Showing posts with label party. Show all posts
Showing posts with label party. Show all posts

Friday, May 25, 2007

The Final Countdown

If you missed part one and part two, please catch up. I'll wait.



Rousing, eh? I don't know if this installment will live up to the GIANT! LOGO! PARTY! of the last one, but maybe you can live with that. Here is info on a couple more of our awesome amazing verygood prizes, to be given out at an undetermined time TONIGHT at our birfday party. Wooh! Let's...commence:

I first was exposed to Campfire Goods at the Renegade Craft Fair, which by the way is coming up again (Brooklyn, June 16 and 17, dirty McCarren Park), and they will be there again this year. At the time I may or may not have been been obsessed with state T-shirts and contemplated heading for the nearest ATM in order to complete my collection, for the Campfire folks are even crazier about states than I was.



I would of course have to get the Jersey Girl shirt, $17. FHS forever!



And this is just so pretty: Flower Bear shirt, $17. They use lovely scoop-neck American Apparel tees for a nice feminine look.



I am totally getting the Dive Gowanus shirt for my design-appreciating boyfriend, whose office space looks out on the not-so-lovely canal in question. Maybe he can wear it canoeing on the Gowanus, or just stick to gongoozling (what a fantastic word, huh?).



Does the sort of ignorance referenced here drive you crazy too? Be a stickler without saying a a word with the There, They're shirt, $17.



A shirt within a shirt: surprisingly cute! Forward shirt, $17.



Maybe Carl could wear this Meathead shirt, $17, and I could wear my Threadless piece of meat shirt, and we'd be like twins! Or, less incestuously I suppose, Mr. and Mrs. Meat. Just go with me on this, people. We could go around complimenting people on their chops, if, say, they were doing an especially fine job of acting, or perhaps guitar soloing. "Nice chops!" "You too!" You feel me? No? Nevermind...

I could sit here extending dubious analogies all afternoon, but I'll refrain. Why don't you just go and look at all the Campfire offerings over at their website, wearecampfire.com. They have been ridiculously cool and sent us a BUNCH of tees to give away. Girls' stuff only -- sorry, fellas! You're welcome, ladies!

Do we have any crafters in the house? Something tells me we do. Well, the superfine folks at Sublime Stitching sent us not one, not two, not three, but FOUR crazy cool embroidery patterns to give away. It's really easy to learn (Tamron taught me the simplest stitches in a few minutes), and you can get this stitch-it kit, whose excellence I can vouch for, to get started. You can start off doing hand towels and pillowcases, and eventually you could be like Ms. Lohan herself and crafting fully awesome deer totes! What could be cuter?

Here's what we've got to give away on Friday:



Kurt Halsey pattern, $3.



Rock 'n' Roll pattern, $3.

And frankly I forget what the other two are. But rest assured: If you've got the moves, they've got the motion. If you get together you'd be causin' a commotion. Maybe one day you can even reach the heights of cuteness that T.Lo achieved with her deer tote...remember?



But the fun does not stop there. One of our fave stores, Modcloth, is in the mix too. I'm ready to throw caution to the wind and purchase all of their hoodies. How presh are these:



Chica Boom Ahoy hoodie, $49.99. Nautical and just a little odd, but in a good way.



Grey Gardens hoodie, $49.99. So insanely cute, it's almost impossible to tell it's a sweatshirt! Superscore!



This is exactly the kind of dress you see effortlessly cool girls in the East Village rocking with, like, Frye boots. And pockets! Storm Cloud dress, $52.99.



But one cannot live on clothes alone.



Chained Up Heart necklace, $18.99.



Big Apple necklace, $24.99. Yums.


Interesting hairstyle. We highly recommend her giant rose pin. $11.99.

WHICH one of these lovely items, among others, will we be providing to the lucky winners tonight? Fortunately for the owners of AK-47 (oh yeah, we're on a nickname basis now), you have to show up to find out. See you tonight, kiddos! Oh -- and happy hour is now extended to NINE o'clock. Wooh!

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Neutrals, Part 2: In the Clear

I put "clear" in the neutral category, because really, does it get much more neutral than clear? And there's SO much clear jewelry going around these days. Here's just some of the stuff I love.


($14.99, Modcloth.com)
Gotta love an entire charm necklace made of clear lucite!! And gotta love that it's from Modcloth.com, who JUST SO HAPPEN to have given us some great stuff to raffle off at the MUCH discussed FASHION BINGE party occurring on this day in history, Friday, 5/25.



($12.50, Delias.com)
You either need to adjust your monitor or click, because these clear pieces barely show up. Which is sorta the point.



($8.80, Forever21)



($7.80, Forever 21)



($5.80, Forever 21)



($7.80, Forever21)
Totes hearts! Forever 21 also had a bunch more clear stuff, none of which properly showed up, so here they are:
* $5.80 Faceted Lucite necklace
* $6.80 Miranda necklace 1 and $7.80 Crystal necklace 2
* $6.80 Crystal necklace
* $5.80, Monique necklace


And here's a Delia's necklace that's also cute, clear and cheap.


Yay Target! This lucite necklace is also great. It's $31.99.



($4.50, Claire's)
I'm not too proud to go to Claire's for this $4.50 Betty Rubble bracelet!



($75, Betsey Johnson, Jestjewels.com)
Betsey Johson is usually anything but neutral, but this is as close to it as she gets. I really love this piece.



