CALIFORNIA LIVING, CANADIAN MADE
Wednesday’s outfit idea was completely taken from Lily’s Style as she posted an eye catching outfit that you can see here.
Happy Friday everyone! Don’t forget to read the previous post and let me know if you’d like me to review anything in particular about the Chevrolet Cruze. I’ll be posting my final blog post about it tomorrow when I return the vehicle.
I really enjoy spending time browsing on Etsy and finding some really great shops like HelloBerry, FireDaughterClothing and now Kriya‘s shop. Back in January I found her Etsy and loved the simplicity of the jewelry she makes.
I ended up getting the Shimmer Ring which she sells for $11.00. As soon as my package arrived I ripped it open and put on the delicate looking piece immediately. My co-worker said it almost looked like there was little diamonds inside sparkling. I’m not one for loud pieces of jewelry and I think this little thing suits me quite perfectly.
Here is the size 6 ring on my finger. Cute right?
My graphic designin’ hand put to work!
I really like that her pieces aren’t over priced and are extremely reasonable. There are a few other pieces that she does as well, of course. Like earrings and other fancier rings. Check out Kriya’s etsy shop and see for yourself.
Because I love supporting small sellers like this, I am willing to buy one of my readers a shimmer ring as well. Just leave me a note in the comments below and I’ll randomly choose a winner who has the best answer for the best acrostic for R-I-N-G.
Example:
Really special
Individual
Nice
Glitz
Put your thinkin’ caps on. I’ll pick a winner this Monday.
A number of years ago I remember going out to the bar with the boyfriend and meeting up with some of his friends. One of his friends girlfriends had this beautiful brown leather jacket. I fell in love with it so much I was tempted to just buy it right off her back. But, seeing as I had just met these people just hours ago I didn’t think it was appropriate to even joke about buying the jacket off of her. I don’t quite remember if the jacket was real or faux leather, and I really don’t remember what it looked like as it was more than 5 years ago now.
But for the past few of years I’ve always kept an eye out at the local Danier Leather stores, trying on random jackets. Why are black jackets more popular than brown? I couldn’t stand trying on the black ones. They just weren’t me. Danier leather jackets also never ended up fitting me the way I wanted it to. I wanted it to hit a certain way on my hips and I wanted it to be tailored in at the sides. A lot of the real leather jackets I tried on, looked very boxy on me. Despite what the sales associate tried to tell me otherwise. Girlfraaan, I know what looks good on me, okay?
I never seriously looked at jackets and just waited patiently for something to catch my eye when I was in a store. Any store. It didn’t even have to be real leather.
Ideally, I would love to own this All Saints Legacy jacket. As soon as I saw it, I loved it. I e-mailed the link to myself wishing for a sale. It’s $550. Oh my word, I don’t think I want one that badly. Slowly but surely my size in the jacket was selling out and I just have this pretty image to now stare at.
On my lunch break one day at work I went solo to the mall and for some reason I went into a store I wouldn’t look twice at. I think they had some cute sweaters on the mannequin. From the corner of my eye I spotted some distressed looking faux leather jacket!
I wish the online version looked pretty to post. But instead I’ll link it, because I’ll post my own photos and make it look even bettah. I didn’t even bother to look at the price, I picked it up and tried it on. I must’ve been grinning like a fool because I knew this was the one I was going to get, and wear like nobodies business. It was $50.00 at Suzy Shier and didn’t feel like cheap pleather at all. It was soft, subtle, tucked in at the right areas and was perfectly worn in.
Warmer weather is here, and I’m sporting this faux leather jacket in February. Insane right? Our winter has been messed right up, hah.