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Happy Monday! Sending everyone positive vibes to a great start to the week :) Hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. The weather here has been slightly gloomy, and now with the holidays officially over, we’re here to share a bit of brightness with today’s Moody Monday. Today we are inspiring you with our Bright Now by Jackie McFee moodboard!

Bright Now by Jackie McFee is a festive collection of vibrant, strong, and yes, bright colors – fun hues of pink, yellow, and blue. This is an especially on-trend collection with the surprising leopard print, bold floral, and chevron patterns. This would be the perfect collection for a flirty skirt to add to your wardrobe or to vamp up any stylish girl’s room! Our Bright Now collection is youthful, playful, and fierce. You can check out the full collection here!

With the weather still being super chilly here (ie. parka weather!), we were in need of something vivacious to liven up the day. And considering a hot beach vacation is not in the near future for us, our Bright Now by Jackie McFee moodboard is just that perfect inspiration for today. We hope you enjoyed our Moody Monday and have been inspired, and we hope you have a great rest of the day!

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Hi everyone!

Happy Monday! We hope everyone is having a marvelous day so far. Today is New Year’s Eve…Eve (yes, it is now a thing ;)). There is still much to celebrate. Coming near to the end of 2013, we wonder where the time went by but so many amazing things have happened this year that we could not be happier. We’re excited for 2014 to come around to be yet another fantastic year!

Along with it being Monday, it’s time to share with you another moodboard. Today’s Moody Monday is inspired by What a Gem by Allison Cole. What a Gem had come out with our Fall 2013 collection, and is just bursting with color and character. This collection has a bohemian yet modern vibe with its tribal prints, arrows, feathers, dream catchers, and rich hues of pinks, navy, and emerald. This collection is perfect for your little boho youngsters or yourself; imagine a What a Gem bow tie, play tent, or trapeze dress – oh how cute right? When we see What a Gem, we think dancing in flowing dresses and frolicking through luscious forests. Check our moodboard for even more inspiration:

Now to add some fashion inspiration into the mix! With its luscious, warm hues and boho feel, the 2014 Spring RTW collection by Sacai reminds us of What a Gem. The Sacai collection is a wonderful mix of rich blues, pinks, and greens in mainly sleek silhouettes, but with dashes of tribal in its fringe and mesh details. We adore this collection, and tribal will definitely be a trend for the upcoming seasons! Check out the full collection here.

We hope we have inspired you today with our What a Gem moodboard and fashion trends! This is also the last official Moody Monday of 2013 – wow, see you next year!! Have a Happy New Year everyone :)

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Happy Monday! Guess what?! Today is officially…Christmas Eve Eve! Wow, where did the time go! We hope everyone has been enjoying the holidays. Remember that even through the hustle-and-bustle of preparing for the holidays, you take the time to also relax and enjoy the beautiful season. If you still have some last minute preparations to do, we hope today’s blog post will inspire you!

Today is another Moody Monday! We are sharing with you our Paisley Please by Jackie McFee moodboard with you all today. As the name implies, Paisley Please is a stunning collection of paisley prints, florals, stripes, and polka dots in a swirl of purple, orange, and navy hues. It is very modern, yet sophisticated design palette that would be fantastic for any young woman’s home decor or apparel projects! Think duvet covers, curtains, bags, tea dresses, and more in rich orange and violet colors…the possibilities are endless! Take a look at our moodboard below for even more inspiration:

Time for some fashion inspiration! We are feeling inspired by the warm hues in Paisley Please by Jackie McFee, and reminds of a similar color palette found in Rag & Bone’s Fall 2013 RTW collection. Rag & Bone’s collection is a multitude of rich, fall colors that are coordinated in outfits perfectly. We adore the outfits with mixes of purple and orange especially, and it reminds of our Paisley Please color scheme. The collection is cool and relaxed, and correlates in the same youthfulness as Paisley Please. To see the full collection, click here.

We hope we have inspired you with today’s Moody Monday. We will still be posting daily during the holidays, so check back for more tomorrow. Happy Holidays everyone!

