Google image search Arm parties are everywhere these days and you don’t have to be “on the list” to participate. It’s super easy to throw together your own and really, you can do no wrong. It’s all about your personal style and using whatever you have hiding in your jewelry box. 1. Survey the space....
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Vacation in South Walton Like a Celebrity
So you want to get away from the hustle and bustle, the every day drama, the mundane and trade it in for a perfectly relaxing, salt-in-the-air, breeze-on-your-face, sun-on-your-skin, feet-in-the-sand kind of place? Our quiet little beach town has been frequented by one or two rock stars, country singers, politicians, world-renowned chefs and super star athletes....
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paper cuts and more at studio b.
Last week I ventured over to studio b. with one of my co-workers to take in the “Paper Cuts” exhibit by Panama City Beach paper artist Heather Clements. If you’ve never visited “the b” as its called, there is always an inspiring, creative something happening from art displays to culinary classes to fashion design and...
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how to rock chambray
Denim shirts are THE piece to hang in your closet for spring 2012. This magical wardrobe staple can transform any article of clothing to be “so now” and goes with practically everything, not to mention a well-worn chambray shirt is super comfortable to wear. So, how do you take a denim button-up from a little...
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first birthday party inspiration
It’s nearly the end of January which means the last day of March will arrive and greet us in the blink of an eye. What’s the last day of March, you ask? Why, it’s my sweet Emery Lynn’s birthday and 2012 marks her FIRST. My once tiny little baby is practically a toddler and is...
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How To: Photoshop Actions for Instagram Filters and Word Clouds
Hi, my name is Jami and I’m a nerd. It’s okay. I’ve come to terms with it. I have occasional socially awkward moments, scattered clumsiness and almost always crack up at my own cheesy jokes. I have semi-obsessions with things like social media, typography, gadgets, color formulas, grammar, fashion trends and iPhone apps. Does this sound...
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Owner, Pretty Sweet Tranquility
Now THIS is a cool fundraiser! The children’s charity UNICEF has partnered with Glidden to sell colors to raise money for their efforts around the world. If you’re like me and into design even a smidge, you’re probably familiar with the hexadecimal codes used to define colors onscreen by their mix of red, green and blue....
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Six Going on Sixteen. No Really.
Call it the Hollywood way. Call it the cool mom approach. Call it whatever you want. The new(ish) trend going around is letting little kids play the part of teenager. Not just for play time or dress up, but all the time. Between wearing clothes way beyond their years, sporting dark lipstick and (gasp) even...
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green acres
Have I mentioned we live in the country? Some weekends are decidedly more “Green Acres”-esque than others. Even though we’ve been here for a few months, adjusting to the ways of country life is still, well, an adjustment. Our house is surrounded by grass, trees, rolling hills, doves, robins and deer. We have hunting dogs with...
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get fresh with cobalt blue
I love seeing the first pops of bright color appear after the new year, signaling the impending freshness and energy of spring. From pastels over here and here, to this exciting, rich hue of cobalt blue. This bold shade looks best with super-basic neutrals like crisp white, jet black and maybe a shade of camel worked...
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woods and water
Some weekends start with a bang and are so action-packed you can hardly catch a breath cramming in one thing and another before you realize it’s 10 pm Sunday night and you have accomplished exactly NOTHING. (Maybe that’s just me?) Luckily, this weekend wasn’t like that at all. It was laid-back, relaxing, and full of...
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a popular palette
It seems I wasn’t the only one feeling the winter blues (and blacks and browns and greys) of this season and desperately looking forward to warmer weather and fresher fashions. After I posted “pastels with a punch” yesterday, I noticed a few others featuring light, but peppy color palettes in these freezing January days. Exhibit...
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pastels with a punch
Friends, I’m here today to confess the cold, hard truth. 1. Today was literally freezing. 2. I may be slightly obsess with the Easter Bunny’s fashion sense. But back to the first truth. This is not the balmy Florida weather I know and love. I was all bundled up like the kid in The Christmas...