By the light of the moon

Apologies for my extended absence! My last month has consisted of:

-writing my business plan
-other various school projects/presentations/death
-DEX Business Competition in Louisville where I placed in the top 10 for my spring collection for Love, Simone.
-sewing like crazy for the Naked Without Us Emerging Designers Show (*WHICH BY THE WAY is tomorrow night at the Mercy Lounge! 7 PM $10 :)
-other life craziness.

After this weekend, everything should slow down a bit and I will be able to post more regularly.

ALSO, if you live in Nashville, Naked Without Us is also doing a fashion market on Saturday (4/24) outside of Urban Outfitters from 1-4 PM. There will be some great designers selling their wares, a dj spinning some tunes, and specials on wine at The Wine Loft! AND mention Naked Without Us at Urban to receive a 10% discount!

Hope to see you all there! (For a full list of the events for the rest of weekend for Naked Without Us, go here.)

Life in Technicolor

I can't believe this is tomorrow. This show is like my baby, and me along with a few other people at Feedback Clothing have been working on it for months! If you live in the Nashville area you should come out to see a great show filled with awesome local designers like Say Ooh (Colleen Wandel), Valentine Valentine
(Amanda Valentine), and other Nashville favorites like TOM's shoes! AND it's only $5.

Ok, done plugging the show... :)

Well, almost! I will be showing my new Spring pieces for Love Simone Clothing as well

To Grandmother's House We Go!

Some of my most treasured memories growing up are of a place tucked in the woods of southern New Hampshire called Pickity Place. It is a 200 year old house that was used as inspiration for the illustrations of the 1948 version of "Little Red Riding Hood". Today it is not only a quaint museum to the story, but also an amazing place to eat lunch. They have their own herb and vegetable gardens, and beautiful flowers in the summer. They have a set menu for each month, and this month's was absolutely delicious.

I must say, though, that when you're a small child, yummy vegetable laden entrees don't seem so appealing. When my sister and I were younger, we would get Pickity Place's version of a happy meal...Little Red Riding Hood's basket with a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple, and a postcard to send to Grandma. We always showed up in full Little Red attire, with our handmade red cloaks. Our journey to Pickity was always well worth it, even when venturing down the winding roads through the woods (our Mother would scare us with tales of the wolf peering out from the trees watching us).

BUT, I digress a bit. I took pictures of our absolutely delicious 5 course meal of garlic and tomato dip, roasted yellow pepper soup with rice and thyme, a three-bean salad, irish farmhouse bread with chive butter, bacon, ricotta and spinach pastry with broccoli polonaise and a maple fudge bar with orange creme anglaise! I'm getting hungry just thinking about it all...


If you're ever in NH, you must visit (especially in the summer, when you can visit the gardens!)

Boston in Rodarte

On Wednesday night Hannah and I went to Boston to visit some friends. Shane had just gotten a new back drop ("Anthropologie Grey" as he dubbed it) so we decided to have a mini photo shoot. I had just snatched up some of the leftover clearance Rodarte items from Target and was excited to wear the pink tulle blouse! Shane used to come over and take fun pictures all the time in high school, but I always feel awkward in front of the camera. You can probably tell.... :)

You can also see my new haircut fully here! I'm still getting used to it, and I'm working on the best way to wear it curly as well. What do you all think?

By the way...here is the link to Shane's site (He's a great photographer!): Shane Godfrey Photography


My outfits:

Pink Tulle Blouse- Rodarte for Target
Grey Military Jacket- Alice Temperley for Target
Blue Skirt- H&M
necklace- target


Yellow sweater- Rodarte for Target
tank underneath- Target
Pink Tulle Skirt- Rodarte for Target
Black patterned tights ???
Thigh high suede boots- UO (Kimchi & Blue)

Smitten with Sonia

So I am home in New Hampshire on Spring Break for the week. Possibly the last time I will be up in New England for a very long time. My family is moving to Tennessee (very exciting!), but it is surely sad to say goodbye to the house and area I grew up in.

This week I am relaxing, sleeping in late, doing some last minute sewing, reading, and doing some lovely tax free shopping!

I've been partially keeping up with the Fall 2010 shows, but it always seems like such overkill even posting about all the shows I like, because...well, every other blogger out there is doing the same thing. However, I was completely taken with Sonia Rykiel's nude and beige knits. Exactly what I want to wear now...perhaps because I have changed my hair and now feel like changing up my wardrobe (Don't you think brown hair and nude tones look lovely)? And well, I don't feel like waiting for fall to wear any of these things! Now, I say!

OH and don't let me forget the GIANT Pom pom! Someone tell me where I can even find one of these to attach to a headband/clip/some sort of contraption that will make one sit atop my head in the same manner! I'm sensing a rather ambitious DIY..hmm?

Until next week, I am off to watch TV (I don't have cable at my house in Nashville, so this is a real treat!). Tonight, Kell on Earth and Gossip Girl!

Indulgence

Just a peak into my little world


This morning I had leftover Godiva Chocolate Cheesecake and english breakfast tea with extra milk.

Tonight I am going to an Alice in Wonderland party!

A Wee Peek...

at my new hair!

PS please do note the bird's nest headband made by Natalie! I've been wearing it around the store all day :)

Bunnies and Betsey Johnson

Bunny Print dress- Erin Fetherston for Target
(I'm also wearing a white vintage crinoline underneath the dress that gave it a bit of oomph...although it's hard to tell here..)
Glitter Polly Heels- Betsey Johnson
Faux Leather Jacket- Charlotte Russe
Bow- handmade

*The last photo is Natalie on stage wearing all Betsey Johnson, including the sweater tights I bought her for her birthday!


On Saturday I went to a Betsey Johnson fashion show, which my darling Natalie was modeling in! The event was for Harlow Salon's one year anniversary and they did all of the hair and makeup for the show. I fell in love with Natalie's hair and made an appointment with the woman who did hers. I'm getting it done tomorrow night and am feeling a bit fidgety with my hair as of late. Don't be surprised if I post in a few days with an entirely different color and cut of hair! Although it may be too difficult to abandon my fluffy bleached (read: damaged) curls. We shall see....

"I'm fickle as a paper doll"

Last week I finally made up my mind about the pieces I want to create for Spring, and I decided to center them all on this paper doll print fabric. It was one of the fabrics I brought back from my Mother's stockpile in New Hampshire, and is from the early 90s. I put a lime green tulle underneath these, but I think a blue would look lovely underneath as well.

The last photo is of the one of the best cakes I've ever had. My friend Natalie took a fondant class and this is her first masterpiece! I also thought it was inspiring to photograph as it kind of ties into the colors I'm using this spring!

I've had a rough week or so, you know the kind where everything just sort of goes wrong, and you feel like a bit of a failure? Yes. It's no fun at all.. So, here's to a better rest of the week, please!

Fairies & More Tulle

Today I made some more Tulle Bow Bands with this lovely dotted netting my mom found at Textile Fabrics on Franklin Road. I may be headed back there soon to get more. The polka dots are soft and fuzzy.

My favorite part of my bedroom are my fairy lights. Well, they are just round bulb strand lights, but I like to think of them as fairy lights. They give the room the perfect soft lighting for sitting in bed and pondering the future and....the existence of fairies?