Hats off!

I am love with that wonderful mix of vintage European and 50's style. I guess that comes from watching too much Mad Men and old foreign movies. Right now hats have caught my eye and I am falling in love with hatter Rehn Dudukgian creator and founder of Bijou Van Ness.

She creates these beautiful one of a kind hats made from silks, crystals, and vintage brooches. She's inspired by her travels all over the world and her keen eye on what made particular eras of fashion over the years. she is quoted by saying she is sick of the little black dress, she says it needs to be accompanied by "a little something more."

Bijou's philosophy is: A hat is the ultimate sign of class, poise and the fervor of a forgotten generation of ever confident females. When you see a woman in a beautiful hat, you know she's not afraid to be seen.

With hat's like hers you knows she's not afraid to let that happen and frankly, I wish I was brave enough to try it myself!

Name That Dress Winner!

First of all I'd really like to thank everyone who commented, tweeted, and blogged on my first contest. It really make me smile to see an 8 next to the comment section of this post.

As luck would have it the dress finally made it onto Anthropologie's website yesterday so I thought their name of the dress would be a good gauge to pick our winner.

I won't keep you in suspense any longer... Congratulations: Autumn!!!!

Her entry was Equestrian Accolades and the name Anthro came up with was Highest Accolades.

Thank you again for playing and I hope to come up with another fun contest sometime soon.

If you're in love with this dress now, check it out here.

*Note: This contest is in no way associated with Anthropologie. I received nothing for blogging about this dress or holding this contest.

The top of my Christmas list

My boyfriend emailed me the best link last week and I can't wait to share it with you guys. I really just had to stop squealing about it long enough to put a coherent sentence together.

He knows my love of nesting dolls and he knows my favorite show on TV is The Golden Girls; so anything that combines two of my obsessions is a gold star in my book. Hence, he shared Golden Girl Nesting dolls with me!

Oh no, I'll wait til you stop squealing too.

So basically this is the coolest thing I've since, like, ever, and I love my boyfriend even more for getting my tastes exactly. I told him if I didn't see these under my Christmas tree this year I'd be one sad little girl.

They are made by this fabulous Mississippi painter Ginger Williams-Cook. She has recently been bowled over by the success of this particular set of nesting dolls, and has created several other groupings of dolls such as Saved by the Bell, Steele Magnolias, and Sex and the City. She has put her etsy store on hiatus while doing an exhibition but promises to have them back in her shop in November. So get them on your Christmas list and we'll count down the days together!