What a Good Idea!

So imagine you're in the wilderness camping (your car is there of course), and you need to dry your hair.  Well now you can.  This is a Coffee Cup Power Inverter (29.99) from thinkgeek.com.  It looks like a coffee cup, plugs into your cigarette lighter, and then you can plug in your electronics.  Forgot your car charger?  Plug in your real charger!  It also allows the IPod cable to charge without using the wall socket. Woohoo. 


I have no idea if this thing is strong enough for a hair dryer... probably not.  Nor do I go camping.

Women of Tilonia

As an apparel merchandising major, I had the opportunity to hear a woman speak to us about fair trade and how she has opened the doors to many women throughout the world.  She has helped women in third world countries by distributing their goods throughout the world, allowing them to receive fair wages and benefits for themselves and their families.  One of the organizations she works with is Friends of Tilonia, Inc.  The company allows women of rural India, to produce their craft and sell it to the world... versus having to a more metropolitan area to try to find a better means of living. By supporting theses women, you not only help them survive and provide for themselves and their families, but you can get beautiful products that are less expensive than what you would pay in America.  Most of their quilts remind me of Anthropologie's bedding.. which we all know gets pretty pricey.  They also offer linens, furniture, pillows, and shawls.  What's even better is to view the bright Indian saris.  Their quilts are the famous Jaipuri Razai featherweight quilts, which are made of 100% cotton and will keep you cool when it's hot and warm when it's cold.  Pictured below is the blue and yellow floral featherweight quilt (Queen $129).

 

Bodagetta.. bahhhhh ha.

Toomer's corner in Auburn was demolished pretty much at the end of last year... to look better!  So you may ask, what happened to the OLD Toomer's corner?  Well.... it's for sale.  For $100, you can own a Toomer's brick.  The proceeds go to fund student scholarships, so I guess it's for a good cause.  It just be cool to have a brick from Toomer's corner in like 347 years, and be like "oh it's the brick great-great-great grandma Frannie invested in 347 years ago... we love great-great-great grandma Frannie"... and then they'll come give me a hug because medicine will have kept me alive that long.. and I'll still look good.  Ok, I'm done.

What A Great Idea!

Sometimes, it's hard to come up with creative birthday ideas.  Instead the Jelly of the Month club (Clark Griswold wasn't happy), how about a Year of Seeds ($69.95)?  Red Envelope has a great selection of creative gift ideas for women & men.  A year of seeds keeps on giving allllll year.  That way, every month, the person you give it to HAS to still like you.  You gave them a gift for every month...so basically if they ever get mad at you, you can be like, "No, no no.. I gave you 12 birthday gifts!"  They'll more than likely agree and forgive you.

Leathahhhh.

Leather comes and goes every few years, just like every other style known to man-kind.  Next year, flip flops will be out and everyone will be wearing Keds again... or maybe not.  I like leather/suede for this year.  It just depends on how you wear it.  I saw this little suede jacket from Anthropologie on sale the other day.  They only had extra smalls, so that was a bust.  The website has an abundance of them though.  It would be easy to dress up with a skirt... or dress down with jeans.  It's the Sleevescape Jacket for $129.95 , on sale, originally $248. 

Here's a different style that I've been eyeing for over a year.  It's the Mackage Lamb Leather 'Leane' Jacket ($415), from Bluefly.com. 




Moreover, let's cover one more thing.  If you're anti-leather/vegan/animal rights, that's great. I don't care.  They're not gonna stop making the jackets, so you might as well wear them and look good. Soo good... in your animal skin. 

Here's a baby lamb.

A Barn of Pots.

I love Pottery Barn.  I'm sure Pottery Barn loves me, too.  I hate how expensive some of their stuff can get though, until I discovered the Pottery Barn Outlet.  That's right... OUTLET.  I always stop at the one off I-85 in South Carolina... it's about an hour away from Charlotte, so that works.  They always have their things on sale... like the sale items are on sale.  They have furniture, draperies, vases, holiday, and bathroom accessories (towels, curtains, etc.)  It truly is great... and it's stuff you always see in their catalogs, so why would you spend more money than you'd have to?  You wouldn't... good answer.

Click HERE for a list of their outlet locations!

 
 
By the way, all of Pottery Barn's Halloween collection has free shipping right now.

Watch It!

Michael Kors watches are one of my favorite things.  I've already gone through one, and just bought my second.  The only reason why my first one didn't last was because of the leather band.  Now, I have an all gold finish watch, which I hope will last longer.  I seriously get more complements on it though!  You can find them at Nordstroms, and it's best to wait for their half-yearly sale to take full advantage of the prices.  They're not too expensive as far as watches go, they range from $160-$200+.  Definitely worth the investment.  Yayyyy Watches!

What A Great Idea!

Ok, obviously this is a bit early to talk about, but I'm too excited.  Halloween/Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and I have to start playing it up.  I was in Hobby Lobby the other day, and came across all their Fall merchandise, most of it was on sale already... please someone explain that to me.  My point is, I came across these fake pumpkins called "Funkins".  They look pretty legit, and they are 100% carveable.  Wow, yay, no mess.  Some are around $30, which is extremely expensive for a fake pumpkin.  But let's think about this... you're gonna spend a couple bucks on a pumpkin at the grocery store, and maybe you'll carve it.  Let's say you carve it.  That'll last a couple days; it'll either rot or get thrown in the street by some hooligans.  If you buy a Funkin, then you can say you already carved your pumpkin and it's ready for next year! woohoo yay for pumpkins.  I mean..............funkins.

yes, this is a Funkin

Fashion in Your Face!

What happens with the sad, broken, torn or ripped sails of the world?  They're made into bags!!! I know, I thought there was a cemetary for sails as well, but no.  Of couse the sailing community is eco-friendly, I mean, come on, they're still using boats instead of cars... the last thing they want to do is hurt the environment.   Only kidding.  Anyways, these bags are going to be extremely durable, if you've ever touched a sail you know they're not kidding around.... it's a piece of cloth that's made to pull a boat.  It better be durable. Moreover, they've come out with a limited edition Breast Cancer cure bag, and HALF of all sales go to the Maine Cancer Foundation.  Yahoo!

Stay Organized.

KangaRoom is a company that offers a variety of new solutions to staying organized.  After traveling this past weekend, I found how truly annoying it is to keep up with electronics and their cords/chargers.  Here is the Personal Media Travel Pouch ($12.99) that protects your phone, iPod, or camera and allows you to keep track of its charging cord as well.

Furthermore, KangraRoom has a cool hairdryer hanger ($12.99) to keep your hairdryer out of the cabinet and within reach.  I feel like everytime I have to dry my hair, untangling the cord from my last use is a 30 minute ordeal.  Moreover, storage is a big enough deal... it's not like they're building cabinets with hair drying storage.  Wait... I think that's a great idea.