Written on August 26th, 2010 by Jamie Leeno comments
About a month ago I came across this video for J. Crew’s new fall line.
I love everything about it, the song playing in the background, the clothes, the model’s silly-coy way with the camera, her messy up-do, and most of all her chic swipe of lip color. Watching the video you get the sense that right before she dashed out the door she pulled out her lipstick for that effortless but wondefully put together look.
Obviously this is a preview for the J.Crew fall line, so I understand that this isn’t really how it all went down. Nevertheless, I forwarded the video to my friend Caroline (who also loved her fabulous messy up-do) and we emailed back and forth about what we thought the color might be. According to Caroline, J.Crew uses a lot of Nars products on their models. A few days later I found myself at Sephora and every single Nars color was on display–except for the one that Caroline predicted she was wearing. So I wandered around until I stumbled on Laura Mercier’s Hydratint in Crimson.
The color isn’t the same–its not nearly as orangey as the lip color on the model, but I love it. I feel like its a good transition from no lip color to full on lipstick. It gives a pop of color without feeling overly dramatic. So far everyone who has tried it has loved it too.
Written on April 5th, 2010 by Jamie Lee10 comments
Saturday afternoon Peter, Emily, and I headed out to Round Top, TX for the most insane antique fair that I have ever visited. As we approached Round Top we started to see yard sales popping up left and right and then suddenly there was a gigantic strip filled with tents. After sifting through furniture and trinkets for a good five hours Peter and I were sure we had seen everything until we realized that there were MILES more to see. I don’t think we ever actually entered the official fair. I thought we had but the website announced a $10 admission, but we never paid for anything other than parking and it seemed logistically impossible for anyone to charge a fee in the area that we were in. Strange.
Anyhow, the things that we did see were amazing. At one point, I was sure that Peter and I were going to need to rent a trailer to haul everything back to Austin. I fell in love with this vanity and this dining room table and chairs.
In the end, we didn’t need another vanity and while I LOVED the table and chairs they were out of our price range (Yes, we could’ve haggled but not to where we needed them to be). *Sigh* Someday…
There were beautiful iridescent plates, tiny single stem vases, and some awesome ceramic transfer-ware cake serving pieces. I wanted everything.
But we only bought a table cloth, a couple sets of napkins, and this salt and pepper shaker.
I’m pretty obsessed with the lettering on the salt and pepper shakers. Somehow when I look at them I see an intimate post script at the bottom of a love letter rather than “pepper” and “salt.” After our tasting today, I do sort of wish we had bought the transfer-ware cake server, but we have plenty of time to find something similar. Overall, we had a great time negotiating prices and looking through everything. The whole experience was a lot of fun. They’re having a smaller one this summer and I can’t wait to go back!! Has anyone else been to the Round Top Antique Fair or to any other antique fairs for that matter?
Written on November 30th, 2009 by Jamie Leeno comments
I saw these silk shoe clips by B Poetic on Etsy today and fell in love. Aren’t these an adorable way to dress up a regular pair of shoes? You could wear a simple pair of heels to work and then slip these on and be ready for a night out with the girls–or wear them to work too! Plus, since you don’t have to know a shoe size to use the clips, they’d make great gifts for friends.
Written on November 24th, 2009 by Jamie Lee2 comments
Lounging around the house just got more stylish. I love the sophistication of these slippers from French Press Knits. They would make a fabulous gift for any lucky lady. Plus, if you’re a handy knitter then you can even buy a pattern and make them for all of your friends and family.
My two favorites are the Winter White and the Heathered Oatmeal shown below:
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