A stunning centerpiece idea from Rebecca Shepherd, who had a booth at the Wedding Crashers event: Rustic branches woven through with crystal strands and hung with tea lights in tiny, clear vessels.
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Me and Morgan at Saturday’s totally fun and informative Wedding Crashers event (pics to come) at the spectacular Bell House, where I am already planning on holding a future birthday party.
Gorgeous Candlesticks
I found these gorgeous candlesticks at Studio Mix, one of my favorite furnishing stores in the city. They’re ridiculously expensive (something like $450), but what a fun DIY project it would be to try to make something like these!
I would just find some interestingly shaped candlesticks at a thrift shop and paint them with Plasti-Kote Brush On Enamel in Brass B33 (a few coats would be necessary to achieve this beautiful finish).
Hanging At Mom’s
This weekend, Kendrick and Dad are both out of town, so I’m staying over at Mom’s for a couple of nights. Friday night, we went to the always-excellent 44 & X for steak frites (highly recommended; the fries are second only to McDonalds, and the steak is perrrrfect). Also excellent and recommended: our adorable waiter, Chad.
I get so lazy about my attire when I go to my parents; I just want to spend 100% of my time in PJs. Up there, I’m wearing Kendrick’s John Varvatos sweater and slouchy jeans…and it took some convincing to get me to swap out my Emus (replacements for the Uggs!) for actual shoes.
Several of you have written in asking how to create this hairstyle (which I wore constantly last summer). Such an simple fix for a bad hair day, and much more stylish than just pulling it half back.
It’s so easy: first, just blow-dry your hair so it’s nice and full (I curled mine a bit in the front to get that wavy look). Then gather up a small amount of hair from your hairline and, pulling the hair back and slightly off to one side, french braid it towards the back of your head. Secure with two crossed bobby pins; done!
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