Im Pinning again

This week I haven't had much time to spend on Pinterest, which is probably a good thing.  I have beeen crazy busy at both jobs & have been on the hunt for gifts in between.  All while missing England like crazy, as I always do during the holidays.  However I did manage to find some NYE dress & make up inspirations, a cute nail idea & a fab idea for all those vacation memories.

I can't wait to Get Crafty & empty the some of my boxes full of travel memories.  I think the frames would look great mixed in with photographs on a gallery wall.  I also am dying over the dress, I doubt I will find anything like this in Roanoke but I might find time to glam up a LBD I have at home with some rhinestones.   

What fab things have you found on Pinterest lately?

A trip down memory lane....

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When I was approximately twelve my Mum took my brother and me to London for the first time.  It was around the time Jurassic Park came out so she wanted to take us to the see the Dinosaur Exhibit at the Victoria and Albert Hall and the British Museum of History.  I was amazed by the city, so vibrant and busy. So different than my little Northern Market Town. 

We visited Harrod’s on that trip which ultimately caused my shopping addiction.  Exiting the classic London Cab we were greeted at the door by gentlemen in trademark green jackets and hats, I entered the store and gazed in amazement.   Fabulously dressed shoppers and sales associates, elaborate and enticing displays on each floor, stocked with gorgeous clothing, shoes, anything you wanted.  We entered the Toy department, verging on my teenage years I wasn’t as interested in this department as I was the designer clothing, until I saw the teddy bear collections.  Beautiful classic teddy bears perfectly sewn and stuffed, nothing like the cheap Build a Bear shells of today. They were bears a child would have a lifetime, made to last through the wear and tear of the roughest child’s adventures.  I analyzed and debated which my favorite was, all of them were my favorite, I’ve always been the worst at choosing.  Eventually I chose a beautiful white unicorn instead of the Classic Teddy Bear; the silver glitter on the horn sealed the deal.  The sales associate was beyond friendly and complimented my choice which was just the icing on the cake for my first luxury shopping trip.  The way the lovely associate made me feel made me a Harrods fan for life.        

I have visited Harrod’s a number of times since I was so young and each experience was just a lovely.  The delicious food halls, beautiful gifts and the Golden staircase and Princess Diana memorial and of course the clothes, the clothes are everything.  

  

As I plan my big vacation to England I am factoring in plenty of time to visit my favorite department store and today I found out Harrod’s now has guided bus tours on Vintage Double Decker buses.  I have taken other bus tours in major cities where you can hop on and off as you please.  Although they are so typically touristy they have been a great way to see lots of things in a short period of time.  The bonus with the Harrod’s tour is you can have lunch at Harrods.  How perfectly yummy, I can’t wait. 

What is your favorite shopping memory as a child?  Has anyone taken a bus tour, what are your thoughts on their value?

Tis the Season

Ok its the not the season to be jolly BUT it is wedding season and I have at least seven weddings to go to before the end of September. 

Its going to be one fun Spring and Summer filled with lots of love, laughs and cute dresses.

This weekend I hitting the road to Winchester, Va to see my friend Jamie get married on a civil war battlefield.  Awhile back I mentioned designing a head piece for a wedding and this is the wedding.

The plan was to make something similar to this:

Well I took a bit of creative license and went with something with smaller flowers and added more crystals.  Right now I only have a picture of the headband but it will be paired with a short vail on the day. I think it turned out quite well for my first try and hopefully Jamie will love it.

please forgive the blurry picture and the mess on the table! I should clean up my craft items before taking pictures :)

So what do you think, good enough for someones wedding?  Does anyone else have a crazy wedding season coming up?

My 20!

So I really want to blog about my trip to Atlanta but I haven’t found the time during being ill, working and watching NCIS re-runs to upload the pictures.  A travel post is coming soon, I promise!  I promise because I know all 13 of my followers really want to know about my trip right? J

Anyway in the meantime I did find time to catch up on my blog reading obsession.  So while I was over at Kendi Everyday, I decided to click on one of her sponsors 20besttwenty.com is a really great site that shows you to 20 best items created by independent retailers across the world.  I began reading about their guest curator for the current best; she decided to share her 20 best (favourite things).  So I took the inspiration to write my 20 best:

1. Coke a Cola ~ nothing like an Ice cold coke on a summer day.
2. My Tiffany Notes Necklace.
3. Eating Pizza outside the Pantheon in Italy.
4. Genuine Laughter.
5. Reconnecting with old friends.
6. Play dates with my friends children.
7. Dressing up.
8. Theme Parties.
9. The flight to England.
10.  Original Art from Street Vendors.
11.  Sunset at Montmartre.
12.  NYC.
13.  Romantic Comedies.
14.  MAC Make Up.
15.  Armani Jeans.
16.  Driving with the windows down and sunroof open listening to great music.
17.  Summer Barbeques with Friends and Families.
18.  Dancing – all forms.
19.  A cool crisp night in Fall.
20.  Spontaneous Road Trips.

         

What are your 20 best?

Starting to create....

So as my first week not working at my part time job comes to an end I thought I would go over the baby steps I’ve taken to create my new life and career.

The weekend ~ As I mentioned, I went to Charleston SC to get away for a couple of days and see a friend.  It was a great break and I was able to find some cute beads for my business.  I also had a bunch of ideas for a photo shoot for my summer collection by the water and downtown.

Monday ~ I spent the Morning with my Mum shopping for things for her store.  Then went to Blacksburg with Tricia (friends/business partner) to visit Beadsburg only to find out after 30 mins of the GPS taking us all over that the store was closed on Monday’s lol 

Then I got to see the beautiful baby Brianna.  Rachel and Matt definitely made one cute little love muffin!!  I fell in love immediately and cannot wait until she is around 1 or 2 yrs old and can talk and be animated J

 Isn't she the cutest!!!!

Although, I didn’t get to much business stuff done it was great to have a day off and see some of my favorite people.  My life needed this; I see some of my friends a lot and others never.  Working less will hopefully make it easier for me to make time for people who I care about.

Tuesday ~ I met up with Jenna a friend and photographer (she a new blogger at http://birdseyeviewoflife.blogspot.com/ go follow her) to talk about a photo shoot for my Spring Jewelry Collection.  We spent most of the time talking, like girls do,  but did come up with some great concepts.  Right now, I am leaning towards a very girly tea party think a little Alice in Wonderland.  Lots of tea cups and clocks with the model in a cute spring dress, or just a cute downtown photo shoot.  I want something bright and fun.  Another idea was to convince a local Cupcake store to let us shoot there for some of the pictures! I am indecisive so I need to think about this some more.  Let me know your opinions! I would love to hear them.

Wednesday ~ I got quite a bit of the Spring Collection started.   Not completed but started and there is a clear direction I am going in.  I want the collection to be girly and feminine with some pieces that have a little edge to them.   

Bad Blackberry pick but this is a piece I'm currently working on.

Thursday ~ Continued to work on my Spring Collection and placed some supply orders.

Friday ~ I plan to relax and not doing anything business or work related.  Just a good chill night maybe go see No Strings Attached.  Has anyone seen it?