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Just a little treasure that I picked up in Austin at Parts & Labour. They carry wonderful locally made things. It’s very, very hard to choose just one or two items to take home, but if you blow your budget at least you can feel good about supporting local artists! Click the photo to go to the artist’s site.
I just love them!
That’s most of ‘em. The warmer ones are stowed away until cool weather returns. They’re my uniform most weekdays — cardigan, camisole, trousers, jewelry. I look polished but I’m super-comfortable and I didn’t even have to iron or tuck anything in. Nobody really knows how lazy I truly am just by looking at me. I also carry one whenever I’m wearing a sundress or sleeveless shirt, since I’m always cold. I prefer 3/4-length sleeves, which work most of the year in Houston if you’re an office-dweller like me. I have a soft spot for a good cashmere sweater, but I think the most versatile fabric for everyday wear is an acrylic blend, which is easy to care for and still looks good after countless washes. My current favorite source for the perfect cardigan is Express. Mine are probably the most frequently worn items in my wardrobe, but they still look nearly new. Like my Lolë dress, one item that’s been getting a lot of wear lately is this buckled cuff that I picked up from Editors’ Closet:
It looks black, but it’s a very dark purple. It’s by Seattle designer Tara Sauvage. She’s been around awhile, designing accessories for other companies, but now she has her own line. Rocco e Dante is named after her two pugs, who help with the inspiration and modeling. Her bracelets are fun, with the tough-girl, rock ‘n’ roll styling that I’m a sucker for — I had a hard time choosing between this and the zipper cuff. Maybe next time her line comes to Editors’ Closet I’ll pick up the other! I think I have worn this dress almost every weekend since the weather got warm enough:
This is the first piece of clothing I’ve bought from Lolë, and I’m sure it won’t be the last. It wears like a t-shirt, but it has some nice little details like the collar and the tiny zippered pocket at the waist. You could easily fit a chapstick, a small cell phone, or your ID and some cash in there. It dries pretty quickly, so it’s been no problem to decide the night before that I want it for the next day and throw it in the washer. I wish I had it in every color, but my other dresses might get jealous. Maybe one or two more couldn’t hurt… With my big vacation for the year fast approaching, I did a little shopping. If you recall, I was in the mood for a stack of gold bangles. These were exactly what I had in mind, but the $100 price tag was not working for me:
I haven’t resolved the gold flip-flops issue. It seems like all the pairs I like the most have terrible reviews on Zappos. My sister says Havaianas are worth the price, but I’m still thinking. I used to have rubber flip-flops in a rainbow of colors, but hours of Stacy & Clinton convinced me it was time to start wearing real shoes when I’m not at the beach, and I got rid of almost all of them — so now I wear leather flip-flops around town all summer, instead. I like to tell myself they’re slightly more respectable. :) We finally got around to putting our books on the shelves that we had built and installed in February! We had been planning to do it the weekend Julia got sick, and ended up doing it the next weekend to distract ourselves from the stillness of the house after her death. We have a few more things to find/unpack and add to the display area at the top, but I think that’s all of our books. We mixed in some sentimental items, including things I made for Mark and things I commissioned Miss Monster to make. Our living room is a lot more cozy now that it has some personality.
And now that the bedroom isn’t full of boxes of books, we can actually buy some furniture. I told my sister that my upside-down cardboard box nightstand helps me keep touch with the common man, but I think it’s time for the common man to fend for himself. I was ready for a change:
If you need a curl guru in Houston, go see Alan at Traci-Scott! I can’t help but love octopuses. Octopi. Whichever you prefer. It’s hard not to be fascinated by such a strange, smart, tough creature, and it seems a lot of people are fans (check out some of Miss Monster’s popular tentacle stuff!). Here are a few little octopus baubles that have caught my eye:
Finally, one I’ve admired for four or five years: Yep, I’m a sucker for octopuses. When my sister and I get a really good deal on something, we like to tease our husbands about how much money we saved them. Sort of like when you get such a good coupon that you’d be losing money if you didn’t buy something with it. Don’t pretend you don’t know what I mean. Mark and I recently planned our big vacation for the year — we are going to Hawaii for a week and a half! I am so excited that I quickly commenced with the fantasy-shopping of swimsuits and such, and came across something at Bluefly that I actually needed — a pretty new cover-up, at an irresistible price:
Next up, I need the perfect beach playlist for my ipod. Any suggestions? |
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