This is Me

This is Me by JustBeJenniferPaige on Polyvore.com

I love making mood boards. It is probably one of my favorite things to do - EVER :-) It's putting what inspires you on paper in order to go on and imagine and create even better products and designs.

Fairytale Inspiration

Dennis Basso Spring 2011. Images from Style.com
Just looking at these images has my wheels turning. Pure Bliss!

Natural {Posh Prepsters} in Fashion

My aunt bought me this amazing book Natural Fashion Tribal Decorations from Africa by Hans Silvester for my birthday. It just goes to show that style & fashion expand way beyond just labels and runways. The desire to add ornamental elements to our bodies and express ourselves through decorative features is just as common in New York City, LA , Paris, Milan, or London as it in Tribal Africa. I love that! And I love seeing drastically different cultures have the same energy pulsing through their society.

It's In The Bag

I have donated several items to WOMAC's (Women of the Metropolitan Arts Council) auction to raise money for the Phoenix Art Museum. WoMAC of Phoenix Art Museum was created to serve as a source of networking for professional women in the Phoenix metropolitan area; promoting interest in Phoenix Art Museum for groups that are traditionally underrepresented at the Museum; and providing a mechanism for art education.

Robin Macy of VinT Bikini, Cathy's Rum Cake, Bunky Boutique, Loveland, Baby Butter Clothing, and Kelli Nash are just some of my colleagues that have also donated items (due to my prodding :-) Thanks everyone!

There will be a fashion show by Jose Trifillo, a live and silent auction, appetizers and an open bar.

The event is to be held on Friday, September 24th, starting at 6pm. Tickets can be purchased at the Phoenix Art Museum's Website

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?