($14.99, Modcloth.com)
Yeah it's not "clear" or beige or tan or whatever, but it's close enough, and OMG I want this necklace.



(Starting bid $15.99, eBay)
This vintage Bakelite pin is pretty much perfect.



(Starting bid $25.99, eBay)
As is this vintage Courreges ring. Sigh.



($169, Palmbeachjewelry.com)
Wuv.



(Starting bid $19.89, eBay)



($675, Joan Hornig, NeimanMarcus.com)
Yay, pretty. Boo, expensive.



($195, Alexis Bittar, Saks Fifth Avenue)
Pwetty.



($20, Shopintuition.com)
Yay! Affordable!



(18, Shopintuition.com)
Less money, more yay!



($27, KoloSstudios, KolosStudios.etsy.com)
Okay, now I don't necessarily think I'd wear this particular piece, but it is pretty cool.



($89, Palmbeachjewelry.com)
I guess at this point I'm just throwing stuff up there. Oh well. This is cool.



($5 Buy It Now, eBay)
Doesn't really get more neutral than this.



($7.99 Buy It Now, eBay)
The fact that they're screwback and really old and have shells in them sorta remind me of how you feel sorta depressed when you go to a thrift store in Florida or Palm Springs or something and you know everything in the joint is from dead grandmas. Oh well. These are rad.


Nighty!

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Another Word From Our "Sponsors"



... and ...




Okay, so I guess technically, legally, they're not our sponsors, but they DID give us some awes shit for our party, which you MAY OR MAY NOT have heard about...



Anyway, we're not just hawkin' chicken cutlets here, y'awl. So lemme intro you to two of our fave brands who bigged it up and gave us so adorbs stuff that we are passing along to YOU (should you win our astoundingly cool raffle).


First... Soundgirl... One of our fave brands. They're based in NYC and design fun, sporty and above all... ridiculously cute but not too too cutesy pieces inspired by music (hence the name). And their stuff comes in colors and shades with PRESH names like "poodle" and "buttercup" and "cake batter." AND, while I would seriously NEVER otherwise suggest that ANYONE sign up for ANY sort of e-mailing list whatsoever under any circumstances, theirs actually has really great record recs by bands like Peter Bjorn & John, RJD2, Cat Power, Chin Up Chin Up, Apostle of Hustle, Of Montreal, Bloc Party, Blonde Redhead and other really not sucky bands. You can listen to their online MP3 jukeboxs (which actually WORKS and doesn't choke and sputter for 15 minutes) and basically have your own rad little online radio station minus the annoying commercials. And you can download their mixes too. They also give out free CD samplers -- we also MAY have some of those fer you too. Anyway, here are some of our fave pieces. We've got some for you. Which? Guess you better show up and find out.


($27, Soundgirl, Karmaloop.com)



($38, Soundgirl, Plasticland.com)



Their Rita dress isn't available yet, but it will be soon at karmaloop.com. At least it'd better be!



($48, Soundgirl, Amazon.com)
I'm about five seconds away from buying their Driftwood jean.



($33, Soundgirl, Karmaloop.com)
... And about six seconds away from buying these. (I don't care if skinny jeans are supposedly not "in" anymore. Those high-waisted jeans are horbs.)



($58, Soundgirl, Plasticland.com)
Gah! The sweetness of the Sweet Talk tank dress! Tomboy rugby stripes meets tough-girl cutersness!! And the fun buttons!!! Eeeeeeeeeeeee!



($44, Soundgirl, 80spurple.com)



($32, Soundgirl, Plasticland.com)


We could go on, but we're long-winded enough as it is. Remember: some of this stuff we have (for you), some of this stuff we wish we had (and will probably end up buying at some point).


Next...


Yak Pak
Woah. We had no freakin' clue that Yak Pak got SO cute. And we're glad we do have a clue, since we want just about every bag they make. And, they happen to make just about every one of their great styles (love the Zephyr and the tote that zips up!) in every one of their ridiculously great patterns and colors. A few examples of some of the bags we love, again... some we have FOR YOU, some we don't.



($33, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($25, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($36, Yak Pak, Delias)



($34, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($27, Yak Pak, Zumiez.com)



($36, Yak Pak, Shoebuy.com)



($46, Yakpak.com)

FYI, our fave style is the Zephyr. Check out the Yak Pak site for all your mix-and-match and buying needs.


Okay, now for a quick Awful/ Awesome:
AWFUL:

($136, Rachel Pally, ActiveEndeavors.com)
I don't care if you've got a body like Jessica Alba and a face like an angel. This dress is awful.


AWESOME:


($99, Julie Brown, Luvcharlie.com)
Not too seasonal, but who cares? It's gorgeous and under $100!


AWFUL:


($395, Marc Jacobs, Nordstrom)
Utterly awful.


COMPLETELY AWESOME:

Tim Gunn's style book!!!!! OMG! Best! It's called Tim Gunn: A Guide to Quality, Taste & Style and it's avails at Amazon or anywhere else fine reality TV-based literature is sold.


And if that weren't enough TG-related news, dude's also got a MAKEOVER show coming up on July 1st! Gold googly moogly! A better marketing gimmick there never was! Between those two newsbytes AND the Fashionbinge party, Could this summer get ANY better?


See y'awl Friday!