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Happy Monday! We hope everyone had a lovely weekend. There are 9 days till Christmas!! We’re excited to try out some new cookie recipes, make pretty snowflake garlands, and play in the bountifulness of snow that we’ve accumulated this past weekend. What are you most excited for? “Christmas snow can never disappear completely. It sometimes goes away for almost a year at a time and takes the form of spring and summer rain.  But you can bet your boots that when a good, jolly December wind kisses it, it will turn into Christmas snow all over again.”  – Santa Claus in Frosty the Snowman

It’s time for another Moody Monday! Today we are sharing with you our Penelope by the Camelot Design Studio moodboard. Penelope is a very pretty and feminine collection of floral, chevron, bauble, and cross prints in beautiful pastel blends. The array of muted aqua, coral, grey, and yellow make the designs soft and ethereal, and the perfect backdrop for elegant dresses, accessories, and home decor pieces. Feminine and sweet, this sorbet-infused collection is perfect for any fashionista!

In the same color scheme, Erdem’s Spring 2013 RTW collection was brightly infused with pastel colors, ladylike silhouettes, and soft prints. I especially adore the juxtaposition of tough and soft with the mix of lace, snakeskin print, cutouts, mesh, and floral appliques. Such a beautiful collection, and so reminiscent of our Penelope collection! So hard to choose but click here, here, and here for my favorites, and here for the rest of the collection!

We hope you were inspired by today’s Moody Monday post! We’ve also got a Freddie’s Friends and fabric giveaway running on our blog. Tell us your favorite DIY project from us, and you could be our winner. Enter here! Have a wonderful rest of the day.

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Happy Monday! We hope everyone has had a fantastic weekend. Today is the epitome of a Winter Wonderland here; soft and fluffy pure white snow – so pretty to look (from indoors at least…it’s a bit chilly!). It’s definitely beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Be sure to check out all our past DIY projects for some amazing gift ideas, as well as the following How To’s Days. We’ve got some crafty and fun ideas ahead for you!

“Oh, Christmas isn’t just a day, it’s a frame of mind… and that’s what’s been changing. That’s why I’m glad I’m here, maybe I can do something about it” – Kris Kringle, Miracle on 34th Street.

It’s also time for another Holiday question! Today’s question is: Tell us about your favorite Christmas gift. Please let us know in the comments below!

I’d say mine would be a doll I had seen at a local, artisan show. I was around 8 or 9 and was starting to “question” the existence of Santa Clause. I only told my parents that I loved the doll when we had left, and thought to myself that if Santa Clause was truly real I would receive the doll for Christmas. Come Christmas morning, my sister and I ran down the stairs to see Santa’s signature wrapping paper and note, and giddily started to open presents when my parents awoke. I will always remember the exact feeling unwrapping one particular gift; a mix of amazement, shock, and complete bliss. I had received the doll from the artisan fair, and in that moment knew I should never of doubted Santa. Even though I am older now, that memory will always remind me of the true magic of Christmas. Let’s read our Design Studio team’s stories:

Marion: My favorite Christmas gift was given to me by my sister-in-law. It is a second or third-hand complete works of Shakespeare. It is a massive, dog-eared, tiny-printed book. She wasn’t sure if I would like it because some people may get offended by secondhand gifts, but that’s what made it all the more awesome – because it has history.

Valeria: There really is not much of a story behind the gift, aside from it being completely amazing: The Hawaiian Barbie and Tropical Hut!

Juan: A handmade, wooden bus that I received when I was a little boy. It is my favorite because I know the guy who made it and I would tell him that I wanted one of my own. On that Christmas morning, I was so excited when I saw my very own wooden bus under the tree!

Shannen: My Grandmother loved to knit & when she passed away, my dad received 5 homemade knitted afghans. When I was young, they were my favorite blankets to cuddle up with. Last year, my dad me one of these afghans to pass onto the next generation. It was a (happy) emotional moment with my family that I will never forget.

Time for this week’s Moody Monday! Today we are sharing with you our Dream a Little Dream by Heather Rosas moodboard. Dream a Little Dream is a charming and sweet collection of little forest animals and night-themed wonders. With it’s soft and muted pastel color palette, it  is another perfect collection for a baby’s nursery…boy or girl! The adorable moons and stars make for wonderful inspirations for kiddies to dream their little hearts out…no dream is too big or impossible to achieve.

Dream a Little Dream is a mixture of pastel and darker hues, but yellows and blues are prominent amidst the collection. A fun kids collection is reminiscent of this color palette was one seen at the Vogue Bambini’s Miss Blumarine Jeans x ki6 NYC show. There was a full array of colors and textures at the show, but the navy and mustard outfits especially stood out to us and reminded us of the hues in Dream a Little Dream. The collection was overall very feminine and sweet; you can check out the full collection here.

Thank you for reading another Moody Monday! We hope it has inspired you for this upcoming, wonderful week. Have a great one!

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