Emmy Fashion Favorites

Dianna Agron, in Carolina Herrera, with Cartier jewels.

Lea Michele, in Oscar de la Renta, with Lorraine Schwartz jewels.

January Jones, in Atelier Versace, with Miu Miu shoes and Cartier jewels.


Now this is true fashion. Stunning dresses on beautiful girls. Go Glee! Go Mad Men!
Images from Style.com

September issue of "So Scottsdale"

I Dare You...

I was with Bob Wilkinson at La Grande Orange last week and we started flipping through books while we ate lunch. I flipped through the book "Think Big" which is made up entirely of quotes regarding creativity, inspiration, going after your ideas and dreams while being movtivated to think outside the box. The book of course resonated with me and I bought it.

I always look back over the year{s} on the eve of my birthday. I can remember doing it all the way back to when I was a little girl. So much has changed in the course of _X__ years, wait I am not going to tell you how many candles I will be blowing out tomorrow ;-) but the point is that, as I reflect over my life, there is a lot to take in and a lot to think about.

This quote from "Think Big" struck me as the perfect birthday-eve quote "I dare you to, while there is still time, to have a magnificent obsession" -- William Danforth. Birthdays prove to us that the years are fleeting and time stops FOR NO ONE. We have one shot at this life and we can dilly-dally, waste our time and energy, or we can go forth and do SOMETHING really magnificent.

And whatever that "Magnificent Obsession" is, is up to you. We all have different goals, dreams and purposes. And the race is truly only against the amount of time we are given.

This is the tenth birthday that I am not getting to celebrate with my parents. Of course, it makes me incredilby sad, and they are on my mind all the time -- for some reason they have been in my dreams every night this week! But I refuse to sulk and wallow in their accident. They are gone, but I am not. I was given more time and now I am going to go out and do something with my "Magnificent Obsession" -- what will you do with yours?

Back To School Party At Arcadia Tavern

Sons Of Sylvia - Love Left To Lose

My spin teacher played this song yesterday. It has been on repeat. It is empowering, it makes me want to go out and conquer the world! And the lead singer is delicious! I'll take him!!!!!!

Project Key Chandelier

Last fall I designed a barrette out of two keys. I have always thought keys were very ornamental and decorative, so why not wear them in your hair? The reactions I have received are funny and I often look at people and think "Did you really just say that OUT LOUD!?" But none the less the keys have become one of my signature hair pieces.

Bob and I were brainstorming different ways we could design a chandelier for my Al Beadle condo. One of my ideas was to stuff Voss water bottles full of all my headband making scraps (strips of ribbon, bits of pearls and charms, etc.) and have him then construct a metal base to hang them off of. Then one day while sitting at a traffic light I started playing with my key clip and the idea dawned on me to make a chandelier out of keys, I emailed Bob and he called me within seconds! He had the same idea dawn him moments earlier!!!!! WE were onto something! It was in the air. The two of us tend to have a lot of synergy when it comes to our design-art projects...

Here are the Sketch Up pictures he made for me of my "Key Chandelier". We are going to need over a 1000 keys and we would love to collect them from families and friends. We want the chandelier to have a story, to have depth and to have some soul. If you would like to donate any of your old keys we will gladly take them off your hands...message me...your keys can be a part of a larger art project.

-- The Key Girl