A well-rendered infographic on Etsy facts and figures, and how shopping handmade is changing the way we all buy.
xoxox
Carly
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Thanks, Matt, for the heads-up on this!
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…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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Do you use a flat iron to straighten your hair?
For the longest time, I didn’t…not until my late twenties, at least. In fact, I was mostly just a get-out-of-bed-pull-my-hair-into-a-ponytail kinda gal. It’s only as I’ve gotten older – and begun to look at myself and how I look as a complete picture, that I finally realized that the make-it-or-break-it component to any stylish outfit is what you wear on your head. Yes folks (as probably everybody else already knows;-) it’s your hairstyle (or lack thereof) that truly ties everything together and makes your look chic…or not. So I’ve added flat ironing into my repertoire of hair styling techniques, and as my hair’s growing out longer, there’s a lot more to play with. So awhile ago I bought myself a $29 iron (a national, well-known brand) from my local discount store, thinking that there was no reason to spend money on what was the equivalent of just a couple of hotplates stuck on a pair of tongs. Boy was I wrong. (more…)
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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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Though minimalistic, clean lines are a defining shape for the coming season (hello, 3.1 Philiip Lim and Cushnie et Ochs!), it’s now color that is taking center stage. Big, attention-getting neon brights are a throwback to 80’s fun and yet evoke a modern 21st-Century sensibility. And a pop of glow to everything from your gym gear to your work ensemble, and embrace the newly-brightened Age of Aquarius.
1. Fords of Avon Pleated Green Dress, $54
2. Forever 21 Structured Crossbody Bag, $19.80
3. Urban Outfitters Neon Rugby Striped Crew Sock, $8
4. BB Dakota the Geona Top, $58
5. Iridium Lego Heart Pendant, $18
6. Qupid Glitter Neon Pink Strappy Heel, $34
7. SPLURGE PIECE: J. Crew Tilary Bucket Bag, $198
8. Cropped Zip Bandeau, $35
9. Colorblocked Sandals, $12.80
Are you planning on incorporating neon at all into your Spring wardrobe?
xoxox
Carly
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Carly J. Cais I am a DIY’er, designer, sewist, maker, and marketer. Chic Creative Life is where I share what I do, and help others bring their unique style into their own lives.
