#9 Magic - Example 1: Photography

I like magic.  Not the card game or anything to do with creepy witches.   Just ordinary magic that catches you off guard and distracts you for a good half an hour.  

MAGIC- Example #1:

West Nineteenth Street (Yellow Dress)
by Joseph O. Holmes via Print Society

#8 Wishing & Dreaming

I know that today in my hometown in Alabama it's snowing.  It is projected to snow here tonight too.  My question is: Why does the fashion world mock the northern hemisphere by showing spring collections in the dead of winter & freak southern snowstorms?!?!  I saw the cutest shorts at J.Crew last weekend and almost cried when I thought about the outside temperature being 25 degrees and not being able to wear shorts for 4 more months (if i'm lucky).  Also, I saw some beautiful dresses by Hoss Intropia & tba that would be perfect for wearing in the Spring.  All in shades that are the colors of clouds.  Soooo dreamy.  I can hardly wait for warmer temperatures.

As a side note, I've been trying to achieve a version of the hair in these photographs recently.  Attempting to coax it from it's adult state of not straight, but not wavy into it's toddler state of shiny curls.  It usually ends up less soft waves & messy curls, more wow, your hair is long and messy.  Did you brush it?  The answer is: no I didn't.  Long live the hot poof (see here).

Patience...

HOSS INTROPIA 

images via {a glamorous little side project}

TBA: to be adored

images via viewonfashion

#7 Badass Lace & Tulle

I  HEART the shoes from the Valentino 2010   collection, not to mention the dresses.  Poufs of lace & tulle make my heart sing (be glad it's not my mouth singing, tone-deafness runs in the family).  The flats are simple, the heels over the top.  New project- glue lacy poufs to shoes...

all images via style.com

#6 Don't tell my mom...

...but today I saw someone get mugged.  The mugger looked totally normal running down the crowded sidewalk, until i heard some other guy screaming like a banshee.  Suddenly, half the businessmen in New York were chasing this guy down.  Not sure what the mugger's outcome was, but the guy definitely got his wallet back...minus the cash.  Everyone around was trying to help him out.  It was pretty amazing so many strangers would be so concerned.  I'm hoping, along with my friend Marie, the bad guy got taken down by a bunch of well-dressed businessmen and learned his lesson.

#5 UPDATE: Flippy the Penguin!

Winter has officially arrived.  Holidays are over.  Life is returning to normal.  Too much time on my hands... which is why I spent an entire Monday night poking a ball of fur (and sometimes myself) with a very sharp needle.  The result is Flippy the Penguin.  His flippers are a bit too large for him, but what one of us doesn't have some feature we would like to make smaller (for me, it's my nose- too big & broken twice).  Please refer to the movie Happy Feet for more info on being different.  More projects on the horizon of bleak winter days...

 Flippy!

P.S. Thanks Anna Claire!!!  Couldn't have done this without your trip to Hobby Lobby :)