Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Carlos Santana! The legendary guitar player was born 64 years ago today. Let's celebrate à la Woodstock and spend the day rocking out and making love! ;)

Happy Friday!

Do the Happy Friday dance! ;)
Have a great one peeps!

Feelin' Inspired

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This is what the corkboard in my brain looks like today.

Been feeling green and yellow a lot lately. I can't explain why. The season, perhaps? All the leaves are orangey yellow and faded green. That might be it, right? And the vintage vibe? Well, let's face it, I'm a huge vintage art, music, film, people lover. Everything vintage, I love, so its usually very present when it comes to designing.

Those Liebling shoes though, I saw them last week online, and they're still engraved in my head.
They want to be mine, I know it! Aren't they gorgeous? Very simple, men's look shoes, to pair with something pretty and delicate, like some yellow satin cropped pants! Or a Yellow dress? Ooh, green cords! Really, the possibilities are endless! Oh well, maybe a Christmas gift to myself.

For now, visit the Liebling site, its fabulous! They have a very cool variety of leather shoes, some very simple feminine shoes and some very spiffy manly shoes, you know, for the cool ladies that know how to rock them.

Only One

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 Norman Parkinson wears that hat so fabulously, I don't think anyone else could pull it off.

Hello, October!

October really snuck up on me this year, but I am very happy to see its arrival.

I am oh so very excited! October is my favorite month of the year, followed of course, by December and my birth month, September. I love to see the weather changing, the fall leaves falling, the coats and the scarves making their appearances and the Halloween spirit that consumes many of us!

Happy October to you, kiddies! ;)

Back To The Future!

Really, doesn't it seem like Marty McFly would wear one of these? Gah! I love them! I used to be a very big watch person and for some reason, several years ago, I just stopped. No idea why. Now that I see all these Neuvo watches, I think I'm ready to make a comeback. Now, if only I could decide on a color ...

Hooray for Football!

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I can't even begin to express how excited NFL season makes me! So happy the Saints got a victory in last night's season opener and that fucking Brett Favre had a loss. (Don't get me started on that man!)

Hooray for NFL drafts, bets with people I loathe and maddening stats. Hooray! Hooray for cookouts, beers and the passion of watching your team play! Hooray! Hooray for the fans, the rivalries and the madness! Hooray for football!

Mad About Mad Men

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Hi, my name is Tanya and I am a Mad Men addict. The first step is admitting it, no? Yeah, I've always been a fan AMC's Mad Men. The very first episodes blew my mind and ever since then, it just never ceased to amaze and enthrall me. This season though, season four, it revels in change; not just character within character plot, but life itself. Call it a small insight into the past, as a viewer you are slowly and vicariously experiencing the change in times, a revolution if you will.

This season copywriter Peggy Olson, interpreted by the lovely Elisabeth Moss, turned 26 years old. Not only is she a young, ambitious woman, she is also a key employee at Stanley Cooper Draper Price, she's Don Draper's right hand. Throughout the seasons, we've seen Peggy mature and change her way of thinking and living. Since the beginning of season four Peggy seems much more fashion forward—at the peak of the 60s mod fashion and rock and roll, hippie era—she's developing a fantastic sense of style very much her own.

So how far does my 'Mad' obsession go? Often I come across outfits, accessories, even just tiny details that I can picture being straight out of the series. On occasion, certain events will make me wonder, "What would Peggy, wear? Would Joan approve of this lipstick?" Believe me, it happens far too often in my head.
Today as I was browsing through London-based Orla Kiely's website, I came across these sublime, vintage looking dresses. First thought? Oh, that is so Peggy. And so, this post was born.

If you haven't, take some time out to watch the show, I suggest you do because it is pretty damn good. Cinematic, memorable, plot and character driven, this is one of the best shows you'll find on cable TV, I guarantee it.

Happiness Crushin'

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I have a crush on the happiest balloon.

Glam Friday

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It's Friday, why not? Be glamorous today.