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If you didn't catch it on the Bust blog yesterday, here is my outfit from the craftacular. I "bought" this dress at Beacon's Closet {with store credit} last weekend and figured that this was the perfect place to wear it. It's a re-worked african print robe from Zachary Smile's White Label. I love how this little crochet apron was the perfect little topper and suitable for a crafty crowd. I did have to walk a few blocks to get us some lunch over at S'nice and got a few stares on the way but hey, this is New York! People are cookie so as long as I kept my head up and walked like I was a lady on a mission, no one really commented. Oh just don't mind the bandaged finger in that last picture. I had a little accident on Friday night that made me think I might've had to test out the hospitals here in Brooklyn, which frankly, scares the heck out of me, but turns out a few closure strips, some bactene and bandaids is all that was needed. I have a new give...

Women's Fashion Tips - 4 Steps to Put Together a Great Outfit By Ariel Liberman Are you getting tired of your wardrobe and need to spruce things up a bit? Maybe you already have some nice items in your wardrobe but just can't seem to put a great new outfit together. There are a few things you can keep in mind when trying to put a new outfit together. First of all, you want to be organized so you can see what sort of clothes you have to work with in your closet. Then, you want to find a main article of clothing to base the rest of the accessories around. This article of clothing should be something that accentuates your best features. Lastly, you want to be creative. If you want to put together a great outfit, you have to start off by organizing your closet. You can do this by color coding your closet. Simply put all dark colors together and all lighter colors together. You should separate skirts, from dresses, sweaters, clubwear, and pants. If you don't own many dresses, or...

Ok, still no vacation pictures but you get to see my brand new...tan! I think this is the first time in a very long time that I actually have a tan... that did not come from a bottle . I did play it safe by slathering an SPF 50 from morning until late afternoon but the sun was so strong that I still managed to get some color on these pasty legs of mine. So in lieu of this fabulous healthy glow {ok, i'm just bragging now} I decided to forgo the tights for today. I could've gone with so many colors in order to play up this black & white dress but instead used my trusty red cardigan for a mod look. Outfit: dress}Karta, via Delightful Dozen swap cardigan}Zara Shoes} Arturo Chiang, thrifted via Beacon's

{Little red shoes} Yup, you guessed it more pictures from the weekend. As you can tell, we had a really gorgeous one! On Sunday a bunch of us got together and hit up the Brooklyn Bowl for an afternoon of bowling fun. I must say, I beat all of them with my awesome bowling skills and looked stylish doing with with my vintage bowling shoes from Japan. Yes, I take bowling a little seriously. But anyways, before leaving the house, Veronika worked a little magic with my hair and did this beautiful french braid side up do thingy. I like. Now if she can only come back to NYC whenever I'm having a bad hair day... I was planning on having a few more posts up for this weekend, but unfortunately time is not on my side and packing for Bahamas took a little longer than expected. So with that, I wish you all a good weekend and I'll be back on Monday, hopefully with some pictures from our trip! Outfit: dress}c/o Modcloth purse}thrifted belt}thrifted shoes}c/o Modcloth

I can't believe that it's already Sunday night and I'm just now getting to write this post. This weekend went by a little too fast and I only got to about half of the things I wanted to do. I'm glad, however, that I had time to take these pictures this morning before anything else. We discovered this red wall by just crossing the street and walking a few doors down from where we live. This dress is making the Delightful Dozen rounds and comes from the Online shop, Ruche {which just so happens to be my newest sponsor}. I love the collar detailing which gives the dress an ultra feminine feel. The polka dots are just plain cute too. I wanted to pair it with some fun tights, and these blue ones seem to go well with this denim vest. I really feel like you can pair any color with a block and white combo and never go wrong. Am I right? Anywho, you can keep track of what's going on with the Delightful Dozen on our blog . We're doing regular {almost daily} posts as well ...

Well you can't see it in these pictures but my hair has gone from unrully to just plain ridiculous. I haven't had time to get in  a proper appointment at a salon like I've been planning on doing for the past...what's it been two, three weeks now? but fear not I scheduled one in for next weekend. This top knot has been my go-to one too many times these past few weeks. I haven't been to see a professional in a very long while as some you you will remember this story that changed my whole outlook on professional haircutting. The reason why I now feel like I need to get it done  "expertly" is because i'm trying to let it all grow out to normal status {as in, not rockstar hair} for my sister's wedding in June. I still haven't dyed it, bringing that count up to 6 months now. I've got some pretty gnarly roots growing in but I'm hoping that a proper cut can rectify that situation. I can safely say that my whole fringe is now 100 % my original ...

What accessories to wear with cocktail dresses Author: zaarah Women mostly donned cocktail dresses in the evenings to graceful events or special evening events. Although still regarded as formal-wear, several ladies have been using this dress in several ways. Late afternoon and early evening gatherings and events have become perfect venues to wear these dresses. You should choose a cocktail dress that appears stylish. You must make sure that it's stylish for your body type. When going to a formal dinner, there is no outfit more suitable than a cocktail dress for ladies. And with some adornment and additional accessories, the dress will look even good. These are some useful ideas which will show you the best way to dress up your dress, and look dazzling when you go out in it. Earrings: A cocktail dress is the ice cream, and in order to complete the sundae, you want great jewelry. A pair of dazzling drop earrings goes well with a cocktail dress. Choose earrings which feature gemston...

