Got the blues!

NYFW Beauty Details

This week was Fashion Week in New York. These were some of our favorite hairstyles, manicures, accessory and make-up ideas. 

Donna Karen - wedges

Rachel Comey - Messy French Twist

Assemly NY - Nails

Derek Lam - Tan Nails

Tory Birch - Messy side fish-tail braid

Caroline Herrera - Sandals

Misc. Meggie

I am an avid internet surfer. I'm always looking for beautiful images or to be inspired because of this I always end up with a MISC. folder of images and ideas that I hope to someday do something with. These images may be fragments of a blog idea I once had that has since disappeared, or just something that made me sigh. So I thought I would dump all of these mis-matched images into a post for everyone to enjoy! 

Outfit Collages!

Polyvore reminds me of being a teenager and creating magazine collage cut outs of all my favorite fashion items. It's a great site for making collages and coming up with outfit ideas! I've arranged some styling inspiration for items we have in the store as well as ideas for mixing and matching.

Meggie San Francsico by laurenjbiggs 

Ombre

While flipping through a magazine I saw a page on how to create "Red & Black Cherry Ombre Lips." It took me a while to warm up to it, but now I'm fascinated. Done well, I think it's quite striking, and as an artist, I love how painterly it looks. This sparked my interest in some other ombre trends...

Ombre Lips

 Ombre Hair

Ombre Shorts

 Ombre Bridesmaid Dresses and Cakes

Embroidery

I have always been a handmade card kinda girl. I love the creative freedom and personalization about it.  For my brother's birthday I thought I would change it up a bit and try sewing him a birthday card:

The making of my (very obviously) first embroidered card was tedious, taking much longer than I expected, and left me with several pricks on my fingers. But it was made with love!

 I was inspired to try embroidering because of these two talented artists:

Izziyana Suhaima

Her works are beautiful combinations of two-dimensional drawings and three-dimensional textiles. A tactile approach to fashion illustration.

Jillian Tamaki

Jillian Tamaki branched out of her norm when she turned her hobby of embroidery into creating book sleeves for these classic novels.

Aren't they gorgeous??

Time to buy some embroidery thread!