Unruly Things: Whiskey By the Fire

Posted by Jen McCabe on January 23, 2012 ☆ 6 Comments 

hi there! this is Alyson from Unruly Things. I’m excited to fill in for Jen while she’s off in New York. Jen asked for our guest posts to have something to do with the theme “love” and the first thing that I thought of was taking a romantic, weekend vacation–for two! since my son Wolf was born, my husband and I haven’t had any “us time”.  not to say we’re dying to get away from the little guy,... Read More

Categories: ARCHITECTURE, ART, BOTANICAL, CLOTHING, DECOR, DESIGN, DREAM OUTFIT, FAMILY, FASHION, FRIENDS, GENERAL, GUEST BLOGGERS!, HOME, JEWELRY, KIDS, MEN, PORTLAND, PRETTY, SHOPPING, STYLING, TRAVEL, WOMEN

Dream Outfits: Greatest Friend Vintage

Posted by Jen McCabe on November 29, 2011 ☆ Leave a Comment 

Have you seen the Greatest Friend vintage shop? I really love Angela’s eye for beautiful garments and I thought I’d put together a few dream outfits with some of my favorite pieces from her shop. She lists SO MANY gorgeous things and her prices are FANTASTIC. Seriously. Also, you can follow Angela on Twitter and she posts specials and shop updates on the Greatest Friend Facebook page! Outfit #1 ♡ 1. creamy wool swing coat 2. dreamy... Read More

Categories: CLOTHING, DESIGN, DREAM OUTFIT, FASHION, GENERAL, PRETTY, SHOPPING, STYLING, VINTAGE, WEDDING, WOMEN

The Colette Sewing Handbook Blog Tour!

Posted by Jen McCabe on November 16, 2011 ☆ 3 Comments 

Hello there. Today I am hosting a stop on The Colette Sewing Handbook Blog Tour for my dear friend, Sarai Mitnick, from Portland company, Colette Patterns. She wrote an amazing sewing book, The Colette Sewing Handbook, which comes with 5 incredibly versatile sewing patterns. If you are in Portland, make sure to go to the fun Colette Patterns launch party this Thursday, Nov. 17. I chose two of these patterns to style up for you into a couple of my... Read More

Categories: BEAUTY, BOOKS, CLOTHING, DESIGN, DIY, DREAM OUTFIT, FASHION, FRENCH, FRIENDS, GENERAL, HANDMADE, HOME, JEWELRY, PERFUME, PORTLAND, PRETTY, SHOPPING, STYLING, VINTAGE, WOMEN

Dream Outfit: At the Opera

Posted by Jen McCabe on May 17, 2011 ☆ 4 Comments 

It has been over three years since I’ve been on a vacation (luckily, moving to Portland kind of felt like a vacation for a while!) and I’ve been feeling incorrigible and very whiny lately. I want to have a fancy evening. I want to feel the electricity of a big city. I want get dolled up and drown in audio and visual beauty. An evening of rock and shoegazery would be nice, but them’s “sittin’ shoes”, lover. So, perhaps... Read More

Categories: ARCHITECTURE, ART, BEAUTY, CLOTHING, DESIGN, DREAM OUTFIT, FASHION, FRENCH, GENERAL, HANDMADE, JEWELRY, PERFUME, PRETTY, SHOPPING, SOUND, STRIPES, STYLING, TRAVEL, VINTAGE, WOMEN

Dream Outfit: Speckled Moth

Posted by Jen McCabe on April 29, 2011 ☆ 8 Comments 

I can’t believe it has been so long since I put together one of my Dream Outfits! I don’t know why–since I love making them so much. I’m still pretty obsessed with pieces in My Empire State outfit back in early December and my ode to Madonna from last September! Maybe I’ll treat myself sometime and finally order the Sel Marin perfume. I ordered a sample from Aedes a while back (see my BIG perfume posts: Part 1 and Part... Read More

Categories: ARCHITECTURE, BEAUTY, CLOTHING, DESIGN, DREAM OUTFIT, FASHION, FRENCH, FRIENDS, GENERAL, HANDMADE, JEWELRY, PRETTY, SHOPPING, STYLING, WOMEN