I officially love these woven wicker-style bags coming out for spring/summer this year. Every once in a while I’ll find one of these wicker bags hanging out in the bottom of the bag-pile at Goodwill, but it turns out New York bag retailer Galian is offering this style for the coming seasons. Galian’s bags are [...]
It feels like the sun has abandoned us – as summer creeps around the corner for most people, we’re still high-50′s and frigid. I struggle to remind myself that at our latitude, summer doesn’t start until the end of May. Still, while looking forward to summer fun, I’ve been collecting a list of summer favorites [...]
Not having a whole lot of extra spending money, I’m constantly trying to look for ways to update what I have for cheap. I still love the thrill of a purchase, but I have to be very choosy when it comes to what I’m buying. I’m looking for quality items that work with what I [...]
I was at a little fête the other day where girls in beautiful party dresses and fancy hats ate tea sandwiches, chugged champagne, and talked about the finer points of being une femme mystérieuse. We got into the topic of owning Chanel – ever coveted, always a budget killer. I will admit, I own one [...]
I was riding the bus downtown last weekend for lunch and some light window shopping. I had a window seat and a girl sat next to me. It wasn’t anything remarkable, until we passed a little house, with a sign for haircuts out front. The sign said “Haircuts, Men & Women: $40.00″. I was surprised [...]
Again, I found a bunch of lovely vintage inspiration in the Etsy today (and Taste Test is addicting!) – probably because I spend so much time sifting through antiquities (like glass vintage apothecary bottles), looking for oddities and curios. So I made this treasury (click the pic to go to the Treasury Page…) Inspired by [...]
It’s Cyber Shopping week and every retailer has got quite the deal for shoppers; with Christmas around the corner, how could shoppers NOT be interested in great deals. Among all the ruckus, though, it can become hard to find all the signature pieces – that something special for that certain someone. If you look hard, [...]
I was looking at Frye’s boots on Zappos this morning because after the 2 concerts we went to last week, I realized I need something sort of heavy duty for concerts/winter/whatnot. And then I stumbled across these glorious? things - Are they pirate boots? Are they riding boots? I’m feeling a little equestrian swashbuckler, here. (I mean, [...]
The other day a little tidbit came zipping into my inbox about a set of Seattle women making leaps and bounds in local, eco-chic designs. The women of Prairie Underground have quite the list of achievements under their belts and a hip line of northwest couture to back it up. Their past seasons are killer [...]
With the prevalence of private sale sites comes the new way to play – online auctions. They’re not just any old auction, though, making Ebay seem tame. Sites like OohILove are starting to crop up, along with a lot of debate as to whether or not many of these sites are scamming consumers. I’ll admit, [...]
