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Do you ever get the house “blahs”?

I am currently in a “hate relationship” with my house.

I’m looking for ideas to add some life to my white walls and wooden accents.

I’ve recently taken to looking at “home blogs” to compliment the personal style and lifestyle blogs that fill my google reader.

What are your favourites?

After a recommendation from Sarah Trainor, I’ve started devouring Young House Love.

Do you ever end up purchasing “How To” books? Or “inspiration” books done by the authors of your favourite blogs?

I’m thinking about these and heading to Indigo to get one.

I’ve had great success with books by Cupcakes and Cashmere as well as What I Wore.

Let me know!

xo

B

If you’re interested in fashion and style blogs, you’ve noticed that glitter + nail polish is kind of a big deal right now.

Here are two recent examples from Cupcakes and Cashmere: Sparkled Apricot Nails, Mermaid Nails showing off her use of glitter on her nails.

{ Photo by me, from this post }

My favourite arts and crafts store is having a major sale this Thursday & Friday. They’re offering their Martha Stewart 24 packs of glitter and glitter glue for 40% off*.

*This bring the cost per package down to $17.99

If you’re not interested in purchasing 24 colours of glitter, give me a call! I’d gladly lend you mine if you want to give it a try!

xo!

As an avid blog reader, I tend to make a “to do” list quite often after reading Cupcakes and Cashmere. Emily Schuman’s blog has it all – delicious eats, drool worthy outfits and home decor worth putting in a magazine.

A few weeks ago she posted a cute little manicure featuring GLITTER and I had to try it.

{ Photo by Emily Schuman }

When scrolling through her post I found a use for the glitter I had purchased at Christmas time on a major sale.

{ I think this glitter pack – featuring 25 colours – was $12.99 (Regular $29.99) }

Along with my helper, I panted my fingers Chanel’s “Pearl Drop” and topped off my ring finger with Martha Stewart’s “Verdelite”.

{ Tobin Sprout, helping by laying on top of everything }

{ Chanel’s “Pearl Drop” complete with cat fur }

{ The finished product }

Lessons Learned:

I think in the future I would use a darker polish and a lot more glitter. Emily’s instructions included a paint brush… I didn’t use one. I simply put a bit more polish on the top and sprinkled the glitter over it.

Have you tried anything like this? Tell me about it!

Hey friends. After looking at this mess for the past month, I decided to do something about it while Adam is out of town.

Taking cues from Emily Schuman (Cupcakes and Cashmere) I decided to simplify.

{ What do you think? }

{ Guitar by Two Autumns Ago (Jordan&Amy Stewart). Adam playing guitar by Erin Kelly. Me+Ryan (Self portrait). }

{ Necklace (left) by S’NOB. Necklace (right) by Darling Dilemma. }

{ I purchased this white platter from the dining room sale section of Winners for $5. }

{ Earrings hanging on the mini jewel tree by ESquared. Gold earrings in the small bowl by Kelly Framel. }

{ The small bowls are from a local potter. They’re perfect for rings, bobby pins and earring studs. }

{ black pearl ring by Sarah Gautreau, gold bolt ring by Marc by Marc Jacobs, silver rings by Jeneca Klausen }

{ These black boxes were purchased for $5 each from Winners. The bottoms have a beautiful white pearl look to them. }

{ Nail polish all by Chanel. Purple tulip candles from Urban Almanac in Fredericton (gifted by my friend Lisa) }

The next thing on my “to tackle” list is a method to store my necklaces. Do you have any ideas?

My favourite bloggers have already posted the beginnings of their Christmas gift guides!

**Image from Cupcakes and Cashmere

**Image from The Glamourai

(Click through to view either)

Does anyone know of “man blogs”? I need to know where you can get gift ideas for the men in your life? I mean really. Boys are impossible.

I think I’ll be working on a few individual posts for Christmas ideas for the ladies in your life. I’ll be placing a spotlight on shops like Je Suis Prest Boutique, Perfumes Plus, Silver Daisy Designs, among others in the Uptown.

You know, I post about blogs I’m in love with quite often… but I don’t think I’ve even given Emily from Cupcakes & Cashmere a fair recommendation.

Her blog is (understatement) BEAUTIFUL. She is a decorator, cook and, well, model!

I’ve taken a lot of ideas for my new apartment directly from hers. This one (click) is my next endeavor. I can’t wait to have my necklaces on display!

Wish me luck!

(And don’t forget to add Emily to your list of daily reads!)

I get a lot of e-mails… probably 55 a day. Most of them are from online shops trying to entice me in to buy something! Sometimes the e-mails work… here’s are a few examples.

Find your ideal Chanel mascara on their website

Win a Marc by Marc Jacobs sweater dress at the Outnet

Shop from Emily (Cupcakes and Cashmere) and Kelly’s (The Glamourai) picks at Forever21!

And them when you buy them – enjoy free shipping!

Friend Shabby Apple on Facebook and win a free dress!

Beth Ditto’s new line launches today at Evans. Do you remember her last line? I die.

Spring has added more selection to their “extra 30% off” Sale! Plus – Free Shipping all weekend if you find something you can’t live without!

Enjoy 20% off and $5 shipping at American Eagle all weekend.

Pre-order BB Dakota’s Holiday collection on Modcloth

(Or wait and buy it next month from Kiera!)

And there you have it!
Have a good weekend! Hopefully I’ll be able to wrap my head around New York Fashion week to post about it next week.
FYI: The Rodarte Collection was IN-SANE. I’m dreaming about it.

NYMag.com is one of my favourite blogs to read on the internet. I’m not sure why – maybe because they seem to have the latest gossip first? Man, I love gossip.

Emily from Cupcakes & Cashmere shared a new shopping tool online that she helped edit – Shop-a-Matic.

I have dresses on the brain, so naturally that’s the first linked I picked.

Here’s a screen shot. The dresses are affordable and stylish.

Man, I love shopping. Find me a dress to buy for a may wedding, black tie. plz thx.

A lovely tulle necklace via Cupcakes and Cashmere….

Sharpie Chanel via OutsaPop Trashion… love this

Too busy (read: lazy) to DIY?

Get your own tulle necklace on forever21.com and well, get a geniune fake chanel t-shirt… here.

There are two pairs of Hunter boots at Je Suis Prest that I’ve been eyeing since (basically) the store opened about 7 or 8 months ago.

After seeing Emily’s blog post about the boots – I think I might be sold. Except – where would I wear them? I might have to pair my boot purchase with a skinny jean purchase.

I need your opinion!