Designs · For the Home

Top It Off

Over the years I have noticed that there are trends in work that comes my way. It’s a rather fascinating sort of movement. How is that all my clients are in need of roman shades at the same time? Are there little signals being sent out to us in the world that we all need… Continue reading Top It Off

Designs · For the Home

The One With The Dumpster Sofa

I did not technically do any dumpster diving to get this settee, none the less, I still retrieved it from the side of a dumpster. I can only imagine that the Dumpers were too tired after a day of cleaning out to actually heave the settee into said dumpster. To them, I offer my eternal… Continue reading The One With The Dumpster Sofa

Designs · Fashion

Skirt Fandom

I am probably a little too excited to share this project with you today! Bear with me. I love my college alma mater. I always have. Prior to attending and post graduation, I have held my Ragin Cajuns dear to my heart. The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is not the flagship school of Louisiana,… Continue reading Skirt Fandom

Fashion

How to Customize Your Clothes

Today’s post is about re-envisioning items you see in the store. I find I do this a lot, with a lot of things that I buy. So, I thought I would share some of my ideas for the next time you you see something you like, but isn’t quite right. This is a dress I found a few… Continue reading How to Customize Your Clothes

Fashion

1 Dress, Styled Day to Night

It is a personal goal of mine to wear only one outfit per day. I hate the idea of having to change and dirty another outfit for just a few hours of wear. Most likely, I will spill something on myself in those few hours. Removing the possibility of re-wearing that outfit. This is just my… Continue reading 1 Dress, Styled Day to Night

For the Home

Home Project- Turning a Workspace into a Fashionable Piece of Furniture

  This weekend I got crafty. Not that that is unusual, as being crafty is kind of my profession. I should amend this statement to, I got crafty for a personal project! Always exciting, as I rarely get to make something for myself. Doesn’t the saying go, “The cobbler’s children have no shoes”? With the… Continue reading Home Project- Turning a Workspace into a Fashionable Piece of Furniture

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Get it if your Gut gets it- learning to trust your instinct for personal style

  We all know that feeling of buyer’s remorse. That instant gut wrenching regret of purchasing something we know we shouldn’t have. Today, let’s talk about trying not to do that anymore. I have previously mentioned trusting your gut as one of the three tips on creating personal style, but a Saturday spent binge shopping inspired me to expand… Continue reading Get it if your Gut gets it- learning to trust your instinct for personal style

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Buy what you Love & Love what you Buy.

Today I want to focus on my favorite tip to give people who are having trouble making decisions. Here it is people, buy what you love. Focus your energy and dollars on buying things that you love. Few of us have extra time and money to go around searching for things and debating over decisions. So… Continue reading Buy what you Love & Love what you Buy.

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It’s my birthday, I’ll wear a dress if I want to

I find my birthday apparel decisions to be on theme with the idea of personal style. For the past several years I have made it a point to wear either a dress or a skirt on my celebratory day of birth. My birthday usually marks the first day of summer. Which means it is ridiculously… Continue reading It’s my birthday, I’ll wear a dress if I want to

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How to develop your personal style

I find a lot of people are overwhelmed with the idea of creating a personal style. This applies to how you dress, you decorate, your overall visual presentation to the world. The idea that people shy away from expressing themselves makes me a little sad. A lot of times they look to mainstream concepts and… Continue reading How to develop your personal style