{Coffee with milk} This dress, making the D12 rounds belongs to Annie from Time Enough for Drums . I'm so in love with it. It's easy fitting and cute peter pan collar was so easy to style that I wish I owned more dresses like this. It's also loose fitting to hide that "winter weight" I've been wearing my hair up a lot more since the multiple layers and scarves have been turning the hair at the nape of my neck into one big dreadlock. I'm sure i'm not the only one that gets this but it's really annoying when I only realize this halfway thru the day and the back of my head looks like one big clumpy mess. Has anyone even figured out how to avoid this? Please help me. Outfit: dress}Zara, via Delightful Dozen swap cardigan}kensie booties}c/o Dusty Rose Vintage 

{Blue & Grey} How many layers does it take to create an outfit? Well, let's count shall we? dress, skirt (worn under dress), top, tights, scarf, boots. Done. Well, it doesn't sound like a lot but when you're dressing in the morning it sure feels like a lot. I wore this on Friday as I thought it was a very "day to night" look. I was meeting friends after work so I wanted to make sure that I wouldn't have to come home afterwards. On those kinds of days I always try to wear black. As you know, Black os not one of my go-to colors so yes, I consciously make an effort. Well, here's my second remix of the year with these items worn in the past. I'm still in the process of cleaning out my closet so my "no new buy" ban has been as easy as ever. Well, except for when I was shopping on Saturday with my guy and wandered into UO. I'm proud to say that I walked out empty handed. I didn't even try anything on. Now that's will power. ( I use ...

{A feather in your hair} Another outfit from last week. There's a few things I want to talk about about concerning this outfit: 1. The feather headband was a gift from Elizabeth from Delightfully Tacky . A few of us Delightful Dozen girls decided to do a little Secret Santa exchange and funny enough, Elizabeth and I had each other! I sent her a cute pink knitted headband and she sent me 2 of these amazing feather headbands. The colors of this one matched my outfit just perfectly. You can see what the other ladies received in their exchanges, on our facebook page, here . 2. This dress was sent to me from lulus.com . They were nice enough to contact me to see if there was anything I'd like to try from their site. After much deliberation I chose a few great pieces. This dress is great because of the long sleeves. Such a sucker for longer sleeves!It also has a great back V shape which makes it feel ultra feminine. In order to not freeze these days I've been doubling up on tight...

{My Little Heart} Sorry for my blogging absence but I had to scramble and get everything packed on Friday and try and figure out how to move up my flight home from Wednesday to Saturday all the while, making sure that I had all of my Christmas shopping done. I flew to Ottawa on Saturday, then had to drive 5 hours to where my extended family live, and then drove back on Monday night! Phewww, I'm exhausted! Today I managed to coerce my sister to take some outfit pictures while Quinn was resting with Grandma, or Mamie is what she'd rather be called. I picked up this dress the day before leaving, as H&M is having  crazy good sale right now! I just couldn't resist even though I promise myself not to buy anything for me during the Holidays. But this dress was $10. Really! I think I'm going to go through with my "Buy Nothing New" challenge in the New year. I'll elaborate on all of my rules in another post closer to the year end but it'll basically involve...

{The Dress that was Never worn} Around this time last year, the ladies behind Rodarte came out with their coveted Target line. And just like (mostly) everyone else, I wanted a piece, literally. I made my way to the pop-up shop over in the meatpacking district, stood in line, marked the style and size I wanted on the order pad and that was it. The dress was mine. One year later, I finally rip off the tags. How sad right? It's taken me a full year to decide how I wanted to wear this dress. It wasn't until I saw my fellow D12 (Delightful Dozen, NOT Slim Shady's crew) blogger friend, Beatrice , wear hers as a skirt as part of her Dressember pledge (she's wearing a dress everyday for the month of December! ) that I thought I should really try it out. I paired it with this vintage printed angora sweater and toughened it up with my black tights and Seychelles Romance booties. Done and done. No more guilty unworn items in the closet. This whole issue kind of brings me to think...

{If it doesn't snow} I think I'm finally getting back into my regular routine of taking outfit pictures in the mornings and hopefully sticking to a regular blogging schedule. I know that once the Holidays hit (as if they haven't already) it'll all be thrown off course again. Oh well, let's just try to get through this week right? I got this dress from Modcloth and was so happy when it arrived! Remember when I said that most of my clothes aren't season appropriate? Well, let's just add this to the pile shall we? I thought pairing it with thick tights and boots would kind of balance it out but I think it'll need to be stored away until the Spring. it's a good thing that I'm going to be up in Canada in a couple of weeks since I can stock up on chunky sweaters, thicker skirts, and possibly a cute   (but warm) coat at Value Village. That is, if I have the time. I love going to VV as a lot of the clothing I find is all made in Canada and super well ma...