2013 09 01 archive

Shiny copper and a wall clock for the kitchen and coral for my bedroom – thanks to a few great sales currently going on at Joss and Main! Check out the Old Dutch and the Arcadian Accents sales. The wall clock was only $38, and the quatrefoil jar was called Alayna! I didn’t have a choice really…

i also sliced my hand pretty badly washing dishes (it can get violent), but hey – it’s fall! silver lining, people. how did you celebrate the return of the greatest season of all seasons?

Thanks to the talented Shayna, letterpress artist and founder of Steel Petal Press here in Chicago, Danielle and I finally have some respectable business cards. Since we printed our first cards in November 2011 (for our NYC trip), we’ve always gone to Kinko’s for a quick fix before we had to travel or attend an event. But those cards bent, smeared, and this that or the other. 



Extra thick weight, coral painted edges, simple design. 



It’s like a freshly baked chocolate cookie served up paper style.

I love that my teensy apartment has a formal entryway. I find the separation of rooms charming, and I want to make a Wow! impact for guests when they arrive (and to put a smile on my own face when I walk through the door). Wallpaper is out of the budget and the question, because let’s be honest, who knows how long I’ll even live here… but I’m thinking stripes are a perfectly suitable alternative!



Behold: the inspiration

I definitely want to do vertical since it’s a small space and no single wall is especially long. And I want slightly wider stripes (like the powder room shot above) – I’m worried thinner stripes will feel like a jail cell.



My entryway has been nothing special at all since moving in. Mostly a holding area for my old coffee table, shoes, and dog paraphernalia.

Help! What do you all think?!

UPDATE: per reader Annie’s suggestion, I moved some things around and instagrammed the new arrangement. LOVE it. The door looks like a great architectural accent instead of a secret, unused door. Thanks, Emily!

When I downsized, the only two pieces of furniture I was able to bring with me included the couch and the bed – the two pieces I never wanted my dogs on. So it was time to finally get them a bed they’d actually like. Unfortunately, the styles at Costco and Petco just weren’t cutting it. Thanks to Harry Barker for this stylish black and white toile bed. It’s the medium size so it’s large enough for both of my 25-lb furfriends. They love it. And I’m happy.

This will inevitably change, but for now the $30 brass end table I got in Craigslist is showcasing a few decorative pieces from my old place. The milk glass lamp, the faux topiary (I can’t keep real plants alive), a candle, some coasters, and my favorite porcelain horns that are Jonathan Adler but I got from Furbish Studio.



photos by Alaina Kaczmarski

so excited to sport these shoes and this rebecca taylor dress at our bloomingdale’s event tonight.

(my dress is actually the black and gold version)



hopefully i’ll be seeing you there!



if you haven’t yet rsvped-do so here! and bring your friends!



6-8pm

bloomingdales at 900 n michigan ave

enter on the walton street side

cocktails, photo booth, dj, light appetizers, and gift bags for the first 100 guests!



photos by alaina kaczmarski

so big, very busy week

monday

everygirl photo shoot at nordstrom rack



tuesday

everygirl event at the apple store on north michigan

details here



thursday

everygirl event at bloomingdale’s at 900 north michigan

details and rsvp here



friday

friend’s engagement party



saturday

my nephew’s 1st bday in the afternoon

wedding shower in the evening



wish me luck!

I’ve had my hair the same way since I was a sophomore in high school. Long, straight, natural light brown color with the exception of getting highlights twice. I’ve always liked it just fine minus its complete lack of volume and tendency to get oily within 24 hours of a wash. My friends tell me I haven’t damaged it enough. Rats.



So all is well and fine. Then my Chicago Magazine Singles article came out, and someone-an unidentified Elizabeth-left the following comment:



Your outfit looks great. What’s holding you back is that hair! Long straight hair ain’t doin nothin for ya. Cut it off to shoulder length…get some layers going…graduate to a more sophisticated style.




Ouch.



Well, Elizabeth. Shoulder length will NEVER ever happen on this girl. I love long hair on women, myself in particular. I think it’s feminine and sexy and fun to flip around when I’m dancing. That being said, I was desperate for SOMEONE to help me with my volume situation.



Enter Andreas Zafiriadis, Chicago’s leading hair stylist and owner of Salon Buzz on East Delaware Street. I visited the Streeterville location and three hours later emerged with my “more sophisticated style.” Behold.

This place sure is perty. Chandeliers, zebra wood, and all.