it because i had been dealing with it myself these past five months...
today i want to share with you, dear readers, the portland treasure that is grey anne. it was my husbands co-worker (also named anne) who threw an easter party and brought in grey anne for dinosaur t...
my friend bethany lives in california and is involved with a no cage, no kill six acre animal sanctuary and cat shelter in parlier, CA called The Cat House On The Kings. The Cat House has hit hard ti...
check out my etsy shop for new spring cabbage rose & liberty rose accessories! cabbage rose hair fascinator with lemon beadscabbage rose hair fascinator with teal beadsliberty rose with baby blue...
i have been contemplating a post about these so-called "bandals" for a few weeks now and after my friend genevieve requested my opinion on them yesterday, i found i can no longer ignore this footwear...
for a good portion of my "grown up" life i have wished and wished for a signature scent. any of you who have ever picked up a fashion magazine will be all too familiar with that phrase as it's an ide...
my computer has been in and out of the shop all this month, and it's looking like it'll have to go back in on thursday so i thought i'd better update while i can!one of my favorite nail varnish brand...
and just when i thought i was up and blogging again after my winter hiatus- my computer lands itself in the shop for nearly 7 days! but it's back and seems to be working well so stay tuned, my loveli...
just in case you doubted my trend calling abilities, see this article here sent to me by abtArcade friend and fan, ruth albert of indiana, about the macaroon. photo by kyle sampertonnot only have i b...
i'm back to wrap up my spring trend predictions. if you'll recall, yesterday i said it really boils down to two words: color and sparkle. well, i think you'll agree we covered color so let's move on ...
well life just keeps coming, keeping me mucho busy... but fear not, i haven't forgotten about you, dear readers! as promised, i am here to regale you with my trend predictions for spring 2010. in jus...
wow, can it really be that i haven't had time to update at all this month?? quell horreur! i guess the saying "time flies when you're having fun" is true, though i would argue i've just been uber bus...
if there's one thing i will never understand or embrace, it's the poncho. poncho's have caused great consternation in my life and it's very heartening to me that they seem to have gone the way of the...
i don't admit to it often, but one of my favorite films is jason segel's 'forgetting sarah marshall'. sure, i regularly list my favorite films as 'dear wendy', 'being there' and 'the shining'- all of...
i have another super busy day ahead of me but i wanted to pop in and share one of my recent style inspirations with you. her name is marissa and she and i have been internet friends for a quite few y...
it's been a little while, huh? i've been super busy working on projects and dealing with family stuff so i haven't had time to write in what feels like forever! i'm pretty busy the rest of the week b...
my husband reported for jury duty yesterday and took the bus home in the freezing cold & dark. knowing just how cold he'd be when he got home- nearly two hours later than usual- i set up a mini-b...
i am very much not an xmas person. about a week before, i'll excitedly decorate the house (cos i love decorating the house!), bake some cookies, drink some cocoa made from actual milk (well, hemp mil...
i hope you all had a great weekend! here in portland, we've woken up to super frigid conditions. after driving my husband downtown for jury duty earlier this morning, i've yet to warm back up- even w...
the year was 1997-ish and i was working at backstage music & video in seattle's ballard shopping district. if you're familiar with the area at all, it's back when ballard was home to elderly scan...
on a whim just now i logged into an old email account that has been inaccessible to me for most of the year- for reasons completely unknown to me. lo and behold, it let me in! after slogging through ...
i've only been married for three years but my husband and i dated for six years before tying the knot so i know how difficult it can be to shop for a male loved one. sometimes i think my husband is t...
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