05Nov
Remember last year when I told you about our friend, Brett, who is a filmmaker? He made a movie called, The New Year. He has been touring the movie at film festivals all over the country this past year and it has gotten rave reviews. Seriously. Go to their website and just read some of the reviews and awards it has won.
The New Year is now up for a big award that is voted on by regular non-film-critic people like you and me. The Gotham Independent Film Awards celebrates new independent films in the industry and is a big honor for Brett.
Which means it is a big honor for me and Chris since we automatically assume some of the credit for any of our friend’s accomplishments, even if we had NO PART in the making of their art whatsoever. We feel it’s a perk we get for feeding them beer and giving them a place to sober up for the past ten years.
So, if you’re not busy and want to do me a HUGE PERSONAL FAVOR, head over to the Gotham Independent Film Awards and vote for The New Year for the Festival Genius Award. Just a little click and you’ve helped your imaginary friend help their real life friend!
Also, I know a few of you wanted to know how and when you could see the movie when it came out. You can actually go to Netflicks now and rent the movie by adding it to your Netflicks queue. Click here and you’ll be taken to The New Year on Netflicks.
14Oct
Ya’ll.
I have to share a new website that I just found with you. And I’m so excited about sharing it because it is actually a reader’s website! Meet lovely Imaginary Friend, Amanda…
Lovely Imaginary Friend, Amanda, sent me a link to her website, AJ Designs. It’s like one of those little boutique shops you find when you’re not expecting to and before you know it, you’ve spent your whole paycheck. Only, it’s a website.
I love her jewelry! Look at this floral, beaded cuff. I can think of about 10,000 outfits I own that would go with this.
I love this bracelet, too. Have I mentioned my love of bracelets? I love them. And I love them especially when they are turquoise.
But it’s the earrings that make my heart swoon. Don’t these make you want to take a vacation somewhere beachy? I would buy a sundress just to wear with these earrings.
And don’t tell me you’ve never bought an outfit to match a piece of jewelry before… We all do that. Right? RIGHT???
I’d also add this little gem of a bracelet to my shopping cart. Wouldn’t this be beautiful with jeans and a white t-shirt? Just spiff it up a bit. (Speaking of jeans and white t-shirts, are we still doing that? Is that too 2003? Cause I still love that look…)
And, oh my word, could you imagine Lucy wearing pearls?!?!? I die! I die!
Because she’s fun like that, Amanda has graciously offered to host a giveaway here today – lucky you! She’s giving away one of her sterling silver, beaded, crystal rings. So fun! And the winner gets to pick their jewel color!
To be entered to win, leave a comment telling me which piece of Amanda’s jewelry you’d buy if you could only have one thing. I think mine would have to be those earrings up there – and then I’d go buy that sundress to match. I’ll close the giveaway on Friday at 8pm EST and announce a winner on Monday. Good luck!
Thanks, Amanda, for hosting such a fun giveaway! I loves me some jewelry!
03Aug
When Chris and I first started working with Flosites, the web design company who is designing our new website, the first thing we had to do was answer a huge questionnaire on our style, complete with pictures. That way, the web designers could get a feel for what we liked and preferred and what would work for our new site.
I knew right away what style I wanted. I wanted my whole website – no, my whole being – to emulate Anthropologie. It’s one of my favorite, favorite stores. I love everything in there. I love their oddly chic clothes, their old fashioned and still hip home accessories, their trendy and yet classic hobo bags. Everything about that store’s style makes my heart sing. I could spend hours in there redesigning and redesigning every compartment of my entire life.
But after spending more time getting to know us through our blog and the rest of our questionnaire, the Flosites designers came back with a harsh reality.
Anthropologie wasn’t really my style.
At first, I wanted to argue. To insist. I WAS THAT STORE. If I was a style, that would be the style I was. But when I thought harder about it, I sort of saw where they were coming from. And the glaring fact that brought me back to my senses was that no matter how much I loved that store, no matter how many catalogs I dog-eared, or how many imaginary shopping carts I filled online, I had never bought anything at Anthropologie.
Well, that’s not really true. One time I bought one little black dress because I was out of town for a bachelorette party and I realized that my dress for our big night out with the bride looked more like a church dress compared to everyone else, so I splurged and bought a brand new dress there in Anthropologie while we were all out shopping. But I only wore it that one weekend and since then it has hung in my closet, untouched.
(That’s me on the far right with the green clutch.)
Maybe those web designers knew what they were talking about after all. Darn it.
It ended up being the right choice by Flosites because the look they came up with instead was spot-on perfect and I can’t wait to launch the new site in the next few weeks. If I were a website, this is the website I would be. It fits me perfectly.
But, alas, it is very much not Anthropologie. Nevertheless, I continue to shop their website and occasionally browse through their stores. And when the cute, trendy, hip counter clerks ask if they can help me, I will still say, “No, thank you. I’m just browsing.”
I wonder sometimes though what it would be like to free my inner Bohemian. Hopefully this year we’ll be buying a house and moving again and while the idea of packing up and unpacking again makes my skin crawl, I secretly have been harboring this plan to completely change the style of my house when we move this time. No more country rose floral rugs. No more paisley and gingham. Maybe it’s time to explore the possibilities of brighter colors and flashier prints. Maybe it’s time to be a little bolder. Maybe after 27 years, it’s time to change my style.
Though, I do wonder how chic this table cloth would look with spaghetti stains all over it…
16Jun
Let me just say how much I enjoyed reading all of the comments for this post. I read every single one and l laughed and cried and was a big, sloppy mess by the time I got to the end. You guys have some amazing stories you’ve shared and I wish I could give all 520 of you a Flip video camera and a time machine so that you could capture each memory!
Sadly though, only one of you could win the $200 Visa gift card and that person was commenter #515…
And #515 belongs to…
Congratulations! Shoot me an email at katie@marriageconfessions.com to claim your prize!
Thanks to everyone for entering to win. Special thanks to Flip video and BlogHer for sponsoring this fun giveaway!
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