April Showers...bring chic rainwear!

Since it has rained three of the first five days of April it's only fitting to bring you my LOVE
list of colorful, chic rainwear to keep you dry this Spring.


Look #1 "Brights Stripes"

Kate Spade Striped Umbrella, Kate Spade

Hunter High Gloss Boots in Fuchsia, Zapppos

Matinee Trench, J.Crew

Look #2 - "Orange + Turquoise".
( Look familiar? I told you I love these colors together!)

Hunter Original Gloss Boots in Turquoise, Shoes.com (on sale)

Riptide Trench Coat, J.McLaughlin

Missoni Umbrella, Ebay

Look #3 - "Where's the Sunshine?" (You know I like yellow too)

Weather Report Cape, Anthropologie

Sperry Topsider, J.Crew

Chain Link Umbrella, J.Crew

Which is your favorite?

DIY: Matchbook Shadowbox

It's been over a year since I moved back from New York and I've been trying to figure out what
 to do with the 100+ matches I collected from restaurants during my four years there.

Flipping through the sneak peak of Kate Spade's 'Things We Love' book I saw this (that I'm guessing is by the talented Caitlin McGauley), and the wheels started turning about making a matchbook collage. 

So I bought a 16 x 20" shadowbox frame by from the local craft store and set out on my collage. 

After several too many hours of sorting, arranging and rearranging again to

 create the perfect mixture of colors and shapes I ended up with this. 

I then glued them all down to the back of the shadow box frame so they'd
stay in place for years to come and ta-da!

The matches are not quite "vintage" yet but I love the mix of all the colors, fonts and images!
And now I'll always be reminded of some my favorite memories in New York.

Here are a few of my NYC restaurant faves...

TAO

The Mermaid Inn

Extra Virgin (favorite neighborhood italian)

La Esquina (best Mexican)

P.J. Clarke's  (best burgers)

Craftbar

Stanton Social (tapas..great for big groups)

21 Club

Momofuku

  

(favorite wine bar) Inoteca

Balthazar

Butter

  Waverly Inn

 Blue Water Grill 

(amazing guac & margs) Rosa Mexicano

  (great brunch and people watching)  Pastis

Schillers 

Tortilla Flats

Bar Pitti

Ok now I'm hungry and ready for a trip back!

Hello Yellow

I recieved an e-mail from Kate Spade the other day featuring their Color of the Month, YELLOW.



I was so happy to see YELLOW because its one of my favorite colors to wear in the summer,
and I'm so ready for warm weather!

I've been eyeing Tory Burch's High Waisted Flair Jeans in Cornflower for weeks. I just love it with the chambray shirt but I'm not sure if I can pull off yellow pants. What do you think?


High Wasted Flare Jean in Cornflower, Tory Burch


Here are some more of my favorite yellow finds for spring/summer...


Antigua Top, Trina Turk



Kokua Lace Top, Trina Turk



Placket Front Dress, Twelfth St. By Cynthia Vincent



Enchanted Garden Bib Necklace, Kate Spade
(You could brighten up any outfit with this necklace)



Sunny Kolette Skirt, Kate Spade



Harrison Street Lacy in Sunshine, Kate Spade (I adore yellow patent leather!)



Allegra Button Skirt in Canary, Milly



Pool Party Tunic, Boden



Sugar Work Skirt in Gold, Anthropologie