I ADORE these lovely striped skirts for anne m cramer 2011 spring collection.

The middle one in particular is perfect for Valentines!

I hope you have some fun planned for this weekend with loved ones. We are off to Charleston to spend time with family, do some Valentine crafting, and also photograph a special wedding!

Photo credit: anne m cramer

I must say, I am so glad I stumbled upon this online boutique, EmersonMade via OhJoy on Twitter.

I adore everything. I love the style, colors, style, the couple who started it, style, design…did I mention style? Its definitely a breathe of fresh air and now one of my favorite clothing brands.

Just a few of my favorite pieces, (and yes I will need to save up to afford some of these):

The Ribbons Dress, Little Grey Dot

The Emerson Shift, Tiny Dot Tweed

Sunday White Wild Rose (LOVE LOVE LOVE the flower pin!) Check them out here.

EM GO Dress

And the clutches!!

Ballet Dahlia Clutch

Dandy and Dogs Clutch

School Bloom and Lucky Clutch

I have seen a preview of her spring collection and it is to die for. The LittleBlouse and Trench Dress…drool. I will go wishlist happy when they are released.

See the preview on her blog.

Photo Credits: EmersonMade

Been dreaming a lot lately.

Now that I have graduated from a diaper bag I cannot stop looking at handbags.

I was never big into accessories. I would always go to Target or a similar place to find a decent handbag for everyday use. It would spend a couple years with me until it was falling apart, and then it would be replaced. Not that there’s anything wrong with getting a bag from Target, but I had been doing this since high school and college and it seemed I never grew out of it. Well, its time for a change around here.

While I am not about to go on a shopping spree to find the latest accessories of the season, I am definitely interested, I know they are important to finish the look of an outfit, and I have been dreaming of them…nice handbags in particular. This is a huge change for me and I am excited. This year I am embracing the importance of accessories as I finally release my inner sophisticate.  Who’s with me? :)

So this week, I peaked in Anthropologie as well as perused their catalog…of course they highlight accessories, great timing! Normally, I would have ignored it, but wow do they have some fabulous ones! There are three in particular that caught my attention:

Cherry-Trimmed Bag

Daily Brights Satchel (Blue Satchel above is my fave and also available)

Elegant Angles Bag

And one of my favorite online boutiques, Ruche has a fantastic collection of handbags for reasonable prices. If you haven’t discovered them, rush over and check them out. I LOVE all their goodies! Here are three of my favorites:

Silhouette Flower Purse

Brickyard Library Handbag

Annabell Blossom by Melia Bianco

And don’t get me started with Kate Spade, in my humble opinion, the ultimate sophistication in handbags.

I have always dreamt of owning a Kate Spade bag, its one of the reasons I fell in love with the brand. Oh the chic simplicity. I do have a yellow wallet from there so one step at a time though Joy!

Then there is J Crew as well as the host of other well-known designer bag collections. Oh my, where to start?!?!?

I’ll stop here. This deserves another post.  ;)

Photo credits:  Anthropologie, Ruche, Kate Spade

I hope you had a fantastic Christmas with loved ones.

We had the best Christmas ever. Why? It snowed the entire weekend here and it was the first white Christmas for our whole family. I never thought I could get so excited about snow consistently falling on my favorite holiday. We also took the week off from work and I have to say it was one of the best things we have done for our family. Its been one busy wedding and portrait season and we wanted to really celebrate Christmas and spend quality time with our girls and this was truly so memorable.

Christmas cards have been sent off and here are the results of our 2010 Holiday Portraits. How appropriate for an out & about :)

Gray’s dress: Bonpoint

Gray’s scarf: Bonpoint

Gray’s headband: crewcuts

Gray’s shoes: Kid Express at n2 shoes in Chattanooga

Campbell’s dress: Zara Kids

Campbell’s tights: H&M Kids

Campbell’s shoes: Gap Kids

Garrett’s shirt and sweater: Ted Baker

Garrett’s jeans: Zara

Garrett’s shoes: Baggat from Milan, Italy

Joy’s dress: Banana Republic

Joy’s sweater: J.Crew

Joy’s headband: J.Crew

Joy’s shoes: Banana Republic

Joy’s tights: Kate Spade

Location: Asheville, NC (Photos by Brandy & Sticky Rammel)

My favorite shoes are ballet flats, hands down. I would own every single one that comes out of my favorite stores if I could. This season I am particularly loving the metallic ones!

Here are a few of my favorites!

1) Jingle for Kate Spade

2) Flashy Footwork Flats from Anthropologie

3) Merona Flats for Target

4) Jacquard Flats for J Crew

These are definitely fabulous Friday finds! Have a great weekend!

Greetings from Charleston!

I hope you have fun plans for this weekend. The weather has been gorgeous lately and I had to share a couple of wonderful finds from one of my favorite online boutique stores, ModCloth. My favorite season is summer but my favorite clothes to wear are in the fall…go figure. So I am so excited to wear ballet flats and scarves very soon!

Don’t you just love this Recently Promoted Dress from ModCloth?

And this Blog Writer’s Dress?! How fun that there is now a dress specifically for bloggers ;)

Go ahead and browse their website, they have so much to offer. I have purchased a couple of dresses from them which are now some of my favorites and their customer service is wonderful!

Do you dream of the perfect coin purse? Mine would be one with a clasp. It can be leather or vintage fabric…but with a clasp.

1) Photo above: Leather coin purse from ginnybranch on Etsy.

2)  Top L to R: Sakura & Bunny orange/cream purse, Mod Small Frame gray pouch from Field of Roses on Etsy.

Bottom L to R: Owl Sectional flat frame purse, Ume Komachi orange frame pouch from Field of Roses on Etsy.

3)  L to R: Bird in a Cage mini clasp purse, Bumblebees honeycombed purse from EmenGee Designs.

4) For the modern version (no clasp, but its Kate Spade so its good enough!) Plaza Bow coin purse from Kate Spade.

I have really been admiring these type of shorts…think we can pull these off ladies?

Oh the dresses! I want one of each please. The yellow one with the bow..ADORE!

Don’t get me started on the handbags…

Which coat do you think is my favorite?

What?! How’d you know it was the gray one?!

All photos: Orla Kiely