It's All In The Name

Remember these?  I made them as wall art over my couch in my new apartment.

Since then, I had a fun idea to use the same canvas, flowers, paints and stencils, and do name prints.  I just love anything girly or that has flowers, so I got a little creative! Here's a few I've made recently:

For the the most beautiful baby girl (:  I love the colors and it helps that her name is so beautiful, too!

Isn't she cute?  Her name print is hanging above her crib.

These were for my two friends who are rooming together in college. They put them above their beds!

And this last one was for a little girl I babysit for.  I gave it to her on her birthday! Here's Kiley and I on her birthday when I took her to get her nails done:

So young, I know...she's going to be addicted to getting manicures already! (:

If you want to learn how to make your own, go here!

Today I'm linking to these lovely blogs:

The Girl Creative, Someday Crafts, Trendy Treehouse, Creations by Kara, Serenity Now, Fingerprints on the Fridge, Remodelaholic, & Seven Thirty Three.

Love and Flowers,

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Fashion Friday- #1

Welcome to the first Fashion Friday on my blog! I thought it would be fun to show you what I'm wearing every Friday.  Maybe we can get some other bloggers on the bandwagon, also!

I love fashion.  Everything about it, really.  Jeans, tops, dresses, shoes!, accessories, and of course the perfect hairstyle to go with it (:  Mom tells me growing up, I'd change my clothes multiple times throughout the day, claiming the first dress was "dirty" or "didn't go with what I was doing".  I love doing my own hair, too.  I taught myself how to french braid when I was 8 years old, all from watching the lady do my hair for my Aunt and Uncle's wedding.  I was a silly little girl; some girls would wear a bow, some would not. I would wear 3 at once.  Yeah.

What is my style? Girly, chic, simple.  Anything flowy, ruffly or has a bow, flowers or rhinestones has my heart.

What do I spend most money on? Jeans.  I won't pay full price for designer jeans, but nonetheless, I do like designer jeans and even at a discount (Loehmans or Nordstrom Rack) they're still the most expensive item I purchase.  Reason being, they last forever.  Also, I could wear my jeans to bed at night.  They're so comfortable they feel like sweats!  I've had one pair of Seven for All Mankind since sophomore year of high school.  I've started to view jeans as an investment piece.  If I buy a pair of designer jeans for a higher price than a pair of standard jeans, but my designer ones last longer and fit better, I consider it a win!

Where do I find good deals? Loehmans, Nordstrom Rack, Forever 21, TJ Maxx.

Favorite Store? Clearly, Anthropologie!! (Only their sale rack!) I also love the B.P. department of Nordstrom.

Favorite Accessory?  Headbands.  Especially flowered ones.  I just ordered this one called "Picket Fence" from Whippy Cakes.  It's adorable...go check it out!

Today I went to work for my dad.  An order of new art work just arrived that my Grandma (Designs by Belinda) and I picked out a few weeks ago.  This morning I hung the pictures in the conference room and they look great! So I had to wear a professional outfit...no jeans allowed at the office, my dad says.  Without further ado, here's what I wore today:

SHIRT. Forever 21, $20. PANTS.  Macy's...not sure how much, I bought them a while ago!

HAIR.  Diagonal french braid with soft curls in the side pony tail.

SHOES. Purple jeweled peep-toe, Nine-West @Marshalls, $24.

Oh- and here's the art work I hung!

What are you wearing today?

Love and Fashion Friday,

Michaela


PS. I'm linking to:
Just a Girl

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New York, New York

Summer of 2009 my family and I took our first trip to New York.  I totally loved it.  Maybe because there's tons of shopping, it's always busy, the lights are beautiful at night, we saw Wicked (the musical), and I was able to go to Serendipity 3 (restaurant they filmed my favorite movie, Serendipity)!  Finally, after the 100 times I'd seen the movie, I got to actually go...and eat the most yummy dessert, too!

I was looking through all my New York pictures and realized I had a lot of fun ones, but also a ton of architectural pictures.  So, I decided to put two frames together with just New York pictures.  Here's how I did it:

I started with this picture frame (I was given two of the same pictures by my Aunt who said I could do whatever I wanted to the frames) and since it didn't go with the things I already have, I completely took apart the frame and got rid of the picture inside.  The frames were dark brown, so I painted them black to match better.

Next, I covered the cardboard backing piece of the frame with some cute paper I found at Aaron Brothers.  Then I cut a smaller square of black poster board to lay inside, so the decorative paper acts like a matting.

Then, I glued the pictures on the black poster board and finished it off by cutting some of the butterflies out of the decorative paper for some added detail.  After that, I resembled the frames, put the glass back in and called it a done deal!

They should be cute on my wall in my new bedroom.  Stay tuned: I move back to Seattle in just 2 weeks, so I'll be sure to put pictures up of our apartment.

Here's some of my other favorite pictures from New York!

Mom and me in the filming location of When Harry Met Sally.

Despite the heigh difference, this is my little brother.

And this post wouldn't be complete without a picture of me in front of the world's biggest Juicy Couture store (:

Happy Thursday!

Love and The City That Never Sleeps,

Michaela

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PonyTails and FishScales

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