Lilly Art Giveaway!

For finally reaching 50 followers, I'm featuring a giveaway for personalized Lilly Pulitzer art.  Here are two samples of what I've done on canvas using acrylic paint:

The winner will receive her very own piece of Lilly art in the print of her choice.  Here is how to enter:

1) For one entry, be or become a follower

2) For a three entries, blog about the giveaway

For a total of FOUR entries.  

Please leave one comment with your total entry count and include an email address through which I can contact you.

The giveaway will end Friday November 12th at 11:59pm, and I will announce a winner the next day. 

Good luck!

xoxo,

Outfit of the Day - Dressed for a Conference

Last week I attended the Queen's Business Forum on the Fashion Industry, a conference that looked into the changes in the fashion industry.  We had some pretty good guest speakers, including Canadian designer David Dixon and Canadian supermodel Stacey McKenzie (who was a judge on Canada's Next Top Model).

 Stacey's speech was absolutely incredible. She told us all about her rise to model fame, dealing with rejection in the US, Canada, and France, until finally she got a job for Jean Paul Gaultier, who was the first person to tell her she was beautiful.  She brought everyone to tears, even herself.

There were two days of events.  Friday we had speakers and a case competition, for which we had to create an outfit out of recycled materials .  My group didn't win, but it was still fun to make a dress out of garbage bags, safety pins, and duct tape.

Friday I wore a Joe Fresh shift, H&M cardigan, RL heels, and my great grandmother's Czechoslovakian glass pearls. Normally I would stick to plain business casual clothes consisting of a black pencil skirt and button down, but I figured that because it was a fashion conference, I could get away with a more colorful outfit.

Saturday I wore my RL black and white dress, Lilly cardigan and sunglasses, and my Maxstudio heeled oxfords. 

Saturday night we got to go to a fashion show that featured student designs.  While some of the designs were creative, there was far too much spandex for my comfort.  I didn't realize spandex was the this year's 'it' material.  I think I'll still stay far away from it, though.  To the night's events I wore a dress by Teenflo (a Canadian fashion label), a J. Crew blazer, and red heels that in hind sight were a bad idea. 

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

xoxo,

More Lilly Wallpaper

I've had requests for more Lilly wallpaper, so I decided to just make an entire page of all the wallpaper I've found through the last year and a half or so.  You can find that page by following the "Lilly Desktop Wallpaper" tab below my blog header.  I'll keep adding as Lilly does! Enjoy!

xoxo,

Halloween Costume Ideas

I can't believe Halloween is this weekend! October has certainly flown by.  I had planned to dress as a wind-up doll, but I couldn't figure out how to attach the "gear" to my back.  So I'm currently torn between:

Ugly Betty (super easy- I'd just have to put on a whole slew of different, somewhat clashing items, and I already have a pair of red glasses)

Or June Cleaver type.  I'm not willing to wear a wig to fully complete the look, so I suppose I'd be simply a 1950s housewife.  I know the dollar store carries child tea sets, so I could glue a set to a tray and carry it around with me.

I'm also considering a magic 8 ball (dress in all black, and attach a white 8 to my middle) or a sailor.  It's a good thing I still have a couple of days to decide!

xoxo,

Podcast Favorites

I love how so many news segments are available for free on itunes as podcasts.  I don't have a lot of time to watch the news at home, but I always load up my ipod with podcasts to listen to on the way to class or to watch while working out on the elliptical. I get bored easily while working out, so it's also great that I can use the occasion to educate myself about world events.  Here are some of my favorites:

This is  by far my favorite!  It's a news-quiz show by NPR, and it's absolutely hilarious.  Every week they also have a famous guest. This week's guest was Dick Can Dyke, and he was a hoot! Past guests include Brian Williams (see below), Mayor Bloomberg, Meghan McCain, Miss America, Molly Ringwald, and Tony Hawk. Other segments include fill-in-the-rhyme, stump the listener, and general news questions. 

I think Brian Williams has a great personality for news.  I don't know why I enjoy his segments so much, but they're interesting to watch while working up a sweat.  I think they're just generally easy to follow.  

Confession:  I may have a little crush on Anderson Cooper (a.k.a the Silver Fox).  He's witty, charming, and has a great smile.  I also like how AC360 also hosts debates.  Although I'm not as impressed with the show as I used to be, so I try to supplement it with other news shows.  

This podcast doesn't need much explanation- LOVE Martha!  I don't really have the chance to watch her show, so it's great that she makes a podcast available.  

xoxo,