Smile File-Ask Yourself…
Mmmhmmm… it is that simple. Found on swiss miss. View Post
What I Wore-Neon Pastel?
I would like to introduce you to my new favorite shirt. I thrifted this cutie at Buffalo Exchange on my Treat Yo Self Birthday. This little blouse is getting a lot of love from the co-workers, the homies annnd the BF (you know they don’t always agree!). I have been wearing it a whole lot and I see myself wearing it in the future because it’s quite seasonless to me, which is a huge bonus. When I bought this blouse… View Post
I Heart the Internet
Words for Your Week: “A labor of love always pays off!” Scott Belsky found on swiss miss Well hello! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had a super duper relaxing weekend, which felt like such a treat! Now it’s Monday and time to share some reasons I hearted the internet last week. Enjoy, friends. Above, I have a new hardcore girl crush-the effortlessly charming Emma Stone. Take a look at some of her best looks here.… View Post
Guest Post: Eco-Chic at the Beach by Susan of Instyle Swimwear
Susan is a blogger at Beauty and the Beach, a swimwear blog by InStyleSwimwear.com. For more information about their styles and brands, visit them today! To celebrate the first days of summer and all of those sunny beach trips to come, I couldn’t think of a more appropriate post than one on Vitamin A Swimwear and Melissa Shoes—two of my favorite eco-conscious beach-chic brands! Both Vitamin A and Melissa Shoes are doing some pretty amazing things when it comes to… View Post
Consciously Trending…Shoes…Lots of Shoes
Oy vey friends! I told you I was in my friend’s wedding a couple of weeks ago (here). One of the requirements for my bridesmaid attire was silver shoes which I did not have. I wanted to buy them ethically but I was in a pinch because of course I procrastinated and made myself a tight deadline. Well, I hit my local thrift stores and found way more than what I was looking for…eep! You can see the actual reason… View Post
Smile File-Tweets from SPACE!
No this is not a Kanye West crazy tweet this is literally tweets from space! Astronaut flight engineer Soichi Noguchi has been tweeting images from flipping space! I mean probably the coolest thing ever ever ever!!! Unbelievably awesome…kind of makes me feel like the pictures of my new shoes on instagram are not so cool, lol. For the record! The first tweet from space was in 2010. Follow the space journey @Astro_Soichi on twitter. Found on swiss miss and… View Post
I Heart the Internet
Words for Your Week: “We often feel paralyzed by choice and make no choice. But the thing is, no choice is a choice. If you’re not doing something about it, you’re doing something about it.”– Chris Guillebeau found on swissmiss Hello friends…whoo hoo almost officially summer! Can you believe it??! I certainly can NOT! I love the quote above because it reminds me that if there is something I don’t like about my life it is up to me and… View Post
Last Minute Father’s Day Gifts
Tomorrow is Father’s Day friends and in case you are scrambling to find the right gift for the dads in your life I didn’t want this weekend to pass by without giving you some last minute gift ideas…because sadly that is how I gift typically. Labeling Love My dad is not a “stuff” kind of guy. So I love the idea of getting his favorite treats and labeling the crap out of them!! The above are all FREE printables (because… View Post
What I Wore-I’m a Winner!
So friends, I told you about my deep affection for the ASOS Africa collection here (well and here and here too) and how my favorite dress in the collection sold out in just 2 short weeks. But(!) thank you 2012 because I tweeted the folks at SOKO Kenya, the fair trade cooperative where the ASOS Africa collection is made (you can read about them here) and was disappointed to hear that they weren’t making more of my dress :(. However… View Post
Smile File-Adventuring Food
Omigosh literally mouth agape when I saw these plates on 1 Design per Day. Boguslaw Sliwinski new series of ceramics above are called Sport Plates. I love that it takes your food on an adventure! So fun! And not the only fun designs from Sliwinski. Check out Transportion Plates… Also Slwinski’s FaceOn4 plate provides endless possibilities :). Hmmmm, I’m hungry now. View Post
I Heart the Interent
Words for Your Week: “How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being? “ Oscar Wilde found on Fashion Nette-Work I think this quote hits it right on the money! I want to shout this quote on the rooftops! Remember you are awesome and you should be treated as such…just sayin’ ;). Now friends! Here are some of the reasons I hearted the… View Post
What I Wore-OVER It!
So friends, this is a little different kind of What I Wore situation. I was nearly deleting these pictures all together because like I feel every blogger I choose the pictures I feel best in and truthfully these pictures made me feel less than that. But instead I’ve decided to confront and confess all these silly little things that didn’t make me feel great about these pictures. Gawsh, now this is not a pity party this is a party to… View Post
Smile File-Color Queen!
How fun is this?!?! 2012 marks 60 years of her majesty’s monarch and to celebrate Vogue studied the queen’s outfits over a year and made this chart of Queen Elizabeth’s journey in color. You can read more about the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee here. Also worth a read on Vogue-“The Queen’s Changing Fashion.” View Post