Category: Style

funky hand made jewelry

keep calm

I met some ladies last week who made the trip to Nashville, Tennessee for BlissDom {a social media conference} completely worth the plane ride.  Two of these ladies were introduced to me the day before the conference actually started, and it’s like we’re sisters from another mother. April let me root around in a plastic bag until I found just the right piece of jewelry in the perfect color, which happened to be a grey ‘Keep Calm and Carry On‘…
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tween fashion on Hollywood Boulevard

I’m a day late, a dollar short, the house is messy, and my father-in-law is still in town. I can’t win today. However, I do have a cute photo of Precocious’ outfit to bide you over. We were in L.A. last week? The week before? I don’t know. We were in L.A. at some point this month for an event with Jennifer Garner that I’ll post about as soon as the swelling in my hands goes down. Not even kidding…
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What’s in Your Purse Week Thirty One

whats in my purse

This week’s What’s in Your Purse Series Purse is from Jan from Aerograms from Jan, a Canadian Expat living in Ireland.  I want to be like her when I grow up.  Thanks Janice! Purse – I lusted after this black leather Coach bag (model 9326) for years since I first met my best mate Marie back in 2003. When Marie retired hers from regular usage, I sneakily picked one up on eBay and it’s been my best mate ever since…
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12 hour lipcolor

You guys, this 12 hour lipcolor from L’Oreal is off. the. hook. Please to enjoy.

wedding attire

wedding attire

Hello all. This post will be brief. I’m in the middle of attending and speaking at a social media design conference called Alt Summit, and in an effort to stay upright {literally, I’m almost flat on my face with tired at this point} I’m not going to post again until Monday. However, I wanted to show you the outfit I wore to our friend’s wedding on Monday. It’s my favorite wedding attire so far. Dress: Shabby Apple Tights: Nordstrom, Brass…
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how to: look less tired with make-up

makeup brushes

***REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES*** Would you like to know how I fool people into thinking I get a full night of sleep?  I totally trick them with makeup. Watch this quick video tutorial on how to brighten your eyes with a little makeup trick that I learned from the pros.

photo shoot in Park City, Utah

magazine photo shoot

In order to make everyone in the photo shoot in Park City, Utah I worked on this week look good, I had 7 boxes of clothes, 11 pair of shoes, a clothes rack, a clothes steamer, and a stylist kit. I took up residence in a hotel room at the Waldorf Astoria where we were shooting and promptly filled up the entire room with detritus.  I steamed clothes in the bathroom inbetween having models change outfits, and laid out collages…
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What’s in Your Purse: Week Thirty.

handmade purse

This week’s What’s in Your Purse Series purse is from Leslie Hatch.  Thanks Leslie! If you’d like to submit your purse, {and I’d really really love it if you did} please send me two GOOD photos of your purse: one of the inside, one of the outside along with a listing of the contents to allisonATpetitelefantDOTcom My purse is not usually so neat. The reason it is this time is because I recently switched out my things. So throw in…
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winter hats

hats

I’m talking about winter hats today on BabyCenter.  Have no fear, you can still look 10 kinds of adorable wearing a winter hat. Swearsies.