purple all over

As I said last week, I bought a couple of items of NY&C. One of them was this skirt in a delicious color and texture. It is a great classic and work appropriate shape in such a rich and warm color. I decided to complement the deep color by going with other purple pieces. I really love how it came out!

dove gray + fall colors

Lately, I am really into gray. I see the beautiful possibilities of this neutral color. Here, I paired a dove gray skirt with the darker colors of forest green and eggplant purple. This skirt is actually the underskirt I have from a darker gray wool skirt, but I took it apart to try it by itself. I love this dove gray color! Lighter accessories, like the necklace and shoes, accentuate the skirt's color. I also wore a wide black belt to bring the top and bottom together.

classic skirt + brights

Lime green, purple, sky blue, and rose red- all such fun colors in this outfit! I paired a classic neutral skirt with lots of color everywhere else. The top and skirt are very simple and appropriate for work, but the colorful accessories spice it up. The hoop earrings and wedges give it a bit of sassiness.

scarf as a belt

Who cares about what's in style? Dress for yourself!

For some reason, I got an itch in my brain to wear one of my head scarves as a wide belt. I thought it would be a great divider between the purple and burgundy colors that go so well together. This was a very satisfying outfit, with the rich color combo and graphic print to break it up. It was also super comfortable, as maxi skirts usually are. The earrings and ring from michal negrin have even more beautiful and rich colors.

I'm back...and decorating :)

So the past couple of weeks have been crazy with making my apartment liveable and finishing up a paper for school. I have also been procrastinating getting back into blogging because it is intimidating for me to keep up relevant and exciting posts. I get a little nervous sometimes. But I know I want to do this, and that its good for me, so I'm just gonna push through the discomfort.

I am so happy to be in this new apartment. It feels so spacious and has very bright lighting, even being a basement. All the white walls feel like an exciting canvas that is begging to be filled up.
Originally there are two small boxy rooms that are meant to be bedrooms, and a large random shaped room for the living area. But I don't like such small bedrooms, so we switched it- one of the small rooms will be our dining room, and the large room will be for us. We are not doing that much entertaining at this point in our lives that it makes sense to crowd ourselves into a tiny room. This apartment is for us to feel comfortable and relaxed in. Hosting is fun, but its really not the main point here.

Below are pictures of what I would call stage 1 of decorating- it is liveable, most of the boxes are gone, and the main furniture is there. Next up will be the start of injecting some style and color into the place. I have already started putting up a gallery wall, and I have so many ideas for everything. so fun!

Our boxy dining room- we are currently using folding chairs, but I want to get proper wood ones, and a red comfy chair for a corner. I put up display shelves for the random bottles and vases I have- I love collecting them!

fur collar

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I adore the fur collar short sleeve cashmere sweater from Marc Jacobs. Its a really sweet shape- I would love it in gray. I would pair it with a gray sequin skirt to dress it up. For some color, I would add in purple heels and a purple silk head scarf, with a gray head band and some sparkly earrings.

decorating with scarves

I'm getting a home decor bug because I am looking forward to moving. I realized that my scarves can be used for a lot of temporary decor ideas.

purple and jade

On the October 2013 issue of Instyle, there is Julianne Moore with a beautiful green and purple statement necklace. Even though those colors can, in perhaps the wrong combination, remind us of Barney, they are so powerful together.

purple silk

The silk of this turban made me feel ladylike and elegant. In general, dressing up lately has been making me feel more refined and put together, instead of just wearing stay-at-home-mom clothes-boring! I like challenging myself to see if I can be creative enough to take an outfit to the next level. And feeling pretty all day is always a confidence-booster!

birdies on my head

I figured out a new way to tie my head scarf this morning! I saw this video a while back when I was researching how to tie head scarves. I really liked it but I needed to figure out how to do it covering all my hair. This morning I did it.

Here's how: take a long rectangular head scarf, put your hair in a bun, center your head in the middle of the scarf, pull the ends around to the back of your head and twist twice, then bring the ends back to the front of your head and twist twice again-you can move the twist/knot toward the side if you want, like I did here, or leave it in the middle-and tie the ends around your bun.