Jun 8, 2012 | DIY
{styled}™ by Tori Spelling is a brand-new line of chic jewelry components that you can use to make your own jewelry without the use of any tools (no pliers necessary!)
Available at both Michael’s and Jo-Ann Fabrics stores (though the items available may vary per store), the line is divided into 4 “styles” of components: Noir, Boho, Glitz, and Glam, with different-colored stones and metals that are mix-and-match. The components are designed to work together and to be easily assembled into finished jewelry.
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Mar 21, 2012 | Fashion
…in, fell head-over-heels for current trends…
…and bought myself a pair of flatforms.
I swore I wasn’t going to this Spring. I hated flatforms when I first saw them…and was sure I’d never come around to the idea of them.
But these ones from GoJane.com are just so pretty. And Springy. And at a mere $15.95, I couldn’t resist.
Now if only it would stop snowing (!) here in Portland and I could take them out on a Spring frolic…
If you’re interested in them, you can snag them here:
(they have black with silver glitter too!)
xoxox
Carly
P.S. I should be back to more regular posting Sunday…after my Maya final tomorrow and then a Fri/Sat all-day seminar class!
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Feb 25, 2012 | Fashion
I just love it when a company takes something fairly entrenched in our culture – and makes a design improvement upon it. Case in point: these Goody DoubleWear hair elastics and headbands I recently spied at my local Target.
I’ve been growing my hair out for awhile, and it seems almost every day I’m wandering around with a hair elastic around my wrist and a headband on, since I just like having my hair up and off my face most of the time (but I’m determined to wear it down since I went to all the trouble of growing it out). But yes, the elastic around my wrist looks like precisely that…a boring black bit of elastic…and my headband often hurts my head after awhile but I can’t just slip it off when I’m out and about and stick it in my pocket or something. (I go through plastic headbands like candy because I always misplace them somewhere and then sit on them or snap them in half somehow.)
Enter these lovely things – actually chic, affordable (around $4.99 for a set!), surprisingly well-made elastics that sport a thin metal tube. The headbands come in a set of gold and silver – and the hair elastics come in black with silver, black with gold, or shades of blue with silver. (There may be more, I just haven’t found them yet!) They look amazing with a plain white blouse, or even dressy when worn with an LBD. A
nd they look fabulous stacked with other jewelry too! I can easily pull my hair back with them when I want things off my face. And then drop them back onto my neck or my wrist when my hair needs to come down for awhile.
They’re just brilliant. And you can buy them anywhere that Goody is sold. (Like Target!)
I’m just loving their minimalist, chic sleekness!!
xoxox
Carly
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Nov 24, 2011 | Fashion
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So Black Friday – and one of the biggest shopping weekends – of the year is coming up, and I’m planning on spending it online. Are any of you planning on braving the crowds at any retailers? Are there crowds? I wouldn’t know, as I have not once bothered to set foot outside on Black Friday, preferring to just surf the internet and grab some deals here and there.
PORTLAND LITTLE BOXES SHOPPING EVENT
But! If you happen to be in my lovely city of Portland, Oregon, from 10 AM until 8 PM on Friday, November 25 you’ll be able to take advantage of LITTLE BOXES, an amazing indie shopping event happening here, with more than 60 local boutiques participating. Bring your receipt from one participating boutique – and receive 10% off your purchase at any other participating boutique (so far, the list includes Portland mainstays such as Radish Underground, Mabel and Zora, Frock, Modern Domestic, betsy & iya, PedX, IDOM, Sock Dreams, tumbleweed, Manifesto, Porch Light, Flutter, and Eden). Plus just by showing your receipt you’ll also receive raffle tickets to win some great prizes, including an iPad! You can get the latest list and a map of the stores here or follow the event on Facebook – and the whole event is for a great cause: encouraging people to shop locally and put their money back into this economy, instead of at those Big Box Stores.
