I saw these on Bees Knees and just had to share them. They are made by Up, Up on Etsy and can be customized for a personal touch. {Click one the photo to visit item in shop.}
Author Archives: Jenn
{everday beautiful life: i am a greedy girl}
Today we have Caroline of I Am a Greedy Girl as our guest. Her blog is full of bright, unique, fun items she finds. You can see her style and eye for design in her selections. Visit! Just be sure to put your credit cards away before you do. Her site really makes you want to buy stuff.
1.{sleep} This sounds really un-beautiful, but without a very decent amount, I’d be a mess. I love getting in bed each night, plugging my ears and slipping on my sleep mask. Something about it seems so glamorous and is my favorite way to relax.
2. {mail} To me, there’s no better surprise than a good piece of mail. I love getting postcards, from near or from far. And, then there’s the undeniable joy in receiving a package, even if it’s something I knew was on its way.
3. {travel} My wanderlust is going to be the death of me, I swear. If it were possible with our pugs, I’d convince my boyfriend to be homeless for a couple years while we see the world. In the meantime, I’ve got trips in the works. First up, back to Paris and New York. Then i’d really love to see Asia… Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong & beyond.
4. {design} Typography and color. Beautiful design can make my heart skip a beat. That’s really all there is to it.
5. {nail polish} Having fingernails and toenails that pop is an instant pick-me-up. It makes me feel feminine and pulled together when I’m feeling less than beautiful. And lately I’ve been experimenting outside my standard red-only polishes. Green and orange, namely, you know, for the season.
Photographs: 1. Still from Breakfast at Tiffany’s {via} fashion fling, 2. Caroline Duke, 3. Element 62, 4. Gavin Potenza, & 5. Unknown
{Other posts in this series}
+ Frou Frou Fashionista
+ Woolgathering & Miscellany
+ Life in a Venti Cup
+ Coco & Kelley
+ Sweet & Low
+ Design Crush
+ Daydream Lily
+ Concrete & Honey
+ Simply Seductive
+ How to be Sensual at Home
+ 6 Ways to be a Wild Thing
or click on the category at left to enjoy them all.
{soft & worn}
There is something to be said of things soft and worn with age. The most comfortable linens are often ones that have been washed countless times. For years I had a blanket that had once been a comforter, but with 20 years of washes it had taken on a thin, cottonball soft quality. It would be another 10 years before the blanket fell beyond repair.
Photography by Jane Mcleish
{autumn & tartans}
I’ve never really worn tartan, except as part of a school uniform. As of late, I’m seeing tartans in everything from decor to dresses, and am becoming quite fond of them. It was the above photo by Chris Nicholls that sold me on them. Rustic, elegant, and timeless. Autumn is the perfect season to wear them.
I’m taken with this tartan coat from Anthropologie, but as you know, it isn’t appropriate for where I live. I’ll settle for a tartan skirt, or perhaps this vest over a black skirt and some fingerless gloves.
That lovely Nicholls picture also got me thinking of deep reds. It’s the deep red leaves and textiles that appear in this season which gives autumn a richness in my mind. A deep red, different than summer berries or Christmas holly, in warm fabrics, leaves that will soon fall, and perhaps a luxurious fur. If it weren’t for the red, autumn would be a light palette of oranges and yellows – not quite so rich.
And, when the leaves fall, and autumn gives way to winter, what remains are those reds to keep the winter whites and evergreens company.
1. Chris Nicholls, 2. Anthropologie 3. Czech Elle via Fashion Gone Rogue 4. Jacqueline Puoci
{the perfect scale}
Photo {via} listen soft
{bit of beauty: light beams & tea}
Is it me or does the light change when it’s cool out? {Not that it’s cool out here, because it was 98 bloody freakin’ degrees yesterday.} I miss putting my feet on the ground after a night in a warm bed and pulling them back up again out of surprise at the cold floor. I miss walking near a window and feeling cold radiate from the glass. Perhaps it’s my imagination, but I think that the light is softer when it’s cold. I like it best that way.
Photo by Rodney Smith
{fort building contest!}
OMG OMG OMG!!! Booooooom is hosting a Where The Wild Things Are fort building contest! How freakin’ cool is that? You have until Monday October 12, 2009 to build your best fort and submit pictures.
Image {via} Boooooom
{hello, monday}
“Treasure this day and treasure yourself. Truly, never will either happen again.” – Ray Bradbury
{A few post to start your morning…}
+ A very lovely post over at Daydream Lily
+ What make a woman?
+ Rubber ducky, you’re the one…
Photo by Kate Towers
{tgif: indulge}
Happy weekend!!! Do something everyday beautiful, like eating a cupcake out of a teacup or drinking champagne with breakfast.
Photo by Ngoc Minh Ngo
{confession of a shopaholic}
I’ve been trying to behave and not shop. Ok, well at least shop less. I’m a shopaholic, what do you expect? When in buckle down mode, if I do buy anything it’s usually something I can throw on over basics to make an outfit more interesting. In the past these items have been jewelry or shoes, but as of recent, I’ve been snatching up cropped jackets { boleros, shrugs… whatever you want to call them.} I’ve seen an abundance of them, especially at Topshop, like the one below. Now take a look at the picture above. I love her little jacket, which the one below reminds me of. It’s as easy to layer over jeans and a tank as it is over a dress. Plus, they’re almost always under $100, so I can pat myself on the back.
While we’re speaking of shopping… I’ve added an Amazon shop to my blog. If you look at the navigation tabs at the top, you’ll see a Shop tab. For now, that is the {Bits of Beauty} Shop. I’m still adding items and customizing, but it will be filled with everything from my favorite children’s books to Ms. Lola’s picks to photography supplies {polaroids, dianas, holgas, and the like.} Take a browse, won’t you?
Eventually, I’ll probably add multiple outlets like my etsy shop, the amazon shop, and some other handpicked items from other retailers. Check back to see the progress. Not that I’d want to encourage being a shopaholic or anything.
Top photo by Dan Martensen{via} Fashion Gone Rouge