So besides this event, there’s also some great deals happening around the Internet:
From left to right: Cut Out Sweater, $26.90 / Karen Sequin Dress, $44.90 / Tess Satin Dress, $39.90 / Mimi Boot, $42.90
From 11.24 – 11.28:
Everything’s marked down! Buy one pair of jeans, get the second half off. 20% off any order with code CY2, and Free Shipping with code CYFS. Or you can get $20 off any order over $75 with code 75AFFNA. (Requires a bit of math to figure out which is more lucrative, but either way you save!
From left to right: Sole Boutique, The Bar Shoe, $32 / Mink Pink, The Wilderness Cardigan, $78 / Reverse The Triangular Dress, $66 / The Fairisle Jacquard Legging, $68
On 11.25:
25% off and FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $65, PLUS when your order total reaches over $100 you get a gift code for $10; over $150 you get a code for $20; over $250 you get a code for $40! USE CODE: BLACKFRI
On 11.26 – 11.27:
All the same codes and offers apply; just use code: BLACKWKD instead. (Cause it’s the weekend, right?;-)
On 11.28:
30% off plus FREE SHIPPING on all orders over $65, PLUS all the previous gift codes mentioned above still apply for order totals..AND if you totally go crazy and cross everyone off you holiday shopping list by buying $350+ …you’ll get an additional 10% off. USE CODE: CYBERMON
From left to right: Shirt With Swan Print, $62.90 / Leather Metal Buckle Satchel, $125.79 / ASOS Premim Spike Torq, $71.88 / Faux Fox Fur Coat, $88.05
From 11.24 (Thanksgiving: today!!) – 11.28:
Save 20% off sitewide (including sale) with code HAPPYBLACKFRIDAY (for women’s items) and BLACKFRIDAY2011 (for men’s).
From 1:00PM EST on 11.27.11 through 3:00AM EST 11.28.11:
Save up to 50% off select Women’s Accessories.
From left to right: Faux Fur Collar Apricot Coat, $80.79 / Mesh PU Montage Elasticized Legging, $17.99 / Green Lapel Detachable Collar, $9.99 / Batwing Sleeves Shorts Twinset, $57.99
From now until 11.26:
Get $15 off a purchase of $60 with code Thanksgiving1; $25 off a purchase of $90 with code Thanksgiving2; and $35 off a purchase of $120 with code Thanksgiving3. And Free Shipping, always!
Hope that gets your shopping engines started!
Tomorrow’s Thanksgiving and I’m all geared up for Tofurkey!:-D
xoxox
Carly
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Oct 21, 2011 | Fashion, Score!
It’s now technically mid-season and clothing sales are in abundance! Though many of us are beginning to think about Halloween costumes as well, now is a great time to scoop up some fashionable finds for a deal – what with Summer and early Fall merch being heavily marked-down and pried to move. Here are a couple of my faves:
~ J. Crew ~ 
Get 25% off and Free Shipping on orders over $150 with code LOVEFALL. Valid until Sunday 10.23.11.
~ Romwe ~
Get $10 off orders of $50+ with code StreetFashion3, and $20 off orders of $100+ with code StreetFashion4 …and receive FREE SHIPPING! Valid until 11.30.11.
~ ASOS ~
Save 50% off Select Dresses for a limited time from 1:00PM EST on 10.23.11 through 3:00AM EST 10.24.11. (14 hours only!)
Also: ASOS.com is currently having a HUGE 70% Off Mid–Season Sale…and you can get an Extra 10% off Sale Items! Use code BONUS10. Valid from now until 8:00 p.m. EST on 10.23.11!
~ Alloy ~
Get 30% off all outerwear, Free Shipping on orders over $25 with code 25AFFNA, 15% off any order with code 15AFFNA, or $20 off any order over $75 with code 75AFFNA. Whew!
See anything that catches your eye? I’m drooling over the Alloy beaded bracelets (so I won’t have to DIY my own!) and that tweed ASOS cape!!
xoxox
Carly
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